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	Perplexity S	Devin A	Leonardo.ai A	Ideogram S
Tagline	AI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.	Cognition Labs' autonomous coding engineer.	Gamer + creator image gen with model fine-tuning built in.	The one that actually gets text in images right.
Category	Research	Agents	Image	Image
Pricing	Free + $20/mo Pro	$500/mo	Free + $12-$60/mo	Free + $8/mo + $20/mo + $60/mo
Best for	Replacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.	Engineering teams offloading tickets. Ops/platform work.	Indie game devs, illustrators, anyone training custom style models.	Anything with text — posters, ads, album covers, slide decks.
Strengths	Sources every claim Fast, current answers Pro Search runs multi-step research Spaces for persistent context	Works like an engineer — takes Slack tasks, opens PRs Handles multi-hour engineering work Reports back with what it did	Train your own models on your style/character Great for game art + concept art Generous free tier	Best text rendering in the game Strong free tier Good for logos, posters, thumbnails
Weaknesses	Not a general chatbot Answers can be shallow on complex topics	Expensive Best for well-scoped tasks Not for solo hobbyists	General output behind Midjourney Can be overwhelming	Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney Less style variety
Kai's verdict	S-tier for search. I use it before Google now. If you're still Googling everything, try this for a week.	A-tier for the right use case. Not for solo devs. If you manage engineers, try one license.	A-tier for creators training custom looks. B-tier for general use.	S-tier for text-in-image. Use this for posters, Midjourney for art.
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