Sourcegraph vs Zed
Zed uniquely has 7 features · Sourcegraph uniquely has 6 features.
| Sourcegraph | Zed | |
|---|---|---|
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2013 | 2021 |
| HQ | San Francisco, USA | San Francisco, USA |
| AI model | Multiple (Claude, GPT-4, and others via MCP) | Claude (Anthropic), GPT (OpenAI), Gemini (Google), DeepSeek, and others via bring-your-own-key |
| User base | 200+ enterprise engineering teams | — |
| Platforms | Web, CLI, IDE extensions, MCP Server | macOS |
| Languages | All major coding languages (25+) | Most major programming languages via LSP and extensions |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | — | Freemium |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Starting price | $16K/yr (Enterprise) | $0/mo |
| Enterprise | Starting at $16,000/yr | Custom — order forms available at 25+ seats (contact sales@zed.dev) |
| All plans | EnterpriseNot publicly stated | PersonalFreePro$10/moBusiness$30/seat/mo |
| Positioning | ||
| Best for | Enterprise engineering teams managing large, complex, multi-repository codebases | Developers seeking a fast, AI-powered collaborative code editor |
| Differentiator | Provides complete, SCIP-powered codebase indexing across thousands of repositories to give AI agents and humans exhaustive, deterministic context for accurate large-scale code changes — beyond what any single-repo or partial-context tool can offer | Next-generation code editor with built-in AI edit predictions and real-time collaboration |
| Competitors | GitHub Copilot, Cursor, JetBrains AI, Tabnine, Codeium | VS Code, Cursor, Neovim, JetBrains IDEs, Windsurf |
| Features | ||
| Data Governance Controls | — | ✓ |
| External Agent Support (Claude, Codex Cli) | — | ✓ |
| Org Wide AI Model Policies | — | ✓ |
| Role Based Access Controls | — | ✓ |
| Unlimited Edit Predictions (Pro+) | — | ✓ |
| Usage Based Billing | — | ✓ |
| Cli Support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Code Completion | ✓ | ✓ |
| Code Generation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Code Review | ✓ | ✓ |
| Codebase Indexing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Debugging | ✓ | ✓ |
| Git Integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| IDE Plugins | ✓ | ✕ |
| Multi Language Support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Refactoring | ✓ | ✓ |
| Security Scanning | ✓ | — |
| Self Hosted Option | ✓ | ✕ |
| Team Features | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test Generation | — | ✓ |
| Integrations | ||
| API Access | ✓ | ✓ |
| Github Integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gitlab Integration | ✓ | — |
| Jetbrains Plugin | ✓ | ✕ |
| Key Integrations | GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Slack, PagerDuty, Email, Jira, Webhook, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Amp, MCP Server | Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, Google Gemini, Amazon Bedrock, DeepSeek, GitHub Copilot, LM Studio, Mistral, Ollama, OpenRouter, Vercel, Codex CLI, Claude Agent |
| Vscode Extension | ✓ | ✕ |