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10 Best AuthoredUp Alternatives for LinkedIn (2026)

Tool Reviews

Naïlé Titah

Last updated: Jun 30, 2026

AuthoredUp does one honest thing: it polishes what you write, and writes nothing for you. People outgrow that deal from two directions.

Some want the writing help. Others tire of the Chrome extension or of team pricing that bills per profile.

Here's what to use instead. Ten AuthoredUp alternatives at equal depth, with best-for, the receipts, key features, pros and cons, and monthly pricing. Our full verdict is in our AuthoredUp review.

TL;DR: AuthoredUp polishes your writing but writes none of it. The best alternatives:

MagicPost for the 'what's worked' data layer its own users ask for
Supergrow for craft tools with AI added
Stanley for a writing coach that measures

AuthoredUp Alternatives at a Glance

Tool	Best for	Price/mo	Publishing	Start
MagicPost	The data layer AuthoredUp users ask for	$35 (AI $69)	Official LinkedIn API	No-card trial
Supergrow	Craft tools with AI added	$19–139	Claims official API	7-day trial
Taplio	Maximum breadth	$39–199	Cookie/extension	7-day full Pro
Kleo V3	Writing plus a coach	$99	Schedules (undocumented)	No trial
Stanley	A writing coach that measures	$149	None (you publish)	No trial
SayWhat	Writing wired to pipeline	$59.99–299.99	Browser-based	Trial
RedactAI	The cheapest AI writing	$11.90–66	Copy-paste	Free start
EasyGen	Creator-grade generation	Not public*	Manual by design	7-day trial
SocialSonic	The widest budget feature set	$20–200	Account (undocumented)	7-day no-card
TypeGrow	Generous free trial	$29	Claims official API	No-card free trial

*EasyGen advertises a 7-day trial but does not publish pricing; third-party reviews report ~$59.99/mo.

A word on the publishing column, because AuthoredUp sits in an interesting spot on it. Its stance is the most transparent of any extension tool, privacy-first with no automation and no cookies, a real difference from the cookie-harvesting category that got tools banned, and it deserves credit.

It is still a Chrome extension operating inside your LinkedIn session, not the official API, and LinkedIn's policy reserves the right to make prohibited tools non-operational without notice; 2026 already retired Kleo's extension and all of Shield Analytics. Transparent is better than opaque; verified is better than both.

Is your LinkedIn account safe with these tools: connection methods compared

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CEO @ MagicPost

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1. MagicPost: Best for the data layer AuthoredUp users ask for

MagicPost starts exactly where AuthoredUp's happiest reviewer points: at recommendations on what to post based on what has worked. That layer is precisely what it ships.

Its writing advice is grounded in published research on 1.2M LinkedIn posts, and its analytics tell you what worked against what baseline, market benchmarks and audience analysis by country, job field and vertical. AuthoredUp counts well (saves, sends, profile views, CSV export); MagicPost adds the missing question, is that good? Benchmarks answer it, where a counter cannot.

The rest of the loop comes on LinkedIn's official API as a verified application: AI writing that learns your voice from your account, a humanizer that rewrites the templated phrasing now costing reach, a 2M+ inspiration library, scheduling, engagement workflows and lead detection, all with no extension in your session.

The blank-page problem gets solved, not just formatted: where AuthoredUp gives you 150+ hooks to study, MagicPost drafts the post in your voice and lets you edit, so you keep the craft and lose the cold start.

MagicPost vs AuthoredUp: the feature surface compared

Key features

AI writing in your voice, with a research-backed humanizer (the writing AuthoredUp refuses).
Analytics with market benchmarks and audience analysis (the "what's worked" data layer).
Publishing via LinkedIn's official API (verified app), no extension.
Working @mentions, a 2M+ inspiration library, engagement workflows and lead detection.
Team and agency modes priced as plans, not per-profile meters.

	MagicPost	AuthoredUp
AI writing in your voice	✅ Style import	❌ Deliberately none
Formatting and previews	✅	✅ Best-in-class, fold-accurate
Metrics	✅ + market benchmarks	✅ Deep counting, no benchmarks
Content recommendations from data	✅ Research-backed	❌ (its own reviewer's wish)
Publishing	✅ Official API, verified app	⚠️ Chrome extension, your own session
Engagement + lead detection	✅	❌ By stance
Team pricing	✅ Plans	⚠️ $14.95/profile, 3-profile minimum
Trustpilot	✅ 4.7/5 (91)	⚠️ 3.5/5 (2 reviews)

If your week is "I know exactly what to write, I want it formatted, previewed and counted", AuthoredUp executes that narrow brief better than almost anything, and its transparency about how it works is the standard the category should meet. The case for moving is everything the brief leaves out, plus the fact that even its fans are asking for the data layer.

Pros	Cons
✅ The "what's worked" recommendations AuthoredUp's own users want	❌ AI-native (if zero AI is the point, AuthoredUp wins)
✅ AI in your voice plus benchmarked analytics	❌ Premium positioning, not the cheapest
✅ Official-API publishing, no extension
✅ Engagement, leads, team plans (not per-profile meters)

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Analytics	$35	Scheduling, analytics, market benchmarks
Creator (AI)	$69	AI in your voice, humanizer, engagement

2. Supergrow: Best for craft tools with AI added

Supergrow is the most natural next step for an AuthoredUp writer who wants help drafting.

"Postcast" AI interviews turn your answers into posts, "Content DNA" learns your voice, and voice-to-post turns a spoken idea into a draft, with scheduling, repurposing and a carousel maker on Pro. It puts generation everywhere AuthoredUp refuses to have it, from $19/mo, with the AI included at entry.

You lose what AuthoredUp's craft niche does best, though: there is no fold-accurate preview culture here, and the analytics are its own reviewers' most repeated critique, so you may be trading your strongest feature for theirs. Its pages also never document how it publishes, where AuthoredUp tells you exactly what it does.

Key features

"Postcast" interviews, "Content DNA" voice training, voice-to-post.
Repurposing from YouTube, blogs and PDFs.
Calendar/queue/Kanban scheduling, carousels on Pro.
Teams plan with approvals.

Pros	Cons
✅ Modern AI drafting AuthoredUp refuses	❌ Analytics flagged by its own reviewers
✅ AI included at entry price	❌ No fold-accurate preview culture
✅ Team plan with approvals	❌ Publishing mechanism not documented

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Starter	$19	Voice AI, scheduling
Pro	$39	Full writing, carousels
Teams	$139	4 accounts, approvals

Full breakdown: Supergrow alternatives.

3. Taplio: Best for maximum breadth

Taplio is the category's best-known all-in-one: AI writing on a large viral library, Kanban scheduling, analytics, engagement tools and outreach automation, with a full-Pro trial.

The deal is breadth for risk, and the risk matters more for an AuthoredUp user who chose transparency once already. The advertised $39 Starter ships zero AI credits (the AI starts at $69), and where AuthoredUp's extension does no automation and no cookies, Taplio's own support acknowledges its extension is treated by LinkedIn as an automation tool against the ToS.

Its Trustpilot reads accordingly: 2.4/5 across 13 reviews, billing and cancellation leading. For someone leaving the most transparent tool in the category, this is the opposite bet.

Key features

AI writing on a large viral library.
Kanban scheduling, analytics, advocacy sharing.
Engagement tools and outreach automation.
Auto-DMs on the top tier.

Pros	Cons
✅ The widest old-guard feature surface	❌ AI locked out of the $39 entry plan
✅ Full-Pro 7-day trial	❌ Extension flagged by its own support
✅ Built-in lead database	❌ 2.4/5 Trustpilot; card-gated trial

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Starter	$39	Suite without AI credits
Growth	$69	250 AI credits
Pro	$199	Auto-DMs and auto-connections

The full picture: Taplio alternatives · the head-to-head: AuthoredUp vs Taplio.

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CEO @ MagicPost

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CEO @ MagicPost

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4. Kleo V3: Best for writing plus a coach

Kleo V3 is a conversational writing app with humans bundled in.

Voice training, deep template libraries and included graphics sit around weekly live group coaching and a private community, at $99/mo with no trial. You swap a tool famous for measuring everything for one that documents no analytics at all, and you pay five times the price for coaching you may or may not attend.

The graphics and the community are real and unmatched on this list; the software around them is young (early users report bugs and slow support, and its Trustpilot holds a single detailed review at 2/5). The match is narrow but real: an AuthoredUp graduate who wants accountability and peers more than features.

Key features

Conversational writing app with deep template libraries.
Included graphics (20/month).
Weekly live group coaching and a private community.
Schedules to LinkedIn (mechanism not documented).

Pros	Cons
✅ Live coaching and community, unmatched here	❌ $99/mo, no trial
✅ One-click graphics	❌ No analytics documented
✅ Founder credibility	❌ Young product

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Kleo	$99	Writing app, graphics, community

The full comparison: Kleo alternatives.

5. Stanley: Best for a writing coach that measures

Stanley, from the Stan Store team, is the only AI tool here that takes analytics as seriously as AuthoredUp does, and it adds generation on top.

A conversational AI interviews you, drafts in your voice, critiques your recent posts, and runs a native analytics dashboard (follower growth, top performers, content pillars, a projected growth curve). For an AuthoredUp user who valued the measurement, that combination is the draw.

The costs: $149/mo on a single plan, no trial, and no publishing or scheduling at all. It never connects to your account, so you keep a second tool for posting, zero account risk by construction, premium price by choice.

Key features

Conversational drafting from your past posts.
Critiques of your recent posts on request.
Native analytics: follower growth, top performers, pillars.
No scheduling or publishing (zero account connection).

Pros	Cons
✅ Serious analytics plus AI drafting	❌ No publishing or scheduling
✅ Zero account risk by design	❌ $149/mo, no trial
✅ Deep conversational flow	❌ Needs a second tool to post

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Stanley	$149	Single plan, writing + analytics

Head-to-head: Stanley vs MagicPost · full take: Stanley review.

6. SayWhat: Best for writing wired to pipeline

SayWhat points AI writing at a sales outcome, the lead layer AuthoredUp never had.

Its Collab AI learns your voice from your profile and past posts, generates from trending pre-validated formats, and pairs the output with engagement analytics, comment management and lead tracking. The pricing unit is generated posts (6 to 40 per cycle), and annual plans add community calls and 1:1 sessions.

Its headline metric (+130% impressions in 90 days for five-posts-a-week users) is the vendor's own, so price it accordingly. And it runs browser-side, the same risk shelf as an extension, stated less precisely than AuthoredUp states its own.

Key features

Voice-matched writing from a trending-formats database.
Lead tracking and an opportunity pipeline.
Engagement analytics and comment management.
Community calls and 1:1 sessions on annual plans.

Pros	Cons
✅ Lead tracking AuthoredUp lacks	❌ Metered post quotas
✅ Voice matching plus a sales layer	❌ Browser-based, not official API
✅ Coaching extras on annual plans	❌ Pricing climbs fast

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Standard	$59.99	from 6 posts/cycle
Premium	$99.99	more credits
Executive+	$299.99	up to 40 posts/cycle

Head-to-head: SayWhat vs MagicPost · full take: SayWhat review.

7. RedactAI: Best for the cheapest AI writing

RedactAI is the cheapest way to add AI to a craft workflow you otherwise keep.

It generates posts that mimic your style from a pasted profile URL, with niche idea generation, light scheduling and a basic stats counter, from $11.90/mo with no account connection of any kind. For an AuthoredUp user who only wants the drafting added, it is the gentlest possible bolt-on.

Pair it mentally with what you lose: publishing is copy-paste, the formatting and preview comfort you are used to does not exist here, and analytics are a counter. Some AuthoredUp users will run both, which is a legitimate answer.

Key features

Style-matched generation from a pasted profile URL.
Niche idea generation from viral posts.
Light scheduling with top-post recycling.
Free tools (profile review, formatter).

Pros	Cons
✅ The gentlest paid entry here	❌ Essential capped at 15 posts/mo
✅ Zero account exposure	❌ Copy-paste publishing, no previews
✅ Free start, no card	❌ Single-purpose scope

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Essential	$11.90	15 posts/mo (billed yearly)
Creator	$24	Unlimited posts (billed yearly)
Copywriter	$66	Write for multiple profiles

The full breakdown: RedactAI alternatives.

8. EasyGen: Best for creator-grade generation

EasyGen, built by creator Ruben Hassid (100M+ LinkedIn views), generates posts in trained styles, and shares a philosophy AuthoredUp users will recognize.

It ships a content calendar, creator search, trending-topic intelligence from Reddit, X, Google and Perplexity, voice notes, and a Chrome extension that drafts inside LinkedIn (4.7/5 on the Chrome Web Store). Like AuthoredUp, it refuses automation, arguing that auto-posting hurts reach, so you publish by hand.

The difference is evidence culture: AuthoredUp documents what its product does, while EasyGen's reach claim ships without published data (our measurements on API-published posts show no such penalty, so check both yourself). Its pricing is not on its site either, with third-party reviews reporting ~$59.99/mo.

Key features

Creator-grade generation in trained styles.
Trending-topic intelligence from four sources.
Voice notes and an in-feed Chrome extension.
Content calendar (manual publishing by design).

Pros	Cons
✅ Creator-grade draft quality	❌ Manual publishing by design
✅ Trending-topic intelligence	❌ Pricing not public
✅ 4.7/5 Chrome extension	❌ No analytics

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Not published	~$59.99*	7-day trial advertised

*Per third-party reviews. The full field: EasyGen alternatives.

9. SocialSonic: Best for the widest budget feature set

SocialSonic, from the team behind Writesonic, stacks more features per dollar than anything here.

AI writing, smart scheduling, analytics with lead attribution, a carousel maker with AI branding, and gamification come at a Pro rate of $20/mo (a locked early-adopter price; listed future price $39), with team and agency tiers above. The feature count explodes; the documentation thins.

The diligence: the publishing mechanism is not documented, several engagement features were "coming soon" at check time, and its comment-suggestion extension spans four networks, a wider footprint than the single transparent extension you are leaving. The price makes it worth a careful trial; the caveats make "careful" the operative word.

Key features

AI writing, smart scheduling, analytics with lead attribution.
Carousel maker with AI branding, polls.
Team ($75) and agency ($200) tiers.
Gamification.

Pros	Cons
✅ The widest feature set under $25	❌ Publishing mechanism not documented
✅ Real team and agency tiers	❌ Four-network engagement extension
✅ No-card trial	❌ Several features marked coming soon

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Pro	$20	Solo writing + scheduling
Team Accelerator	$75	3 users
Agency	$200	10 users, branding

The full picture: SocialSonic alternatives.

Everything you need to grow on LinkedIn. In one place.

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Naïlé Titah

CEO @ MagicPost

LinkedIn has changed its algorithm again. And this time, it's noticeable.

I'm in a good position to know:

Everything you need to grow on LinkedIn. In one place.

Write in your voice, find ideas, schedule, analyze, engage…
MagicPost is built exclusively for LinkedIn.

Try MagicPost

Naïlé Titah

CEO @ MagicPost

LinkedIn has changed its algorithm again. And this time, it's noticeable.

I'm in a good position to know:

Create your first LinkedIn post in less than 5 minutes

With MagicPost, you save up to 4 hours per week, starting with your very first post. Spend less time writing and more time growing your business.

Try MagicPost

No credit card. No commitment. Just real time savings.

100% free trial.

10. TypeGrow: Best for a free start

TypeGrow ticks the two structural boxes AuthoredUp users care about, in writing.

An AI writing assistant, scheduler, hook generator, carousel maker, post previews and a 1M+ viral-post library come free, running entirely in the cloud with no extension and a stated use of the official LinkedIn API. Both are vendor claims, but the right ones, and a clean contrast with the extension model you may be leaving.

The trade is maturity: analytics are undocumented, agency multi-account is "coming soon", and the future price is unannounced. As a zero-cost way to feel what AI-assisted LinkedIn writing is like before committing anywhere, it is unbeatable.

Key features

AI writing assistant, hook generator, carousel maker.
One-click scheduler and post previews.
A 1M+ viral-post library.
Claims official-API publishing, no extension.

Pros	Cons
✅ Generous free trial	❌ No documented analytics
✅ Claims official API	❌ No team features yet
✅ Real scheduling and carousels	❌ Paid tier unannounced

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Starter	$29/seat	Writing, scheduling, carousels

TypeGrow vs MagicPost.

If you only used AuthoredUp for one thing

Name the job before the tool:

Fold-accurate previews and formatting. Nothing here beats AuthoredUp at exactly this. If it is the whole job, you may already own the right tool.
The analytics dashboard. Stanley out-analyzes it on the AI side; MagicPost adds the layer no counter has, market benchmarks and audience analysis, which is the "what's worked" intelligence AuthoredUp's own reviewer asks for.
Hooks and CTA references. Kleo V3 carries the biggest template library here; MagicPost replaces the reference shelf with generation in your voice.
The per-profile team setup. Compare the math: AuthoredUp bills $14.95 per profile (3 minimum), Postdrips flat $29 for 5, MagicPost prices agency and team modes as plans with validation and white-label reports rather than per-profile meters.
The "no AI" guarantee itself. If that stance is the point, staying put is the right call, and nothing here improves on it.

The honest two-tool pattern AuthoredUp users land on more than anyone: keep the craft tool, add a generator next to it (RedactAI or free TypeGrow). It works, with two caveats: count the seams (two queues, two dashboards, no shared analytics) and count the months (a $32 hand-reconciled stack competes with one complete tool whose trial is free).

How to Pick the Best AuthoredUp Alternative

Do you want AI to draft, or only to advise? Tools split cleanly: full drafting in your voice (MagicPost, Supergrow, RedactAI), conversational coaching (Stanley, Kleo V3), references only (AuthoredUp). Decide which relationship with the blank page you want.
Can you verify how it touches your account? You are leaving the most transparent extension in the category; do not land on something less documented. One tool here is a verified application on the official API.
What happens at the billing boundary? Check trial card requirements, auto-enrollments, and per-profile multipliers for teams.
What do its users say in public? AuthoredUp's tiny public record (two Trustpilot reviews) is itself information: a quiet, niche, mostly satisfied base whose one recent wish is the data layer.

Building a solo brand on LinkedIn? MagicPost was built for exactly that workflow: see how solopreneurs use it, from first idea to published post and the analytics that tell you what worked, all on the official API.

Outgrew the No-AI Brief? There's a Fit

AuthoredUp executes a narrow brief, format, preview, count, better than almost anything, and its transparency about how it works is the standard the category should meet. The day the brief changes, and even its fans are asking for the data layer, is the day this page is for.

MagicPost keeps the craft habits AuthoredUp built, drafts, previews, a queue, but puts them inside one loop: AI in your voice with a research-backed humanizer, benchmarked analytics that answer "is that good?", official-API publishing and lead detection, with agencies running per-client validation workflows instead of per-profile meters. It is all testable on a no-card trial.

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FAQ

What is the best AuthoredUp alternative?

For the complete workflow (AI writing in your voice, scheduling, advanced analytics, engagement, leads) on the official LinkedIn API, MagicPost, the only verified application here, with a no-card trial. To stay writing-first: Supergrow for modern AI drafting, RedactAI for the budget version.

Why do people switch away from AuthoredUp?

Mostly for what it deliberately does not do: no AI writing, no idea generation, no engagement, no benchmarks. Its own most recent reviewer, who rates it 4 stars, asks for suggestions on what to post based on what has worked. Secondary reasons: extension fatigue and per-profile team pricing ($14.95/profile/mo, 3-profile minimum).

Does AuthoredUp have AI writing?

No, by design, and it says so plainly: you write every word, with 150+ hooks and 100+ CTA templates as references, formatting, previews and analytics around it. No other tool here shares that stance. If zero AI is the requirement, AuthoredUp is already the strongest version of that choice, and this page exists for the day the requirement changes.

How much does AuthoredUp cost?

Individual $19.95/mo (about $16.63 billed annually). Business is per profile: $14.95/profile/mo with a 3-profile minimum (around $44.85/mo entry), and a custom Growth tier from 10 profiles. The free trial requires no card.

What is the cheapest AuthoredUp alternative?

Among paid options, RedactAI starts at $11.90/mo billed annually and Postdrips at $18/mo. All three are narrower tools; check the jobs you actually need.

AuthoredUp vs MagicPost: what is the real difference?

AuthoredUp polishes and measures what you write; MagicPost also writes with you and tells you what to write next: AI drafting in your voice, market benchmarks and audience analysis, engagement, comment scheduling and lead detection, on the official LinkedIn API instead of an extension. The head-to-head: AuthoredUp vs MagicPost.

What is the best AuthoredUp alternative without a Chrome extension?

Cloud tools that never touch your browser session: MagicPost (official API, verified application), TypeGrow (free, cloud-based, claiming the official API), and the no-connection writers Stanley, RedactAI and EasyGen, where nothing connects to your account at all.