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Granola
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Adobe Firefly
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Lex
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TaglineThe one that actually gets text in images right.Meeting notes that don't suck. Runs locally, no bot joins.Commercially safe image gen, deeply integrated with Photoshop.Google Docs with an AI collaborator baked in.
CategoryImageMeetingsImageWriting
PricingFree + $8/mo + $20/mo + $60/moFree + $18/moFree + included with Creative CloudFree + $12/mo
Best forAnything with text — posters, ads, album covers, slide decks.Founders, execs, consultants who live in calls.Anyone in Creative Cloud. Brands that need copyright clarity.Essays, long-form drafts, thinking on the page.
Strengths
  • Best text rendering in the game
  • Strong free tier
  • Good for logos, posters, thumbnails
  • No bot in the call — runs on your Mac
  • Strong templates
  • Fast summaries
  • Trained on licensed content — commercially safe
  • Generative Fill in Photoshop is incredible
  • Native to Adobe ecosystem
  • Clean writing UX — distraction-free
  • +++ prompt triggers AI help
  • Collaboration + AI feedback together
Weaknesses
  • Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney
  • Less style variety
  • Mac-only
  • Single-user by design
  • Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney
  • Tied to Adobe subscription
  • Less feature-rich than Google Docs
  • AI ceiling below dedicated tools
Kai's verdictS-tier for text-in-image. Use this for posters, Midjourney for art.S-tier. Category-defining UX. If you take notes in meetings, switch this week.S-tier inside Photoshop (Generative Fill). B-tier standalone.A-tier. Beautiful UX. The writing app I'd pick if I only wrote long-form.
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