# Writingmate review (2026): is it worth $19.99 a month, billed yearly? > One credit-based account for 350+ chat, image and video models Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Writingmate is a web app that puts chat models from several labs, along with image and video generation, behind one subscription. Use is drawn from a monthly pool of credits, and every plan includes web search, file chat, custom agents, saved prompts and an OpenAI-compatible API. There is no per-seat fee for teammates. - **Category:** AI Assistants - **Made by:** Writingmate - **Website:** https://writingmate.ai - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a free plan, as the page lists paid plans and a 3-day trial only. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Writingmate is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $19.99 per month, billed yearly ($29.99 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 3-day free trial of Pro, Ultimate or Ultra; payment method required, no trial charge. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | 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. | Read from https://writingmate.ai/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Writingmate before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Yearly billing saves 33%** (Annual discount): 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. Source: https://writingmate.ai/pricing ## Key features - **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. ## Good for - People who want several providers' models without separate subscriptions - Teams that want unlimited teammates with no per-seat fee - Users who compare answers from different models ## Worth knowing - 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Writingmate puts chat models from several labs, plus image and video generation, behind one subscription. But there is no free plan, the 3-day trial needs a payment method and starts the plan unless you cancel, and everything draws from one monthly credit pool. - **Value for money: C.** Pro 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: D.** The 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: B.** Many 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: B.** A browser chat with nothing to set up. No store rating is on record. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with an OpenAI-compatible API and apps through MCP. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Writingmate's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI assistants - Writingmate's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 31 of the 87 other AI assistants we grade, and level with 13. - It stands best on features (B, above 51 of 87) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 11). - Its paid plans start at $19.99 a month, against a middle price of $12.46 for the category: 42 of the 53 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. 11 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-assistants ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Writingmate you would be making an AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $239.88 a year. - You could make: Templates: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: An AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make. - You could not: A search engine with an AI model behind it. - You could not: An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. - You could not: An image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make. - You could not: A video model, which you can rent by the second but not make. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Chat assistant, AI search, AI agents, Image generation, Video generation, Public API, Templates ## Alternatives - [Poe](https://toolgpa.com/tools/poe): One app for chatting with AI models from many different labs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/poe-vs-writingmate) - [TypingMind](https://toolgpa.com/tools/typingmind): Chat interface for AI models that runs on your own API keys. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/typingmind-vs-writingmate) - [T3 Chat](https://toolgpa.com/tools/t3-chat): Web chat app with models from several AI labs in one account. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/t3-chat-vs-writingmate) - [ChatLLM](https://toolgpa.com/tools/chatllm): Multi-model AI assistant and agent platform from Abacus.AI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/chatllm-vs-writingmate) - [Magai](https://toolgpa.com/tools/magai): Multi-model AI workspace with shared memory and agents. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/magai-vs-writingmate) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://writingmate.ai/pricing - https://writingmate.ai Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/writingmate Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).