Magai vs Writingmate (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Writingmate grades higher than Magai: 2.4 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 6, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Writingmate grades higher on value for money, the free plan and ease of use. They get the same grade on features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Writingmate
One credit-based account for 350+ chat, image and video models
Which one is for you
Pick Magai if
- Fits if you pay for several AI subscriptions and would rather have one bill
- Works for client work, since each workspace keeps its chats, memories and files apart
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to try before you pay, as there's no free plan or trial, only a 30-day refund window
- Pricey if you want the premium models, which the pricing table puts on Pro at $40 a month
- Watch out: each plan is a dollar allowance, and once it's spent you top up $5, $10 or $20 or move up a tier
- Watch out: the pricing table and the rest of the site disagree on whether every plan includes every model
- Skip it if you want a phone app, as it's web only, or need Pro or Ultra seats, which are quoted rather than priced
Pick Writingmate if
- Fits if you want to compare answers from several models in one place
- Works for people who want chat, images and video under one bill
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free plan, as the page lists paid plans and a 3-day trial only
- Tight if you chat a lot: Pro is about 200 top-model messages or 100 images a month
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $29.99 against $19.99 on yearly billing
- Watch out: the trial needs a payment method and renews on its own unless you cancel in Profile Settings
- Watch out: message and image counts per plan are estimates, and prices exclude tax
How we grade them
| 1.8GPAMagaiWeak | 2.4GPAWritingmateFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DStandard is $20 a month, where this category's dearest tenth starts, and it buys $20 of model usage. The pricing table keeps the premium models for Pro at $40, and when your allowance runs out you top up $5, $10 or $20 or move up a tier. | CPro is $19.99 a month yearly, $29.99 monthly, for 800 credits. That is above the $18 where the dearer quarter starts and just under the dearest tenth at $20. |
| Free plan and trial | FNothing is free. There's no free plan and no free trial. What you get instead is a 30-day money-back guarantee on every plan, which isn't the same thing: you pay first, then ask for it back. | DThe only way in is a 3-day trial that needs a payment method. It starts the chosen plan automatically unless you cancel, and there is no free plan. |
| Features | BSwitch model mid-chat with a slash and the thread comes with you, with memory shared by every model. Add agents, scheduled tasks, 150+ app connections, MCP, image and video generation and a canvas that exports. The job's covered. | BMany models, side-by-side comparison, images, video, agents, files, web search and an API, all in one account. Nothing in the listing is missing from the job, though credits limit use. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record for a web app, and there's a bit to learn: you pay by a dollar allowance rather than a message count, and the pricing table and the rest of the site don't agree on which plans include the premium models. | BA browser chat with nothing to set up. No store rating is on record. |
| Platforms and integrations | BA web app only, with no phone or desktop app on the listing. It does connect to Gmail, Slack, Notion, HubSpot and more than 150 other apps, plus any MCP server you add by its URL. | BWeb only, with an OpenAI-compatible API and apps through MCP. |
| Best for | one workspace for many models, with shared memory | several chat models behind one subscription |
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: Magai and Writingmate. How we grade
Price against what you get
Magai starts at $20 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Writingmate starts at $19.99 a month and scores 3.0.
Writingmate scores higher and starts $0.01 a month lower. Of the other AI assistants on the chart, 19 score higher than Magai for less, and 11 score higher than Writingmate 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
- Magai also covers workflow automation.
- Writingmate also covers templates, image generation and video generation.
At a glance
| Magai | Writingmate | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | $20 per month (Standard) | $19.99 per month, billed yearly ($29.99 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 3-day free trial of Pro, Ultimate or Ultra; payment method required, no trial charge |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Magai (SoVisual.co LLC) | Writingmate |
| Price read from | magai.co | writingmate.ai |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Magai
- There is no free plan or free trial; every plan comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee instead.
- Each plan is a monthly usage allowance in dollars ($20, $40 or $200). Once it is spent you top up $5, $10 or $20 or move up a tier.
- The pricing table reserves premium models for Pro and Ultra, although other parts of the site say every plan includes every model.
- Extra seats cost $20 each on Standard. Pro and Ultra seats are quoted, and more than ten seats go through enterprise sales.
Writingmate
- All usage comes out of a monthly credit pool, and bigger models, large files and long chats use more credits.
- The 3-day trial needs a payment method and starts the chosen plan automatically unless you cancel first in Profile Settings.
- The pricing page lists only paid plans and the trial, with no ongoing free plan.
- Estimated message and image counts per plan are approximate, and prices exclude tax.
Key features
Magai
- Dozens of models in one chat
- Chat models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, DeepSeek, Meta and others. Typing a slash and a model's name switches model mid-conversation with the whole thread carried over.
- Memory shared by every model
- Facts, dates and preferences are kept above the models, so they carry over when you switch. Each memory can be read, searched and deleted.
- Agents and scheduled tasks
- Agents bundle instructions, files and skills and run on any model. Scheduled tasks run a model or agent once or on repeat: 100 runs a month on Standard, 1,000 on Pro, unlimited on Ultra.
- Integrations and MCP
- Connect Gmail, Slack, Notion, HubSpot and more than 150 other apps once for every model, or add any MCP server by its URL so its tools work in chats and agents.
- Image and video generation
- Image models from OpenAI, Flux, Leonardo and Ideogram and video models from Runway, Kling, MiniMax and Google are part of the same subscription and the same thread.
- Canvas, saved prompts and workspaces
- A document editor beside the chat exports to PDF and DOCX, saved prompts are searchable from any chat, and workspaces keep each client's chats, memories, agents and files apart.
Writingmate
- Many models in one account
- The site says more than 350 models are included on every plan, from labs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI and DeepSeek, and new ones are added within days.
- Multi-model comparison
- A prompt can be sent to several models at once so their answers can be read side by side.
- Images and video
- Image models such as Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 2 and FLUX.2 Pro are listed, and the home page shows video models like Veo 3.1 and Seedance 2.0.
- Agents, prompts and files
- Custom AI agents, reusable prompts and templates, chat with uploaded documents and PDFs, and web search are listed as app features.
- Apps through MCP and an API
- The pricing page lists MCP connections to more than 8,000 external tools and an OpenAI-compatible API for coding agents.
Plans
Magai
Standard$20
per month
$20 of monthly usage across every standard model and tool, unlimited agents and 100 scheduled task runs. Extra users are $20 each.
Pro$40
per month
$40 of monthly usage with premium models included, 1,000 scheduled task runs, multi-account integrations and priority support.
Ultra$200
per month
$200 of monthly usage with premium models, unlimited scheduled task runs, multi-account integrations and priority support.
EnterpriseCustom
Volume pricing for more than ten seats, arranged through enterprise sales.
Writingmate
Pro$19.99
per month, billed yearly ($29.99 billed monthly)
800 credits a month: about 3,000 everyday chat messages, 200 top-model messages or 100 images.
Ultimate$39.99
per month, billed yearly ($59.99 billed monthly)
2,000 credits a month: about 7,600 everyday messages, 500 top-model messages or 250 images.
Ultra$99.00
per month, billed yearly ($149.00 billed monthly)
5,000 credits a month: about 19,200 everyday messages, 1,200 top-model messages or 620 images.
Ways to pay less
Magai
No public discounts listed.
Writingmate
- Annual discount
Yearly billing saves 33%
The pricing page shows each plan about a third cheaper billed yearly, for example Pro at $19.99 a month against $29.99 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Magai or Writingmate?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Writingmate is cheaper to start with: $19.99 a month, against $20 a month for Magai. Magai starts at $20 per month (Standard), and Writingmate starts at $19.99 per month, billed yearly ($29.99 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Magai or Writingmate?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Magai nor Writingmate has a free plan. Writingmate has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.
