Google Antigravity vs Zed (2026): Which Vibe Coding App Is Better?

Both are popular AI code editors. Here is how Google Antigravity and Zed stack up on price, strengths and weaknesses, and which one we would pick.

Google Antigravity

Google's agent-first platform: IDE, agent manager and the Antigravity CLI that replaced Gemini CLI

8.0 /10

Pricing: Freemium

Pros

Manager view for many parallel agents
IDE plus a terminal CLI that replaced Gemini CLI
Free for individuals, higher limits with Google AI plans

Cons

Young product; features and limits change quickly
Best with Gemini models

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Zed

High-performance open-source editor with built-in agents and ACP support

8.0 /10

Pricing: Free plan, paid from $10/mo

Pros

Extremely fast native editor
Runs external agents like Claude Code via ACP
Open source

Cons

Smaller extension ecosystem than VS Code
Windows support is newer

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Google Antigravity vs Zed at a glance

	Google Antigravity	Zed
Editor score	8.0 / 10	8.0 / 10
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Starting price	Free	$10/mo
Reader upvotes	0	0
Best for	editor, google	editor, open source
Agent Skills support	Yes	Yes
Subagents support	Yes	No
MCP support	Yes	Yes
AGENTS.md support	Yes	Yes
Plugins support	Yes	No
Hooks support	Yes	No
Rules support	Yes	Yes
Agent skills in this directory	52	48
Subagents & agents in this directory	12	5
MCP servers in this directory	73	72

Our pick

Google Antigravity edges it with a score of 8.0 versus 8.0. Google Antigravity is the better fit if you value: manager view for many parallel agents, ide plus a terminal cli that replaced gemini cli. Choose Zed instead if you need: extremely fast native editor, runs external agents like claude code via acp.