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Tagline	VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work.	Commercially safe image gen, deeply integrated with Photoshop.	AI features baked into the design tool you already use.	Google's research notebook. Turns your docs into a podcast.
Category	Coding	Image	Design	Research
Pricing	Free + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo Business	Free + included with Creative Cloud	Included with Figma plans	Free
Best for	Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code.	Anyone in Creative Cloud. Brands that need copyright clarity.	Designers already on Figma.	Students, researchers, anyone with a stack of PDFs or a topic to learn.
Strengths	Tab completion feels like mind-reading Composer for multi-file edits Runs Claude, GPT, Gemini — you pick	Trained on licensed content — commercially safe Generative Fill in Photoshop is incredible Native to Adobe ecosystem	First drafts with Make Designs Rename/rearrange layers automatically Natural language asset search	Upload anything, ask questions, get cited answers Audio Overview turns docs into a 10-min podcast Great for studying
Weaknesses	Can feel overwhelming for non-coders Expensive at scale	Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney Tied to Adobe subscription	Features vary by plan + region Still rolling out	Google-only Can be slow on large corpora
Kai's verdict	S-tier for coding. If you write code of any kind, this pays back the $20 in a day.	S-tier inside Photoshop (Generative Fill). B-tier standalone.	A-tier. No reason not to use it if you're on Figma. Not worth switching for.	S-tier for study. The Audio Overview is a killer feature. Try it with three of your favorite PDFs.
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