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	Ideogram S	DALL-E 3 B	Lex A	Cursor S
Tagline	The one that actually gets text in images right.	OpenAI's image model. Built into ChatGPT Plus.	Google Docs with an AI collaborator baked in.	VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work.
Category	image	image	writing	coding
Pricing	Free + $8/mo + $20/mo + $60/mo	Included with ChatGPT Plus $20/mo	Free + $12/mo	Free + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo Business
Best for	Anything with text — posters, ads, album covers, slide decks.	ChatGPT Plus users who want images without paying extra.	Essays, long-form drafts, thinking on the page.	Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code.
Strengths	Best text rendering in the game Strong free tier Good for logos, posters, thumbnails	Excellent prompt understanding Built into ChatGPT — no extra subscription Good at composition + concepts	Clean writing UX — distraction-free +++ prompt triggers AI help Collaboration + AI feedback together	Tab completion feels like mind-reading Composer for multi-file edits Runs Claude, GPT, Gemini — you pick
Weaknesses	Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney Less style variety	Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney + Ideogram Text rendering worse than Ideogram No fine control	Less feature-rich than Google Docs AI ceiling below dedicated tools	Can feel overwhelming for non-coders Expensive at scale
Kai's verdict	S-tier for text-in-image. Use this for posters, Midjourney for art.	B-tier standalone, A-tier value if you already pay ChatGPT. Don't pay for it separately.	A-tier. Beautiful UX. The writing app I'd pick if I only wrote long-form.	S-tier for coding. If you write code of any kind, this pays back the $20 in a day.
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