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	DALL-E 3 B	Stable Audio A	Claude Code S	Sora A
Tagline	OpenAI's image model. Built into ChatGPT Plus.	Stability AI's open audio model. Loops + SFX + background.	Anthropic's CLI agent. Opus-powered, operates on your repo directly.	OpenAI's video model. Long clips, cinematic quality.
Category	Image	Audio	Coding	Video
Pricing	Included with ChatGPT Plus $20/mo	Free + $12/mo Pro + enterprise	Part of Claude Pro/Max/Team plans	Included with ChatGPT Plus/Pro
Best for	ChatGPT Plus users who want images without paying extra.	Game developers, podcasters needing SFX, video creators needing background music.	Developers who want an agent, not autocomplete. Large refactors, tests, docs.	ChatGPT subscribers experimenting with cinematic shots.
Strengths	Excellent prompt understanding Built into ChatGPT — no extra subscription Good at composition + concepts	Open-weight model available Great for loops + game audio + SFX Commercial-use clarity	Runs locally, edits your actual files Strong on large codebases with 1M context Great at multi-step tasks	Up to 20-sec clips at 1080p Strong physics + scene composition Storyboard feature for longer narratives Remix existing videos
Weaknesses	Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney + Ideogram Text rendering worse than Ideogram No fine control	Not for full songs with vocals Shorter generation limits	Terminal-based — learning curve Can't be used without Claude subscription	Stricter content policy than competitors Hit-or-miss on complex motion Text-in-video still struggles
Kai's verdict	B-tier standalone, A-tier value if you already pay ChatGPT. Don't pay for it separately.	A-tier for its niche. Different use case than Suno — SFX and loops, not songs.	S-tier if you live in the terminal. Different shape than Cursor — complementary, not replacement.	A-tier. Amazing when it works, frustrating when it doesn't. Runway still more reliable for pros.
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