Side by side

Zed vs Cursor

Both are AI editors. Zed is GPL-3.0 with a $0 BYOK plan and a $10 Pro tier; Cursor is sold inside The X Subscription.

Checked 15 Oct 2026. Cells quote the linked official page. Where a page is silent, the cell says Unknown.

Zed Industries

Zed

Open-source code editor with a built-in agent panel.

$10/mo Pro

Anysphere, sold as part of The X Subscription

Cursor

Desktop coding agent on The X Subscription.

Plus $8/mo

Where the recorded cells differ

Published from. Zed: $10/mo Pro. Cursor: Plus $8/mo.
Open source. Zed: Yes. Cursor: No.
Inline completion. Zed: Pro+. Cursor: Unknown.
Bring your own key. Zed: Yes. Cursor: Unknown.
MCP. Zed: Yes. Cursor: Enterprise controls.
Cloud agent. Zed: No. Cursor: Premium+.
Team or enterprise admin. Zed: Business. Cursor: Yes.

Matrix

Zed compared with Cursor
Field	Zed	Cursor
Published from	$10/mo Prosource Personal is $0 with your own keys.	Plus $8/mosource Lowest paid individual tier on the pricing page. Free exists at $0.
Free tier	Yessource Personal plan is $0 forever with BYOK or external agents.	Yessource Free is $0 with limited agent and chat requests.
Open source	Yessource GPL-3.0-or-later, with Apache-2.0 components.	Nosource Sold as a subscription. The pricing and models pages reviewed do not publish an open-source license.
Agent edits code	Yessource Agent Panel agents read, write, and run code in the project.	Yessource The feature table marks Agent on Free through Enterprise.
Inline completion	Pro+source Unlimited edit predictions are listed on Pro and Business.	Unknownsource The current pricing page does not mention tab or inline completion. Legacy plan docs mention unlimited Tab on older Pro, Pro+, and Ultra plans.
CLI	Unknownsource The page reviewed does not say.	Unknownsource The pricing page reviewed does not list a Cursor CLI.
Bring your own key	Yessource Use your own API keys; spend goes to your provider.	Unknownsource Premium and above pay API list price from prepaid credit. The pages reviewed do not say you paste your own provider key.
MCP	Yessource Supports MCP Tools and Prompts.	Enterprise controlssource Enterprise lists repository, model, and MCP access controls. Which plans can use MCP servers is not stated on that table.
Cloud agent	Nosource No hosted background agent plan is listed on the pricing page.	Premium+source Cloud agents and automations are marked from Premium through Enterprise, and not on Free or Plus.
Team or enterprise admin	Businesssource Business adds org controls, RBAC, unified billing.	Yessource Teams and Enterprise list centralized billing, SSO, analytics, and admin controls.

Pricing

Zed

$0 — Personal. Free forever.
$10/month — Pro. Monthly; usage beyond $5 of tokens.
$30/seat/month — Business. Self-serve, no minimum seats.

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Cursor

$0/month — Free. Free
$8/month — Plus. Monthly. Annual is $80/year on the models docs.
$30/month — Premium. Monthly. Annual is $300/year on the models docs.
$100/month — Super. Monthly. Annual is $1,000/year on the models docs.
$200/month — Ultra. Monthly. Annual is $2,000/year on the models docs.
$30+/user/month — Teams. Per seat. Docs list Premium $30, Super $100, or Ultra $200 per user per month.
Custom — Enterprise. Contact sales

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