AI Writing Tools

AI writing assistants for chat, drafting, editing and brainstorming. 20 tools listed below. For our ranked recommendations, see <a href={"/best/" + cat.slug + "/"}>Best AI Writing Tools</a>.

ChatGPT

Writing

OpenAI's flagship conversational AI — the most versatile all-round assistant we tested in 2026

Various Email draftBug debug

Claude

Writing

Anthropic's Claude — the best long-form writer with a 200K context window we have tested

Various Book analysisContract review

Perplexity

Productivity

AI-powered research engine that cites every claim — our go-to for fact-checked answers

Various Academic researchNews tracking

Notion AI

Productivity

Smart writing and knowledge management inside your workflow

Various Meeting extractNote tidy

DeepSeek

Writing

Leading Chinese AI model, exceptional value

Various Chinese writingCoding

Copy.ai

Writing

AI marketing copy generation platform

Various Ad copyEmail marketing

QuillBot

Writing

AI paraphrasing, polishing, and summarizing tool

Various ParaphrasePolish

Writesonic

Writing

AI writing + SEO optimization platform

Various SEO blogMarketing copy

Phind

Writing

AI search engine for developers

Various Coding searchTech Q&A

Grammarly AI

Writing

AI grammar check + writing enhancement

Various GrammarPolish

Surfer SEO

Writing

AI-driven SEO content optimization platform

Various SEO optimizeContent audit

Frase

Writing

AI content research + optimization in one

Various Content researchSEO briefs

Rytr

Writing

Affordable AI writing assistant

Various EmailSocial media

Sudowrite

Writing

AI fiction and creative writing assistant

Various NovelsStories

Wordtune

Writing

AI sentence rewrite and expansion tool

Various RewriteExpand

Jenni AI

Writing

AI academic writing assistant

Various PapersLiterature review

Anyword

Writing

AI copywriting with performance prediction scoring

Various Ad copyA/B testing

Grok

Writing

AI assistant by xAI, integrated with X

Various AI chatReal-time search

You.com

Writing

Web search APIs for AI applications

Various AI search APIContent extraction

Mistral

Writing

Leading European open-source AI model company

Various AI chatOpen models