Vercel Agent vs Zed AI
55 fields both were evaluated on, 24 of them different — including where one discloses something the other does not. Every value links to the document it came from. 31 further fields are disclosed by neither and are listed at the end rather than tabled.
Assurance
| Field | Vercel Agent | Zed AI |
|---|---|---|
| Audit trail· | no public information zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 | |
| Explainability· | “Reasoning . . . Reasoned through it I’ll confirm the current cache-purge command shape, then request approval to purge vercel-site .”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 |
| Runtime governance· | “Permissions are tailored to your specific request, limited to the relevant teams, projects, and tools, and nothing more.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Sandboxing Zed supports sandboxing to restrict what agents can do while using the terminal and fetch tools.”zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 17, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
| Permission scopes· | “Permissions are tailored to your specific request, limited to the relevant teams, projects, and tools, and nothing more.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 |
Agency
| Field | Vercel Agent | Zed AI |
|---|---|---|
| Human oversight· | “Human-in-the-loop, always Sandboxed execution keeps experimentation safe, and any impactful change only goes live with your explicit approval.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 |
| Goal complexity· | “AI that answers questions, investigates production issues, takes approved actions, and reviews code.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 |
| Action space· | no public information zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 | |
| Operating environment· | “Built into your dashboard.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 2, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations | no public information zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 |
| Initiative· | “Every production issue becomes a complete investigation, helping your team move from alert to resolution faster with less manual debugging.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 |
Safety
| Field | Vercel Agent | Zed AI |
|---|---|---|
| Usage restrictions· | “Vercel Agent never trains on customer code if your Vercel Team's data sharing settings are set to 'off' or you are on an Enterprise plan.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 |
| Data handling· | “Vercel Agent never trains on customer code if your Vercel Team's data sharing settings are set to 'off' or you are on an Enterprise plan.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 |
Practicality
| Field | Vercel Agent | Zed AI |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model· | “Vercel Token Rate plus provider inference costs.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 |
| Availability· | no public information zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 | |
| Deployment options· | “Built into your dashboard.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 2, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations | no public information zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 |
| Integrations· | “GitHub repository cloning failed before the acme-store build began.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Bring agents like Claude Agent, Codex, or OpenCode via ACP. Connect MCP servers for extending the agent's knowledge.”zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 |
Foundation models
| Field | Vercel Agent | Zed AI |
|---|---|---|
| Base models· | no public information vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Model swappable· | no public information vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Zed doesn't lock you into one model, it gives you the fastest way to collaborate with any agent.”zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 |
| Open weights· | no public information vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Fine-tuning· | “Vercel Agent never trains on customer code if your Vercel Team's data sharing settings are set to 'off' or you are on an Enterprise plan.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 |
Ecosystem
| Field | Vercel Agent | Zed AI |
|---|---|---|
| Protocols supported· | no public information vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Connect MCP servers for extending the agent's knowledge.”zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 |
| Tool use· | “Worked with 2 tools Requesting access 1 Confirm the vercel-site project Read the project metadata for vercel-site in the vercel team so the cache command targets the right project. 2 Purge the CDN cache Run the Vercel cache purge for vercel-site , limited to the CDN cache.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Sandboxing Zed supports sandboxing to restrict what agents can do while using the terminal and fetch tools.”zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 17, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
| Multi-agent· | no public information vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Parallel Agents Run multiple threads of your favorite agents across several projects so you never leave your flow.”zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 |
| Open source· | no public information vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Edit Prediction An open-source, open-data language model that predicts what you'll type next.”zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 |
| Marketplace presence· | “Growing extensions ecosystem Boost your Zed experience by choosing from hundreds of extensions that broaden language support, offer different themes, and more. Create Extension View All Extensions”zed.dev · checked Aug 7, 2026 |
Disclosed by neither
Both Vercel Agent and Zed AI publish nothing on these 31 fields. That is a finding about the category rather than a difference between them, so it is recorded here instead of as 31 identical table rows. Each is shown with its source check on the individual profiles.
- Autonomy level
- User base
- Deployment scale
- Target sectors
- High-risk domains
- Documented incidents
- Price point
- Supported regions
- Support model
- Model provider
- Context window
- API access
- Safety evaluations
- Red teaming
- Safety policy
- Model or system card
- Incident reporting
- Third-party evaluations
- Insurance available
- Insurance carriers
- Coverage limits
- Indemnification
- Liability cap
- Tamper-evident log
- Compliance certifications
- Regulatory alignment
- Outcome-based pricing
- Settlement mechanism
- Dispute process
- SLA terms
- Evaluation coverage