The Lightweight AuthoredUp Alternative
AuthoredUp is a serious LinkedIn suite with a serious price: $19.95 a month, no free plan, LinkedIn only. If what you actually need is great-looking posts, Post Formatter does the formatting part directly inside the composer, on seven platforms, with a free core.
Quick answer: choose AuthoredUp for LinkedIn analytics, scheduling and team workflows. Choose Post Formatter for in-composer formatting, live preview, drafts and AI proofreading across LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Threads and more, free to start, $29/year or $49 lifetime for Pro.
Updated July 2026
What Is AuthoredUp?
AuthoredUp is a LinkedIn content platform (Chrome extension + web app, around 30,000 users) aimed at professional creators and teams. Its editor covers formatting and multi-device previews, and around it sits a full workflow: hundreds of hook and CTA templates, unlimited drafts and snippets, scheduling with a content calendar, post history, and detailed analytics with CSV export. Business plans add sub-accounts and team analytics for agencies.
It is genuinely good at that job. The trade-offs are focus and price: it works only on LinkedIn, deliberately ships no AI writing help, and costs $19.95 per month (or $199.50 per year) per profile with no free tier beyond a 14-day trial.
Post Formatter vs AuthoredUp
| Post Formatter | AuthoredUp | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes, core formatting free forever | No, 14-day trial only |
| Paid pricing | $5/mo, $29/yr, or $49 lifetime | $19.95/mo or $199.50/yr per profile |
| Platforms | LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, YouTube, Pinterest | LinkedIn only |
| Where you format | Directly inside the post composer | Separate editor, then publish |
| Post preview | Live LinkedIn preview + 5-platform mockups | Multi-device LinkedIn preview |
| Drafts | Yes, with folders, tags and search | Yes, unlimited, with snippets |
| AI writing help | AI proofread + rewrite (your own OpenRouter key) | None, deliberately no AI |
| Scheduling & calendar | No | Yes, with direct publishing |
| Analytics | No | Yes, deep stats with CSV export |
| Team / agency accounts | No | Yes, Business plans (3+ profiles) |
Prices and features checked July 2026 on the vendors' official pages. Both change over time, verify before deciding.
Why Creators Pick Post Formatter
A fraction of the price
AuthoredUp costs $199.50/year with no free plan. Post Formatter's core is free forever, Pro is $29/year, and the $49 lifetime costs less than three months of AuthoredUp.
Seven platforms, not one
The same toolbar formats posts on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, YouTube and Pinterest. AuthoredUp formats nothing outside LinkedIn.
Format where you write
Select text in the real composer, click a style, done. No separate editor, no copy-paste round trip, no formatting drift on paste.
AI where AuthoredUp has none
Inline AI proofreading and rewriting with your own OpenRouter key. AuthoredUp deliberately ships no AI writing help.
When AuthoredUp Is the Better Fit
A fair comparison cuts both ways. Stay with AuthoredUp if you need LinkedIn analytics with CSV export, native scheduling with a content calendar, or team accounts across multiple profiles, Post Formatter has none of those and does not try to. It is a formatting, preview, drafts and AI tool, not a LinkedIn management suite.
The two also coexist happily: format inline everywhere with Post Formatter, keep AuthoredUp (or any scheduler) for the calendar and stats.