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Elicit S | Recraft S | GitHub Copilot B | Luma Dream Machine A | |
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| Tagline | AI research assistant for academic literature. | Vector + raster AI for designers. Actually controls the output. | Microsoft/GitHub's autocomplete. Deep VS Code + JetBrains integration. | Smooth, cinematic motion. Image-to-video specialist. |
| Category | research | image | coding | video |
| Pricing | Free + $12-$42/mo | Free + $12-$48/mo | Free (limited) + $10/mo Pro + $19/mo Business | Free + $10-$500/mo |
| Best for | Grad students, researchers, anyone doing literature reviews. | Designers, brand teams, anyone needing vector output or tight style control. | Teams with GitHub already. Devs who don't want to change IDEs. | Photographers animating stills, cinematic b-roll. |
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| Kai's verdict | S-tier for academic research. Nothing else comes close for systematic reviews. | S-tier for designers. The only one that takes vectors seriously. | B-tier. Solid for autocomplete but the category moved past it. Pick Cursor unless you can't. | A-tier. Best for cinematic image-to-video. Pair with Runway for coverage. |
| Link | Open → | Open → | Open → | Open → |