Zed slashes Pro trial perks: $20 credits cut to $5, GPT-5.6 Luna only
What happened
Between the Sep 7, 2026 and Sep 14, 2026 captures of Zed's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Pro free trial cut from a two-week trial with $20 of token credits to a 14-day trial with only $5 of usage, and trial model access narrowed to GPT-5.6 Luna only (no credit card now required). In detail: Pro free trial credits cut from $20 of token credits to $5 of usage, and trial model access narrowed to GPT-5.6 Luna only (previously all models except Claude Fable, Claude Opus, and GPT Pro). Trial length is unchanged at 14 days, and no credit card is now required. Pulse files it as a packaging change (trial change). Pulse's latest capture (Nov 9, 2026) lists Pro at $10 and Business at $30.
It lands 28 days after Zed's previous change, "Zed's Pro trial now blocks Claude Fable, Opus, and GPT Pro access" (Aug 17, 2026). Zed has been tracked since 2026-07-15.
In the same window Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains and Nova also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- ChangedProTrial$20 of token credits$5 of usage
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | Trial | $20 of token credits | $5 of usage | Changed |
Values as written on Zed's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Zed's pricing page (zed.dev) from Sep 7, 2026 and Sep 14, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where "$20 of token credits" becomes "$5 of usage".
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Zed, the last 90 days
Full history- Sep 14, 2026PackagingZed slashes Pro trial perks: $20 credits cut to $5, GPT-5.6 Luna only This change
- Aug 17, 2026PackagingZed's Pro trial now blocks Claude Fable, Opus, and GPT Pro access
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- CursorSep 8Cursor adds contextual taglines to plan cards, from tinkerers to enterprises
- WindsurfAug 31Windsurf reframes Enterprise pitch: "built to scale across your organization
- JetBrainsAug 31JetBrains: Added multi-year billing with 2–3 year price-freeze guarantee
- NovaJul 20Nova cuts sale price to $59 (40% off, ends Aug 1), drops Coda upgrade deal
Questions about this change
Did Zed raise prices in September 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Sep 7, 2026 and Sep 14, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: trial change.
What changed on Zed's pricing page between Sep 7, 2026 and Sep 14, 2026?
Pro trial: $20 of token credits → $5 of usage, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Sep 7, 2026 and Sep 14, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Zed change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Zed in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Zed's Pro trial now blocks Claude Fable, Opus, and GPT Pro access" on Aug 17, 2026; Zed has been tracked since 2026-07-15.