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	Perplexity S	GitHub Copilot B	Leonardo.ai A	Devin A
Tagline	AI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.	Microsoft/GitHub's autocomplete. Deep VS Code + JetBrains integration.	Gamer + creator image gen with model fine-tuning built in.	Cognition Labs' autonomous coding engineer.
Category	research	coding	image	agents
Pricing	Free + $20/mo Pro	Free (limited) + $10/mo Pro + $19/mo Business	Free + $12-$60/mo	$500/mo
Best for	Replacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.	Teams with GitHub already. Devs who don't want to change IDEs.	Indie game devs, illustrators, anyone training custom style models.	Engineering teams offloading tickets. Ops/platform work.
Strengths	Sources every claim Fast, current answers Pro Search runs multi-step research Spaces for persistent context	Great enterprise story Works in your existing IDE Chat + autocomplete	Train your own models on your style/character Great for game art + concept art Generous free tier	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	Less agentic than Cursor/Claude Code Model quality varies	General output behind Midjourney Can be overwhelming	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. Solid for autocomplete but the category moved past it. Pick Cursor unless you can't.	A-tier for creators training custom looks. B-tier for general use.	A-tier for the right use case. Not for solo devs. If you manage engineers, try one license.
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