Writing & SEO AI tools

ChatGPT

Freemium

An all-in-one AI assistant for writing, research, data analysis, image generation, voice and coding.

Best for: All-round assistance

Claude

Freemium

An AI assistant known for long-context reading, careful writing, document work and agentic coding.

Best for: Long-form writing

Jasper

Free trial

A marketing-focused writing platform with brand voice controls and campaign tools.

Best for: Marketing teams

Grammarly

Freemium

Writing assistant that checks grammar, clarity, and tone across apps and browsers.

Best for: Editing and polish

Writeless AI

Freemium

An academic writing assistant that drafts essays with citations, plus a summarizer, reference finder and humanizer.

Best for: Drafting essays with sources

Anyword

Paid

A marketing copy generator that scores each draft with a predicted performance rating before you publish.

Best for: Performance-driven ad copy

AdCreative.ai

Free trial

An ad generator that produces ad creatives and matching ad text in one workflow, with credits spent on downloads.

Best for: Ad creative and copy together

Copy.ai

Paid

A workflow-focused AI platform for go-to-market teams, with unlimited chat across OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini models.

Best for: Repeatable marketing workflows

Semrush

Paid

An all-in-one SEO suite for keyword research, site audits and rank tracking, now with AI search visibility tracking.

Best for: SEO teams that need one suite

Surfer

Paid

A content optimization platform with a live Content Score, an AI writing assistant and AI visibility tracking.

Best for: On-page content optimization

Ahrefs

Paid

A research suite best known for its backlink index, with site audits, rank tracking, Brand Radar and AI prompt checks.

Best for: Backlink and competitor research

Clearscope

Free trial

A content grading tool with unlimited users, AI drafts and query tracking across ChatGPT and Gemini.

Best for: Editorial teams with many writers

Frase

Free trial

An agent-style content platform that researches, drafts, publishes and audits pages, with an MCP server on every plan.

Best for: Briefs and automated content ops

NeuronWriter

Free trial

A budget NLP content optimizer with a content planner, AI credits and AI-monitored questions.

Best for: Freelancers and small teams on a budget

SE Ranking

Free trial

An SEO and GEO platform with rank tracking, audits, backlink research and daily AI prompt tracking.

Best for: Agencies wanting suite features for less

Moz Pro

Paid

A long-running SEO suite with Domain Authority, link data, rank tracking and AI visibility dashboards.

Best for: Small businesses learning SEO

Screaming Frog SEO Spider

Freemium

A desktop crawler for technical SEO audits that can send crawled pages to OpenAI and Gemini.

Best for: Technical SEO audits

MarketMuse

Freemium

A content strategy platform that uses topic modeling to find gaps and plan content across a whole site.

Best for: Content strategy and topical authority

Writesonic

Free trial

An AI search visibility platform with prompt tracking, AI articles, site audits and agentic workflows.

Best for: Brands focused on AI search visibility

Scalenut

Paid

An AI content platform for GEO articles, keyword clusters, content audits and AI visibility tracking.

Best for: Small teams producing AI-assisted content

Rank Math

Freemium

A WordPress SEO plugin with schema, sitemaps, rank tracking and an optional Content AI add-on.

Best for: WordPress sites

Mangools

Paid

A simple, beginner-friendly SEO toolset led by the KWFinder keyword research tool.

Best for: Beginners and bloggers

Ubersuggest

Freemium

A budget SEO and AI visibility tool from Neil Patel with keyword research, audits and prompt tracking.

Best for: Budget SEO and AI tracking

Search Atlas

Free trial

An SEO automation platform whose OTTO agent applies on-page fixes, with content, local and AI visibility tools.

Best for: Agencies automating on-page fixes

QuillBot

Freemium

A paraphraser, grammar checker, summarizer and citation generator built for students and researchers.

Best for: Paraphrasing and summaries

Sudowrite

Free trial

An AI writing partner built for fiction, with tools for brainstorming, drafting scenes, rewriting passages and getting feedback.

Best for: Novelists and fiction writers

ProWritingAid

Paid

A grammar and style editor that produces detailed reports across a whole chapter or article, with a lifetime license option.

Best for: Editing long manuscripts

Wordtune

Freemium

A focused AI rewriter that suggests alternative wording, tone and length for your own sentences, with a free Basic plan.

Best for: Rewriting your own sentences

Rytr

Freemium

A budget AI writing assistant for short copy, with a free plan and low-priced paid tiers. Its homepage now leads with relationship follow-ups.

Best for: Cheap short-form copy