Copy.ai alternatives
At 1 writer, Copy.ai costs $29 a month. 1 AI writing tool costs less, from $19.95 (QuillBot). The closest match, Claude, covers 93% of what Copy.ai does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.
What Copy.ai does
Core: Custom AI assistants, Multi-lab model choice, Brand voice & style guide, AI chat assistant, Workflows & bulk generation, Multi-step workflows, Built-in AI steps.
Important: Schedules & event triggers (partly), Prebuilt app integrations (partly), Team workspace & sharing, Agent templates & gallery, Marketing copy templates (partly), Team workspace & admin (partly), Developer API (partly), AI agents (partly), AI workflow builder (partly).
Also has: Autonomous multi-step tasks (partly), Deep research reports (partly), Docs, slides & sites output (partly), Custom tools & MCP (partly), Company knowledge grounding (partly), Human approval steps (partly), AI long-term memory (partly), Deploy via API & channels (partly), SSO & compliance (partly), Grammar & spelling checks (partly), Style, clarity & readability (partly), Paraphrasing & rewriting (partly), Long-form drafting (partly), AI SEO writing (partly), Sourced writing & citations (partly), Multilingual checking (partly), Privacy & self-hosting (partly), Logic and data tools (partly), Webhooks and HTTP requests (partly), Browser and desktop RPA (partly), Built-in tables and forms (partly), Team collaboration and governance (partly), Security and compliance (partly).
Alternatives to Copy.ai at 1 writer, best match first
- Grammarly: $30/mo $12/mo if billed annually (Pro (monthly billing)). It covers 76% of Copy.ai; missing or partial: AI chat assistant (partly), Workflows & bulk generation, AI SEO writing. Free plan: Free plan with basic writing checks, tone detection and 100 AI prompts a month.
- QuillBot: $19.95/mo $8.33/mo billed yearly (Premium, monthly billing). It covers 57% of Copy.ai; missing or partial: Brand voice & style guide (partly), AI chat assistant (partly), Workflows & bulk generation, Developer API, AI SEO writing. Free plan: Paraphrase up to 100 words at a time in 2 modes, basic grammar fixes, humanizer up to 100 words, 1,200-word summaries, limited AI detector.. Last price hike: Sep 2026.
Other kinds of products that cover part of Copy.ai
- Claude (AI assistants): covers 93% of Copy.ai; missing or partial: Workflows & bulk generation (partly)
- ChatGPT (AI assistants): covers 87% of Copy.ai; missing or partial: Brand voice & style guide (partly), Workflows & bulk generation (partly)
- Gemini (AI assistants): covers 87% of Copy.ai; missing or partial: Brand voice & style guide (partly), Workflows & bulk generation (partly)
Prices at every size
- Copy.ai: 1 writer $29/mo, a 5-person team $29/mo (Chat plan covers up to 5 seats)
- Grammarly: 1 writer $30/mo, a 5-person team $150/mo ($12/mo if billed annually)
- QuillBot: 1 writer $19.95/mo, a 5-person team $37.48/mo ($8.33/mo billed yearly)
Cheapest paid plan for one writer, billed monthly (plans metered by words or credits must include at least 20,000 AI words a month), and the total for 5 users on the cheapest self-serve option that covers them. Free plans are not counted; annual-only plans are divided by 12.
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