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Gemini A | Claude Code S | Recraft S | |
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| Tagline | Google's answer. Best integrated with Workspace + free for a lot. | Anthropic's CLI agent. Opus-powered, operates on your repo directly. | Vector + raster AI for designers. Actually controls the output. |
| Category | chat | coding | image |
| Pricing | Free + $20/mo Advanced (bundled with 2TB Drive) | Part of Claude Pro/Max/Team plans | Free + $12-$48/mo |
| Best for | Anyone already on Google, research tasks, summarizing long documents. | Developers who want an agent, not autocomplete. Large refactors, tests, docs. | Designers, brand teams, anyone needing vector output or tight style control. |
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| Kai's verdict | A-tier. The Deep Research feature is genuinely useful. Don't sleep on it if you're already paying Google. | S-tier if you live in the terminal. Different shape than Cursor — complementary, not replacement. | S-tier for designers. The only one that takes vectors seriously. |
| Link | Open → | Open → | Open → |