head to head/AI Coding Assistants

Cursor vs Zed

Neck and neck on boosts. Profiles, pricing and deals below.

Cursor

The AI-native code editor that changed the default

community boosts

0

pricing

Freemium

what it is

Cursor forked VS Code and rebuilt it around AI: codebase-aware chat, multi-file edits and background agents. It became the fastest-adopted developer tool in years and the benchmark others chase.

Zed

The blazing-fast editor built in Rust, with AI aboard

community boosts

0

pricing

Open source

what it is

Zed is a from-scratch code editor engineered for speed - GPU-rendered, instant startup - with multiplayer editing and AI assistance built in. From the creators of Atom, open source and free.