Alternatives to Zed

These tools sit near Zed. Compare features and pricing before you switch.

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Alternatives

Cursor: AI-first IDE, $20 / $40.
GitHub Copilot: Stay in VS Code.
Claude Code: Terminal agent if you do not want another GUI.

Cursor

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Anysphere's AI IDE: Individual $20, Pro $40, Teams $40/user. Cloud agents and Bugbot are billed on top of the seat.

#Cursor

1748000DR: 75AS: 78

GitHub Copilot

Development Tools

GitHub's AI coding assistant for IDE, CLI, mobile, and cloud agents. Completions, chat, PR drafts, and paid plans from Free to Enterprise.

#Git

1567DR: 96AS: 95

Claude Code

Development Tools

Anthropic's agentic coding tool for terminal, IDE, desktop, and browser. Reads the repo, edits files, runs commands, and connects MCP, skills, and hooks.

#Claude

15900000DR: 95AS: 94