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Ghost Craft vs Writesonic

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. Ghost Craft starts at $45, Writesonic at $79. Only Writesonic has a free tier. Only Writesonic ships a public API.

Ghost CraftGenerates trending-news articles with AI and publishes them straight to WordPress, priced as one $45/month plan.WritesonicTracks how brands surface inside ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews

Side by side

FactGhost CraftWritesonic
CategoryLong-form & Blog ContentLong-form & Blog Content
Pricing modelPaidFreemium
Starts at$45 month$79 month
Public APINoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, API
CompanyGhost CraftWritesonic
Launched—2020
Last verifiedSep 1, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Ghost Craft

Ghost Craft is aimed squarely at trend-chasing content sites: it finds what's trending and turns it into a publish-ready article with an image and SEO pass, over a WordPress connection, faster than a human writer could keep up with the news cycle. There is exactly one price point, so there's no way to try a cheaper tier before committing to $45/month. It's run by a solo developer rather than a company, which matters for anyone weighing long-term support.

Pros

  • Finds trending topics and drafts a full article, featured image, and SEO pass in one pass
  • Publishes directly to WordPress rather than requiring manual copy-paste
  • Supports multiple output languages and unlimited articles on the single plan

Cons

  • Only one paid tier at $45/month — no cheaper entry point for lower-volume use
  • Run by an individual developer rather than a named company, with no disclosed location

Writesonic

This is not the AI copywriter the catalogs still describe — it is a GEO tracking suite priced like one, and at $79 to start you are paying enterprise-monitoring money for a three-engine view of your own brand.

Pros

  • Daily prompt and answer tracking is the core of the product, not a bolt-on dashboard
  • Site audits, content generation and publishing sit in the same tool as the monitoring
  • A genuine free tier still exists, with no card required

Cons

  • Starter watches three engines out of ten; the interesting ones are all Enterprise
  • Month-to-month costs about 25% more than the advertised annual rate
  • The old writing-tool positioning is gone, so most third-party reviews describe a different product
  • Prompt and article caps are daily and monthly, so a burst of work stalls until the counter resets

Which one fits

Choose Ghost Craft if you need

  • News-aggregator or trend-driven blogs that need volume over depth
  • Solo publishers who want WordPress publishing built in rather than a separate step

Choose Writesonic if you need

  • Brands that already know they are losing citations inside ChatGPT and want it measured
  • Agencies reporting AI-answer share of voice to clients month over month
  • Teams that want prompt tracking and article production billed on one invoice

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