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ADreamGen vs Novelcrafter
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose DreamGen if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you're in its core audience: role-play enthusiasts, interactive fiction readers
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Choose Novelcrafter if…
- you want the lower entry price ($4/mo vs $7.83/mo)
- you want to trial it before paying
- you're in its core audience: novelists, series and fantasy authors
Side by side
Feature DreamGen Novelcrafter
Pricing modelFreemiumFree trial
Starting price$7.83/mo$4/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb
CompanyDreamGenNovelcrafter
Full feature lists
D DreamGen
- Role-play chat with one or more AI characters
- Prebuilt story worlds and scenarios
- Custom worlds with lore, characters and writing style
- AI story generator for any genre
- Writing prompt generator and prompt search
- Story idea generator
- Choice of basic, premium and third-party models
N Novelcrafter
- Codex story bible linking characters, places and lore
- Shared Codex across books in a series
- Scene card grid and other planning views
- Bring your own AI key from many providers
- Local model support via LM Studio and Ollama
- Scene summarization and character extraction
- Prose generation from scene beats
- Co-author and editor collaboration with teams
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
DreamGen · dreamgen.com
Novelcrafter · novelcrafter.comWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | DreamGen | Novelcrafter |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $7.83 Starter | $3.33 Scribe |
| 5 people | $7.83 Starter | $16.67 Specialist |
| 20 people | $7.83 Starter | $16.67 Specialist |
Work it out for your team
- NovelcrafterScribe$3.33/mo
- DreamGenStarter$7.83/mo
The cheapest paid plan with a published price that fits. Custom and sales-quoted plans aren't included.
All plans and prices
DreamGen
FreeFree
Starter$7.83/mo ($6.26 first month with 20% off)
Advanced$19.35/mo ($15.48 first month with 20% off)
Pro$48.30/mo ($33.81 first month with 30% off)
Novelcrafter
Scribe$4/mo
Hobbyist$8/mo
Artisan$14/mo
Specialist$20/mo
Strengths and limitations
DreamGen
- Free tier includes access to all models and features
- Supports multiple AI characters in one scene
- Pro plan offers up to a 60,000-token context window
- Free prompt and story idea tools
- Starter plan does not include unlimited model access
- Unlimited premium models only on the $48.30 Pro plan
- Starter context window is limited to 5,000 tokens
Novelcrafter
- 21-day trial with all features and no credit card
- Cheapest plan costs $4/mo and includes no AI
- Works with many AI providers and with local models
- Annual billing gives 2 months off
- No free plan
- AI features need your own provider key
- Collaboration only comes with the $20/mo Specialist plan
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AI writing partner for novelists, from outline to drafted chapters and edits
Story & Fiction Writing
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Free, from $15.83/mo
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PGrammar checking, style reports and story critique for fiction writers
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Free, from $10/mo
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Grammar checking, style reports and story critique for fiction writers
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 8, 2026. Editorial policy