What each everyday tool costs you.

Editors, automation and search, compared on cost per task, lock-in risk, and how each fits what you already use.

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Cursor vs GitHub Copilot

Multi-file edits vs. line-level completion. Cursor if you're rewriting…

Managed simplicity vs. open-source control.

Perplexity AI vs Google

Citation-first answers vs. link-list discovery.

Claude Code vs Cursor

Terminal agent vs. editor agent. Same model, different surface.