# Zed AI: Introducing Usage-Based Billing for High-Volume Users

DevFeed: [Zed AI: Introducing Usage-Based Billing for High-Volume Users](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/zed-ai-introducing-usage-based-billing-for-high-volume-users-13571.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://zed.dev/blog/zed-ai-billing>)

Author: Nathan Sobo

Published: 2024-10-17T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Zed Industries - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/zed-industries-blog.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [issue tracker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/issue-tracker.md>)

Tags: [account](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/account.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [cost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cost.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [issue-tracker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/issue-tracker.md>), [optional](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optional.md>), [subscription](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/subscription.md>), [tokens](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tokens.md>), [usage-based-billing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/usage-based-billing.md>), [volume](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/volume.md>)

## AI overview

Zed is introducing usage-based billing for high-volume Zed AI users while keeping a free tier for everyone else. Users will be billed at cost for tokens beyond the free tier, with optional subscription billing and monthly spending limits.

## Source excerpt

Some billing-related changes for Zed's AI offering