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Zed vs GitHub Actions

High-performance code editor, built in Rust, with AI + collaboration
vs. CI/CD native to GitHub — workflows + marketplace + hosted runners

Zed editor ↗GitHub Actions ↗

Pricing tiers

Zed

Free
$0. Full editor, extensions, collaboration. AI assistant with BYO API key or limited free tier.
Free
Zed Pro (trial)
$0 limited trial. Zed-hosted AI with Claude/GPT, 150 interactions/mo on Sonnet-tier models.
$0 base (usage-based)
BYO API Key
$0 for Zed. Full AI assistant with your own Claude / GPT / Gemini / Ollama keys — passthrough cost only.
$0 base (usage-based)
Zed Pro
$10/user/mo. 500 Claude Sonnet interactions + unlimited edit-predictions, priority routing.
$10/mo
Zed Business
$20/user/mo. 1,000+ Claude Sonnet interactions, org-level billing, priority support.
$20/mo
Zed editor ↗

GitHub Actions

Public Repos
$0. Free unlimited minutes on hosted runners (Linux). No private runners.
$0 base (usage-based)
Free (Personal)
$0. 2,000 minutes/mo private repos (Linux). 500MB Packages storage.
Free
Per-minute Overage
$0.008/min Linux ($0.08 macOS, $0.016 Windows) after included minutes.
$0/mo
Team
$4/user/mo. 3,000 minutes/mo. 2GB storage. Org management.
$4/mo
Enterprise
$21/user/mo. 50,000 minutes/mo. 50GB storage. SAML SSO, audit.
$21/mo
GitHub Actions ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on Zed vs free on GitHub Actions.

MetricZedGitHub Actions
No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers.

Features

Zed · 20 features

  • Agent Panel — Multi-step AI tasks with tool use.
  • AI Assistant — Inline edits + agent panel.
  • Channels (Multiplayer) — Real-time shared editing.
  • Editor — Core Rust-based editor.
  • Edit Prediction (Zeta) — Next-edit prediction model.
  • Extensions (WASM) — WASM-based extension system.
  • GitHub Copilot Support — Works alongside Copilot subscription.
  • Git Integration — Diff view, branches, blame.
  • Integrated Terminal — Built-in shell.
  • LSP Support — Works with all LSP language servers.
  • MCP Support — Connect to any MCP server.
  • Multibuffer — Edit multiple files in one view.
  • Remote Dev (SSH) — Edit remote filesystems natively.
  • Screen Share — Share editor view live.
  • Sub-16ms Latency — GPU-accelerated rendering.
  • Tasks — Configurable build/test/run tasks.
  • Themes — Built-in + community themes.
  • Tree-sitter Syntax — Incremental parsing for instant highlighting.
  • Vim Mode — First-class Vim/Helix bindings.
  • Voice Channels — Talk while pair programming.

GitHub Actions · 18 features

  • Actions Cache — Persistent cache across runs.
  • Actions Marketplace — 20K+ reusable actions.
  • ARC (K8s Controller) — Autoscale self-hosted on K8s.
  • Artifacts — Upload/download job outputs.
  • Composite Actions — Actions made of other actions.
  • Concurrency Groups — Cancel / queue overlapping runs.
  • Container Jobs — Run a whole job in a Docker image.
  • Environments + Approvals — Gate deploys with manual approval.
  • Job Summaries — Markdown summaries in UI.
  • Larger Runners — 4-64 vCPU, ARM, GPU.
  • Matrix Strategy — Fan out over axes.
  • OIDC Cloud Auth — Exchange JWT for cloud credentials.
  • Reusable Workflows — workflow_call.
  • Secrets + Variables — Encrypted org/repo/env secrets.
  • Self-Hosted Runners — Your own runners.
  • Service Containers — Sidecar containers (DBs, Redis) per job.
  • Triggers — push, pull_request, schedule, workflow_dispatch, etc.
  • Workflows — Event-driven YAML workflows.

Developer interfaces

KindZedGitHub Actions
CLIzed CLI (shell integration)gh run CLI
SDK—@actions/* toolkit
REST—GitHub Actions REST API
GRAPHQL—GitHub GraphQL (Actions)
OTHERCommand Palette (cmd+shift+p), Multiplayer / Channels, Remote Development (SSH), Zed AI Assistant, Zed Editor, Zed ExtensionsActions Marketplace, Actions Tab (Web), workflow_* webhooks, Workflow YAML
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