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Ideogram S | Gamma A | HeyGen S | Adobe Firefly A | |
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| Tagline | The one that actually gets text in images right. | AI slide decks that don't look AI-generated. | AI avatar videos. Record once, speak any language. | Commercially safe image gen, deeply integrated with Photoshop. |
| Category | image | productivity | video | image |
| Pricing | Free + $8/mo + $20/mo + $60/mo | Free + $10-$20/mo | Free + $24-$65/mo | Free + included with Creative Cloud |
| Best for | Anything with text — posters, ads, album covers, slide decks. | Pitch decks, proposals, internal presentations — fast. | Course creators, multilingual marketers, anyone scaling video content. | Anyone in Creative Cloud. Brands that need copyright clarity. |
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| Kai's verdict | S-tier for text-in-image. Use this for posters, Midjourney for art. | A-tier. Best of a boring category. Use it for first drafts, then edit in Keynote if high-stakes. | S-tier for multilingual video. If you sell courses or speak at events, this is a cheat code. | S-tier inside Photoshop (Generative Fill). B-tier standalone. |
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