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Zed vs Sanity

High-performance code editor, built in Rust, with AI + collaboration
vs. Structured content platform — headless CMS with real-time + GROQ

Zed editor ↗Sanity 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 ↗

Sanity

Free
20 seats. 2 public datasets. 10K documents. 250K API req + 1M CDN req/month. Content Agent + live preview + visual editing.
Free
Growth
$15 per seat/month. 50 seats. 2 datasets (public or private). 25K docs. Same API limits + pay-as-you-go overages.
$15/mo
Enterprise
Custom. SAML SSO, Media Library, dedicated support, 99.99% SLA.
Custom
Sanity website ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on Zed vs free on Sanity.

MetricZedSanity
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.

Sanity · 16 features

  • Agent Context — Expose your content schema + docs to LLM agents.
  • Content Agent (AI) — AI assistant inside Studio for generation + translation.
  • Content History — Every change versioned. Rollback + diff.
  • Content Lake — Distributed real-time DB for structured content. Multi-region replicas.
  • Datasets — Logical content partitions (stage/prod/etc.). Easy cloning.
  • GROQ — Graph-Relational Object Queries — JSON-native query language.
  • Image CDN — Smart transforms (crop, format, quality) via URL params.
  • Internationalization — Multiple locales per document with native i18n plugins.
  • Live Previews — Draft previews with stega-encoded content.
  • Media Library (Ent) — Org-wide media with DAM features.
  • Portable Text — Structured rich text format (JSON). Portable across channels.
  • Real-Time Collaboration — Live presence + collaborative editing.
  • Sanity Studio — Open-source React editor — customize with your own components + workflow.
  • Scheduled Publishing — Schedule content to publish at a future date.
  • Visual Editing — Click-to-edit inline on your Next.js/etc. website.
  • Webhooks — Events on create/update/delete with GROQ filter.

Developer interfaces

KindZedSanity
CLIzed CLI (shell integration)Sanity CLI
SDK—@sanity/client, sanity-python, @sanity/ui + next-sanity
REST—Image CDN, Sanity HTTP API
MCP—Sanity MCP
OTHERCommand Palette (cmd+shift+p), Multiplayer / Channels, Remote Development (SSH), Zed AI Assistant, Zed Editor, Zed ExtensionsGROQ Query Language, Webhooks
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