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Zed vs Mailgun

High-performance code editor, built in Rust, with AI + collaboration
vs. Email API for developers with deep deliverability tooling

Zed editor ↗Mailgun website ↗

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 ↗

Mailgun

Free
100 emails/day. 1 custom domain, 1-day log retention, 1 inbound route. No credit card.
Free
Basic
$15/month. 10,000 emails/month, no daily limit, 5 inbound routes.
$15/mo
Foundation
$35/month (1st month free). 50,000 emails/month, 1,000 custom domains, 5-day retention.
$35/mo
Scale
$90/month. 100,000 emails/month, SAML SSO, 5,000 email validations, dedicated IP pools, 30-day retention.
$90/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Deliverability services, managed onboarding.
Custom
Mailgun website ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on Zed vs free on Mailgun.

MetricZedMailgun
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.

Mailgun · 14 features

  • Batch Sending — Send up to 1,000 recipients per API call via recipient variables.
  • Dedicated IPs — IP pools with auto warmup. Scale+ tier.
  • Deliverability Suite — Inbox placement testing, DMARC reporting, seed lists.
  • Email Logs — Searchable log of all send attempts + events.
  • Email Templates — Template builder + variables + versioning.
  • Email Validation — Real-time email verification (syntax, MX, role accounts, disposable).
  • EU Region — Data stored in EU for GDPR-sensitive customers.
  • Inbound Routing — Route incoming emails to URLs/SMTP. Attachment forwarding.
  • Mailing Lists — Unlimited mailing lists with bulk subscribe/unsubscribe.
  • Open/Click Tracking — HTML + text tracking with configurable tracking domain.
  • SAML SSO — Scale+ tier.
  • Send API — REST/SMTP send with MIME + tracking.
  • Tags — Tag messages to slice stats.
  • Webhook Events — delivered, opened, clicked, unsubscribed, complained, permanent_fail, temporary_…

Developer interfaces

KindZedMailgun
CLIzed CLI (shell integration)—
SDK—mailgun.js (Node), mailgun-php, mailgun-python, mailgun-ruby
REST—Mailgun REST API
OTHERCommand Palette (cmd+shift+p), Multiplayer / Channels, Remote Development (SSH), Zed AI Assistant, Zed Editor, Zed ExtensionsInbound Routing, SMTP Relay, Webhooks
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