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Novelcrafter vs Squibler
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Novelcrafter if…
- you want the lower entry price ($4/mo vs $15.83/mo)
- you want to trial it before paying
- you're in its core audience: novelists, series and genre fiction authors
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Choose Squibler if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you're in its core audience: aspiring and first-time authors, novelists
Side by side
Feature Novelcrafter Squibler
Pricing modelFree trialFreemium
Starting price$4/mo$15.83/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb
CompanyNovelcrafterSquibler, Inc.
Full feature lists
N Novelcrafter
- Codex story bible that automatically tracks and links story elements
- Codex shared across books in a series
- Planning modes for spotting plot holes and inconsistencies
- Connect your own AI provider or local models via Ollama/LM Studio
- Generate prose from scene beats
- AI scene summarization and character extraction
- Workshop Chat for brainstorming with story context
- Collaboration with editors, co-authors and teams
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- Full-length book generation organized into chapters and scenes
- Formatted screenplay generation with scenes and dialogue
- Story outline generation covering structure, pacing and character arcs
- AI Smart Writer that proposes revisions you accept or reject
- Character and setting elements used to keep the story consistent
- Image and short video generation from highlighted passages
- AI book cover and illustration generation
- Translation of English books into 80+ languages
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
Novelcrafter
Scribe$4 USD/mo or $40.00 billed yearly
Hobbyist$8 USD/mo or $80.00 billed yearly
Artisan$14 USD/mo or $140.00 billed yearly
Specialist$20 USD/mo or $200.00 billed yearly
Squibler
Free$0
Plus$15.83/mo billed annually ($29.99 monthly)
Pro$49.17/mo billed annually ($89.99 monthly)
Strengths and limitations
Novelcrafter
- 21-day free trial with all features and no credit card
- Paid plans start at $4/month
- Works with many AI providers, including local models
- Read-only access and export stay available after you cancel
- No free plan
- AI features need the Hobbyist plan or higher and your own API key
- Inviting collaborators requires the $20 Specialist plan
- No student, educator or non-profit discounts
Squibler
- Free tier has no time limit and includes 500 AI credits a month
- Pro plan includes unlimited AI credits
- Users keep full rights to their work
- Work stays accessible in free mode after you cancel
- No built-in publishing or sales-tracking tools
- Doesn't produce audiobooks directly
- Books are written in English first, then translated
- PDF/DOCX export is listed as a paid-plan feature
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 8, 2026. Editorial policy