Best AI writing tools in 2026

AI writing tools draft, rewrite and adapt text for marketing, sales and everyday work. In 2026 the best-known names have moved in different directions. Jasper focuses on marketing teams, with brand controls and pre-built agents. Copy.ai, now owned by Fullcast, has become a go-to-market platform with a low-cost team chat plan and credit-based workflows. Writesonic centers on AI search visibility: it tracks how brands appear in ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews and writes articles to close the gaps.

When you compare them, look past word counts. Check how each tool learns your brand voice, how many seats the price includes, whether the API or integrations you need sit on a custom plan, and whether you can try it before you pay. Prices on these pages come from each vendor's own pricing page. Plans change often, so confirm the current price before you buy.

Our ranking

  1. AI platform for marketing teams, with brand voice controls, a content canvas and 100+ pre-built marketing agents.

    Starting price: From $69/mo

  2. AI search visibility platform that tracks your brand in ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews and writes SEO articles.

    Starting price: From $99/mo

  3. Go-to-market AI platform with shared team chat across several AI models and credit-based sales and marketing workflows.

    Starting price: From $29/mo

  4. AI writing assistant that checks grammar, clarity and tone as you type, in more than a million apps and websites.

    Starting price: Free

    Compare: vs Quillbot · vs ProWritingAid · vs LanguageTool · vs Hemingway Editor

  5. AI paraphraser and writing assistant with a grammar checker, humanizer, AI detector and plagiarism checker.

    Starting price: Free

    Compare: vs Grammarly · vs ProWritingAid · vs LanguageTool

  6. AI writing app for fiction, with a Story Bible per project, the fiction-trained Muse model and AI editorial feedback.

    Starting price: From $19/mo

  7. Editing assistant for storytellers, with a grammar checker, 25+ line-editing reports and AI feedback on manuscripts.

    Starting price: Free

    Compare: vs Grammarly · vs Quillbot · vs Hemingway Editor

  8. Multilingual grammar, spelling and style checker with an AI paraphraser, shared style guides and an open-source core.

    Starting price: Free

    Compare: vs Grammarly · vs Quillbot

  9. Readability editor that flags dense sentences and passive voice, with paid AI rewrites, grammar fixes and tone changes.

    Starting price: Free

    Compare: vs Grammarly · vs ProWritingAid

  10. Browser-based novel writing app with a Codex story bible, planning views and AI through the provider you connect.

    Starting price: From $4/mo

Top 5 compared

Features of the top 5 in AI writing tools
FeatureJasperWritesonicCopy.aiGrammarlyQuillbot
Brand voice Yes · 2 voices on Pro, unlimited on Business Yes · Writing Styles: 1, 5 or 10 by plan Yes · Multiple Brand Voices, plus Infobase Yes · Brand tones: 1 on Pro, unlimited on Enterprise; not on Free Partial · Premium Custom modes set a paraphrasing style from a guiding word such as 'friendly'; no brand voice profiles
SEO mode Yes · SEO/AEO agents; GEO agents on Business Yes · SEO and content AI agent, site audits Partial · SEO articles via Workflows (credit plans) No · No SEO or keyword features listed on any plan No · No SEO mode or keyword research; only single-purpose generators for meta descriptions, SEO titles and SEO meta tags
Plagiarism check Add-on · Copyscape add-on; cost not listed Yes · Built into the AI Document Editor and Chatsonic; each check uses credits. Docs (Mar 2025) name no plans or cost; the current pricing page does not list it Partial · Copyscape check as a Workflow action Yes · In the app on Pro and Enterprise, not Free; also a web checker; 16B+ web pages and ProQuest academic papers Yes · Premium only: 25,000 words a month; extra packs from $2.45 for 6,250 words
Templates Yes · 100+ pre-built marketing agents Yes · 50+ templates in the AI Document Editor (social posts, product descriptions, newsletters); older ones still listed. Docs date from Mar 2025; current pricing lists none Partial · Prompt library; old templates discontinued Partial · Snippets only: shared, on-brand messaging templates on Pro and Enterprise Yes · More than 25 single-purpose generators (email, cover letter, copywriter, captions, titles, job descriptions); design templates too
Team seats Partial · Pro is 1 seat; teams need Business Yes · 1 to 3 users; Basic/Growth up to 5 at $50/user/mo Yes · 5 seats on Chat; 75 to 200 on larger plans Yes · Pro 1 to 149 seats; Enterprise unlimited members Yes · Premium is 1 user; Team Plans from 2 seats, $69.95-$89.95 per seat a year
API Partial · Business plan only Yes · GEO API; plan access not listed Partial · Enterprise plan only Partial · Enterprise and Education admins only: analytics, license, writing score, AI and plagiarism detection (beta) APIs No · No B2B or B2C API, per the help center
Word limits Yes · No cap listed; agents use credits on Business Yes · 15, 25 or 50 AI articles a month; Growth can add 20 for $100/mo Yes · Unlimited in Chat; Workflows use credits Yes · AI prompts: 100/mo Free, 2,000/member/mo Pro, unlimited Enterprise Yes · Paraphraser: 125 words at a time free, no limit on Premium; Summarizer: 1,200 or 6,000 words
Free trial Yes · 7 days on Pro Yes · No credit card needed No · No free plan or trial; 5-day refund window Yes · Free plan; Pro trials offered periodically (a 7-day trial on the US plans page captured 2026-10-13) No · No Premium trial listed; free plan instead; fees nonrefundable unless the law requires
Integrations Yes · Google Docs, Word, Webflow, Slack, Chrome; Zapier on Business Yes · WordPress, Search Console; GA4, Looker on Enterprise Yes · Zapier, Google Docs, Notion; 20+ on Enterprise Yes · 1M+ apps and sites: Google Docs, Word, Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Salesforce, Jira and more Yes · Chrome (incl. Google Docs), Edge, Safari, Word add-in; macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps

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