Sudowrite vs Copy.ai
Plans, free access, limits and intended use side by side, taken from each vendor’s own pages. No score and no winner: the facts show where the two differ.
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AI writing partner for fiction that drafts, describes, rewrites and gives feedback on a novel in your own voice
AI chat, brand-trained agents and workflows for sales and marketing content.
- Free access
- Sudowrite: Free trial only
- Copy.ai: No free tier
- Paid from
- Sudowrite: USD 22 per month
- Copy.ai: USD 24 per month
- Plans listed
- Sudowrite: 3
- Copy.ai: 5
- Public API
- Sudowrite: Not confirmed
- Copy.ai: Yes
Where Sudowrite and Copy.ai differ
- AccessSudowrite offers a free trial only, while Copy.ai has no free tier.
- PlansSudowrite lists 3 plans and Copy.ai lists 5.
Head to head
Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages
| Sudowrite | Fact | Copy.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Access and price | ||
| Free trial only | Free accessDiffers | No free tier |
| USD 22 per monthProfessional | Lowest listed paid plan | USD 24 per monthChat · billed annually as USD 288 per year · USD 29 billed monthly |
| Free trial with no credit card; paid plans from $10 a month billed yearly | Pricing model | From USD 24 a month; Enterprise by quote |
| 3 | Plans listedDiffers | 5 |
| Not confirmed | Public API | Yes |
| Not confirmed | Card to start | Not confirmed |
| Not confirmed | Open source | No |
| What it is for | ||
| Novelists and fiction writers who want AI help drafting scenes, planning a story and editing a long manuscript | Built for | Brand-consistent sales and marketing content for teams |
| Writing & content | CategorySame | Writing & content |
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| How current | ||
| Profile sources checked | ||
| Prices confirmed · Oct 30, 2026 | Pricing checkSame | Prices confirmed · Oct 17, 2026 |
Official source check for both tools. No hands-on testing and no score: “Differs” marks a documented difference, not a better tool.
Plans and prices
Sudowrite
Prices confirmed · Oct 30, 2026- Hobby & StudentUSD 10 per month
- ProfessionalUSD 22 per month
- MaxUSD 44 per month
Copy.ai
Prices confirmed · Oct 17, 2026- ChatUSD 24 per monthbilled annually as USD 288 per year · USD 29 billed monthly
- GrowthUSD 1,000 per monthbilled annually as USD 12,000 per year
- ExpansionUSD 2,000 per monthbilled annually as USD 24,000 per year
- ScaleUSD 3,000 per monthbilled annually as USD 36,000 per year
- EnterpriseContact provider
Strengths and limits
Sudowrite
Strengths
- Built around fiction: Features such as Story Bible, Canvas, Describe and Expand are made for long stories rather than general chat.
- Keeps your work after cancelling: You can still open and work on your projects without a paid plan; only AI features stop.
- Credit rollover on Max: Unused credits roll over for 12 months on the top plan.
Limits to plan around
- Credit figures unclear: The Professional card shows both 1,000,000 and 450,000 credits and no per-word rate is published.
- No refund on cancellation: The Terms say fees are not refunded on cancellation.
- Trial details missing: The trial's length and allowance were not stated on the pages read, and no permanent free plan is listed.
Copy.ai
Strengths
- Several model families: The Chat plan card lists OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini models, and a conversation can switch models midway.
- Five seats in the entry plan: The Chat plan card lists 5 seats with unlimited words and unlimited chat projects.
- Tone profile plus #tag document library: Brand Voice and Infobase let a team reuse tone and company facts instead of repeating them in every prompt.
Limits to plan around
- No free plan: The pricing page lists only paid plans, and the help center says the free plan was sunset.
- Steep step after five seats: The plan after Chat is Growth, billed yearly with no monthly option, so a sixth writer changes the budget by an order of magnitude.
- Credits do not roll over: Workflow credits reset each month and apply to the whole workspace.
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