10 Best AI Writing Tools of 2026

This list is for writers, students and marketers choosing an AI writing tool by monthly price, usage limits and free tier. We compared documented features and published prices on each vendor's own pages and scored value at 40%, features at 35% and ease of use at 25%. Starting prices are the cheapest paid plan in USD per month, and we say whether that is annual or monthly billing. Three vendors showed only euro or zloty prices from our location, so their USD prices are marked pending.

1. 01Top value

   

   ChatGPT

   9.1/10

   OpenAI's AI assistant with unlimited free text chats on GPT-6 and paid Go, Plus and Pro tiers.

   Price

   Free plan

   See vendor pricing (USD check pending)

   US price check pending. Vendor pricing page

   Free plan

   Yes

   Value (40%)

   8.7

   Features (35%)

   9.4

   Ease of use (25%)

   9.2

   Best forPeople who want the broadest mix of writing, image, voice and research tools in one app.

   ChatGPT has the widest feature set in this list. The free plan includes unlimited text chats with GPT-6, subject to abuse guardrails, plus limited uploads, image creation, voice chats, deep research and memory. That makes it the most generous free tier for plain drafting. Go adds more messages with tools, more uploads, more image creation and longer memory, and OpenAI notes that the plan may include ads. Plus adds advanced reasoning models, expanded deep research, projects, scheduled tasks and custom GPTs, which help writers store a brief or house style once and reuse it. Pro offers a choice of three usage tiers for heavy users. The pricing page showed local currency rather than USD from our location, so we have not quoted a dollar price. It scores just below Claude because we could not verify the price, not because of the features.

   • ✓Free plan offers unlimited text chats with GPT-6
   • ✓Three paid tiers let you match price to usage
   • ✓Custom GPTs and projects on Plus help reuse prompts and style notes

   • ✕USD price could not be confirmed from our location
   • ✕The Go plan may include ads
   • ✕Uploads, image creation and deep research are limited on the free plan

   Free plan:

   Yes, unlimited text chats with GPT-6

   Paid tiers:

   Go, Plus and Pro

   Plus extras:

   Projects, scheduled tasks and custom GPTs

   Pro:

   Choice of 3 usage tiers

   Ads:

   The Go plan may include ads

   Bottom line: ChatGPT has the strongest free plan for writers, with unlimited text chats on GPT-6. Check the USD price on the vendor page before you upgrade to Go or Plus.

   Visit chatgpt.com ↗

2. 02

   

   Claude

   9.1/10

   Anthropic's AI assistant for drafting, editing and research, with a free plan and Pro from $17 a month on annual billing.

   Price

   $17per month

   Free plan; Pro $17 per month billed annually ($200 up front) or $20 monthly

   “$17 Per month with annual subscription discount ( $200 billed up front). $20 if billed monthly.” Quoted from the pricing page, November 6, 2026.

   Free plan

   Yes

   Value (40%)

   9.1

   Features (35%)

   9.2

   Ease of use (25%)

   9.0

   Best forWriters and marketers who want one strong general assistant for long drafts, edits and documents.

   Claude is a general assistant rather than a template tool, and that suits most writing work: outlines, long drafts, rewrites and editing passes in one chat. The free plan includes chat on web, desktop and mobile, web search, file creation, memory across conversations, app connectors and Artifacts, with usage limited every 5 hours and every week. Pro costs $17 a month on annual billing, paid as $200 up front, or $20 monthly, and adds more usage, Projects, more models and Claude in Chrome and Microsoft 365. Max at $100 a month gives 5x Pro usage for people who write all day. Teams of 2 to 150 can buy standard seats at $20 per seat per month on annual billing. The limits are usage based rather than word based, so the vendor does not publish a fixed word count. Marketers who want ready brand voice libraries will find more structure in Jasper or Anyword, but at a much higher price.

   • ✓Free plan covers chat, web search, memory and Artifacts
   • ✓Pro costs $17 a month on annual billing, among the lowest general assistant prices
   • ✓Team seats at $20 per seat per month on annual billing

   • ✕Free usage is limited every 5 hours and every week
   • ✕Heavy users may need Max at $100 a month for 5x Pro usage
   • ✕No dedicated marketing templates or brand voice library

   Free plan:

   Yes, limited usage every 5 hours and every week

   Pro:

   $17 per month billed annually, $20 monthly

   Max:

   $100 per month, 5x Pro usage

   Team standard seat:

   $20 per seat per month billed annually, $25 monthly

   Team size:

   2 to 150 people

   Bottom line: Claude is our top pick: a capable free plan and the cheapest strong paid assistant at $17 a month billed annually. Budget for Max only if you hit the Pro limits often.

   Visit claude.com ↗

3. 03

   

   Rytr

   8.5/10

   An AI writing assistant with 40+ writing use cases, plus Engage tools for follow-ups and relationship notes.

   Price

   $9per month

   Free plan with 10,000 characters a month; Lite $9 per month with unlimited characters

   “Lite Unlimited content creation $9 /mo” Quoted from the pricing page, November 6, 2026.

   Free plan

   Yes

   Value (40%)

   9.0

   Features (35%)

   7.6

   Ease of use (25%)

   8.8

   Best forSolo writers and small businesses that want short-form copy on a low monthly budget.

   Rytr is one of the few tools here with a clear word budget. The free plan includes 10,000 characters a month, 40+ writing use cases, 30+ languages, one connected source and a daily briefing. Lite costs $9 a month and removes the character limit, which is the main thing a writer needs. Personal at $19 and Pro at $49 add connected sources, more active relationships, more Engage actions and person research runs, because Rytr now also sells itself as a follow-through assistant for email and meetings. Yearly billing saves 20% on every paid plan. The writing side covers drafting, rewriting and tone and language controls, and a browser extension brings it into other apps. Long-form writers will find more depth in a general assistant, but for product blurbs, emails and social posts, Lite is a low flat price with no word counting.

   • ✓Free plan with 10,000 characters a month
   • ✓Lite removes the character limit for $9 a month
   • ✓Yearly billing saves 20%

   • ✕Recent plans push relationship and follow-up features over writing
   • ✕Higher tiers mainly add Engage actions and connected sources
   • ✕Free character cap suits short copy only

   Free plan:

   Yes, 10,000 characters per month

   Lite:

   $9 per month, unlimited characters

   Personal:

   $19 per month

   Pro:

   $49 per month

   Yearly billing:

   Saves 20%

   Bottom line: Rytr Lite gives unlimited characters for $9 a month, a fair price for short-form copy. Skip the higher tiers unless you want the follow-up tools.

   Visit rytr.me ↗

4. 04

   

   Wordtune

   8.5/10

   An AI rewriting and editing assistant that suggests rewrites, summaries and grammar fixes as you type.

   Price

   $4.89per month

   Free plan; Advanced from $4.89 per month billed annually, Unlimited $6.99 billed annually

   “$6.99 $4.89 per month / billed annually” Quoted from the pricing page, November 6, 2026.

   Free plan

   Yes

   Free trial

   3 days

   Value (40%)

   9.0

   Features (35%)

   7.4

   Ease of use (25%)

   9.2

   Best forPeople who already write their own drafts and want cheap rewrites and polish.

   Wordtune focuses on the editing half of writing. It suggests rewrites of your sentences, summarizes text and checks spelling and grammar, and the Unlimited plan adds vocabulary, clarity and fluency improvements. The limits are easy to read. Basic is free with 10 rewrites and AI suggestions a day, 3 AI summaries a month and unlimited spelling and grammar checks. Advanced costs $4.89 a month billed annually and raises the caps to 30 rewrites a day and 15 summaries a month. Unlimited costs $6.99 a month billed annually and removes the caps. Both paid plans start with a 3-day free trial. For people who write their own first drafts and want help tightening them, that is the lowest price in this comparison. It will not plan or draft a long article from a short prompt, so pair it with a free chat assistant if you need that.

   • ✓Cheapest paid plan in this list at $4.89 a month billed annually
   • ✓Free plan with 10 rewrites and AI suggestions a day
   • ✓3-day free trial on paid plans

   • ✕Advanced caps rewrites at 30 a day
   • ✕Built to improve text, not to write long drafts from a brief
   • ✕Free plan includes only 3 AI summaries a month

   Free plan:

   Yes, 10 rewrites a day and 3 summaries a month

   Advanced:

   $4.89 per month billed annually, 30 rewrites a day

   Unlimited:

   $6.99 per month billed annually

   Free trial:

   3 days

   Spelling and grammar:

   Unlimited on every plan

   Bottom line: Wordtune is the cheapest way to get unlimited AI rewrites, at $6.99 a month billed annually. Pick it for polishing, not for first drafts.

   Visit wordtune.com ↗

5. 05

   

   Grammarly

   8.4/10

   A writing assistant that checks grammar, tone and clarity and generates text from AI prompts across apps.

   Price

   Free plan

   See vendor pricing (USD check pending)

   US price check pending. Vendor pricing page

   Free plan

   Yes

   Value (40%)

   8.0

   Features (35%)

   8.4

   Ease of use (25%)

   9.0

   Best forProfessionals who want grammar, tone and rewrite help inside email, docs and the browser.

   Grammarly is the editing layer many writers already have installed. The free plan catches spelling and grammar mistakes, shows your writing tone and lets you generate text with 100 AI prompts. Pro adds one-click full sentence rewrites, tone adjustment, fluency help for English, unlimited personalized suggestions, plagiarism and AI generated text detection, and 2,000 AI prompts. The prompt counts are the clearest usage limits any editor in this list publishes. Grammarly runs in desktop, mobile and browser apps, so suggestions follow you into email and documents, and the company says it is used by over 40 million people and 50,000 organizations. Enterprise is now sold through Superhuman Go. The plans page showed euro prices from our location, so the USD price is pending. As a drafting tool it is weaker than a chat assistant, but as an always-on editor it is hard to replace.

   • ✓Free plan catches spelling and grammar mistakes and shows tone
   • ✓Works across desktop, mobile and browser
   • ✓Pro includes plagiarism and AI text detection

   • ✕Free plan limits AI generation to 100 prompts
   • ✕USD price could not be confirmed from our location
   • ✕Enterprise now sells through Superhuman Go

   Free plan:

   Yes, with 100 AI prompts

   Pro AI prompts:

   2,000

   Pro extras:

   Sentence rewrites, tone adjustment, plagiarism and AI detection

   Users:

   Over 40 million people and 50,000 organizations, per Grammarly

   Enterprise:

   Available through Superhuman Go

   Bottom line: Grammarly is the best always-on editor, and the free plan is enough for many people. Check the USD Pro price before you commit.

   Visit grammarly.com ↗

6. 06

   

   QuillBot

   8.4/10

   A paraphrasing, grammar, summarizing and plagiarism checking toolkit for students and professionals.

   Price

   Free plan

   See vendor pricing (USD check pending)

   US price check pending. Vendor pricing page

   Free plan

   Yes

   Value (40%)

   8.6

   Features (35%)

   8.0

   Ease of use (25%)

   8.8

   Best forStudents and academic writers who paraphrase, summarize and check citations.

   QuillBot is a toolkit for rewording and checking text rather than a drafting assistant. The free plan lets you paraphrase up to 100 words at a time in 2 modes, fix basic grammar errors, humanize up to 100 words with limited usage, generate basic summaries and use a limited AI detector. Premium opens all paraphrasing modes, including custom modes you define, advanced grammar recommendations, full humanizing and AI detection, custom summaries and a plagiarism checker that covers 100+ languages. The pricing page advertises 58% off for annual billing, so paying yearly matters here. A Team plan adds usage metrics, a user management dashboard and centralized billing. The page showed euro prices from our location, so we list the USD price as pending. For essays and academic papers, the mix of paraphrasing, plagiarism and citation tools is broader than Wordtune at a similar tier.

   • ✓Free plan covers paraphrasing, grammar fixes and basic summaries
   • ✓Annual billing is 58% off the monthly rate
   • ✓Team plan adds user management and centralized billing

   • ✕Free paraphrasing is capped at 100 words in 2 modes
   • ✕USD price could not be confirmed from our location
   • ✕Not built for drafting long articles from a brief

   Free plan:

   Yes, paraphrase up to 100 words in 2 modes

   Premium:

   Unlimited paraphrasing modes and full AI detector

   Annual discount:

   58% off

   Plagiarism checker:

   100+ languages

   Team plan:

   Usage metrics and user management

   Bottom line: QuillBot is the best fit for students who paraphrase, summarize and check plagiarism. Pay annually to get the advertised 58% discount.

   Visit quillbot.com ↗

7. 07

   

   Sudowrite

   8.3/10

   An AI writing partner built for fiction authors, with story-aware drafting, rewriting and feedback.

   Price

   $10per month

   From $10 per month for 225,000 credits (Hobby & Student); Professional $22, Max $44

   “Hobby & Student $ 10 per month 225,000 credits per month” Quoted from the pricing page, November 6, 2026.

   Free plan

   No

   Value (40%)

   8.2

   Features (35%)

   8.6

   Ease of use (25%)

   8.2

   Best forNovelists, screenwriters and hobby authors writing long fiction.

   Sudowrite is the only tool here made for fiction. Its Write, Rewrite, Describe and Expand tools work with story intelligence, it can match your writing style and keep continuity across a series, and it includes Muse and Ballad, Sudowrite's own models for fiction, along with 30+ other models. Usage runs on credits. Hobby & Student costs $10 a month for 225,000 credits, Professional costs $22 for 1,000,000 credits and adds developmental edits, line edits and beta reads, and Max costs $44 for 2,000,000 credits with unused credits rolling over for 12 months. The page advertises up to 50% off on yearly billing. There is no permanent free plan, but a free trial needs no credit card. Marketers will get more from a general assistant, while novelists get workflow features such as series continuity that general chat tools do not package.

   • ✓Tools designed for fiction rather than marketing copy
   • ✓Clear monthly credit allowances on every plan
   • ✓Free trial with no credit card

   • ✕No permanent free plan
   • ✕Feedback and edit tools start at $22 a month
   • ✕Not suited to marketing or business writing

   Hobby & Student:

   $10 per month, 225,000 credits

   Professional:

   $22 per month, 1,000,000 credits

   Max:

   $44 per month, 2,000,000 credits

   Credit rollover:

   Unused credits roll over for 12 months on Max

   Free trial:

   Yes, no credit card

   Bottom line: Sudowrite is the pick for fiction writers, with credits from $10 a month. Professional at $22 is where the editing feedback starts.

   Visit sudowrite.com ↗

8. 08

   

   Copy.ai

   8.0/10

   A go-to-market AI platform with a chat plan for small teams and workflow plans for larger sales and marketing teams.

   Price

   $24per month for 5 seats

   Chat plan $24 per month billed annually ($288 a year) or $29 monthly, 5 seats

   “$24/mo Billed $288/yr” Quoted from the pricing page, November 6, 2026.

   Free plan

   No

   Value (40%)

   8.0

   Features (35%)

   7.8

   Ease of use (25%)

   8.2

   Best forSmall marketing teams that want shared chat with several AI models for one flat price.

   Copy.ai has moved from a copywriting app to a go-to-market AI platform, but its entry Chat plan is still a cheap way for a small team to write with AI. Chat costs $24 a month on annual billing, $288 a year, or $29 billed monthly, and includes 5 seats, unlimited words in chat, unlimited chat projects and access to OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini models. That works out to under $5 per person a month for a full team of five. The next step is Growth at $1,000 a month billed annually, with 75 seats and 20,000 workflow credits a month for automated sales and marketing workflows, then Expansion and Scale for larger companies. The gap between Chat and Growth is wide, and most of the newer features target sales prospecting and CRM work rather than writing. For a small content team that only needs shared chat, the Chat plan is good value.

   • ✓Chat includes 5 seats for $24 a month on annual billing
   • ✓Unlimited words in chat on every plan
   • ✓Several model providers in one workspace

   • ✕Workflow plans jump to $1,000 a month
   • ✕Recent product focus is sales and go-to-market automation
   • ✕No permanent free plan listed on the pricing page

   Chat:

   $24 per month billed annually, $29 monthly, 5 seats

   Growth:

   $1,000 per month billed annually, 75 seats, 20K workflow credits

   Expansion:

   $2,000 per month billed annually, 150 seats

   Words in chat:

   Unlimited

   Models:

   OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini

   Bottom line: Copy.ai Chat gives five people unlimited words for $24 a month on annual billing. Look elsewhere if you need writing workflows without a $1,000 jump.

   Visit copy.ai ↗

9. 09

   

   Jasper

   7.7/10

   An AI marketing platform with agents, brand voices and knowledge assets for on-brand content.

   Price

   $59per seat per month

   Pro $59 per seat per month billed yearly or $69 monthly; 7-day free trial

   “Pro: $59/month billed yearly or $69/month billed monthly (cancel anytime).” Quoted from the pricing page, November 6, 2026.

   Free plan

   No

   Free trial

   7 days

   Value (40%)

   6.6

   Features (35%)

   8.8

   Ease of use (25%)

   8.0

   Best forMarketing teams that need brand voice controls and repeatable content workflows.

   Jasper is built for marketing teams that care about brand consistency more than price. Pro costs $59 per seat per month billed yearly or $69 monthly and includes one seat, the Canvas platform for on-brand content, agents for core marketing workflows, and settings for 2 brand voices, 5 knowledge assets and 3 audiences. Those settings let Jasper apply your tone, product facts and personas to every draft, which saves editing time on larger teams. Business has custom pricing and adds agents for GEO, translations and deep research, a no-code custom agent builder, Jasper Grid for content at scale, unlimited brand settings, API access and admin controls. A 7-day free trial lets you test it, but there is no free plan. On value it trails the general assistants, which cost a third as much, so the case for Jasper rests on the brand controls and workflow agents.

   • ✓Brand voice, knowledge and audience settings built in
   • ✓Marketing agents ready on Pro
   • ✓7-day free trial

   • ✕Most expensive per-seat plan in this list at $59 billed yearly
   • ✕Pro limits you to 2 brand voices
   • ✕GEO, translation and custom agents need custom-priced Business

   Pro:

   $59 per seat per month billed yearly, $69 monthly

   Pro brand settings:

   2 brand voices, 5 knowledge assets, 3 audiences

   Business:

   Custom pricing

   Free trial:

   7 days

   Free plan:

   No

   Bottom line: Jasper suits marketing teams that need brand voice and audience controls on every draft. At $59 a seat billed yearly, solo writers get better value elsewhere.

   Visit jasper.ai ↗

10. 10

    

    Anyword

    7.6/10

    An AI copywriting platform that scores marketing copy with performance predictions.

    Price

    $39per month

    Starter $39 per month billed yearly or $49 monthly; 7-day free trial

    “Starter $39 /mo (Billed yearly)” Quoted from the pricing page, November 6, 2026.

    Free plan

    No

    Free trial

    7 days

    Value (40%)

    7.2

    Features (35%)

    8.0

    Ease of use (25%)

    7.8

    Best forPerformance marketers who want predicted engagement scores on ads and landing page copy.

    Anyword targets marketers who want to know which version of a line is likely to work before it runs. Starter costs $39 a month billed yearly or $49 monthly and includes one seat, unlimited copy generation, 50 performance predictions, one brand voice, a content improver, 100+ marketing templates and prompts, a Blog Wizard with a plagiarism checker and a Chrome extension. Data-Driven costs $79 a month billed yearly or $99 monthly, includes 3 seats and adds real-time performance predictions on manual edits. Business is custom priced and trains on your past campaigns. Words generated are unlimited on every plan, so the real limit is the number of predictions. Extra seats cost $49 a month on yearly billing. A 7-day free trial is available, but no free plan. For general writing the price is high, so Anyword makes sense mainly for teams that test ad and landing page copy.

    • ✓Unlimited words generated on every plan
    • ✓Predicted performance scores for marketing copy
    • ✓7-day free trial

    • ✕Starter includes 50 performance predictions and 1 seat
    • ✕Data-Driven costs $79 a month billed yearly for 3 seats
    • ✕Extra seats cost $49 a month billed yearly

    Starter:

    $39 per month billed yearly, $49 monthly, 1 seat

    Data-Driven:

    $79 per month billed yearly, $99 monthly, 3 seats

    Words generated:

    Unlimited

    Performance predictions:

    50 on Starter, 100 on Data-Driven

    Free trial:

    7 days

    Bottom line: Anyword is worth it for ad and landing page copy where predicted performance matters. Writers who do not test copy will get more from a general assistant.

    Visit anyword.com ↗

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