Side-by-side
Cursor vs Zed
Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.
At a glanceCursorZed
At a glance
- Pricing
- Cursor$20/mo (Pro)
- ZedFree
- Pricing model
- CursorFreemium
- ZedFreemium
- Founded
- Cursor2022
- Zed—
- Location
- CursorSan Francisco, USA
- Zed—
- Bootstrapped
- Cursor—
- Zed—
- Open source
- Cursor—
- ZedYes
- Category
- CursorAI Coding Agents
- Zed—
- Indie alternatives
- Cursor10
- Zed0
- Founders
- CursorMichael Truell, Sualeh Asif, Arvid Lunnemark, Aman Sanger
- ZedNathan Sobo
Key differences
Funding
Zed is bootstrapped / open source; Cursor is venture-backed.
Open source
Zed is open source; Cursor is closed source.
Indie alternatives
Cursor has 10 curated indie alternatives in our directory; Zed has 0.
Differences are derived directly from the data on each tool's page. Empty fields mean we haven't verified a value yet — never that one tool lacks the capability.
Founders of Cursor
More comparisons
Discussion
0 comments from people who picked one over the other.
Log in to share which you picked and why.
No comments yet. Be the first to share your experience.