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Side-by-side: what they do, what they cost, what Kai actually thinks. Pass up to 4 tools via
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| Tagline | The one that actually gets text in images right. | Design + publish sites with AI assists built in. | VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work. | OpenAI's browser agent. Clicks and types on websites for you. |
| Category | image | design | coding | agents |
| Pricing | Free + $8/mo + $20/mo + $60/mo | Free + $5-$30/mo | Free + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo Business | Included with ChatGPT Pro $200/mo |
| Best for | Anything with text — posters, ads, album covers, slide decks. | Designers shipping marketing sites without engineers. | Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code. | Power users willing to pay $200/mo for a browser bot. |
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| Kai's verdict | S-tier for text-in-image. Use this for posters, Midjourney for art. | A-tier for designer-led sites. S-tier if animations matter. | S-tier for coding. If you write code of any kind, this pays back the $20 in a day. | B-tier. Still early. Manus is more flexible for less money. |
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