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	Fathom S	Perplexity S	Cursor S	DALL-E 3 B
Tagline	Meeting notes, free forever for individuals.	AI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.	VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work.	OpenAI's image model. Built into ChatGPT Plus.
Category	meeting	research	coding	image
Pricing	Free for individuals + $15-$29/user/mo teams	Free + $20/mo Pro	Free + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo Business	Included with ChatGPT Plus $20/mo
Best for	Solo operators, freelancers, small teams on a budget.	Replacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.	Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code.	ChatGPT Plus users who want images without paying extra.
Strengths	Unlimited free tier for solo use Strong summaries + action items Works in Zoom, Meet, Teams	Sources every claim Fast, current answers Pro Search runs multi-step research Spaces for persistent context	Tab completion feels like mind-reading Composer for multi-file edits Runs Claude, GPT, Gemini — you pick	Excellent prompt understanding Built into ChatGPT — no extra subscription Good at composition + concepts
Weaknesses	Bot-joining model Team features gated	Not a general chatbot Answers can be shallow on complex topics	Can feel overwhelming for non-coders Expensive at scale	Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney + Ideogram Text rendering worse than Ideogram No fine control
Kai's verdict	S-tier for solo + free. The best free option, hands down.	S-tier for search. I use it before Google now. If you're still Googling everything, try this for a week.	S-tier for coding. If you write code of any kind, this pays back the $20 in a day.	B-tier standalone, A-tier value if you already pay ChatGPT. Don't pay for it separately.
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