Zed alternatives 2026: 11 options compared by facts

Services from our AI Coding Assistants ranking you can choose instead of Zed, by Score. For each one we show the factors where it beats Zed.

Zed: Our Score 75/100 See the full ranking

  1. 1

    JetBrains AI

    85/100

    Stronger than Zed in: Features, Transparency

    Code not used for training by default
    Yes
    Free plan
    Yes
    Cheapest paid plan, per month
    $10.00
  2. 2

    GitHub Copilot

    77/100

    Stronger than Zed in: Features, Transparency

    Code not used for training by default
    No
    Free plan
    Yes
    Cheapest paid plan, per month
    $10.00
  3. 4

    Amp

    71/100

    Not stronger than Zed on any factor, but it may fit on price or features — see the facts.

    Code not used for training by default
    Yes
    Free plan
    Yes
    Cheapest paid plan, per month
    $20.00
  4. 5

    Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

    69/100

    Stronger than Zed in: Features

    Code not used for training by default
    No
    Free plan
    Yes
    Cheapest paid plan, per month
    $20.00
  5. 6

    Tabnine

    67/100

    Stronger than Zed in: Code privacy, Features

    Code not used for training by default
    Yes
    Free plan
    No
    Cheapest paid plan, per month
    Not verified
  6. 7

    Augment Code

    64/100

    Stronger than Zed in: Features

    Code not used for training by default
    Yes
    Free plan
    No
    Cheapest paid plan, per month
    $20.00
  7. 8

    Cursor

    64/100

    Stronger than Zed in: Features, Price

    Code not used for training by default
    Not verified
    Free plan
    Yes
    Cheapest paid plan, per month
    $8.00
  8. 9

    Google Antigravity

    60/100

    Stronger than Zed in: Features

    Code not used for training by default
    No
    Free plan
    Yes
    Cheapest paid plan, per month
    $19.99
  9. 10

    Claude Code

    57/100

    Stronger than Zed in: Features, Transparency

    Code not used for training by default
    No
    Free plan
    No
    Cheapest paid plan, per month
    $20.00
  10. 11

    Kiro (AWS)

    56/100

    Stronger than Zed in: Features

    Code not used for training by default
    No
    Free plan
    Yes
    Cheapest paid plan, per month
    $20.00
  11. 12

    Replit Agent

    40/100

    Not stronger than Zed on any factor, but it may fit on price or features — see the facts.

    Code not used for training by default
    No
    Free plan
    Yes
    Cheapest paid plan, per month
    $20.00