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	Replicate S	Perplexity S	Figma AI A	Claude Agent SDK S
Tagline	Run any open-source AI model with an API call.	AI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.	AI features baked into the design tool you already use.	Anthropic's SDK for building your own agents on Claude.
Category	Dev Platform	Research	Design	Agents
Pricing	Pay per second of compute	Free + $20/mo Pro	Included with Figma plans	API usage + SDK is free
Best for	Developers using open-source models (Flux, SDXL, Whisper, etc).	Replacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.	Designers already on Figma.	Developers building custom agents for their own company/product.
Strengths	Tens of thousands of models (image, video, audio, LLMs) One-line API for any model Cog framework for custom model deploy	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	Production-grade agent primitives Built on Claude (best reasoning) Full control — build exactly what you need
Weaknesses	Cold starts on less-popular models Pricing gets real at scale	Not a general chatbot Answers can be shallow on complex topics	Features vary by plan + region Still rolling out	Developer-only You build the UI
Kai's verdict	S-tier for open-source model APIs. The default in this space.	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 for builders. The right primitives. What Kai is built on under the hood.
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