Compare AI tools

	Perplexity S	Figma AI A	Claude Code S	Cursor S
Tagline	AI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.	AI features baked into the design tool you already use.	Anthropic's CLI agent. Opus-powered, operates on your repo directly.	VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work.
Category	research	design	coding	coding
Pricing	Free + $20/mo Pro	Included with Figma plans	Part of Claude Pro/Max/Team plans	Free + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo Business
Best for	Replacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.	Designers already on Figma.	Developers who want an agent, not autocomplete. Large refactors, tests, docs.	Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code.
Strengths	Sources every claim Fast, current answers Pro Search runs multi-step research Spaces for persistent context	First drafts with Make Designs Rename/rearrange layers automatically Natural language asset search	Runs locally, edits your actual files Strong on large codebases with 1M context Great at multi-step tasks	Tab completion feels like mind-reading Composer for multi-file edits Runs Claude, GPT, Gemini — you pick
Weaknesses	Not a general chatbot Answers can be shallow on complex topics	Features vary by plan + region Still rolling out	Terminal-based — learning curve Can't be used without Claude subscription	Can feel overwhelming for non-coders Expensive at scale
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. No reason not to use it if you're on Figma. Not worth switching for.	S-tier if you live in the terminal. Different shape than Cursor — complementary, not replacement.	S-tier for coding. If you write code of any kind, this pays back the $20 in a day.
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