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MNovelAI vs Novelcrafter
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose NovelAI if…
- you're in its core audience: anime artists and fans, fiction writers
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Choose Novelcrafter if…
- you want the lower entry price ($4/mo vs $10/mo)
- you're in its core audience: novelists, series and fantasy authors
Side by side
Feature NovelAI Novelcrafter
Pricing modelFree trialFree trial
Starting price$10/mo$4/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb
CategoryAnime & Art StylesStory & Fiction Writing
Company—Novelcrafter
Full feature lists
N NovelAI
- Anime image generation with NovelAI Diffusion V5
- Story generation powered by GLM 4.6
- Separately defined characters for consistency across scenes
- Natural language and tag-based prompting
- Inpainting and Director Tools for clothing, lighting, poses
- Built-in canvas for quick edits
- Encrypted prompts; images not stored unless saved
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.
NovelAI · novelai.net
Novelcrafter · novelcrafter.comWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | NovelAI | Novelcrafter |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $10 Starting subscription | $3.33 Scribe |
| 5 people | $10 Starting subscription | $16.67 Specialist |
| 20 people | $10 Starting subscription | $16.67 Specialist |
Work it out for your team
- NovelcrafterScribe$3.33/mo
- NovelAIStarting subscription$10/mo
The cheapest paid plan with a published price that fits. Custom and sales-quoted plans aren't included.
All plans and prices
NovelAI
SubscriptionFrom $10/mo
On-demand AnlasPay as you go
Novelcrafter
Scribe$4/mo
Hobbyist$8/mo
Artisan$14/mo
Specialist$20/mo
Price changes we've recorded
We re-read each pricing page every month and log what changed.
NovelAI
- Nov 8, 2026New plan: Subscription ($10); New plan: On-demand Anlas (Pay as you go); Plan dropped: Starting subscription
Novelcrafter
No changes since we started tracking.
Strengths and limitations
NovelAI
- One subscription covers both image and text generation
- Prompts are encrypted and images aren't stored unless saved
- No limits on commercial use
- Runs in the browser, mobile included, with no install
- Image generation focused on anime style
- No native desktop or mobile app; browser only
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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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 8, 2026. Editorial policy