Zed has directly brought subscription subscribers this wave of excitement—finally, we don’t have to count tokens day by day anymore.

Zed announces that the built-in AI Agent is now natively integrated with ChatGPT, allowing users to directly access OpenAI models and Codex with their personal subscriptions after logging in, without the need for pay-as-you-go API fees; JetBrains and others can still use ACP. The direct connection option for enterprise keys remains available. Competitors are also shifting to pay-as-you-go billing, with Anthropic and Copilot implementing phased charges, as vendors are delegating subscription computing power to third-party applications to retain developers.