FICTION DRAFTING, SIDE BY SIDE

Sudowrite vs NovelCrafter vs NovelAI

Compare fiction-writing features, plans and projected costs.

Showing Sudowrite, NovelCrafter, NovelAI.

Fiction drafting capabilities and projected costs, with product-specific checked dates and official websites.
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Writing
Generate prose
Generate prose

Creates new fiction prose from your instructions, existing text or scene outline. The cell describes how each app starts or continues a draft.

Yes Continue text or draft scenes
Yes Scene beats + continuation
Yes Continue story text
Rewrite a passage
Rewrite a passage

Produces a revised version of a passage you select. Available instructions, passage length and control over the changes can differ by app.

Yes Selected prose; up to 6,000 words
Yes Prompts on selected text
Story development
Story context
Story context

Stores or supplies story information that the AI can use while drafting. This can include your world, plot, style and earlier scenes; the cell names the context tools available.

Story Bible Context varies by tool
Codex Tracked + manually selected references
Memory + Lorebook Keyword-triggered reference entries
Character profiles
Character profiles

Keeps character details in profiles you can refer to while developing a story. The cell indicates whether those profiles can also guide the AI or include portraits.

Yes Editable profiles + portraits
Yes Profiles, relations + AI extraction
Yes Character reference entries
Name ideas
Name ideas

Generates possible names for characters, places or other story elements. Some apps provide a dedicated brainstorming tool, while others use a writing chat.

Yes Brainstorm + saved ideas
Yes Separate free name generator
Feedback
Feedback

Offers comments on a draft, such as scene-level notes, continuity questions or revision suggestions. This describes the feedback tools available, rather than a rating of their quality.

Yes Editing notes + AI beta readers
Yes Through scene chat
Workspace
Visual canvas
Visual canvas

Arranges story ideas, notes or outline sections visually on a workspace. Movable cards can help you see connections and reorganize a plot.

Yes Movable cards + outlines
Built-in writing chat
Built-in writing chat

Lets you discuss your story with an AI inside the writing app. The cell explains whether the chat can use saved story information and what plan is required.

Yes Story-aware discussion + edits
Yes Scene or full-novel context
Manuscript structure
Manuscript structure

Organizes a longer work into documents, chapters or scenes. The cell shows how each app keeps the manuscript and its outline together.

Documents + outline Numbered scenes for chapter drafts
Acts / chapters / scenes Grid, matrix + outline
Stories + shelves Chapter/scene board unconfirmed
Export
Export

Downloads your writing or story notes for use elsewhere. The listed formats and restrictions show what you can take into your editor or publishing workflow.

DOCX / ZIP Story notes export separately as CSV
DOCX / Markdown Optional Codex, chats + snippets
Text / story files Story files retain settings + history
Price your use
Plan & billing
Plan & billing

Shows the plan used for this comparison and its billing term. Choosing another plan updates its features, included AI and projected cost together.

$29.00/month Billed monthly
$14.00/month Billed monthly
$10.00/month Billed monthly
Included AI
Included AI

Shows the AI allowance included in the selected plan. Credits, tokens and generation time measure different things, so the allowances are shown in each app’s own units.

1,000,000 credits/month
None — connect your own AI
Story models; context varies by tier
Separate API estimate
Separate API estimate

Estimates a separate AI provider charge from the model and monthly token amounts below. Required API charges enter the projection; optional API use is excluded from the total.

No separate API charge
$0.45–$18.00/month API-key route; model and usage below
No separate API charge
Projected total
Projected total

Projects the selected plan’s cost over the number of years below, using today’s price and constant monthly usage. It includes required estimated API use; unconfirmed prices stay unknown and project quotes are not treated as subscriptions.

Over 3 years
$1,044 Plan allowance; extra usage excluded
$520–$1,152 Application + estimated API usage
$360 Plan allowance; extra usage excluded

At today’s listed prices, with the same plan and usage each month. A projection, not a price guarantee. Tax, currency conversion and extra allowances are excluded.

API model USD per million input / output tokens

GPT-6 Luna to Claude Opus 5.5: $0.1–$4 input / $0.5–$20 output per million tokens.

Your monthly token use × standard paid text rates, assuming each request has no more than 100,000 input tokens. Input includes repeated story context; output includes billed reasoning tokens. The starting values are an example, not an average author. Excludes long-context premiums, caching, batch discounts, search/tools, router fees, tax and local hardware. Provider subscriptions and local models use a different cost basis. Models differ in capability.

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Sudowrite

Generate prose
Yes · Continue text or draft scenes
Rewrite a passage
Yes · Selected prose; up to 6,000 words
Story context
Story Bible · Context varies by tool
Character profiles
Yes · Editable profiles + portraits
Name ideas
Yes · Brainstorm + saved ideas
Feedback
Yes · Editing notes + AI beta readers
Visual canvas
Yes · Movable cards + outlines
Built-in writing chat
Yes · Story-aware discussion + edits
Manuscript structure
Documents + outline · Numbered scenes for chapter drafts
Export
DOCX / ZIP · Story notes export separately as CSV
  • Hobby & Student · $19.00/month · 225,000 credits/month
  • Professional · $29.00/month · 1,000,000 credits/month
  • Max · $59.00/month · 2,000,000 credits/month; rollover

NovelCrafter

Generate prose
Yes · Scene beats + continuation
Rewrite a passage
Yes · Prompts on selected text
Story context
Codex · Tracked + manually selected references
Character profiles
Yes · Profiles, relations + AI extraction
Name ideas
Yes · Separate free name generator
Feedback
Yes · Through scene chat
Built-in writing chat
Yes · Scene or full-novel context
Manuscript structure
Acts / chapters / scenes · Grid, matrix + outline
Export
DOCX / Markdown · Optional Codex, chats + snippets
  • Hobbyist · $8.00/month · None — connect your own AI
  • Artisan · $14.00/month · None — connect your own AI
  • Specialist · $20.00/month · None — connect your own AI · Adds collaboration + teams

NovelAI

Generate prose
Yes · Continue story text
Story context
Memory + Lorebook · Keyword-triggered reference entries
Character profiles
Yes · Character reference entries
Manuscript structure
Stories + shelves · Chapter/scene board unconfirmed
Export
Text / story files · Story files retain settings + history
  • Tablet · $10.00/month · Story models; context varies by tier
  • Scroll · $15.00/month · Story models; context varies by tier
  • Opus · $25.00/month · Story models; context varies by tier

DreamGen

Generate prose
Yes · Scenario + story continuation
Story context
Scenario + recent text · Older text drops beyond context limit
Character profiles
Yes · Named scenario characters
Manuscript structure
Story sessions · Chapter/scene board unconfirmed
Export
Markdown / JSON · Text + re-importable session backup
  • Starter · $7.83 (currency unspecified)/month · 375 monthly + 45 daily credits; 5,000-token context · Basic and premium model access listed as unlimited; vendor conditions apply
  • Advanced · $19.35 (currency unspecified)/month · 2,250 monthly + 75 daily credits; 15,000-token context · Basic and premium model access listed as unlimited; vendor conditions apply
  • Pro · $48.3 (currency unspecified)/month · 2,250 monthly + 75 daily credits; 30,000-token context · Basic and premium model access listed as unlimited; vendor conditions apply; 20% off credit packs and up to 60% off select third-party models

Proselon

Generate prose
Yes · Scene plans + continuation
Rewrite a passage
Yes · Rephrase, expand + contract
Story context
Project pages + ledger · Hidden pages excluded
Character profiles
Yes · Freeform character pages
Feedback
Yes · Developmental + continuity review
Built-in writing chat
Yes · Project-aware co-writer
Manuscript structure
Books / chapters / scenes · Local project folders
Export
Word / EPUB / HTML / Markdown · Hidden pages excluded
  • Monthly · $6.00/month · None — provider account, key or local model · Estimate below uses API-key access
  • Annual · $50.00/year · None — provider account, key or local model · Estimate below uses API-key access