[ Zed Industries ]

Zed

Editor first; hosted AI is pass-through plus 10%.

Zed Pro is $10/mo with $5 of hosted tokens and unlimited edit predictions; beyond that, tokens are billed at API list +10%. Bring your own keys, Claude Agent or Codex CLI for free on Personal.

Official pricing page ↗

[ Plans ]

Plan ladder

Values follow your controls on the Overview page (full-plan case).

Zed Pro

$10/mo

Published

API value: $4.55
Value ×: 0.5x
Output tok/mo: 169K

$5 of tokens included; hosted usage billed at API list +10%. Unlimited edit predictions. Bring-your-own-keys is free on the Personal plan.

$5 of hosted tokens at list+10% equals about $4.55 of API-list value. The rest of the $10 buys the editor's hosted services.

Best model: varies / not scored · source

Strengths

Bring-your-own-key and external agents are free
Honest pass-through pricing with no hidden multiple

Watch out for

Not a subsidy play: hosted tokens cost slightly more than API list
Value is in the editor and predictions, not bulk tokens

[ History ]

Value over time

Dated reference points, a snapshot ledger you extend with npm run snapshot, and the plan changes that moved the numbers.

Zed Pro: snapshot ledger (full-plan case)

One snapshot so far. Each npm run snapshot adds a point.

Timeline

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Sources

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