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	Claude Code S	Cursor S	Perplexity S	Figma AI A
Tagline	Anthropic's CLI agent. Opus-powered, operates on your repo directly.	VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work.	AI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.	AI features baked into the design tool you already use.
Category	coding	coding	research	design
Pricing	Part of Claude Pro/Max/Team plans	Free + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo Business	Free + $20/mo Pro	Included with Figma plans
Best for	Developers who want an agent, not autocomplete. Large refactors, tests, docs.	Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code.	Replacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.	Designers already on Figma.
Strengths	Runs locally, edits your actual files Strong on large codebases with 1M context Great at multi-step tasks	Tab completion feels like mind-reading Composer for multi-file edits Runs Claude, GPT, Gemini — you pick	Sources every claim Fast, current answers Pro Search runs multi-step research Spaces for persistent context	First drafts with Make Designs Rename/rearrange layers automatically Natural language asset search
Weaknesses	Terminal-based — learning curve Can't be used without Claude subscription	Can feel overwhelming for non-coders Expensive at scale	Not a general chatbot Answers can be shallow on complex topics	Features vary by plan + region Still rolling out
Kai's verdict	S-tier if you live in the terminal. Different shape than Cursor — complementary, not replacement.	S-tier for coding. If you write code of any kind, this pays back the $20 in a day.	S-tier for search. I use it before Google now. If you're still Googling everything, try this for a week.	A-tier. No reason not to use it if you're on Figma. Not worth switching for.
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