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	Windsurf A	Claude Code S	Figma AI A	NotebookLM S
Tagline	Codeium's agentic IDE. Cascade agent + strong free tier.	Anthropic's CLI agent. Opus-powered, operates on your repo directly.	AI features baked into the design tool you already use.	Google's research notebook. Turns your docs into a podcast.
Category	coding	coding	design	research
Pricing	Free + $15/mo Pro	Part of Claude Pro/Max/Team plans	Included with Figma plans	Free
Best for	Developers who want Cursor-like power for less money.	Developers who want an agent, not autocomplete. Large refactors, tests, docs.	Designers already on Figma.	Students, researchers, anyone with a stack of PDFs or a topic to learn.
Strengths	Cheaper than Cursor Cascade agent for multi-file tasks Solid free tier	Runs locally, edits your actual files Strong on large codebases with 1M context Great at multi-step tasks	First drafts with Make Designs Rename/rearrange layers automatically Natural language asset search	Upload anything, ask questions, get cited answers Audio Overview turns docs into a 10-min podcast Great for studying
Weaknesses	Smaller community Model selection more limited	Terminal-based — learning curve Can't be used without Claude subscription	Features vary by plan + region Still rolling out	Google-only Can be slow on large corpora
Kai's verdict	A-tier. Close second to Cursor. If $5/mo matters, start here.	S-tier if you live in the terminal. Different shape than Cursor — complementary, not replacement.	A-tier. No reason not to use it if you're on Figma. Not worth switching for.	S-tier for study. The Audio Overview is a killer feature. Try it with three of your favorite PDFs.
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