GitHub Copilot vs Zed
What each one’s own pages state, side by side. Every value is a quote AirStack found on that product’s pages; “Not observed” means AirStack has not found it on that product’s pages.
| GitHub Copilot | Zed | |
|---|---|---|
| What it says it does | GitHub Copilot is an AI coding agent that helps you write, understand, and ship software. github.com | Zed is a minimal code editor crafted for speed and collaboration with humans and AI. zed.dev |
| Starting at | Not observed | $10 Pro / month free plan listed |
| Platforms | Eclipse, JetBrains IDEs, Neovim, Vim, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, XCode, Zed, GitHub Copilot desktop app, Slack, Teams, mobile, terminal/CLI, web github.com | Linux, Windows, macOS zed.dev |
| Integrations | Slack, Teams github.com | Claude Agent, Codex, OpenCode, Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, Deepseek, GitHub Copilot, Google AI, LM Studio, Mistral, Ollama, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Vercel, HTML, Git Firefly, TOML, Java, Catppuccin, Dockerfile, SQL, PHP, Vue, Ruby, Catppuccin Icons, XML, Material Icon Theme, macOS Classic Theme, SCSS & SASS, Tokyo Night Themes, Emmet, Make, Lua, Terraform zed.dev |
| Compliance | GDPR github.com | Not observed |
| Free plan | Yes github.com | Yes zed.dev |
| Plans | Business, Enterprise, Free, Max, Pro, Pro+ github.com | Not observed |
| Open source | Not observed | Yes zed.dev |
| Models supported | GPT-5 mini, Haiku 4.5 github.com | Zeta2, GPT-6 Luna zed.dev |
| Pricing basis | GitHub AI Credits are how you pay for AI usage in GitHub Copilot. github.com | Not observed |
Where they differ
- Zed’s pages state that it is open source; AirStack has not found that on GitHub Copilot’s pages.
- GitHub Copilot claims GDPR on its own pages; Zed’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
Prices are list prices as written on each pricing page; check them before you buy. Nothing here is a ranking or a recommendation.