# Cursor vs Zed

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Zed

| Attribute | Cursor | Zed |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 42.5 (71% (medium)) | 56.5 (57% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 89,264 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true}` |
| description.long | Cursor is an AI coding agent that combines IDE capabilities with autonomous agents to help developers build software. It streamlines development workflows across desktop, CLI, and cloud platforms. | A minimal code editor built for fast, responsive coding and seamless collaboration. Includes built-in AI features with multiple model options, real-time code collaboration with teammates, and agent integration for automated editing and navigation. |
| features.capabilities | `{"type":"full_ide","builtin_ai":"native","deployment":"both","os_support":"Windows","remote_dev":true,"open_source":"closed","extensibility":"marketplace","pricing_model":"subscription","language_scope":"polyglot","git_integration":true,"code_intelligence":"ide_grade"}` | `{"type":"code_editor","lsp_dap":true,"builtin_ai":"native","deployment":"desktop","os_support":"macOS 10.15+, Windows, Linux","remote_dev":true,"open_source":"oss","base_platform":"original","extensibility":"plugins","language_scope":"polyglot","git_integration":true,"code_intelligence":"ide_grade"}` |
| integrations.count | 2 | 9 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"GitHub"}]` | `[{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Google"},{"name":"xAI"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitHub Copilot"},{"name":"OpenRouter"},{"name":"AWS Bedrock"},{"name":"Ollama"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Rust |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"windows":true}` | `{"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Hobby","summary":"Free","features":["Limited Agent requests","Access to Composer","No credit card required"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$20/mo","features":["Extended limits on Agent","Generous limits for Grok & Composer","Access to frontier models","MCPs, skills, and hooks","Cloud agents","Bugbot on usage-based billing"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Pro+","features":["3x Pro limits on Agent","Generous limits for Grok & Composer","Access to frontier models","MCPs, skills, and hooks","Cloud agents","Bugbot on usage-based billing"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Ultra","features":["20x Pro limits on Agent","Generous limits for Grok & Composer","Access to frontier models","MCPs, skills, and hooks","Cloud agents","Bugbot on usage-based billing","Priority access to new features"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"$40/user/mo","features":["Centralized team billing and administration","Team marketplace for internal rules, skills, and plugins","Agentic code reviews with Bugbot","Cloud agents and automations with shared team context","Usage analytics to understand team behavior","Team-wide privacy mode","SAML/OIDC SSO"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":40,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","features":["5x Standard limits on Agent","Centralized team billing and administration","Team marketplace for internal rules, skills, and plugins","Agentic code reviews with Bugbot","Cloud agents and automations with shared team context","Usage analytics to understand team behavior","Team-wide privacy mode","SAML/OIDC SSO"],"commitment":"monthly","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Pooled usage","Invoice/PO billing","SCIM seat management","Repository, model, and MCP access controls","Auto-run, browser, and network controls","Audit logs and service accounts","AI code tracking API","Priority support and account management"],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"Hobby free, Pro $20/mo, Teams $40/user/mo, Enterprise custom","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.cursor.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T15:16:05.790Z","startingPrice":{"amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free","features":["2,000 accepted edit predictions","50 Zed-hosted prompts per month"],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"edit_predictions":"2000/mo","zed_hosted_prompts":"50/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$10/month with $5 token credits; overage at API list price + 10%","features":["Unlimited accepted edit predictions","$5 of token credits included","Additional usage at API list price + 10%","Claude Sonnet and Claude Opus","GPT-5 + mini/nano","Gemini 2.5 Pro/Flash"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"token"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"token_credits":"$5/mo"}},{"free":true,"name":"Pro Trial","summary":"Free for 14 days with $20 token credits","features":["Unlimited accepted edit predictions","$20 of token credits"],"components":[{"kind":"one_time","amount":0,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"14-day trial of Pro features","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"trial_token_credits":"$20"}}],"summary":"Free tier available. Pro at $10/month with $5 token credits included; token-based billing for additional AI usage at API list price + 10%.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://zed.dev/blog/pricing-change-llm-usage-is-now-token-based","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T16:44:41.880Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":0.1,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.18.0-pre","date":"2026-08-26T17:33:29Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.18.0-pre"},{"url":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.17.2","date":"2026-08-26T15:25:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.17.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.17.2-pre","date":"2026-08-25T05:13:03Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.17.2-pre"},{"url":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.16.3","date":"2026-08-26T02:22:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.17.1-pre","date":"2026-08-24T14:17:58Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.17.1-pre"},{"url":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.16.2","date":"2026-08-24T15:47:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.17.0-pre","date":"2026-08-19T17:47:30Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.17.0-pre"},{"url":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.16.1","date":"2026-08-19T16:11:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.16.1-pre","date":"2026-08-18T15:58:22Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.16.1-pre"},{"url":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.15.1","date":"2026-08-18T16:05:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.15.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.16.0-pre","date":"2026-08-12T19:07:34Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.16.0-pre"},{"url":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.15.0","date":"2026-08-12T15:53:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.15.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.15.0-pre","date":"2026-08-05T17:59:43Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.15.0-pre"},{"url":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.14.2","date":"2026-08-05T16:57:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.14.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.14.2-pre","date":"2026-08-02T16:52:59Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.14.2-pre"},{"url":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.13.2","date":"2026-08-02T17:33:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.13.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.14.1-pre","date":"2026-07-29T17:48:49Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.14.1-pre"},{"url":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.13.1","date":"2026-07-29T16:07:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.13.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.13.1-pre","date":"2026-07-27T18:21:43Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.13.1-pre"},{"url":"https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/tag/v1.12.1","date":"2026-07-27T18:30:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.12.1"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=cargo&package_name=perf-gpui-standalone&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (IDEs & Code Editors)

| Capability | Cursor | Zed |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Type | Full IDE | Code editor |
| Language scope | Polyglot | Polyglot |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Both | Desktop |
| **Platform support** |  |  |
| OS support | Windows | macOS 10.15+, Windows, Linux |
| Base platform | - | Original |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| Extensibility | Extension marketplace | Plugins |
| **DX** |  |  |
| LSP / DAP support | - | ✓ |
| Remote / dev-containers | ✓ | ✓ |
| Integrated debugger / profiler | - | - |
| Code intelligence depth | IDE-grade | IDE-grade |
| Built-in git integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| **AI** |  |  |
| Built-in AI | Native | Native |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Openness | Closed | Open-source |
| **Pricing** |  |  |
| Pricing model | Per-seat subscription | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:12:05.829Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*