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Jasper vs Writer vs Clay

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 23 September 2026.

Compared on
Jasper

Free trial · from $59/seat/mo

Writer

See pricing

Clay

Free plan · from $167/mo

What it isAI platform with agents and brand controls for marketing contentEnterprise AI platform with agents, playbooks and brand style controlsData enrichment and prospecting tool that pulls from many data providers
Free planNoNo6,000 actions/year, 1,200 data credits/year, up to 200 rows per table, unlimited seats and tables, no phone number enrichment
Cheapest paid plan$59/seat/mo billed annually (Pro)Jasper pricingNot publishedWriter pricing$167/mo billed annually (Launch)Clay pricing
What it coversIncludes 1 seat, 2 Brand Voices, 5 Knowledge assets and 3 Audiences.Not statedMonthly: 15K actions and 2.5K data credits per month; annual: 180K actions and 30K data credits per year. The actions portion alone starts at $60/mo (monthly) or $54/mo (annual); unlimited seats.
Free trial7-day free trial of Pro14-day free trial of Starter, no credit card required14-day trial of paid plans
PlatformsWeb, Chrome extension, APIWebWeb
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedNot stated150+ data providers (pricing page; the About page says 200+)
Open sourceNoNoNo
Good for
  • Drafting campaign copy, blog posts and social posts in a set brand voice
  • Keeping campaign messaging consistent with saved brand voices and audiences
  • Running repeatable content workflows for a small marketing team
  • Producing on-brand marketing content in a company with style rules
  • Automating research and drafting steps for sales and marketing teams
  • Rolling out governed AI tools across departments
  • Building targeted prospect lists with contact details
  • Enriching CRM records with company and contact data
  • Alerting sales reps when a customer contact changes jobs
Watch out for
  • No free plan; only a 7-day trial
  • Pro includes 1 seat with 2 Brand Voices, 5 Knowledge assets and 3 Audiences
  • API access and the custom agent builder require the custom-priced Business plan
  • Starter is limited to 5 users, 5 playbooks, 3 active connectors and 3 scheduled routines
  • Starter includes a limited Knowledge Graph (50 GB in a single graph)
  • No free plan, and no published price for Starter
  • Free plan: 1.2K data credits and 6K actions a year, up to 200 rows per table
  • Free plan does not include phone number enrichment
  • CRM auto-sync and web intent signals require Growth
Made byJasper AI, Inc.WRITERClay

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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