Frase vs NeuronWriter
We give Frase a 2.4 GPA and NeuronWriter a 2.8, out of 4.0. NeuronWriter grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Frase
AI content agent that drafts, publishes and refreshes articles
NeuronWriter
Content editor that scores drafts against the pages already ranking
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAFraseFair | 2.8GPANeuronWriterGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CGraded against other content editors. Starter is $39 a month billed yearly ($49 monthly) for 1 seat, 1 site and 10 articles a month. Cheaper than Surfer's $49 and far under Clearscope's $129, but twice NeuronWriter's $19. | AGraded against other content editors. Bronze is $19 a month billed yearly ($23 monthly) for 2 projects and 25 analyses, under half of Frase's $39 and well under Surfer's $49 or Clearscope's $129. Gold, with integrations and the API, is $57. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but the 7-day trial needs no card and gives you Professional features, capped at 5 articles and 50 audit pages. | CNo free plan, but the 7-day trial runs on Gold terms and needs no card. Refunds cover the first plan you buy within 30 days. |
| Features | BResearch, drafting with SEO and GEO scores, publishing to four CMSs or its own hosted one, Content Guard rewriting slipping pages, AI citation tracking and an MCP server, CLI and API. The whole content job and then some. | BAn editor scored against the pages that rank, AI drafts and one-click articles, content plans with internal links, AI answer monitoring, plagiarism checks and an API. The whole content job, though much of it sits on Gold. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. The agent does a lot for you, but connecting a CMS, choosing what it may publish on its own and approving revisions all take setting up. | CNo rating on record. Writing against a list of terms is quick to grasp, but credits, analyses and AI templates take a while to learn. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, publishing to WordPress, Webflow, Sanity and Wix, and run from Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or Cursor through MCP, a CLI and an API. No desktop or phone app. | BWeb plus a Chrome extension for Google Docs, with Search Console, WordPress, Shopify, Zapier, Boost.space and OpenAI from Gold, and an API for bulk queries. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | drafting and publishing articles for you | cheap content scoring for writers |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Frase and NeuronWriter. How we grade
Price against what you get
Frase starts at $39 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. NeuronWriter starts at $19 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and NeuronWriter starts $20 a month lower. Of the other SEO tools on the chart, none scores higher than Frase for less, and none scores higher than NeuronWriter for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Frase starts at $39 per month, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly). NeuronWriter starts at $19 per month, billed yearly ($23 billed monthly).
- Only NeuronWriter lists a browser extension.
- Frase also covers AI agents.
At a glance
| Frase | NeuronWriter | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $39 per month, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly) | $19 per month, billed yearly ($23 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of Professional features, no credit card; capped at 5 articles and 50 audit pages | 7-day free trial on Gold plan terms, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Frase | Conti sp. z o.o. |
| Price read from | frase.io | neuronwriter.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Frase
- Small teams that want articles drafted and published with little hands-on work
- Content leads refreshing pages that are losing Google traffic
- Agencies running content for up to 10 client sites
NeuronWriter
- Writers optimizing blog posts for a target keyword
- Small agencies producing optimized content for several sites
- Teams that want AI drafts and SEO scoring in one editor
Worth knowing
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.
NeuronWriter
- There is no free plan: after the 7-day trial every plan is paid, and refunds cover the first plan bought within 30 days.
- Integrations, the API, one-click articles, team editing and using your own OpenAI key need Gold at $57 a month billed yearly.
- Each plan caps content writer analyses, from 25 on Bronze to 150 on Diamond, along with AI credits and projects.
- AI monitoring covers 5 to 20 questions depending on plan; more questions and models come as a separate add-on.
Key features
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.
NeuronWriter
- Content Writer editor
- Analyzes the competing pages for a keyword, suggests terms to use, and scores the draft in real time as you write.
- AI drafts and one-click articles
- AI writing paid for with AI credits, including term auto-insert and image generation; Content Designer builds whole articles from Gold up.
- Content plan and ideas
- Suggests topics to write next and internal links between your pages, organized into a content plan per project.
- AI visibility monitoring
- Tracks a set number of questions in Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT and Perplexity to see whether your brand is mentioned.
- Integrations and API
- From Gold: Google Search Console, WordPress and Shopify, plus an API for adding queries in bulk. A Chrome extension works in Google Docs.
- Team sharing
- Share content read-only on lower plans, or with unlimited team members who can create and edit from Gold up.
Plans
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.
NeuronWriter
Bronze$19
per month, billed yearly ($23 billed monthly)
2 projects, 25 content writer analyses, 15,000 AI credits, 5 AI-monitored questions and read-only content sharing.
Silver$37
per month, billed yearly ($45 billed monthly)
5 projects, 50 content writer analyses, 30,000 AI credits and 7 AI-monitored questions.
Gold$57
per month, billed yearly ($69 billed monthly)
10 projects, 75 analyses, 45,000 AI credits, one-click articles, team editing, plagiarism checks, integrations and the API.
Platinum$77
per month, billed yearly ($93 billed monthly)
Everything in Gold with 25 projects, 100 analyses, 60,000 AI credits, 15 AI-monitored questions and 100 plagiarism checks.
Diamond$97
per month, billed yearly ($117 billed monthly)
Everything in Gold with 50 projects, 150 analyses, 75,000 AI credits, 20 AI-monitored questions and 150 plagiarism checks.
Ways to pay less
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.
NeuronWriter
- Annual discount
About 20% off with yearly billing
Billed yearly, Bronze is $19 a month instead of $23, Gold $57 instead of $69 and Diamond $97 instead of $117.
