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TaglineThe one that actually gets text in images right.AI research assistant for academic literature.VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work.AI features baked into the design tool you already use.
CategoryImageResearchCodingDesign
PricingFree + $8/mo + $20/mo + $60/moFree + $12-$42/moFree + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo BusinessIncluded with Figma plans
Best forAnything with text — posters, ads, album covers, slide decks.Grad students, researchers, anyone doing literature reviews.Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code.Designers already on Figma.
Strengths
  • Best text rendering in the game
  • Strong free tier
  • Good for logos, posters, thumbnails
  • Searches 125M+ papers
  • Extracts + synthesizes findings across papers
  • Systematic review workflow
  • Tab completion feels like mind-reading
  • Composer for multi-file edits
  • Runs Claude, GPT, Gemini — you pick
  • First drafts with Make Designs
  • Rename/rearrange layers automatically
  • Natural language asset search
Weaknesses
  • Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney
  • Less style variety
  • Academic-only
  • Can hallucinate citations — verify everything
  • Can feel overwhelming for non-coders
  • Expensive at scale
  • Features vary by plan + region
  • Still rolling out
Kai's verdictS-tier for text-in-image. Use this for posters, Midjourney for art.S-tier for academic research. Nothing else comes close for systematic reviews.S-tier for coding. If you write code of any kind, this pays back the $20 in a day.A-tier. No reason not to use it if you're on Figma. Not worth switching for.
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