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	Cursor S	Windsurf A	Adobe Firefly A	ChatGPT S
Tagline	VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work.	Codeium's agentic IDE. Cascade agent + strong free tier.	Commercially safe image gen, deeply integrated with Photoshop.	The default. Strongest ecosystem + best multimodal breadth.
Category	coding	coding	image	chat
Pricing	Free + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo Business	Free + $15/mo Pro	Free + included with Creative Cloud	Free + $20/mo Plus + $200/mo Pro
Best for	Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code.	Developers who want Cursor-like power for less money.	Anyone in Creative Cloud. Brands that need copyright clarity.	General use, voice chat, image generation, first-time AI users.
Strengths	Tab completion feels like mind-reading Composer for multi-file edits Runs Claude, GPT, Gemini — you pick	Cheaper than Cursor Cascade agent for multi-file tasks Solid free tier	Trained on licensed content — commercially safe Generative Fill in Photoshop is incredible Native to Adobe ecosystem	Great voice mode Huge plugin/custom GPT ecosystem Strong image generation (DALL-E built in) Code Interpreter
Weaknesses	Can feel overwhelming for non-coders Expensive at scale	Smaller community Model selection more limited	Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney Tied to Adobe subscription	Reasoning quality varies by mode Can be verbose Confabulates on niche facts
Kai's verdict	S-tier for coding. If you write code of any kind, this pays back the $20 in a day.	A-tier. Close second to Cursor. If $5/mo matters, start here.	S-tier inside Photoshop (Generative Fill). B-tier standalone.	S-tier all-rounder. If you want one tool that does everything okay-to-great, this is it.
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