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	Cursor S	Windsurf A	Recraft S	Qwen A
Tagline	VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work.	Codeium's agentic IDE. Cascade agent + strong free tier.	Vector + raster AI for designers. Actually controls the output.	Alibaba's open chat model. Multilingual + agentic.
Category	coding	coding	image	chat
Pricing	Free + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo Business	Free + $15/mo Pro	Free + $12-$48/mo	Free web + API
Best for	Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code.	Developers who want Cursor-like power for less money.	Designers, brand teams, anyone needing vector output or tight style control.	Vietnamese/Chinese content, SEA multilingual use, developers wanting open-weight tool-use.
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	Exports SVG vectors — rare in AI image gen Strong style control + consistency Brand kit for consistent outputs	Excellent Chinese + Vietnamese + SEA languages Strong at tool-use + agentic workflows Open weights (Qwen2.5, Qwen3)
Weaknesses	Can feel overwhelming for non-coders Expensive at scale	Smaller community Model selection more limited	Less hyped than Midjourney Learning curve for non-designers	English quality behind Claude/GPT Less well-known outside Asia
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 for designers. The only one that takes vectors seriously.	A-tier. The best open model for Vietnamese + Chinese. Don't sleep on it if you work in SEA.
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