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	Aider A	Figma AI A	GitHub Copilot B	NotebookLM S
Tagline	Terminal-based AI pair programmer. Git-aware, model-flexible.	AI features baked into the design tool you already use.	Microsoft/GitHub's autocomplete. Deep VS Code + JetBrains integration.	Google's research notebook. Turns your docs into a podcast.
Category	Coding	Design	Coding	Research
Pricing	Free (open source) + whatever API you use	Included with Figma plans	Free (limited) + $10/mo Pro + $19/mo Business	Free
Best for	Developers who want open-source tooling with full control.	Designers already on Figma.	Teams with GitHub already. Devs who don't want to change IDEs.	Students, researchers, anyone with a stack of PDFs or a topic to learn.
Strengths	Works in any terminal Auto-commits changes with meaningful messages Works with any model (Claude, GPT, local) Minimal learning curve	First drafts with Make Designs Rename/rearrange layers automatically Natural language asset search	Great enterprise story Works in your existing IDE Chat + autocomplete	Upload anything, ask questions, get cited answers Audio Overview turns docs into a 10-min podcast Great for studying
Weaknesses	Terminal-only Less agentic than Claude Code Setup on Windows is fiddly	Features vary by plan + region Still rolling out	Less agentic than Cursor/Claude Code Model quality varies	Google-only Can be slow on large corpora
Kai's verdict	A-tier. The right answer if you want open-source + terminal-native + model-agnostic.	A-tier. No reason not to use it if you're on Figma. Not worth switching for.	B-tier. Solid for autocomplete but the category moved past it. Pick Cursor unless you can't.	S-tier for study. The Audio Overview is a killer feature. Try it with three of your favorite PDFs.
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