It depends.

For C# development Jetbrains Rider is second to none.

The number of static analysis, refactorings, inspections, dynamic analysis, slow code paths hightlights, profiling, etc.

It just cannot be done in neovim no matter how I would like to switch.

For C++ (like the OP’s case) — maybe the situation is different. I’ve heard CLion is a meh.

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Also Jetbrains IdeaVim plugin is the best vim emulation I’ve seen. Nothing comes close with vim plugins support, vimrc, and what have you.

I tried vim mode in Zed — it’s a joke. Immediately uninstalled and got back to vscode, at least it has some vimrc support for custom bindings.

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Also I don’t get the start-up argument: just don’t close the app, dummy :-). YMMV of course depending on the language.

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tldr; there is nothing to replace rider with. Because Rider is an actual IDE with tons of proprietary bells and whistles that actually matter

Then again, my dev machine is a Threadripper with tons of ram. I would probably sing a different song if I needed to work on a macbook air with 16gb of ram.