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AI writer that drafts full-length books, novels and screenplays from your idea
Free, from $15.83/mo
Novelcrafter vs Sudowrite
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 $10/mo)
- you're in its core audience: novelists, series and genre fiction authors
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Choose Sudowrite if…
- you're in its core audience: novelists, screenwriters
Side by side
Feature Novelcrafter Sudowrite
Pricing modelFree trialFree trial
Starting price$4/mo$10/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb
CompanyNovelcrafterSudowrite
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
S Sudowrite
- Write suggests the next 300 words in your voice
- Story Bible goes from idea to outline to chapters
- Expand, Describe and Rewrite tools for revision
- Feedback with five actionable improvement areas
- Canvas for plot points, character arcs and twists
- Brainstorm for names, items and titles
- Visualize generates art from character descriptions
- 1,000+ plugins, including custom ones
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
Sudowrite
Hobby & Student$10/mo
Professional$22/mo
Max$44/mo
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
Sudowrite
- Free trial with no credit card required
- Company claims no rights over your writing or the generated text
- Your writing is not used to train models
- Max plan rolls unused credits over for 12 months
- AI features need a paid plan after the trial
- Usage is limited by monthly credits
- Developmental edits and beta reads are not in the Hobby & Student plan
- Some features may fall back to English
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 8, 2026. Editorial policy