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Visual Studio Code vs Zed

Features, integrations, platforms and pricing, side by side. They share 5 features.

Facts come from each app’s listing. Payment never changes this comparison.

Visual Studio Code

Developer Tools

Free, extensible code editor

Free

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Zed

Developer Tools

High-performance, multiplayer code editor

Free plan

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Side by side

Pricing

  • Model

    Visual Studio Code
    Free
    Zed
    Open source

  • Paid plans from

    Visual Studio Code
    Not listed
    Zed
    Not listed

  • Free plan

    Visual Studio Code
    Yes
    Zed
    Yes

  • Plans

    Visual Studio Code
    Free and open source; GitHub Copilot plans billed separately
    Zed
    Free and open source; optional paid plan for hosted AI features

Platforms

3 shared · 1 only in Visual Studio Code

  • Linux

    Visual Studio Code
    Yes
    Zed
    Yes

  • macOS

    Visual Studio Code
    Yes
    Zed
    Yes

  • Windows

    Visual Studio Code
    Yes
    Zed
    Yes

  • Web

    Visual Studio Code
    Yes
    Zed
    No

Features

5 shared · 1 only in Visual Studio Code · 1 only in Zed

  • AI code completion

    Visual Studio Code
    Yes
    Zed
    Yes

  • Debugging

    Visual Studio Code
    Yes
    Zed
    Yes

  • Extensions & plugins

    Visual Studio Code
    Yes
    Zed
    Yes

  • Real-time collaboration

    Visual Studio Code
    Yes
    Zed
    Yes

  • Terminal

    Visual Studio Code
    Yes
    Zed
    Yes

  • Offline mode

    Visual Studio Code
    Yes
    Zed
    No

  • AI agents

    Visual Studio Code
    No
    Zed
    Yes

Integrations

1 shared · 2 only in Visual Studio Code · 1 only in Zed

  • GitHub

    Visual Studio Code
    Yes
    Zed
    Yes

  • Bitbucket

    Visual Studio Code
    Yes
    Zed
    No

  • GitLab

    Visual Studio Code
    Yes
    Zed
    No

  • OpenAI

    Visual Studio Code
    No
    Zed
    Yes

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