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	Claude Code S	Perplexity S	Claude Agent SDK S	Figma AI A
Tagline	Anthropic's CLI agent. Opus-powered, operates on your repo directly.	AI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.	Anthropic's SDK for building your own agents on Claude.	AI features baked into the design tool you already use.
Category	Coding	Research	Agents	Design
Pricing	Part of Claude Pro/Max/Team plans	Free + $20/mo Pro	API usage + SDK is free	Included with Figma plans
Best for	Developers who want an agent, not autocomplete. Large refactors, tests, docs.	Replacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.	Developers building custom agents for their own company/product.	Designers already on Figma.
Strengths	Runs locally, edits your actual files Strong on large codebases with 1M context Great at multi-step tasks	Sources every claim Fast, current answers Pro Search runs multi-step research Spaces for persistent context	Production-grade agent primitives Built on Claude (best reasoning) Full control — build exactly what you need	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	Not a general chatbot Answers can be shallow on complex topics	Developer-only You build the UI	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 search. I use it before Google now. If you're still Googling everything, try this for a week.	S-tier for builders. The right primitives. What Kai is built on under the hood.	A-tier. No reason not to use it if you're on Figma. Not worth switching for.
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