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	DALL-E 3 B	Lovable A	Claude Code S	Runway S
Tagline	OpenAI's image model. Built into ChatGPT Plus.	Build a full app from a prompt. Stripe-ready.	Anthropic's CLI agent. Opus-powered, operates on your repo directly.	The pro's AI video tool. Gen-4 is the current bar.
Category	image	design	coding	video
Pricing	Included with ChatGPT Plus $20/mo	Free + $25-$100/mo	Part of Claude Pro/Max/Team plans	Free + $15-$95/mo
Best for	ChatGPT Plus users who want images without paying extra.	Non-devs + solopreneurs shipping MVPs.	Developers who want an agent, not autocomplete. Large refactors, tests, docs.	Marketing video, pitch decks, b-roll, creative shorts.
Strengths	Excellent prompt understanding Built into ChatGPT — no extra subscription Good at composition + concepts	Generates full apps + DB + auth Good for non-developers Ships faster than hand-coding	Runs locally, edits your actual files Strong on large codebases with 1M context Great at multi-step tasks	Most mature video workflow Character consistency via Act-One Gen-4 quality is production-grade
Weaknesses	Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney + Ideogram Text rendering worse than Ideogram No fine control	Complexity ceiling Can generate brittle code	Terminal-based — learning curve Can't be used without Claude subscription	Expensive at scale Still needs post-editing
Kai's verdict	B-tier standalone, A-tier value if you already pay ChatGPT. Don't pay for it separately.	A-tier. The strongest 'no-code' AI builder right now. Great for founder MVPs.	S-tier if you live in the terminal. Different shape than Cursor — complementary, not replacement.	S-tier. Market leader with reason. Start here for serious video.
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