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Zed's Pricing Has Changed: LLM Usage Is Now Token-Based


From the Zed Blog: We're moving Zed AI from prompt-based limits to token-based pricing.

Our short-term revenue growth strategy is to sell enterprise features to businesses, and our long term vision is to earn money by . Bring your own API keys, direct with LLM providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Grok, and many more Use local models like Ollama Access third-party agents through ACP, like Gemini CLI and Claude Code (more coming soon!) Changing our pricing helps us focus resources on targeted programs like discounts for students that are better aligned with Zed’s mission.

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