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Claude Agent SDK S | GitHub Copilot B | Runway S | Adobe Firefly A | |
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| Tagline | Anthropic's SDK for building your own agents on Claude. | Microsoft/GitHub's autocomplete. Deep VS Code + JetBrains integration. | The pro's AI video tool. Gen-4 is the current bar. | Commercially safe image gen, deeply integrated with Photoshop. |
| Category | Agents | Coding | Video | Image |
| Pricing | API usage + SDK is free | Free (limited) + $10/mo Pro + $19/mo Business | Free + $15-$95/mo | Free + included with Creative Cloud |
| Best for | Developers building custom agents for their own company/product. | Teams with GitHub already. Devs who don't want to change IDEs. | Marketing video, pitch decks, b-roll, creative shorts. | Anyone in Creative Cloud. Brands that need copyright clarity. |
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| Kai's verdict | S-tier for builders. The right primitives. What Kai is built on under the hood. | B-tier. Solid for autocomplete but the category moved past it. Pick Cursor unless you can't. | S-tier. Market leader with reason. Start here for serious video. | S-tier inside Photoshop (Generative Fill). B-tier standalone. |
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