title: Plans & Pricing description: Compare Zed's Free, Pro, and Business plans, and understand token-based usage metering, spend limits, and trial details.

Plans & Pricing

For costs and more information on pricing, visit Zed's pricing page.

Zed works without AI features or a subscription. No authentication is required for the editor itself.

Plans {#plans}

Zed Free {#free}

Zed is free to use. You can configure AI agents with your own API keys via Providers. Edit Predictions are available on a limited basis. Zed's hosted models require a Pro subscription.

Zed Pro {#pro}

Zed Pro includes access to all hosted AI models and Edit Predictions. The plan includes $5 of monthly token credit; usage beyond that is billed at the rates listed on the Models page. A trial of Zed Pro includes $20 of credit, usable for 14 days.

For details on billing and payment, see Individual Billing.

Zed Business {#business}

Zed Business gives every member access to all of Zed's hosted AI models, unlimited edit predictions, plus org-wide controls for administrators: which AI features are available, what data leaves your organization, and how AI spend is tracked. All seats and AI usage are consolidated into a single invoice.

For a full feature overview, see Zed Business. For billing details, see Billing.

Student Plan {#student}

The Zed Student plan includes all Zed Pro features: unlimited Edit Predictions, all hosted AI models except Claude Opus, and $10/month in token credits. Available free for one year to verified university students.

Usage {#usage}

Usage of Zed's hosted models is measured on a token basis, converted to dollars at the rates listed on the Models page (list price from the provider, +10%).

Monthly included credit resets on your monthly billing date. To view your current usage, visit your account at dashboard.zed.dev/account. Usage data from our metering provider, Orb, is embedded on that page.

Spend Limits {#usage-spend-limits}

At the top of the Account page, you'll find an input for Maximum Token Spend. The dollar amount here specifies your monthly limit for spend on tokens, not counting the $5/month included with your Pro subscription.

The default value for all Pro users is $10, for a total monthly spend with Zed of $20 ($10 for your Pro subscription, $10 in incremental token spend). This can be set to $0 to limit your spend with Zed to exactly $10/month. If you adjust this limit higher than $10 and consume more than $10 of incremental token spend, you'll be billed via threshold billing.

Once the spend limit is hit, we'll stop any further usage until your token spend limit resets.

Note: Spend limits are a Zed Pro feature. Student plan users cannot configure spend limits; usage is capped at the $10/month included credit.

Trials {#trials}

Trials automatically convert to Zed Free when they end. Trials do not include access to Anthropic's Opus models. No cancellation is needed to prevent conversion to Zed Pro.