Writesonic alternatives: 8 tools and their prices

By Michael Nefedov, noetio · Updated 21 October 2026

Writesonic Starter is $79 a month billed yearly ($99 monthly). Eight alternatives start at $23 a month (NeuronWriter Bronze, billed monthly), read on 21 October 2026.

Which one to pick

Pick by what you need in the plan: tracking, volume, scoring or a lower price.

• Briefs plus tracking at a lower priceFrase Starter is $39 a month billed yearly, with 10 articles and 50 prompts.
• Scores and drafts on a small budgetNeuronWriter is $23 a month billed monthly for 25 documents.
• More articles, and no editing stepOutrank lists 30 a month for $99 billed monthly. Its plan shows no prompt tracking.
• Articles, links and a few tracked prompts for a fixed feeBabyLoveGrowth Grow is €49 a month billed yearly for 30 articles and 10 prompts.
• Score and rewrite many pagesSurfer Discovery tracks no AI prompts, while Writesonic Starter tracks 50.
• On-brand copy and agentsJasper Pro is $69 per seat a month billed monthly, or $59 yearly.
• Tracking, articles and audits in one planWritesonic Starter lists 50 prompts, 15 articles and 10 site audits for $79 a month billed yearly.

Writesonic vs the alternatives

Eight alternatives show an entry plan; each row uses the currency and billing basis its page shows. Entry plans from each vendor's pricing page, 21 October 2026.

Writesonic pricing in 2026

Writesonic Starter is $79 a month billed yearly, Basic $199 and Growth $399.

• Writesonic's pricing page defaults to annual billing, shown as a price per month with the yearly saving beside it.
• Its FAQ says annual billing saves 20% and that you pay for 12 months up front.
• Monthly billing is $99, $249 and $499, and the page description says "Self-serve from $99/mo".

• Extra users cost $50 a month each: up to 3 more on Basic and up to 2 more on Growth, with a maximum of 5 users.
• On Growth you can add 20 articles for $100 a month.
• The Action Center, which ranks fixes by visibility impact, is a trial on Growth (5 off-page and 5 on-page actions a month) and full on Enterprise.

Does Writesonic have a free trial or refund?

You can start with no credit card, and paid plans carry a 7-day, no-questions-asked refund.

• The FAQ says you can sign up and explore with full access and no credit card, but gives no trial length. The plan buttons say Start free trial.
• For paid plans the FAQ promises a 7-day, no-questions-asked refund.
• Upgrades are instant, and downgrades and cancellations take effect next billing cycle.

Where Writesonic falls short, from its own page

The gaps are platform coverage, agent runs, sentiment analysis and seats.

• Three AI platforms on self-serve plans. ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. The FAQ lists Perplexity, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Grok, Google AI Mode and Muse Spark as Enterprise-only.
• Agent workflows are a trial. Starter lists "Limited access (10 trial runs)", Basic 50 and Growth 100.
• Sentiment analysis starts at Growth, and the full Action Center is Enterprise only.
• One user on Starter. More users cost $50 a month each from Basic.

What each Writesonic alternative gives you

Each tool fits a different job; the notes below give its price, limits and trial terms.

Surfer: Scores and writes pages, tracks AI prompts, audits content

• Four main plans are billed yearly in euros: Discovery €49 a month, Standard €99, Pro €182 and Peace of Mind €299.
• Discovery tracks 0 AI prompts; Standard tracks 25 refreshed weekly; Pro 50 and Peace of Mind 100, both daily.
• A separate AI Search Analytics plan is €82 a month for 50 daily prompts, 5 brand spaces and no documents.
• The page has no monthly switch. Month-to-month prices calculated from each plan's Saving amount (yearly price plus Saving divided by 12) are Discovery €59, Standard €119, Pro €219, Peace of Mind €359 and AI Search Analytics €95 (euros); the FAQ says annual saves up to 17%.
• Seats are 1, 3, 5 and 10 in Surfer's comparison table. Each plan has a Start for Free button with no trial length.
• Yearly plans are charged in full up front, you cancel by turning off auto-renewal, and the page has no refund text.

Best for: a team that wants to score and rewrite many pages. Its Discovery plan tracks no AI prompts, while Writesonic Starter tracks 50. Source: Surfer pricing page, 21 October 2026.

Frase: Writes and audits articles, tracks AI prompts, publishes to your CMS

• Starter is $49 month to month or $39 billed yearly: 10 articles, 50 audit pages, 50 prompts on ChatGPT and Google AI, 1 seat and 1 site.
• Professional is $129 ($103 yearly) with 40 articles, 250 audit pages, 200 prompts and 3 seats.
• Scale is $299 ($239 yearly) with 100 articles, 1,000 audit pages, 500 prompts and 5 seats.
• The 7-day trial needs no card. The pricing page has no refund text.

Same basis, Starter against Starter: Frase is $49 monthly and Writesonic $99 monthly, or $39 and $79 billed yearly. Both list 50 prompts. Writesonic lists 15 articles to Frase's 10.

Best for: Frase suits a team that wants briefs, articles and tracking at a lower price, and Writesonic suits one that also wants site audits (10 of 100 pages each) in the same plan. Source: Frase pricing page, 21 October 2026.

Outrank: Articles and backlinks on auto-pilot

• Outrank has one plan, priced $99 a month or $999 a year. The yearly price works out at $83.25 a month ($999 divided by 12), and Outrank says it saves $189.
• The plan lists 30 articles a month generated and published on auto-pilot, automated keyword research, automated backlink building, AI images and unlimited users.
• Add-ons: +$85 for 60 articles, +$160 for 90, and human editing at $1,399 a month.
• A $199 figure beside the $99 is not explained. Cancel anytime, with no trial length given.
• The plan list has no AI prompt tracking.

Best for: a founder who wants volume and no editing step. Outrank lists 30 articles for $99 monthly ($83.25 on the yearly price), against 15 for Writesonic's $79 yearly rate and $99 monthly. It is not cheaper at either basis; it gives more articles. Source: Outrank pricing page, 21 October 2026.

BabyLoveGrowth: Articles, backlinks and AI prompt tracking

• The pricing page showed Grow at €49 a month billed yearly in its default view, and €99 a month billed monthly in the toggled view. Scale was €199 billed yearly and €399 monthly.
• A struck-through €247 (Grow) and €599 (Scale) appears in both views, is not the monthly price (€99 and €399) and is not explained.
• Grow lists 30 articles, 10 AI prompts tracked daily (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini), auto-publish to WordPress, Shopify and 8 more, a site audit and 1 seat.
• Scale lists 120 articles, 50 prompts and unlimited seats.
• There is a 3-day free trial and a 90-day money-back guarantee, described as a refund if you do not see your organic visibility improve. The guarantee links to its own eligibility terms.

Best for: a founder who wants articles, links and a few tracked prompts for a fixed fee. Same basis, yearly billed: Grow is €49 for 30 articles and 10 prompts, and Writesonic Starter is $79 for 15 articles and 50 prompts. The currencies differ, so this compares contents, not prices. Source: BabyLoveGrowth pricing page, 21 October 2026.

Scalenut: AI articles, content audits, prompt tracking

• The Monthly switch shows Starter $59, Plus $89 and Professional $199 a month, each with a Try 7 Days For Free button.
• The Annual switch, the view the page opens on, shows a limited offer of 60% off with doubled limits: $24, $36 and $80 a month, and 10, 60 and 150 articles. The page does not say whether the offer price is billed yearly.
• Prompts: 10, 25 and 100, refreshed weekly. Tracking covers ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews; Perplexity is added on Professional.
• The 7-day trial button ("Try 7 Days For Free") appears on the Monthly switch only.

Best for: a small team that wants drafts with a few tracked prompts, if the offer is live. On the Monthly switch it is $59 for 5 articles and 10 prompts, against Writesonic Starter's 15 articles and 50 prompts at $79 billed annually. Source: Scalenut pricing page, 21 October 2026.

NeuronWriter: Content scoring, AI writing and AI-question monitoring

• It bills by document count: Bronze $23 a month (25 documents), Silver $45 (50), Gold $69 (75), Platinum $93 (100) and Diamond $117 (150), all billed monthly.
• AI-monitored questions run from 5 to 20. The yearly toggle shows Bronze at $230.
• The trial is 7 days under Gold plan terms, with a refund request allowed on a first plan within 30 days.
• Bronze and Silver have read-only sharing; unlimited team members and the Search Console, WordPress and Shopify integrations start at Gold.

Best for: one writer who wants a content score more than an AI agent. Writesonic's own page lists agent workflows as a trial; NeuronWriter's page lists an API, MCP and AI assistant from Gold. Source: NeuronWriter pricing page, 21 October 2026.

Jasper: AI writing with brand voice, agents

• Jasper Pro costs $69 per seat a month billed monthly, or $59 billed yearly.
• It lists 1 seat, 2 brand voices, 5 knowledge assets and 3 audiences, and a 7-day free trial.
• Business is custom, adds API access and agents for complex workflows, including GEO. Features such as the GEO Hub and Agents run on credits on the Business plan.

Best for: a marketing team that wants on-brand copy and agents. It is not only a copywriter, since Business lists GEO agents. Its Pro limits are voices and assets, not articles or prompts, so it is not set against Writesonic's 15 articles. Source: Jasper pricing page, 21 October 2026.

Copy.ai: Chat and workflows for go-to-market teams

• The Chat plan is $29 a month billed monthly, or $24 a month billed $288 a year, with 5 seats and unlimited chat words.
• Growth is $1,000 a month billed $12,000 a year, with 75 seats and 20,000 workflow credits a month.
• Its homepage description reads "Introducing the first-ever GTM AI platform." The pricing page has a Try for free link.

Seats are the headline unit: 5 on Chat and 75 on Growth. Best for: a go-to-market team that wants chat and workflows, not an SEO suite. Neither plan lists AI prompts tracked or articles. Source: Copy.ai pricing page, 21 October 2026.

Limits side by side

Units differ between tools, so compare the job, not the number. Not listed means the vendor's pricing page shows no such item.

Where Writesonic wins

Writesonic wins when you want tracking, articles and audits in one plan.

• Tracking, articles and audits in one plan. Starter lists 50 prompts, 15 articles and 10 site audits of 100 pages each.
• A written 7-day refund on its pricing page. Frase and Clearscope do not state one there.
• Seat room on Growth. 3 users and 2 projects, with extra users at $50 each.
• A clear step up to Enterprise: all 9 platforms, custom prompts, regions and languages, SSO and SAML.

See also Surfer SEO alternatives, Frase alternatives, Clearscope alternatives and Semrush alternatives. For prompts and drafts, read ChatGPT for SEO. Back to all SEO tool alternatives.

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Sources

Every price, limit and trial term above comes from these vendor pages, read on 21 October 2026. Where a page has a Monthly and an Annual switch, both views were read.

1. Plans & Pricing, Writesonic, writesonic.com/pricing.
2. Pricing & Plans, Surfer, surferseo.com/pricing/. No monthly switch; month-to-month figures are calculated.
3. Plans and pricing, Frase, frase.io/pricing.
4. Simple Pricing, Everything Included, Outrank, outrank.so/pricing.
5. Pricing, BabyLoveGrowth, babylovegrowth.ai/pricing (redirects to /en/pricing).
6. Pricing, Scalenut, scalenut.com/pricing.
7. Pricing, NeuronWriter (Conti), neuronwriter.com/pricing/ (redirects to /pricing-neuron/).
8. Plans & pricing, Jasper, jasper.ai/pricing.
9. Copy.ai pricing and homepage, Copy.ai, copy.ai/prices and copy.ai.

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Written by Michael Nefedov, founder of noetio. Updated 21 October 2026.