ai coding tools / claude code / cursor / codex / content creation
AI Coding Tools Ranked: Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex
Austin ranks Claude Code, Cursor, Z-Code, MuseCode, and Codex based on his experience using them for video production and custom visual styles. He explains his ratings and how the tools fit his workflow.
Transcript
0:00Ranking AI tools for creating AI generated content for creating motion graphics like this this and this Starting up strong
0:13we have Claude Code This is absolutely an S tier I fell in love again with Claude Code Anthropic is
0:22finally listening to their customers and they're finally doing a great job Opus 5 5 is outstanding It's my favorite
0:32daily driver period Next we have Curser and I'm going to give it a C tier But it just kind
0:41of sucks The videos you create with them are just kind of bad Only use it when you're completely out
0:49of usage and you have no other options Next we have Z Code I'm going to give it an F
0:57tier Z Code is just for some reason extremely bad at following the instructions and I don't really know why
1:05I'm not reading the code that is writing to create the videos I'm just dropping everything in and say go
1:12at it But Z Code does a horrible job I will never use it unless I absolutely have to Next
1:20we have Muse Code and this is a D tier It's also similarly really bad It can work if you
1:29have literally no other options but it's really really bad I honestly just don't recommend it We have Codex which
1:39is absolutely an S tier It is amazing particularly with the 200 per month plan It can run all day
1:49long Follow for more
Join the conversation
Loading conversation…