Frase vs NeuronWriter

Frase

The brief builder is still the reason to buy it — pulling competitor headings and questions into a usable outline in a minute — but the article and audit caps are tight enough that the entry tier suits one writer, not a content team.

Pros

• +SERP extraction into a structured brief remains fast and genuinely useful
• +API and MCP access are included on every plan rather than being an upsell
• +Direct publishing to WordPress, Webflow, Sanity and Wix removes the copy-paste step
• +Now scores against AI answer engines, not just Google rankings

Cons

• −No free tier and a short 7-day trial
• −Monthly billing costs about 25% more than the advertised annual rate
• −Article, audit-page and Content Guard caps are all separate meters to track
• −Extra seats at $29/month add up quickly on a 3-seat plan

NeuronWriter

The cheapest credible way into SERP-driven content optimisation, and it does the one job — term coverage against the ranking set — as well as tools costing four times more. The pricing ladder is where it gets awkward: analyses are the meter, 25 a month is thin for an agency, and the API does not appear until Gold at three times the entry price.

Pros

• +Entry pricing is a fraction of the established competitors for comparable term analysis
• +Unlimited team members from Gold upward rather than per-seat billing
• +Project slots and analyses scale independently, so the ladder maps onto real usage
• +A documented API is available without an enterprise conversation

Cons

• −No free plan at all — the 7-day Gold trial is the only way to try it
• −Bronze's 25 analyses a month is roughly one article a working day at best
• −The API requires Gold at $57/month, three tiers up from the entry plan
• −The company behind it, Contadu, is small and little-documented outside Polish-market SEO circles

Is Frase cheaper than NeuronWriter?

On published entry prices, NeuronWriter starts lower — $19/mo against $39/mo for Frase. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Which has a public API, Frase or NeuronWriter?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.