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GitHub Copilot B | Granola S | Ideogram S | Cursor S | |
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| Tagline | Microsoft/GitHub's autocomplete. Deep VS Code + JetBrains integration. | Meeting notes that don't suck. Runs locally, no bot joins. | The one that actually gets text in images right. | VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work. |
| Category | coding | meeting | image | coding |
| Pricing | Free (limited) + $10/mo Pro + $19/mo Business | Free + $18/mo | Free + $8/mo + $20/mo + $60/mo | Free + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo Business |
| Best for | Teams with GitHub already. Devs who don't want to change IDEs. | Founders, execs, consultants who live in calls. | Anything with text — posters, ads, album covers, slide decks. | Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code. |
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| Kai's verdict | B-tier. Solid for autocomplete but the category moved past it. Pick Cursor unless you can't. | S-tier. Category-defining UX. If you take notes in meetings, switch this week. | S-tier for text-in-image. Use this for posters, Midjourney for art. | S-tier for coding. If you write code of any kind, this pays back the $20 in a day. |
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