# Cohesive review (2026): is the free plan enough? > AI writing editor with 200+ content templates Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Cohesive is a browser-based AI editor for generating and editing marketing and business copy. It offers a library of templates for SEO content, ads, emails and social posts, plus image and voice generation on paid plans. A free Basic plan exists but lists zero template runs. - **Category:** Writing Tools - **Made by:** Cohesive - **Website:** https://cohesive.so - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want to try templates for nothing, since Basic has 0 runs. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Cohesive has a free plan, and paid plans start at $25 per editor / month, billed monthly. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Basic plan: unlimited words and access to 200+ templates, but 0 template runs, GPT 3.5, no AI images, no voice and no integrations. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Basic | $0 | Unlimited words and 200+ templates, with 0 template runs and 0 integrations. | | Creator | $25 per editor / month, billed monthly | 150 template runs, GPT 4, 1,000 AI images, 90 minutes of AI voice, up to 5 integrations and real-time collaboration. | | Agency | $45 per editor / month, billed monthly | 300 template runs, research mode, 2,000 AI images, 240 minutes of AI voice, up to 30 integrations and priority support. | Read from https://cohesive.so/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Cohesive before buying. ## Key features - **Template library:** More than 200 templates cover SEO content, ad copy, marketing copy and social media posts. - **AI editor:** Text, images and translations can be edited in one editor. - **Team collaboration:** Paid plans include real-time collaboration with other editors. - **Images and voice:** Creator and Agency include AI images and AI voice minutes each month. - **Research and knowledge:** Agency adds content generated from research and your own knowledge. - **Content ideas:** The editor suggests content ideas as you write. ## Good for - Freelancers and small marketing teams who want ready-made copy templates - Teams that want a shared AI editor with collaboration ## Worth knowing - The free Basic plan lists 0 template runs, so it cannot run the templates. - Allowances for template runs, images and voice minutes renew monthly and do not carry over. - The yearly toggle displays $2.08 and $3.75 per month figures that do not match the monthly prices, so only the monthly prices are recorded here. - The pricing page names GPT 3.5 on Basic and GPT 4 on paid plans. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Cohesive is a web AI writing editor with 200 or more templates and team editing. The free plan lists 0 template runs, so it can't run the templates, and Creator is $25 per editor a month. The yearly toggle also shows prices that don't match the monthly ones. - **Value for money: D.** Creator is $25 per editor a month and Agency $45, both in the dearest tenth of what writing tools charge, which starts at $19. - **Free plan and trial: D.** A free Basic plan with 0 template runs, GPT 3.5, no AI images and no voice. It can't run the templates, and no trial is listed. - **Features: C.** Templates, an AI editor, team editing, images, voice and research. Allowances for runs, images and voice reset monthly. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Templates and settings take some learning. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with 0 integrations on Basic and up to 5 or 30 on paid plans. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Cohesive's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among writing tools - Cohesive's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 0 of the 100 other writing tools we grade, and level with 2. - It stands best on ease of use (C, above 5 of 100) and worst on value for money (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $25 a month for each person, against a middle price of $8.33 for the category: 59 of the 62 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 53 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/writing ## Keep it, or make your own? **Your call.** A writing app at its plainest is a page that saves what you type. You could make the core of Cohesive for yourself: templates. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $300 a year. - You could make: Templates: an app builder makes this well. - You could make: It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too. - You could not: Several people working in it at the same moment. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** AI features, Templates, Real-time collaboration ## Alternatives - [Jasper](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jasper): AI content platform with marketing agents and brand voice. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cohesive-vs-jasper) - [Copy.ai](https://toolgpa.com/tools/copyai): AI workflow platform for sales and marketing content. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cohesive-vs-copyai) - [Rytr](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rytr): AI copy generator with 40+ use cases and tone matching. 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