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	GitHub Copilot B	Windsurf A	Perplexity S	Luma Dream Machine A
Tagline	Microsoft/GitHub's autocomplete. Deep VS Code + JetBrains integration.	Codeium's agentic IDE. Cascade agent + strong free tier.	AI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.	Smooth, cinematic motion. Image-to-video specialist.
Category	coding	coding	research	video
Pricing	Free (limited) + $10/mo Pro + $19/mo Business	Free + $15/mo Pro	Free + $20/mo Pro	Free + $10-$500/mo
Best for	Teams with GitHub already. Devs who don't want to change IDEs.	Developers who want Cursor-like power for less money.	Replacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.	Photographers animating stills, cinematic b-roll.
Strengths	Great enterprise story Works in your existing IDE Chat + autocomplete	Cheaper than Cursor Cascade agent for multi-file tasks Solid free tier	Sources every claim Fast, current answers Pro Search runs multi-step research Spaces for persistent context	Best image-to-video in the category Great camera motion control Ray 2 model produces striking shots
Weaknesses	Less agentic than Cursor/Claude Code Model quality varies	Smaller community Model selection more limited	Not a general chatbot Answers can be shallow on complex topics	Prompt fidelity below Runway Queue times on free tier
Kai's verdict	B-tier. Solid for autocomplete but the category moved past it. Pick Cursor unless you can't.	A-tier. Close second to Cursor. If $5/mo matters, start here.	S-tier for search. I use it before Google now. If you're still Googling everything, try this for a week.	A-tier. Best for cinematic image-to-video. Pair with Runway for coverage.
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