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Zed vs Turso

High-performance code editor, built in Rust, with AI + collaboration
vs. Edge SQLite — libSQL at the speed of light

Zed editor ↗Turso 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 ↗

Turso

Free
100 DBs, 5 GB storage, 500M row reads/mo, 10M row writes/mo. No credit card.
Free
Developer
Unlimited DBs, 9 GB storage, 2.5B reads, 25M writes.
$5/mo
Scaler
24 GB storage, 100B reads, 100M writes. Teams + DPA support. Price is annual-billed.
$25/mo
Pro
50 GB storage, 250B reads, 250M writes. Teams, DPA, SSO, BYOK, HIPAA, SOC2, priority support. Annual billed.
$417/mo
Enterprise
White-glove support + unlimited usage + dedicated infra.
Custom
Turso website ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on Zed vs free on Turso.

MetricZedTurso
databases—100 DBs
row reads month—500000000 reads/month
row writes month—10000000 writes/month
storage gb—5 GB

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.

Turso · 11 features

  • Branching — Create DB branches from a primary for staging/test envs.
  • BYOK Encryption — Bring your own encryption key (Pro+).
  • Edge Routing — Requests route automatically to the nearest replica group.
  • Embedded Replicas — Client-side local SQLite file that syncs from the primary — reads are <1ms local…
  • libSQL — Turso's open-source SQLite fork with HTTP, WebSocket, and multi-writer support.
  • libSQL Server (sqld) — Self-hostable server component. Runs libSQL as a service.
  • Multi-Database — Create thousands of DBs cheaply — perfect for per-tenant / per-customer isolatio…
  • Point-in-Time Restore — Rollback DB to any moment within backup window.
  • Scheduled Backups — Automated point-in-time backups.
  • SQLite Compatibility — Drop-in SQLite — same SQL dialect, same file format.
  • Teams & RBAC — Org-level access control for Scaler+ tiers.

Developer interfaces

KindZedTurso
CLIzed CLI (shell integration)Turso CLI
SDK—go-libsql, @libsql/client, libsql-experimental (Python), libsql-rs, libsql-swift
REST—libSQL HTTP, Platform API
MCP—Turso MCP
OTHERCommand Palette (cmd+shift+p), Multiplayer / Channels, Remote Development (SSH), Zed AI Assistant, Zed Editor, Zed ExtensionslibSQL WebSocket, SQLite wire protocol
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