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	Perplexity S	Ollama S	Lex A	Figma AI A
Tagline	AI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.	Run LLMs locally. One-line install, GUI optional.	Google Docs with an AI collaborator baked in.	AI features baked into the design tool you already use.
Category	Research	Dev Platform	Writing	Design
Pricing	Free + $20/mo Pro	Free + open source	Free + $12/mo	Included with Figma plans
Best for	Replacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.	Devs wanting offline/local LLMs for privacy or experimentation.	Essays, long-form drafts, thinking on the page.	Designers already on Figma.
Strengths	Sources every claim Fast, current answers Pro Search runs multi-step research Spaces for persistent context	Run Llama, Mistral, Qwen, etc. on your laptop Simple CLI + API Hardware-aware (picks the right quant)	Clean writing UX — distraction-free +++ prompt triggers AI help Collaboration + AI feedback together	First drafts with Make Designs Rename/rearrange layers automatically Natural language asset search
Weaknesses	Not a general chatbot Answers can be shallow on complex topics	Needs beefy laptop for larger models Speed way behind cloud APIs	Less feature-rich than Google Docs AI ceiling below dedicated tools	Features vary by plan + region Still rolling out
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 local inference. If you care about privacy or want to tinker, install this today.	A-tier. Beautiful UX. The writing app I'd pick if I only wrote long-form.	A-tier. No reason not to use it if you're on Figma. Not worth switching for.
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