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Cohesive vs Jasper

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Status
Cohesive failed our last uptime check (Sep 6, 2026); Jasper was up on Sep 6, 2026
Entry price
Cohesive from $25/mo, Jasper from $59/seat/mo — different billing units, so no direct winner
Free plan
Only Cohesive (Jasper has paid plans only)
Public API
Jasper has one; not confirmed by us for Cohesive
Higher Trust score
Jasper — 92 vs 73 for Cohesive

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

Side by side

FactCohesiveJasper
CategoryAI Writing AssistantsCopywriting & Ad Copy
Pricing modelFreemiumPaid
Starts at$25/mo$59/seat/mo
Public APINot confirmedYes
Trust score73 / 10092 / 100
PlatformsWebWeb, Chrome extension, API
CompanyUnacademy Inc.Jasper AI, Inc.
Launched20232021
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Cohesive

A 2023-era template-and-editor product that is still online but shows no sign of being worked on. At $25 per editor it is priced against Copy.ai and Writesonic while shipping older models, so there is no reason to choose it today.

Pros

  • Template library is broad and organised by job, which lowers the blank-page problem
  • Real-time collaborative editing is unusual at this price point
  • Images and voice generation live in the same editor as the text

Cons

  • Pricing page still advertises GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 as the model tiers, two model generations behind
  • Blog last published in August 2024 and terms unchanged since September 2023
  • Subpages redirect to plain HTTP rather than HTTPS
  • Per-editor pricing gets expensive for a team while capping template runs at 150 a month

Jasper

Jasper's case against a plain ChatGPT seat is governance: brand voice, style guide and product facts are enforced on every draft and shared by the whole team, and the Business tier turns that into bulk grids and custom agents. At $59 to $69 a seat it only pays off for a marketing team that ships a lot of on-brand copy; a solo writer gets most of the value from a frontier chat subscription at a third of the price.

Pros

  • Brand voice, style guide and knowledge base are applied to every output rather than pasted into prompts
  • Canvas editor, prebuilt agents and a browser extension cover drafting where marketers already work
  • Business tier includes API access, custom agent builder and bulk Grid generation
  • Named Delaware-style entity with public leadership, SOC 2 Type II and a 7-day trial

Cons

  • Pro ships with one seat and only 2 brand voices, 3 audiences and 5 knowledge assets
  • Business pricing is custom and locked to a 12-month commitment, with credit metering for GEO and agents
  • API access is Business-only, so developers cannot start on the self-serve plan
  • The page's structured data still describes a five-user Pro plan and a Creator trial that the visible page no longer offers

Which one fits

Choose Cohesive if you need

  • Someone who specifically wants a template-picker workflow rather than an open chat box
  • Small teams that want text, images and voiceover in one document surface

Choose Jasper if you need

  • Marketing teams producing campaign copy across channels that must sound like one brand
  • Enterprises that need SSO, admin groups and an API to wire generation into their content stack
  • Agencies managing several brand voices and audiences under one account

Cohesive vs Jasper: the questions people ask

Is Cohesive cheaper than Jasper?

They charge in different units, so there is no like-for-like answer: Cohesive starts at $25/mo, Jasper at $59/seat/mo. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it.

Does Cohesive or Jasper have a free tier?

Cohesive has a free tier; Jasper has paid plans only.

Which has a public API, Cohesive or Jasper?

Jasper ships a public API, as of our last verification. A public API for Cohesive is not confirmed by us — check its developer docs before you plan an integration.

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