7 Best AuthoredUp Alternatives in 2026 (Compared)

AuthoredUp does one job and does it well: it makes LinkedIn's plain-text editor feel like a real writing tool. Bold and italic formatting, a live preview of what your post looks like on desktop and mobile before you hit publish, an actual drafts folder, a few hundred hooks and endings to borrow from when you're stuck. If you already know what you want to say and just want it to look right, AuthoredUp is close to the best tool for that specific job.

People go looking for something else for one of three reasons, and it's usually the first one: AuthoredUp doesn't write posts for you yet. Its AI writing assistant, Coauthor, is still in closed beta. Its in-LinkedIn features also run through a Chrome extension, so no Safari or Edge, and no phone for that part of the workflow. And its built-in analytics, useful as they are, are built around your own posts rather than benchmarking. This guide covers 7 AuthoredUp alternatives people actually switch to. (Facts verified on September 8, 2026; competitor pricing rechecked October 2026.)

Before You Switch

Worth saying plainly, before anything else: if your only complaint about AuthoredUp is that you wish the analytics went a bit deeper, that's not really a reason to leave. None of the tools below replicate AuthoredUp's formatting and preview quality inside LinkedIn's own page; most pull you into a separate app entirely, which is its own trade-off. If you like writing your own posts and just want a better editing surface, there's a decent chance you're already using the right tool. And if all you need is a quick check of how a post will render, our free LinkedIn post preview tool does that without an extension.

Why People Look Elsewhere

The AI gap is the big one. AuthoredUp was built to polish what you've already written, not generate it. That was a fine trade a couple of years ago, back when most LinkedIn AI tools produced text that read as obviously AI-written. It's a harder trade now that some of these tools can put out a first draft that sounds close to your own voice. AuthoredUp is working on this with Coauthor, but until that's generally available, if you're staring at a blank editor more often than you'd like, AuthoredUp isn't going to help with that part.

The other two reasons are smaller but real. AuthoredUp's in-LinkedIn experience lives inside a Chrome extension. And its analytics, while better than LinkedIn's own dashboard, are built around tracking your own posts rather than the kind of benchmarking and follower-trend data that dedicated analytics tools are built around from the ground up.

In one line: AuthoredUp is arguably the best tool on the market for polishing writing you've already done inside LinkedIn. It wasn't built to write that first draft for you, and its AI writer is still in beta.

What AuthoredUp actually costs, and how it connects to LinkedIn

AuthoredUp's Individual plan is $19.95 a month, or $16.63 a month if you pay annually. The Business plan is $14.95 per profile per month with a three-profile minimum, so the real starting cost for a team is $44.85 a month, not $14.95. There's a 14-day free trial and no credit card required to start it.

One detail that doesn't get said plainly enough in most reviews of this tool: AuthoredUp's scheduling runs through the Chrome extension itself, inside your own logged-in browser session, rather than through LinkedIn's official API. In practice that appears to be low-risk: AuthoredUp states it doesn't automate actions on your account, doesn't scrape beyond what your own session already sees, sets no tracking cookies, and stores data on servers in Germany under GDPR. But it's a real difference from tools that connect through LinkedIn's official API, a few of which show up below, and it's worth knowing before you assume "extension" and "API" mean the same thing.

For what it's worth, AuthoredUp is also used at a scale most of the smaller tools on this list aren't: it's reportedly used by more than 2,000 companies, including names like Microsoft, SAP, and EY, and it holds a 4.8-star rating across thousands of installs on the Chrome Web Store.

How We Evaluated These Tools

We looked at whether each tool actually writes a post for you and how close the output gets to sounding like you, whether it works anywhere or only inside one browser, how the writing and preview experience compares to AuthoredUp's own, whether scheduling and analytics amount to a real setup or a single bolted-on feature, and how each tool connects to LinkedIn in the first place: official API, browser extension, or something closer to scraping.

The 7 Best AuthoredUp Alternatives at a Glance

Tool	Starting Price	Real AI Price	Account Safety	Best For
ContentIn ⭐	$39/month ($31/month billed annually)	$39/month (Growth plan, unlimited AI drafts)	✅ Safe	AI writing plus real scheduling and analytics
Supergrow	$39/month ($31/month billed annually)	Included from $39/month (single Pro plan)	✅ Safe	Carousel-heavy posters
Kleo	$99/month	Included from $99/month (single plan)	⚠️ Rebuilt after a LinkedIn-mandated shutdown of the original extension	The knowledge-base-plus-coaching angle, if the price works
Taplio	$39/month	$69/month (250 AI credits/month; unlimited is $199/month)	⚠️ Core scheduling fine; some engagement/lead features worth researching yourself	The biggest feature set, for those who accept the price and the homework
Typefully	Free plan	Gated behind Creator, $99/year (about $8.25/month, annual billing only)	✅ Safe	Writers splitting time between X and LinkedIn
MagicPost	$49/month ($29/month billed yearly), no AI writing	$69/month ($39/month billed yearly, Creator)	✅ API-verified	AI drafts and scheduling with certified API access
RedactAI	$11.90/month billed annually (15 posts); start for free	$24/month billed annually (Creator, unlimited)	✅ Safe	The cheapest voice-matched drafts, nothing more

1. ContentIn: Best Choice

Full disclosure up front: ContentIn is our own product, so weigh this one with that in mind. The pitch is simple: it's built to be the thing AuthoredUp deliberately isn't. The AI Ghostwriter reads your own past LinkedIn posts and drafts new ones that sound like you wrote them, not like a generic AI did.

Scheduling, a content calendar, and analytics on follower growth and engagement come with it, all inside a browser app that works on a phone as easily as a laptop, connected through LinkedIn's official API rather than an extension.

What it doesn't do is replicate AuthoredUp's formatting overlay on top of LinkedIn's own page: you write inside ContentIn's editor instead, then it publishes for you. The AI writer is included from the $39/month Growth plan ($31/month billed annually), with unlimited ghostwriter drafts.

Price: Growth costs $39/month ($31/month billed annually) and includes unlimited ghostwriter drafts in your voice, trained on your posts, plus scheduling and analytics. Pro costs $59/month ($48/month billed annually) and adds company pages, leads analytics, 100 AI images a month, and a Telegram bot for writing and scheduling on the go. Seven-day trial, credit card required to start it.
Connects via: LinkedIn's official API.
Best for: Anyone whose main complaint about AuthoredUp is "I still have to write the thing myself."

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2. Supergrow

Supergrow is the other standalone LinkedIn workspace on this list. Since 2026 it sells one Pro plan for individuals, so there's no longer a cheaper tier that leaves out carousels or analytics. For $39/month, or $31/month billed annually, you get voice-trained AI writing, one of the strongest native carousel makers available, Postcast AI interviews that turn spoken answers into posts, scheduling with automatic first comments, and profile analytics.

Price: Pro at $39/month ($31/month billed annually), 1 account · Teams at $199/month for 5 accounts. Seven-day free trial.
Connects via: Standalone web app, official API.
Best for: Carousel-heavy posters who want writing and design in one place.

Curious how it compares with its rivals? See our Supergrow comparison.

3. Kleo

Kleo used to be the obvious "AuthoredUp, but with AI" pick, because its original Chrome extension also worked inside LinkedIn's own page. That version doesn't exist anymore. LinkedIn issued a cease-and-desist over how the extension scraped LinkedIn's interface, and Kleo pulled it from the Chrome Web Store and rebuilt from the ground up as a standalone web app.

What's live now costs $99 a month, or $999 a year with a 30-day money-back guarantee on the annual plan, and there's no free trial and no free tier at all.

That changes the comparison more than a lot of "Kleo alternatives" posts written before the rebuild seem to account for. It's no longer the closest match to AuthoredUp's inside-LinkedIn approach, because that exact approach is what got shut down. What's left is a fairly expensive AI writing app with a knowledge base and a coaching community attached.

Price: $99/month, single plan, no trial (or $999/year with a 30-day refund window).
Connects via: Standalone web app, rebuilt after a LinkedIn-mandated shutdown of the previous extension.
Best for: People who specifically want the knowledge-base-plus-coaching angle and don't mind the price or the history.

For the full story and what people moved to, see our Kleo alternatives guide.

4. Taplio

Taplio is the biggest tool on this list by a wide margin: AI writing, a large library of high-performing posts to draw ideas from, scheduling, analytics, and a lead database, all in one product. It's also the one where the sticker price is the least honest.

The $39/month Starter plan ships with zero AI credits. The AI writing most people actually came for starts on the $69/month Standard plan, which caps you at 250 credits a month; a daily poster can burn through that in two or three weeks. Unlimited AI is the $199/month Pro plan.

On safety: Taplio's core scheduling and posting are generally considered fine, but some of its engagement and lead-generation features have drawn scrutiny in independent reviews for reportedly going beyond what LinkedIn's official API allows. That's worth a few extra minutes of your own research before committing, especially if your LinkedIn presence is tied to your income.

Price: $39/month Starter (0 AI credits) · $69/month Standard (250 AI credits/month) · $199/month Pro (unlimited AI, 3M+ lead database). Seven-day full-access trial.
Safety: Core scheduling is fine; some engagement and lead tooling is worth researching yourself.
Best for: Full-time creators and agencies who want the inspiration library and lead data, and who accept the price and the extra homework.

Before committing, read our Taplio comparison, which covers 11 tools on real pricing and account safety.

5. Typefully

Typefully is built around X and LinkedIn together rather than LinkedIn alone, with a clean, distraction-free editor and pixel-accurate previews. It has an actual free plan, which is more than most tools on this list can say. Paid plans get specific: Creator is $99 a year (annual billing only, there's no monthly option), which works out to roughly $8.25 a month, and Business is $18 a month per social set, also billed yearly.

Price: Free plan · Creator $99/year, annual billing only (about $8.25/month) · Business $18/month per social set, billed yearly.
Connects via: Official API connections.
Best for: Writers splitting time between X and LinkedIn who want one calm place to draft both.

If LinkedIn is overtaking X for you, see our Typefully comparison.

6. MagicPost

MagicPost leans hard on account safety in how it markets itself: it's verified through LinkedIn's official developer program and connects through the official API, with no scraping. It's a lighter AI writer and scheduler than Taplio or ContentIn, and its plans split the same way Taplio's do: the entry plan leaves out AI writing.

Price: Growth at $49/month ($29/month billed yearly), scheduling and analytics with no AI writing · Creator at $69/month ($39/month billed yearly), adding AI writing, carousels, and visuals. Free trial with no credit card; its length varies by country.
Connects via: LinkedIn's official API, with official developer-program verification.
Best for: Posters who want AI drafts and scheduling with certified API access, and don't need deep voice training.

Weighing MagicPost against others? Here are the tools people pick over MagicPost.

7. RedactAI

RedactAI is the smallest, cheapest tool on this list, and it does one thing well: it studies your past LinkedIn posts (or, if you'd rather, another creator's) and generates new posts to match that style. It includes basic scheduling and statistics around the drafts, and you can start for free before paying.

Price: Billed annually: Essential $11.90/month (15 posts a month) · Creator $24/month (unlimited posts) · Copywriter $66/month (multiple profiles). Monthly billing costs more.
Connects via: Web app; no scraping or automation reported.
Best for: Cheap, voice-matched drafts, with deeper analytics handled elsewhere.

Outgrowing RedactAI? See where RedactAI users go next.

The Numbers, At a Glance

Tool	Starting Price	Writes for you?
AuthoredUp	$19.95/mo ($16.63/mo annual)	Not yet (Coauthor AI in closed beta)
ContentIn	$39/mo ($31/mo annual)	Yes, unlimited drafts
Supergrow	$39/mo ($31/mo annual)	Yes
Kleo	$99/mo, one plan	Yes
Taplio	$39/mo ($69/mo for real AI access)	Yes, from $69/mo
Typefully	Free, or $99/yr for Creator	Yes, paid tiers
MagicPost	$49/mo ($29/mo annual), no AI	Yes, from $69/mo ($39/mo annual)
RedactAI	$11.90/mo annual; start for free	Yes

Quick Picks

• Want AI writing plus real scheduling and analytics: ContentIn.
• Post mostly carousels: Supergrow.
• Want the biggest feature set and don't mind the price and the extra homework on safety: Taplio.
• Write for X and LinkedIn both: Typefully.
• Want certified API access with AI drafts: MagicPost.
• Want the cheapest AI drafts and nothing else: RedactAI.
• Only ever wanted better formatting inside LinkedIn itself: there isn't a real substitute for that anymore, not even Kleo, so staying with AuthoredUp may still be your best move.

Questions People Actually Ask

Does AuthoredUp have any AI writing at all?

Not generally available yet. Its AI writing assistant, Coauthor, is in closed beta, so for most users AuthoredUp remains a formatting, preview, and analytics tool. If you want AI drafting today, every other tool covered here includes it in some form.

Is AuthoredUp actually risky to use, given it's a Chrome extension and not an official API?

Based on what's publicly documented, no more than most tools, and less than several. AuthoredUp states it doesn't automate actions, doesn't set tracking cookies, and doesn't scrape beyond your own session. Not being API-verified is a fair thing to flag, but it's a different category of risk from tools that auto-comment or auto-DM on your behalf, which AuthoredUp simply doesn't do.

Is there a real free AuthoredUp alternative, not just a trial?

Typefully has a genuine free plan, and RedactAI lets you start for free before paying. Everything else here, including AuthoredUp itself, runs on a time-limited trial instead.

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