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Side-by-side: what they do, what they cost, what Kai actually thinks. Pass up to 4 tools via ?tools=claude,chatgpt,gemini.
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| Tagline | Google Docs with an AI collaborator baked in. | The one that actually gets text in images right. | One API, every model. Pay-as-you-go, no subscriptions. |
| Category | Writing | Image | Dev Platform |
| Pricing | Free + $12/mo | Free + $8/mo + $20/mo + $60/mo | Pay per token — model-dependent |
| Best for | Essays, long-form drafts, thinking on the page. | Anything with text — posters, ads, album covers, slide decks. | Developers experimenting across models. Apps that want fallback logic. |
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| Kai's verdict | A-tier. Beautiful UX. The writing app I'd pick if I only wrote long-form. | S-tier for text-in-image. Use this for posters, Midjourney for art. | S-tier for model-shopping. I use this for every prototype before committing. |
| Link | Open → | Open → | Open → |