For teams whose bottleneck is production, not research quality.
Alternative
A Frase alternative for teams that need the article, not just the brief.
Frase's Starter plan is $49/month for 10 AI-optimized articles and one monitored domain, scaling to $299/month on Scale with more volume, domains, and seats — every tier includes AI Agent access, SEO/GEO optimization, and site audits, per its pricing page. It's strong at research and outlines. If you're looking for an alternative, it's usually because the brief was never the bottleneck — getting a checked, linked, CMS-ready page live was.
Fact-checked drafts and internal links delivered with the article, not just an outline.
CMS-ready handoff instead of a brief your team still has to execute.
- Pricing seen
- Starter $49/month, Professional $129/month, Scale $299/month
- Fact
- Every plan lists full AI Agent access, SEO and GEO optimization, AI visibility tracking, site audits, and API/MCP access.
- Fact
- Starter includes 10 AI-optimized articles per month and one monitored domain.
- Fact
- Professional and Scale increase article volume, domains, audit pages, and seats.
- Gadex pricing
- Custom and scoped to your site, volume, and CMS on a discovery call — we don't publish a fixed public price, so treat the number above as Frase's, not a like-for-like comparison.
Why people look past Frase
Frase is genuinely useful for SERP research, outlines, and optimization guidance — that's what its Starter through Scale plans are built around.
People start evaluating alternatives when the brief is solid but the article still needs writing, fact-checking, linking, and CMS prep, and that work is the actual bottleneck.
What Frase includes at each tier
Starter is $49/month for 10 AI-optimized articles and one monitored domain. Professional ($129/month) and Scale ($299/month) raise article volume, domains, and audit pages, all with full AI Agent access and AI visibility tracking, per Frase's pricing page.
It's built for teams that will take the research and outline and do the writing, checking, and publishing themselves.
What a move to Gadex changes
Gadex replaces the brief-then-write-it-yourself model with a managed pipeline: gap analysis picks the topic, the draft is checked against named sources, and metadata and internal links ship with the article.
There's no separate research tool subscription to manage alongside the writing process.
What to actually compare
Compare what happens after the brief or outline exists. If your team can reliably turn that into a checked, linked, published page, Frase's research tooling is valuable as-is.
If that step is where things stall, more research inputs won't fix it — that's the part Gadex is scoped to take over.
Stick with Frase if
You have writers and editors who turn briefs into finished pages reliably, and you mainly need better research and structure inputs.
The $49-$299/month range is affordable for that use case.
Move to Gadex if
Research and briefing were never the problem — production, fact-checking, and CMS readiness are.
Gadex is scoped around your site and CMS on a discovery call, not sold as a tiered SaaS plan.
FAQ
How much does Frase cost?
Frase's pricing page lists Starter at $49/month, Professional at $129/month, and Scale at $299/month, with article and domain limits increasing at each tier.
Does Frase write finished, publish-ready articles?
Frase focuses on SERP research, briefs, and AI-optimized article generation with SEO/GEO optimization built into every plan. It doesn't describe fact-checking against named sources or CMS-ready handoff prep the way Gadex's production pipeline does.
Does Frase track AI search visibility?
Yes — every Frase plan includes AI visibility tracking and site audits, per its pricing page. Gadex focuses on producing the source-backed content that drives that visibility rather than tracking it directly.
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