Though ChatGPT is popular in the news currently, it is not the only AI tool out there. Here are some other common tools:
- Jasper – A commercial product that is advertising heavily designed for writing ad copy, blogs, and other content. Although primarily aimed at sales and marketing, it also has the capability of “improving” a piece of writing, can create or improve long form text (it advertises writing of books), and operates in multiple languages, and does plagiarism and grammar checks. It is one more frequently reviewed products in this space. Starts at $40/mth, or $80/mth (Boss mode).
- Writesonic – “Writesonic’s GPT-3 language model deploys powerful AI to generate blog posts, landing pages, adverts, product descriptions, and emails, so it’s a top choice if you need a versatile writing tool.” (TechRadar, 2022) Works in multiple languages. Also advertises a ChatSonic version (“like Chat GPT, but with superpowers”). About $15/mth for an individual.
- Article Forge – Advertises that it “writes entire 1,500+ word articles automatically” in about 60 seconds. Many of the others will write long format also, but this tool seems to be particularly designed for this. Also does plagiarism checking. Starts at $30/mth.
- WordAI – Advertises that their tool is best at improving existing content. This tool is a favorite (according to techradar) of people in tech. It is more of a rewriting tool than a content creation tool. “This tool can totally restructure your sentences and paragraphs to make them easier and more pleasing to read, and WordAI will automatically add keywords, make your writing more varied and fix spelling and grammar mistakes. It can use AI to improve clarity, and it’ll avoid duplicated content and create up to 1,000 rewrites per article.” (TechRadar, 2022) $60/mth or $30/mth for an annual license.
- AI Writer – Like many of these tools, AI Writer is geared toward the production of web content and search engine optimization (SEO). It is largely designed for sales and marketing. Unlike many of the other tools, AI Writer provides a list of sources and citations. Also does text rewording, although partly this is for SEO optimization, not just readability. $30/mth.
- Ink – A relatively new product built on GPT-3, it is designed for expanding text you have written, rewriting/editing text, and generating text. Like some other tools, it will give you multiple variations to choose from for each prompt. It also includes grammar support and a readability score, so if you do your own writing/editing it shows you how the readability changes. $60/mth or $45/mth for an annual license.
- Moonbeam – This tool has been mentioned in recent Inside Higher Ed articles on AI probably because pricing and because it is trained to write essays makes it attractive for students. $0 up to 30k words/mth, $20/mth for pro version.
Thank you to the University of Toronto Artificial Intelligence in Teaching & Learning curated bibliography for this information and descriptions.
