AI for content writers
AI can help you outline an article, revise a dense passage and correct a draft. It is useful when you already have an angle, source material and editorial guidance. It cannot replace reporting, direct experience or fact checking. During a writing day, you might review your documents, ask Claude to suggest a structure and then write while checking claims against the original sources. LanguageTool can help identify grammar and punctuation problems before your final edit. For work in another language, DeepL can translate documents and apply a terminology glossary. Each step still needs editorial attention. Fluent prose can contain an error, flatten a distinction or imply something the source never established. Your contribution remains the selection and ordering of information, the strength of the argument and the care you take to answer the reader’s actual question.
Tasks where AI saves time
- Prepare a proposed article outline from a defined angle and notes you have already checked.
- Rewrite a dense passage so its main point becomes easier for the intended reader to follow.
- Identify grammar and punctuation problems before carrying out an editorial review of the complete draft.
- Summarise a working document to locate passages that need checking against the original source material.
- Prepare a translation using an approved glossary, then review technical terms in their surrounding context.
- Adjust a draft’s tone to match client guidance while preserving the information that has been approved.
Our picks
Picks set by simple rules on the verified data, with no partnership:
- Best scored : DeepL. 90/100 on our access and transparency grid.
- Cheapest paid option : Obsidian. First plan at $4 per month.
- Open source : LanguageTool. Public code, self-hosting possible depending on the project.
In figures
Of the 89 tools selected for this job, 73 (82%) offer a free tier, 55% have a public API and 19 have a French interface. The median entry price, per month, is $11.66 (across 60 tools with a published price). 41 disclose where data is hosted, 7 of them in Europe or on device.
SEO
To improve search rankings: 12 tools. See the whole category.
| Tool | Free | Entry price | API | Data | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahrefs Ahrefs helps people examine website search visibility. It researches keywords and search intent, reviews backlinks, detects technical SEO issues, and | Yes | $29 per month | Yes | Not disclosed | 70 |
| BacklinkGPT BacklinkGPT helps people working on SEO find pages that might link to their website. It identifies contacts, writes personalized outreach messages, tr | Yes | $149 per month | Yes | Several regions | 68 |
| LLM Optimizer LLM Optimizer helps people working on SEO measure brand visibility in AI responses. It analyzes website content, evaluates presence on YouTube and Red | Yes | not published | Yes | United States | 68 |
| Writesonic Writesonic supports people tracking brand visibility in AI answers and working on SEO. It allows competitor comparisons, article writing, page audits, | No | $79 per month | Yes | Several regions | 66 |
| Semrush Semrush lets marketing teams research keywords, analyze competing websites, and detect technical website issues. It tracks search engine rankings and | Yes | $117.33 per month | Yes | Not disclosed | 65 |
| AirOps AirOps lets content and SEO teams track brand visibility in AI engine responses. It connects research and writing steps, uses reference documents and | Yes | not published | Yes | Not disclosed | 58 |
| Frase Frase helps people write content for search engines by preparing outlines and evaluating optimization. It also tracks visibility in AI responses, publ | No | $39 per month | Yes | Not disclosed | 50 |
| RankingRider RankingRider writes product titles, generates descriptions and SEO metadata and suggests keywords. It serves users who want to assess product listing | Yes | $9.99 per month | – | Not disclosed | 48 |
General AI chatbots
To chat with a general-purpose AI: 11 tools. See the whole category.
| Tool | Free | Entry price | API | Data | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT ChatGPT helps people write texts, search for information, and analyze files and tables. It also supports image creation and editing, voice conversatio | Yes | $8 per month | Yes | Several regions | 83 |
| Claude Claude writes texts, analyzes documents and images, and writes or explains code. It serves people who want to create documents and spreadsheets or sea | Yes | $200 per year | Yes | Not disclosed | 76 |
| Mistral Vibe Mistral Vibe searches for information with source citations and analyzes documents and spreadsheets. It serves people who want to write reports, creat | Yes | $14.99 per month | – | European Union | 71 |
| Poe Poe lets chatbot users talk with multiple AI models and create assistants with their own instructions. It also supports sharing conversation excerpts, | Yes | $4.99 per month | Yes | Not disclosed | 70 |
| Grok Grok answers questions, searches the web and X, and analyzes files and images. It serves people who want to generate images and videos or speak with a | Yes | $8 per month | Yes | Not disclosed | 66 |
| Qwen Qwen helps people ask questions in a conversation, write and understand code, and conduct research. It also analyzes images and documents and generate | Yes | not published | Yes | Several regions | 58 |
| DeepSeek DeepSeek is for people asking questions in conversation, writing text, or rephrasing existing content. It also offers help with writing code and analy | Yes | $0 pay as you go | Yes | Not disclosed | 53 |
| Dola Dola serves people who want to ask questions through text or voice, write content, and translate texts. It also summarizes files and web pages and cre | Yes | not published | – | Several regions | 53 |
Grammar and paraphrasing
To fix and rephrase text: 11 tools. See the whole category.
| Tool | Free | Entry price | API | Data | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LanguageTool LanguageTool helps people writing texts correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. It also lets users rephrase a sentence and apply a personal | Yes | not published | Yes | Several regions | 75 |
| Grammarly Grammarly helps people write and revise texts. It corrects spelling and grammar, rephrases sentences, adjusts message tone, identifies similarities wi | Yes | $12 per month | – | United States | 73 |
| Wordtune Wordtune is for people revising texts, rephrasing sentences, or adjusting their tone. It also supports grammar and spelling correction, shortening or | Yes | $6.99 per month | Yes | United States | 71 |
| WriteHuman WriteHuman is for people who want to rephrase text while preserving its meaning. It varies sentences and vocabulary, offers several alternative versio | Yes | $12 per month | Yes | Several regions | 68 |
| Quillbot Quillbot supports people writing or revising texts with paraphrasing and grammar correction. It also allows users to summarize documents, translate te | Yes | €8.33 per month | No | Not disclosed | 61 |
| editGPT editGPT lets people reviewing text correct grammar and punctuation while examining each proposed change. It also adjusts tone, rephrases passages, and | Yes | $96 per year | – | Not disclosed | 61 |
| HumanizeAI.com HumanizeAI.com lets people writing texts rephrase content and correct grammar and spelling. It also identifies signs of automated writing, searches fo | Yes | $14 per month | Yes | Not disclosed | 58 |
| WordfixerBot WordfixerBot serves people revising or rephrasing text. It preserves meaning when rephrasing, changes a passage's tone, checks grammar, summarizes con | Yes | $48 per year | – | Several regions | 58 |
AI writing tools
To write texts, articles and content: 10 tools. See the whole category.
| Tool | Free | Entry price | API | Data | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rytr Rytr supports people writing emails and web content or rephrasing text. It also prepares replies from connected sources, finds commitments in exchange | Yes | $9 per month | Yes | United States | 71 |
| HyperWrite HyperWrite helps people write texts through suggestions while typing and passage rewrites. It can also find publications, add references, and adapt it | Yes | $16 per month | – | Several regions | 61 |
| Spell Spell helps individuals and teams write documents from prompts. It rewrites selected passages, edits content through conversation, supports collaborat | Yes | $20 per month | – | United States | 58 |
| Anyword Anyword lets marketing teams write campaign copy and produce multiple ad variations. It adapts text to a brand's tone, estimates the performance of di | No | $39 per month | Yes | Several regions | 56 |
| Lex Lex lets people writing individually or together create and edit documents. It offers feedback on drafts, instruction-based rewrites, document version | Yes | not published | Yes | Not disclosed | 51 |
| Moonbeam Moonbeam helps people write articles and long texts. It turns notes into article outlines, rephrases selected passages, and suggests several topics re | Yes | $49 per month | – | Not disclosed | 51 |
| ChatArt ChatArt lets users write and rephrase articles and create visual and musical content. It generates images from descriptions, produces videos from text | Yes | not published | – | Not disclosed | 48 |
| LogicBalls LogicBalls helps people write texts from a request and clarify their needs through questions. It brings several models into one workspace and lets use | Yes | $59.99 per year | – | Several regions | 48 |
Note-taking and knowledge bases
To organise notes and knowledge: 6 tools. See the whole category.
| Tool | Free | Entry price | API | Data | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recall Recall lets users save articles and videos and summarize videos, podcasts and PDFs. It serves people who want to organize and connect knowledge, query | Yes | $10 per month | Yes | Several regions | 78 |
| Obsidian Obsidian helps people write and organize Markdown notes. Users can link notes together, view their connections in a graph, arrange ideas on a canvas, | Yes | $4 per month | Yes | On device | 73 |
| Glasp Glasp helps people keep reading notes and highlight web pages and PDFs. It summarizes YouTube videos, answers questions about saved content, transcrib | Yes | $150 per year | Yes | United States | 70 |
| Reflect Reflect lets people taking notes link them together and ask questions with sourced answers. It also summarizes meeting highlights, improves and correc | Yes | $99 per year | – | On device | 65 |
| Notion AI Notion AI helps teams write documents, summarize work pages, and find answers in connected tools. It also fills database properties automatically and | No | €19.5 per month | – | Several regions | 45 |
| Beloga Beloga lets individuals and teams search their notes and the Web. It brings documents and links together, connects information across sources and orga | Yes | not published | – | Not disclosed | 38 |
AI content detection
To check whether content is AI-made: 5 tools. See the whole category.
| Tool | Free | Entry price | API | Data | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZeroGPT ZeroGPT is for people reviewing texts for likely AI-generated passages or similarities to published texts. It also offers rephrasing, document summari | Yes | not published | Yes | European Union | 73 |
| GPTZero GPTZero helps people examine how texts were written. It estimates the presence of AI-generated text, flags suspicious passages, searches for similarit | Yes | not published | Yes | United States | 68 |
| Copyleaks Copyleaks helps people analyze texts and images for reused text or AI generation. It assesses the likely presence of AI-generated text, produces analy | Yes | $167.88 per year | Yes | Several regions | 65 |
| Originality.ai Originality.ai helps people reviewing texts estimate the presence of AI-generated writing and search for plagiarized passages. It also assesses readab | Yes | $12.95 per month | Yes | Not disclosed | 65 |
| Content Credentials Verify Content Credentials Verify lets people examining a file view its provenance and documented editing history. It displays declared authors and tools, co | Yes | not published | – | On device | 63 |
Marketing
To produce and run campaigns: 5 tools. See the whole category.
| Tool | Free | Entry price | API | Data | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copy.ai Copy.ai writes marketing content and prepares outreach messages using a brand's tone. It serves people who want to enrich prospect data or automate sa | Yes | $288 per year | Yes | Several regions | 71 |
| Jasper Jasper writes marketing content using a brand's voice and rules. It serves people who want to adapt content across channels, produce content in batche | No | $59 per month | Yes | Not disclosed | 50 |
| Typeface Typeface supports marketing teams producing brand-aligned text and campaign visuals. It applies company design guidelines, organizes reviews and appro | No | not published | Yes | Not disclosed | 43 |
| Publish7 Publish7 suggests link ideas for SEO, content topics and community engagement ideas. It serves marketing users who also want to research company infor | Yes | not published | – | Several regions | 38 |
| Waldium Waldium serves businesses publishing articles and responding to social media posts. It writes from company knowledge, publishes blogs on custom domain | Yes | not published | – | United States | 38 |
Creative writing and scripts
To write fiction, scripts and stories: 5 tools. See the whole category.
| Tool | Free | Entry price | API | Data | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TextFX TextFX offers figurative comparisons and idea associations for people writing creative texts. It explores similar-sounding expressions, different pers | Yes | not published | – | Several regions | 58 |
| DreamGen DreamGen helps people write stories with AI or play scenes involving several characters. Users can define settings and character traits, guide the plo | Yes | $7.83 per month | – | Not disclosed | 48 |
| ShyEditor ShyEditor helps authors plan and write a book. It organizes chapters, characters, and references, provides feedback on pacing and consistency, and exp | Yes | $10 per month | – | Not disclosed | 48 |
| NovelAI NovelAI helps people writing stories continue from a passage and retain characters and world details. It also supports narrative style settings, illus | No | $10 per month | – | Not disclosed | 40 |
| Sudowrite Sudowrite lets people writing stories continue scenes, rewrite and expand passages, and develop characters and plots. It also stores information about | No | $10 per month | – | Not disclosed | 30 |
Other useful categories
- AI browsers and extensions : Sider, Monica, and Merlin
- AI translation : DeepL and Reverso
- AI email tools : Jetwriter AI and Hoppy Copy
- Research assistants : genei and AI-Writer
- Text to speech : NaturalReader and Voicera
- Developer tools : Mintlify
- E-commerce : CopyMonkey
- AI search engines : Andi
- Website builders : SubPage
- Legal : ScoreDetect
- Graphic design : Text2Infographic
- Productivity and organisation : Slashspace
- Advertising : Daydrm.ai
- Speech to text : Deciphr AI
- Customer service and website chatbots : AgentDock
- AI app builders : Anakin.ai
- Social media : Letterfork
- Sales and prospecting : SmartWriter
Job-specific precautions
Do not submit embargoed material, confidential interviews or client information without appropriate authorisation. Check how the selected service processes and retains content. Return to original sources to verify facts, names and any quotations. A summary may leave out a qualification that changes the meaning. Respect copyright and the reuse conditions attached to source material. Investigate similarities to existing writing when there is reason for concern. Review translations carefully and follow the disclosure requirements agreed with your client or editorial team. You remain responsible for the text you deliver.
Where to start
Choose a recurring task, such as checking the language in a completed draft. Use LanguageTool with text you are authorised to process. Record the time spent reviewing its suggestions, including the ones you reject. Compare this with your usual editing process on material of similar difficulty. Check that meaning, terminology and voice remain consistent. If the suggestions create too much rework, narrow the task. Keep your final editorial review in place before extending the workflow to other stages of writing.
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Frequently asked questions
Which AI tools for content writers?
The most useful categories are sEO, general AI chatbots, and grammar and paraphrasing. Top of our grid: DeepL, ChatGPT, and Recall.
Can you start for free?
Yes: 73 of the 89 selected tools have a free tier, for example DeepL, ChatGPT, and Recall.
Can I publish a generated draft after proofreading it?
Proofreading does not establish that the content is accurate or suitable for publication. Check facts, reasoning, source support and rights associated with reused material. Revise the draft around your angle and the reader’s needs. Apply the editorial requirements agreed with the client before treating the piece as ready.
How can I preserve my writing voice?
Describe the features that matter in your writing, such as register, vocabulary, sentence rhythm and use of examples. Limit the request to a particular passage or problem. Compare the suggestion with your original intention and reject generic wording. You retain editorial control over every sentence that reaches the reader.
Can an automatic translation be my final version?
It can provide a working draft, but it still needs review. Check terminology, cultural references, ambiguity and sensitive information. DeepL can apply a glossary, but that does not establish that every choice fits the context. Specialist content should be reviewed by someone who understands the subject and the intended audience.
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