Is Zed free for AI coding assistants?

No — there's no free plan, but no monthly fee either: you pay for what you use (Pro: developers $10 per seat).

How much does Zed cost for AI coding assistants?

The editor is free; Pro is $10 per month with $5 of hosted-model tokens, then tokens at API list price plus 10%. At list prices: developers 1 seat: $10/month (Pro); developers 1 seat: $10/month (Pro); developers 1 seat: $10/month (Pro).

Zed pricing

How Zed charges, what to know before you commit, and what you'd pay at your usage — next to what the alternatives would cost for the same thing.

How it charges

Checked 2026-10-03 on zed.dev ↗ · USD, list prices

In short

The editor is free; Pro is $10 per month with $5 of hosted-model tokens, then tokens at API list price plus 10%.

Free plan: Yes
Side project: $10/mo Pro
Growing: $10/mo Pro
Scaling: $10/mo Pro

What the model leaves out

Pro includes $5 of hosted-model tokens; beyond that, usage is billed at API list price +10%. The free Personal plan works with your own API keys or external agents and includes 2,000 edit predictions. Business is $30 per seat per month.

Before you commit

Beyond Pro's $5 of tokens, usage is billed at API list price +10%, charged at month end or every additional $10, whichever comes first; you can set a spending cap.
Business seats ($30) bundle no AI credits, so hosted AI is billed at usage rates on top.
The 14-day Pro trial ends as soon as its $5 balance is used up, even before 14 days.