Contadu vs Frase (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Contadu if

• Fits if you run an agency planning and scoring content for several client sites
• Works for writers working in languages other than English

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want a free plan, as there's only a 7-day trial
• Tight if you run more than 5 sites, since Freelance stops at 5 projects
• Skip it if you need extended API access or your own CMS in the editor, which wait on Enterprise at $293 a month
• Watch out: the same company sells NeuronWriter, which covers much of the same ground

Pick Frase if

• Fits if you want articles drafted and published with little work on your part
• Works for agencies running content for up to 10 client sites on Scale at $239 a month

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you publish a lot, as Starter stops at 10 articles a month with no overage option
• Pricey if you need a team, since 3 seats means Professional at $103 a month, and extra seats are $29 each
• Not for you if you need white-label reports or a client portal, which are Enterprise only
• Watch out: reporting history is current only on Starter, 3 months on Professional and 12 on Scale
• Too light for watching many pages on Starter, which tracks 10 pages for decay and 50 AI prompts

Contadu

• There is no free plan, only a 7-day trial; a refund can be requested within 30 days for the first plan bought.
• Each plan caps content strategies, content writer analyses, AI words and projects; Freelance stops at 5 projects.
• Editor integration with your own CMS and extended API access come only with Enterprise.
• The company also sells NeuronWriter, which covers much of the same ground.

Frase

• Starter stops at its monthly limits; overages are optional on Professional and Scale at $5 or $4 per extra article.
• Extra seats cost $29 a month each on Professional and Scale.
• Reporting history is current only on Starter, 3 months on Professional and 12 months on Scale.
• White-label reports and a branded client portal need the custom-priced Enterprise plan.

Contadu

Content strategy planner

Builds a content plan from competitor analysis, with topical maps, keyword clusters, keyword details and coverage gaps against rival sites.

NLP terms and entities

The Content Writer editor suggests terms drawn from the top Google results and the people, places and events they mention, with entities in 19 languages.

AI writing and Content Designer

Generates articles and outlines enriched with NLP terms, from built-in or custom templates; your own OpenAI or Anthropic key lifts the plan's word limit.

Plagiarism and internal links

The editor checks text for plagiarism, within a monthly allowance, and suggests internal links between related pages.

Tasks and reporting

Assign content tasks with due dates to colleagues or outside writers, and produce reports on content quality, competition and progress.

Chrome extension and WordPress

The extension brings recommendations into Google Docs, WordPress and Shopify editors, and the WordPress integration imports and exports posts.

Frase

Research and drafting

Frase studies the pages that rank for a topic, then drafts and optimizes an article with SEO and GEO scores and generated images.

Publishing agent

Push finished posts to WordPress, Webflow, Sanity or Wix, or let the agent publish on its own for content types you choose.

Content Guard

Watches 10 to 300 published pages for falling Google rank or traffic, writes a revision and republishes it once you approve.

AI Visibility

Monitors daily whether ChatGPT and Google AI cite you; Professional adds Perplexity and Scale adds Claude and Gemini.

FraseCMS

A hosted or headless CMS included free up to 100,000 page views a month; paid tiers at $19 or $99 a month add room and drop the badge.

MCP server, CLI and API

Run Frase from Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or Cursor, with 5,000 to 50,000 API, MCP and CLI requests a month by plan.

Contadu

• Freelance$37

  per month, billed annually ($47 billed monthly)

  5 content strategies, 50 content writer analyses, up to 150,000 AI words, 5 projects, 100 plagiarism checks and 1,000 backlink checks.

• Business$77

  per month, billed annually ($97 billed monthly)

  10 content strategies, 100 content writer analyses, up to 300,000 AI words, 10 projects, 200 plagiarism checks and 10,000 backlink checks.

• Agency$149

  per month, billed annually ($187 billed monthly)

  25 content strategies, 250 content writer analyses, up to 500,000 AI words, 25 projects and 500 plagiarism checks.

• Enterprise$293

  per month, billed annually ($367 billed monthly)

  50 content strategies, 500 content writer analyses, up to 750,000 AI words, 50 projects, editor integration with your own CMS, extended API access and onboarding.

Frase

• Starter$39

  per month, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly)

  1 seat, 1 site, 10 articles and 50 audit pages a month, 50 AI prompts in ChatGPT and Google AI, 10 pages watched for decay.

• Professional$103

  per month, billed yearly ($129 billed monthly)

  3 seats, 5 sites, 40 articles and 250 audit pages, 200 AI prompts adding Perplexity, content calendar and internal links.

• Scale$239

  per month, billed yearly ($299 billed monthly)

  5 seats, 10 domains, 100 articles and 1,000 audit pages, 500 prompts adding Claude and Gemini, client-ready reports.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom seats and limits, white-label reports, a client portal, SSO and an SLA, through sales.

Contadu

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with yearly billing

  Contadu's pricing page lists yearly billing at 20% off: Freelance is $37 a month billed yearly instead of $47 billed monthly.

Frase

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with yearly billing

  Frase's pricing page takes 20% off for yearly billing: Professional is $103 a month billed yearly instead of $129 month to month.