AI writing
Cheapest Surfer alternatives 30 tools cheaper than Surfer, like for like
- Surfer from, billed annually
- $49/mo
- Cheaper tools
- 30
- Lowest price
- Free plan
- Biggest saving, paid plan
- 91%
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
Surfer's cheapest paid plan costs $49 per month billed annually (Discovery). We found 30 tools in its market that cost less, compared on the same billing basis.
15 are cheaper billed annually, 15 have a free plan (Surfer has none).
The largest saving on a paid plan is starc: $4.17 a month billed annually on Pro, $44.83 (91%) less than Surfer's $49.
Some plans are priced per user or per account and others per workspace, so the entry price is not always the price for your team: check the plan limits before switching.
No vendor here states that it lacks a feature Surfer has. Below, each tool lists the features and numbers it publishes; vendors rarely state what they do not offer, so a feature that is not listed is unknown, not missing.
Surfer alternatives by price
| # | Tool | Price per month | Billing basis | Surfer, same basis | You save | Free plan | Data checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Analyse | Free plan | free plan | $49/mo | $49 (100%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 2 |  Authormity | Free (Free Forever) | free plan | $49/mo | $49 (100%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 3 |  CannerAI | Free plan | free plan | $49/mo | $49 (100%) | Yes, 3 images per month | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 4 |  easy-cv.ai | Free plan | free plan | $49/mo | $49 (100%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 5 |  Feedkraft | Free (Free Trial) | free plan | $49/mo | $49 (100%) | Yes, 1 workspace | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 6 |  Inline AI | Free (Freemium) | free plan | $49/mo | $49 (100%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 7 |  Jenni AI | Free plan | free plan | $49/mo | $49 (100%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 8 |  LLaMaRush | Free plan | free plan | $49/mo | $49 (100%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 9 |  Massblogger | Free plan | free plan | $49/mo | $49 (100%) | Yes, 20 credits per month | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 10 |  Notis | Free (Notis CLI) | free plan | $49/mo | $49 (100%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 11 |  Podcasts To Text | Free plan | free plan | $49/mo | $49 (100%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 12 |  Propelr | Free plan | free plan | $49/mo | $49 (100%) | Yes, 5 credits per month | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 13 |  Revua | Free plan | free plan | $49/mo | $49 (100%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 14 |  Rytr | Free plan | free plan | $49/mo | $49 (100%) | Yes, 10,000 characters per month | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 15 |  Scripti AI | Free plan | free plan | $49/mo | $49 (100%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 16 |  starc | $4.17/mo | billed annually | $49/mo | $44.83 (91%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 17 |  Wordtune | $4.89/mo | billed annually | $49/mo | $44.11 (90%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 18 |  humanize-text | $4.92/mo | billed annually | $49/mo | $44.08 (90%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 19 |  Paperpal | $6/mo | billed annually | $49/mo | $43 (88%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 20 |  Revise AI | $8/mo | billed annually | $49/mo | $41 (84%) | Yes, 2,000 words per month | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 21 |  Clariny | $8.33/mo | billed annually | $49/mo | $40.67 (83%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 22 | RedactAI | $11.90/mo | billed annually | $49/mo | $37.10 (76%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 23 |  Grammarly | $12/mo per user | billed annually | $49/mo | $37 (76%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 24 |  Article Forge | $13/mo | billed annually | $49/mo | $36 (73%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 25 |  AutoBlogWriter | $14/mo | billed annually | $49/mo | $35 (71%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 26 |  LinkGenie | $15.20/mo | billed annually | $49/mo | $33.80 (69%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 27 |  NeuronWriter | $19/mo | billed annually | $49/mo | $30 (61%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 28 |  Copy.ai | $24/mo | billed annually | $49/mo | $25 (51%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 29 |  NextBlog | $29/mo | billed annually | $49/mo | $20 (41%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 30 |  Frase | $39/mo | billed annually | $49/mo | $10 (20%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
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What you give up for the lower price
- Analyse · Free plan
Analytics dashboard for Minecraft servers and Roblox experiences that ties players, sessions, retention and revenue to the campaign that brought each player in.
- Price: free plan (Free); Surfer has no free plan source
- Surfer on the same basis: $49 a month, billed annually, on Discovery source
- Saving: $49 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Pricing unit: Analyse: per workspace; Surfer: not stated
- Verified features: Analytics, Team access, AI assistant
5 of 13 tracked details verified
Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026 - Authormity · Free plan
LinkedIn content tool that learns a user's writing style from past posts, scores hooks before publishing, plans a multi-week calendar and schedules posts.
- Price: free plan (Free Forever); Surfer has no free plan source
- Surfer on the same basis: $49 a month, billed annually, on Discovery source
- Saving: $49 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Verified features: Analytics, Brand voice, Browser extension
4 of 13 tracked details verified
- CannerAI · Free plan
AI content workspace that drafts LinkedIn and X posts in the user's voice from videos, articles and notes and publishes them on a schedule.
- Price: free plan (Free); Surfer has no free plan source
- Surfer on the same basis: $49 a month, billed annually, on Discovery source
- Saving: $49 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Pricing unit: CannerAI: per workspace; Surfer: not stated
- Free limits: 3 images per month source
- Verified features: Team access, Templates, AI assistant, Brand voice, Browser extension
6 of 13 tracked details verified
- easy-cv.ai · Free plan
AI resume and CV builder that tailors CVs and cover letters to job postings, with job matching, application tracking, translation and headshots.
- Price: free plan (Free); Surfer has no free plan source
- Surfer on the same basis: $49 a month, billed annually, on Discovery source
- Saving: $49 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Verified features: Templates, AI assistant
4 of 13 tracked details verified
- Feedkraft · Free plan
AI tool that learns a brand from a website URL, generates posts and carousels, and publishes them on a schedule to LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
- Price: free plan (Free Trial); Surfer has no free plan source
- Surfer on the same basis: $49 a month, billed annually, on Discovery source
- Saving: $49 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Pricing unit: Feedkraft: usage-based; Surfer: not stated
- Free Trial limits: 1 workspaces source
- Verified features: AI assistant
2 of 13 tracked details verified
- Inline AI · Free plan
macOS app that adds AI text actions such as grammar correction, summarising and translation to any app, using the user's own OpenAI, Gemini or Anthropic API key.
- Price: free plan (Freemium); Surfer has no free plan source
- Surfer on the same basis: $49 a month, billed annually, on Discovery source
- Saving: $49 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Verified features: Team access, AI assistant
3 of 13 tracked details verified
- Jenni AI · Free plan
AI writing workspace for academic research that suggests text, searches papers and manages citations and sources.
- Price: free plan (Free); Surfer has no free plan source
- Surfer on the same basis: $49 a month, billed annually, on Discovery source
- Saving: $49 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Verified features: AI assistant, Browser extension
4 of 13 tracked details verified
- LLaMaRush · Free plan
SEO content platform that uses Google Search Console data to plan and write blog posts with header images and publish them to connected CMS platforms.
- Price: free plan (Free); Surfer has no free plan source
- Surfer on the same basis: $49 a month, billed annually, on Discovery source
- Saving: $49 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Verified features: AI assistant, SEO optimisation
4 of 13 tracked details verified
- Massblogger · Free plan
Automated SEO platform that researches keywords, writes and publishes articles to websites, runs A/B tests and tracks traffic including AI crawler visits.
- Price: free plan (Free); Surfer has no free plan source
- Surfer on the same basis: $49 a month, billed annually, on Discovery source
- Saving: $49 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Free limits: 20 credits per month source
- Verified features: Analytics, AI assistant, SEO optimisation, Public API
5 of 13 tracked details verified
- Notis · Free plan
AI assistant reachable through WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, email and desktop that carries out tasks across connected apps.
- Price: free plan (Notis CLI); Surfer has no free plan source
- Surfer on the same basis: $49 a month, billed annually, on Discovery source
- Saving: $49 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Pricing unit: Notis: per workspace; Surfer: not stated
- Verified features: AI assistant
3 of 13 tracked details verified
- Podcasts To Text · Free plan
Transcription service that turns podcast episode links or audio files into editable transcripts, with AI show notes, chapters, translations and exports.
- Price: free plan (Free); Surfer has no free plan source
- Surfer on the same basis: $49 a month, billed annually, on Discovery source
- Saving: $49 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Pricing unit: Podcasts To Text: per workspace; Surfer: not stated
- Verified features: Public API
3 of 13 tracked details verified
- Propelr · Free plan
AI writing and scheduling tool for LinkedIn and X that learns a user's voice from sample posts, drafts content and publishes it through the official LinkedIn API.
- Price: free plan (Free); Surfer has no free plan source
- Surfer on the same basis: $49 a month, billed annually, on Discovery source
- Saving: $49 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Pricing unit: Propelr: per workspace; Surfer: not stated
- Free limits: 5 credits per month source
- Verified features: Analytics, AI assistant
3 of 13 tracked details verified
- Revua · Free plan
Tool that analyzes product reviews from Amazon or Allegro and generates ad hooks, UGC video scripts and product listing copy from them.
- Price: free plan (Free); Surfer has no free plan source
- Surfer on the same basis: $49 a month, billed annually, on Discovery source
- Saving: $49 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Verified features: Team access, AI assistant
3 of 13 tracked details verified
- Rytr · Free plan
AI writing assistant that generates copy from use-case templates, with tone matching, plagiarism checks and a Chrome extension.
- Price: free plan (Free); Surfer has no free plan source
- Surfer on the same basis: $49 a month, billed annually, on Discovery source
- Saving: $49 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Pricing unit: Rytr: per workspace; Surfer: not stated
- Free limits: 10,000 characters per month source
- Verified features: Brand voice, Plagiarism checker, Browser extension
4 of 13 tracked details verified
- Scripti AI · Free plan
Web tool that takes a rough video idea and produces a researched angle, script, titles and thumbnail brief for YouTube creators.
- Price: free plan (Free); Surfer has no free plan source
- Surfer on the same basis: $49 a month, billed annually, on Discovery source
- Saving: $49 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Pricing unit: Scripti AI: per workspace; Surfer: not stated
- Verified features: Team access, AI assistant
3 of 13 tracked details verified
How we picked
- Pool: tools in the same market as the tool on this page (they list its primary category, and their own primary category is one it lists).
- Like for like: a tool's cheapest paid plan billed monthly is compared with the cheapest plan billed monthly; if that is not cheaper, its price per month billed annually is compared with the annual price. Monthly and annual prices are never mixed in one comparison.
- A free plan counts as cheaper only when the tool on this page has no free plan. Usage-priced and "contact sales" plans are left out.
- Saving = the reference price on the same basis minus the alternative's price, per month; the percentage is rounded. Entry plans differ in seats, accounts and limits, so the saving is for the entry plan, not your team.
- Sorted by price per month, then name. The page is built only when the tool has a verified paid price and at least 3 tools qualify.
Every value is read from the vendor's own pages (or GitHub for licences and stars) and shown with the date we checked it. A value we could not verify is shown as a dash, never estimated, and never read as a “no”. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Methodology
Questions, answered from the data
What is the cheapest alternative to Surfer?
starc: $4.17 a month billed annually on Pro, against $49 for Surfer's Discovery on the same basis.
How much can I save compared with Surfer?
Up to $49 a month (100%) with Analyse's free plan, before any difference in limits or seats.
Is there a free alternative to Surfer?
Analyse, Authormity, CannerAI, easy-cv.ai and Feedkraft and 18 more have a free plan.
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Prices as published on each vendor's pricing page on the date shown, in USD, for AI writing tools. Confirm with the vendor before you buy.