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Side-by-side: what they do, what they cost, what Kai actually thinks. Pass up to 4 tools via ?tools=claude,chatgpt,gemini.
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| Tagline | VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work. | Design + publish sites with AI assists built in. | The one that actually gets text in images right. | Sales-focused meeting AI with CRM integration. |
| Category | Coding | Design | Image | Meetings |
| Pricing | Free + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo Business | Free + $5-$30/mo | Free + $8/mo + $20/mo + $60/mo | Free + $10-$19/user/mo |
| Best for | Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code. | Designers shipping marketing sites without engineers. | Anything with text — posters, ads, album covers, slide decks. | Sales teams, customer success, anyone running many discovery calls. |
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| Kai's verdict | S-tier for coding. If you write code of any kind, this pays back the $20 in a day. | A-tier for designer-led sites. S-tier if animations matter. | S-tier for text-in-image. Use this for posters, Midjourney for art. | A-tier for sales teams. B-tier for solo users. |
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