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TaglineAI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.The one that actually gets text in images right.VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work.Google's research notebook. Turns your docs into a podcast.
Categoryresearchimagecodingresearch
PricingFree + $20/mo ProFree + $8/mo + $20/mo + $60/moFree + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo BusinessFree
Best forReplacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.Anything with text — posters, ads, album covers, slide decks.Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code.Students, researchers, anyone with a stack of PDFs or a topic to learn.
Strengths
  • Sources every claim
  • Fast, current answers
  • Pro Search runs multi-step research
  • Spaces for persistent context
  • Best text rendering in the game
  • Strong free tier
  • Good for logos, posters, thumbnails
  • Tab completion feels like mind-reading
  • Composer for multi-file edits
  • Runs Claude, GPT, Gemini — you pick
  • Upload anything, ask questions, get cited answers
  • Audio Overview turns docs into a 10-min podcast
  • Great for studying
Weaknesses
  • Not a general chatbot
  • Answers can be shallow on complex topics
  • Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney
  • Less style variety
  • Can feel overwhelming for non-coders
  • Expensive at scale
  • Google-only
  • Can be slow on large corpora
Kai's verdictS-tier for search. I use it before Google now. If you're still Googling everything, try this for a week.S-tier for text-in-image. Use this for posters, Midjourney for art.S-tier for coding. If you write code of any kind, this pays back the $20 in a day.S-tier for study. The Audio Overview is a killer feature. Try it with three of your favorite PDFs.
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