Launched 2020 · Verified Oct 15, 2026

Writesonic

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Tracks how brands surface inside ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews

ai search visibilitygenerative engine optimizationbrand monitoring content generationsite auditsPaid · from $79/mo

Listed on EffectHub · Aug 16, 2026

Web · API

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Pricing

Pricing model: Paid
Paid options from: $79/mo
Billing: Monthly

Starter is $79/month billed annually ($99 month-to-month) for 50 tracked prompts, 15 AI articles and 10 site audits a month on three AI platforms; Basic is $199 and Growth $399 on annual billing, Enterprise is quote-only. Signup is a 7-day free trial with no card; no permanent free plan is listed. Extra seats $50/user/month, extra articles $100 per 20.

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Overview

About Writesonic

Writesonic now sells itself as an AI search visibility platform: it runs a fixed set of prompts every day through ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews and reports where a brand gets named and where a competitor takes the slot instead. The article generator the product was known for is still there, metered per month, alongside site audits, an Action Center that ranks fixes, and agentic workflow runs. Which AI engines you may watch is the real tier boundary: the self-serve plans cover three, and the other six, including Perplexity, Claude and Copilot, are reserved for Enterprise.

Platforms: Web · API
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Last verified: Oct 15, 2026

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Starter $79, Basic $199, Growth $399 per month billed annually, Enterprise custom; annual billing saves 20%; Starter tracks ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews with 50 prompts, 15 AI articles and 10 site audits; extra users $50/user/month, extra articles 20 for $100/month (15 October 2026)writesonic.com ↗
Month-to-month list prices $99 Starter, $249 Basic, $499 Growth, shown in the pricing page's own plan table data; FAQ: Enterprise tracks all 9 platforms including Perplexity, Claude, Microsoft Copilot and Grok (15 October 2026)writesonic.com ↗
Home page offers a 7-day free trial with no credit card and positions the product as an AI search growth engine (15 October 2026)writesonic.com ↗
Developer documentation still live on the docs site (15 October 2026)docs.writesonic.com ↗

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Is Writesonic legit?

We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.

Domain registered: Jan 14, 2021 (5 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar NameCheap, Inc., looked up Sep 6, 2026
TLS certificate: Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Jan 3, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
Last checked: Oct 15, 2026The site answered
On the market since: 2020The vendor's own material, read by us
Operated by: Writesonic, United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026

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Editorial verdict

Pros & cons of Writesonic

high confidence

This is not the AI copywriter the catalogs still describe: it is a GEO tracking suite priced like one, and at $79 a month on annual billing you are paying monitoring money for a three-engine view of your own brand. The free plan that used to soften the entry is gone; what is left is a 7-day trial.

Pros

Daily prompt and answer tracking is the core of the product, not a bolt-on dashboard
Site audits, content generation and the Action Center sit in the same tool as the monitoring
7-day trial with full access and no card, plus a 7-day refund window after paying

Cons

Self-serve plans watch three engines out of nine; Perplexity, Claude and Copilot are Enterprise-only
Month-to-month costs 25% more than the advertised annual rate ($99 against $79 on Starter)
No permanent free plan is listed any more, only a one-week trial
Prompt and article caps reset monthly, so a burst of work stalls until the counter resets

Best for

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

Not for

Anyone shopping for the cheap bulk article writer Writesonic used to be
Solo bloggers, for whom the entry tier is far past sensible

Watch out: The headline price buys three AI platforms on annual billing. If the point of the purchase is tracking Perplexity or Claude, you are on an Enterprise call, not a $79 plan.

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