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	Google Veo A	Perplexity S	Adobe Firefly A	Cursor S
Tagline	Google's video model. Baked into Gemini + YouTube Shorts.	AI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.	Commercially safe image gen, deeply integrated with Photoshop.	VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work.
Category	video	research	image	coding
Pricing	Included with Gemini Advanced $20/mo + YouTube creator tools	Free + $20/mo Pro	Free + included with Creative Cloud	Free + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo Business
Best for	Gemini Advanced users, YouTube Shorts creators.	Replacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.	Anyone in Creative Cloud. Brands that need copyright clarity.	Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code.
Strengths	Included with Gemini Advanced YouTube Shorts native integration Strong prompt understanding	Sources every claim Fast, current answers Pro Search runs multi-step research Spaces for persistent context	Trained on licensed content — commercially safe Generative Fill in Photoshop is incredible Native to Adobe ecosystem	Tab completion feels like mind-reading Composer for multi-file edits Runs Claude, GPT, Gemini — you pick
Weaknesses	Still catching up on quality vs Kling/Runway Less control than pros need	Not a general chatbot Answers can be shallow on complex topics	Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney Tied to Adobe subscription	Can feel overwhelming for non-coders Expensive at scale
Kai's verdict	A-tier if you already pay Gemini. B-tier standalone.	S-tier for search. I use it before Google now. If you're still Googling everything, try this for a week.	S-tier inside Photoshop (Generative Fill). B-tier standalone.	S-tier for coding. If you write code of any kind, this pays back the $20 in a day.
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