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Ideogram S | Perplexity S | Luma Dream Machine A | Gemini A | |
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| Tagline | The one that actually gets text in images right. | AI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater. | Smooth, cinematic motion. Image-to-video specialist. | Google's answer. Best integrated with Workspace + free for a lot. |
| Category | Image | Research | Video | Chatbots |
| Pricing | Free + $8/mo + $20/mo + $60/mo | Free + $20/mo Pro | Free + $10-$500/mo | Free + $20/mo Advanced (bundled with 2TB Drive) |
| Best for | Anything with text — posters, ads, album covers, slide decks. | Replacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds. | Photographers animating stills, cinematic b-roll. | Anyone already on Google, research tasks, summarizing long documents. |
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| Kai's verdict | S-tier for text-in-image. Use this for posters, Midjourney for art. | S-tier for search. I use it before Google now. If you're still Googling everything, try this for a week. | A-tier. Best for cinematic image-to-video. Pair with Runway for coverage. | A-tier. The Deep Research feature is genuinely useful. Don't sleep on it if you're already paying Google. |
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