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Tagline	AI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.	The one that actually gets text in images right.	Run any open-source AI model with an API call.	AI GTM platform. Workflows for sales + marketing ops.
Category	Research	Image	Dev Platform	Marketing
Pricing	Free + $20/mo Pro	Free + $8/mo + $20/mo + $60/mo	Pay per second of compute	Free + $49-$249/mo
Best for	Replacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.	Anything with text — posters, ads, album covers, slide decks.	Developers using open-source models (Flux, SDXL, Whisper, etc).	RevOps + marketing ops automating repetitive tasks.
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	Tens of thousands of models (image, video, audio, LLMs) One-line API for any model Cog framework for custom model deploy	Workflow builder for GTM automations CRM enrichment + outbound sequences Scales better than ad-hoc prompts
Weaknesses	Not a general chatbot Answers can be shallow on complex topics	Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney Less style variety	Cold starts on less-popular models Pricing gets real at scale	Overlaps with general chatbots Workflow setup takes time
Kai's verdict	S-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 open-source model APIs. The default in this space.	A-tier for ops automation. B-tier for simple copy (use Claude).
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