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	Perplexity S	DALL-E 3 B	Lovable A	Devin A
Tagline	AI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.	OpenAI's image model. Built into ChatGPT Plus.	Build a full app from a prompt. Stripe-ready.	Cognition Labs' autonomous coding engineer.
Category	research	image	design	agents
Pricing	Free + $20/mo Pro	Included with ChatGPT Plus $20/mo	Free + $25-$100/mo	$500/mo
Best for	Replacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.	ChatGPT Plus users who want images without paying extra.	Non-devs + solopreneurs shipping MVPs.	Engineering teams offloading tickets. Ops/platform work.
Strengths	Sources every claim Fast, current answers Pro Search runs multi-step research Spaces for persistent context	Excellent prompt understanding Built into ChatGPT — no extra subscription Good at composition + concepts	Generates full apps + DB + auth Good for non-developers Ships faster than hand-coding	Works like an engineer — takes Slack tasks, opens PRs Handles multi-hour engineering work Reports back with what it did
Weaknesses	Not a general chatbot Answers can be shallow on complex topics	Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney + Ideogram Text rendering worse than Ideogram No fine control	Complexity ceiling Can generate brittle code	Expensive Best for well-scoped tasks Not for solo hobbyists
Kai's verdict	S-tier for search. I use it before Google now. If you're still Googling everything, try this for a week.	B-tier standalone, A-tier value if you already pay ChatGPT. Don't pay for it separately.	A-tier. The strongest 'no-code' AI builder right now. Great for founder MVPs.	A-tier for the right use case. Not for solo devs. If you manage engineers, try one license.
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