ShowIn AI vs Writesonic (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Writesonic grades higher than ShowIn AI: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Writesonic grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on value for money, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
ShowIn AI
AI visibility tracking plus an article engine that publishes for you
Writesonic
AI search visibility tracking with an article writer and site audits
Which one is for you
Pick ShowIn AI if
- Fits if you want articles written and published for you each month
- Works for sites on WordPress or Shopify, the two places it publishes to
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you track more than 15 prompts, which is all Starter's $99 a month gives
- Skip it if Gemini, Claude, Copilot or AI Mode matter, as they're Enterprise only
- Not for you if you won't hand over a card to try it, since it's charged on day 8
- Too light for several brands, as every self-serve plan has one project
- Watch out: the homepage says four engines are monitored, but the pricing table lists three below Enterprise
Pick Writesonic if
- Fits if you want the gaps found and the articles to fill them written in one place
- Works for solo marketers, since Starter is built for one user and one project
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if Perplexity, Claude or AI Mode matter, as all need Enterprise
- Pricey if your team grows, at $50 a month for each extra user, up to 5 in all
- Tight if you want sentiment, which starts at Growth for $399 a month
- Watch out: the full Action Center is Enterprise only, and Growth gets just a limited trial of it
- Too light for more than one market or project, as Starter allows one of each
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAShowIn AIFair | 2.2GPAWritesonicFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStarter is $99 a month for 15 prompts on 3 engines and about 10 articles, at the start of this category's dearer quarter. Two months are free on yearly billing, and every other engine needs Enterprise. | CStarter is $79 a month billed annually, $99 monthly, for 50 prompts, 15 articles and 10 site audits. That's this category's usual range. Extra users are $50 a month each, and sentiment waits for Growth at $399. |
| Free plan and trial | DNo free plan. The 7-day trial needs a card on file and charges it on day 8. | CNo free plan, but a 7-day free trial with no credit card needed. |
| Features | CA GEO readiness audit, daily tracking of cited versus mentioned, citation sources, an article engine and publishing to WordPress and Shopify. The gap is in its own listing: self-serve plans track 3 engines, and Gemini, Claude, Copilot, AI Mode and Grok need Enterprise. | CDaily tracking with ads monitoring, an article writer, site audits, agent workflows, and an Action Center from Growth. The gap the listing names: self-serve plans track only ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews, so Perplexity, Claude, Copilot and AI Mode mean Enterprise. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. There's a CMS to connect and content credits to plan, though the publishing then runs for you. | CNo rating on record. Tracking, articles, audits and agent runs each have their own monthly limits to learn. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, publishing to WordPress and Shopify, with Google Search Console data shown beside the AI figures. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It publishes to WordPress and reads Google Analytics 4, with Looker Studio on Enterprise. |
| Best for | getting articles written and published for AI | AI tracking with an article writer attached |
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: ShowIn AI and Writesonic. How we grade
Price against what you get
ShowIn AI starts at $99 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Writesonic starts at $79 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Writesonic starts $20 a month lower. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, 20 score higher than ShowIn AI for less, and 13 score higher than Writesonic 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
- ShowIn AI also covers schema markup.
At a glance
| ShowIn AI | Writesonic | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $99 per month for 15 prompts on 3 AI engines, billed monthly | $79 per month for 50 prompts, billed annually ($99 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial on every plan; a card is kept on file and charged on day 8 | 7-day free trial, no credit card needed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | ShowIn AI, Inc. | Writesonic, Inc. |
| Price read from | showin.ai | writesonic.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
ShowIn AI
- Self-serve plans track ChatGPT, AI Overviews and Perplexity only; Gemini, Claude, Copilot, AI Mode and Grok need Enterprise.
- The homepage says four engines are monitored, but the pricing table lists three below Enterprise.
- Every self-serve plan includes a single project, so several brands mean Enterprise.
- Starting the trial needs a card on file.
Writesonic
- Self-serve plans track only ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews; Perplexity, Claude, Copilot, Grok and AI Mode need Enterprise.
- Extra users cost $50 a month each, up to 5 users in total on Basic and Growth.
- Growth can add 20 articles for $100; the full Action Center is Enterprise-only.
- Starter is limited to 1 user, 1 project and 1 market.
Key features
ShowIn AI
- GEO technical audit
- A 0 to 100 readiness score covering AI crawler access, llms.txt, JSON-LD schema, server-side rendering and on-page citability, with fixes.
- Daily AI visibility monitoring
- A daily visibility score, cited versus mentioned tracking, sentiment and competitor share of voice, with history.
- Citation source analysis
- Shows which sources AI answers cite for competitors and where your content is missing.
- Article engine
- Writes long-form articles with charts, FAQs and JSON-LD from live search and People Also Ask research; 10 credits per article.
- Multi-channel publishing
- Auto-publishes articles to WordPress and Shopify and drafts platform-native posts for LinkedIn, Quora, X, Reddit and guest posts.
- SEO and GEO reporting
- Shows AI visibility trends next to Google Search Console performance in one place.
Writesonic
- AI visibility tracking
- Tracks set prompts daily on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews on self-serve plans, with ads monitoring included.
- AI article writer
- Writes articles aimed at both search and AI answers: 15 a month on Starter, 25 on Basic and 50 on Growth.
- Site audits
- Crawls the site for problems, from 10 audits of 100 pages on Starter to 50 audits of 2,500 pages on Growth.
- Action Center
- Prioritized on-page, off-page and technical actions. Growth gets a trial of 5 off-page and 5 on-page actions a month; Enterprise gets full access.
- Agentic workflows
- Agents that run content and SEO tasks; self-serve plans get a set number of trial runs, from 10 to 100.
- Sentiment and AI search tools
- Growth adds sentiment analysis; Enterprise adds AI search volume, Brand Explorer, Prompt Explorer, Page Tracker and alerts.
Plans
ShowIn AI
Starter$99
per month for 15 prompts on 3 AI engines, billed monthly
Daily scans of ChatGPT, AI Overviews and Perplexity, 100 content credits (about 10 articles), 1 project and 3 seats.
Growth$295
per month for 50 prompts on 3 AI engines, billed monthly
Daily scans, 500 content credits (about 50 articles), 1 project and unlimited seats.
Scale$495
per month for 100 prompts on 3 AI engines, billed monthly
Daily scans, 1,000 content credits (about 100 articles), 1 project and unlimited seats.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom prompts and credits, and adds AI Mode, Claude, Gemini, Copilot and Grok, a Slack channel and hands-on onboarding.
Writesonic
Starter$79
per month for 50 prompts, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)
ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews tracked daily, 15 AI articles and 10 site audits of 100 pages a month, 1 user and 1 project.
Basic$199
per month for 100 prompts, billed annually ($249 billed monthly)
300 answers tracked daily, 25 articles and 20 site audits of 1,200 pages a month, 2 users and 1 project.
Growth$399
per month for 200 prompts, billed annually ($499 billed monthly)
Adds sentiment analysis and a limited Action Center trial, with 50 articles and 50 site audits a month, 3 users and 2 projects.
EnterpriseCustom
All 9 AI platforms, custom prompts, regions and languages, the full Action Center, Looker Studio, SSO/SAML and an AI search strategist.
Ways to pay less
ShowIn AI
- Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
The pricing FAQ says yearly billing charges for 10 months and gives 12.
Writesonic
- Annual discount
Save 20% with annual billing
Writesonic's pricing page lists a 20% saving on annual billing: Starter is $79 a month instead of $99, saving $240 a year.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, ShowIn AI or Writesonic?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Writesonic is cheaper to start with: $79 a month, against $99 a month for ShowIn AI. ShowIn AI starts at $99 per month for 15 prompts on 3 AI engines, billed monthly, and Writesonic starts at $79 per month for 50 prompts, billed annually ($99 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, ShowIn AI or Writesonic?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither ShowIn AI nor Writesonic has a free plan. Both have 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.