AI IDEs
Cursor vs Zed
Cursor (Anysphere) and Zed (Zed Industries) are two tools in the “AI IDEs” category of the OrigoTech directory. This page puts the information from their tool pages side by side: 8 criteria are filled in for both tools. No editorial opinion: every value comes from the tool page, which cites its sources.
Tool page data · Verified
Comparison table
| Criterion | Cursor | Zed |
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| Vendor | Anysphere | Zed Industries |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Pricing details | Limited free tier, then plans from $8 to $200/month; Teams from $30/user (source: cursor.com/pricing). | Personal $0, Pro $10/month ($5 of tokens included, then API list price +10%), Business $30/seat/month (source: zed.dev/pricing). |
| Plans and pricing |
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| License | Proprietary (terms forbid reverse engineering or access to source code; cursor.com/terms-of-service) | GPL-3.0 and Apache-2.0 depending on the component (LICENSE-GPL and LICENSE-APACHE files in the repository) |
| Open source | No | Yes |
| Platforms | Desktop, CLI, Web | Desktop |
| Operating systems | macOS, Windows, Linux | macOS, Linux, Windows |
| MCP support | Yes | — |
| Context window | Depends on the selected model | — |
| Version | — | v1.26.2 |
| GitHub repository | — | zed-industries/zed · ★ 92,200 · Verified |
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“—”: information not filled in on the tool page.
What they have in common
- Same pricing model: freemium.
- Shared platforms: Desktop.
- Shared operating systems: macOS, Windows, Linux.
Differences
- Cursor is published by Anysphere, Zed by Zed Industries.
- Only Zed is open source.
- License: Proprietary for Cursor, Open source for Zed.
- Platforms only Cursor offers: CLI, Web.
- Only Zed has a repository on our GitHub repos page (92,200 stars, as of October 26, 2026).
- Plans listed on the tool pages: 6 for Cursor, 3 for Zed.
Sources
- Cursor: enterprise offering (50,000+ enterprises)
- Cursor: Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant
- Cursor: pricing
- Cursor: terms of service
- Cursor on X: Computer Use (Oct 23, 2026)
- Cursor: computer use on self-hosted machines
- Zed: pricing
- GitHub: zed-industries/zed repository (GPL and Apache licenses)
- GitHub: release v1.26.2
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