Prices checked 30 September 2026Updated
AuthoredUp makes the posts you write look and perform better on LinkedIn. Quetzal writes the posts for you and publishes them across six networks.
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Pick Quetzal if you want your social media done for you: posts planned from your brand, written in your voice and published to Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, X and YouTube. Pick AuthoredUp if you enjoy writing your own LinkedIn posts and want formatting, previews and analytics inside LinkedIn itself, from $14.95 a month per LinkedIn account (Business).
Quetzal starts at $116 a month per brand, or $89 a month billed yearly (Starter). Unlimited posts on every plan. Plans differ in connected accounts, designed images a month and AI reels, which start on Pro.
AuthoredUp costs less, and teams pay per LinkedIn profile rather than per person. Quetzal costs more because its price includes writing and designing the posts.
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AuthoredUp's price basis: Per connected LinkedIn profile, per month; Business needs at least three profiles, and company pages cost nothing extra. Prices in US dollars, as shown on its pricing page. Quetzal charges per brand, in US dollars, with sales tax added at checkout where it applies. Source: their pricing page.
Stay with AuthoredUp if you like writing your own LinkedIn posts and want the sharpest editor and analytics for them.
Quetzal reads your website and brand kit, plans the week and writes every post in your voice. You open a finished week instead of an empty calendar.
LinkedIn posts follow a dedicated engine: one point for one reader, a hook from a fixed set of proven mechanisms, a single clear ask at the end and no hashtags. Your other networks get their own version of each idea.
Quetzal designs posts, carousels and stories in your colours and type, so every account looks like one brand. Designed images come on every plan, and posts from your own photos are unlimited.
Every post is measured, and what worked on your own accounts shapes what comes next. No report to read.
One brand, three accounts
One brand, six accounts
Three brands, three accounts each
Monthly billing on both sides, each tool in its own unit (AuthoredUp: per LinkedIn account). An account is one connected social profile. Three brands on Quetzal share one agency invoice, with the agency discount already applied.
Your LinkedIn history stays on LinkedIn, so there is nothing to export. Connect LinkedIn and your other accounts to Quetzal, paste your website, and the first week is drafted for your review.
Many writers keep AuthoredUp for the posts they still want to write by hand, and for its analytics. Quetzal fills the rest of the calendar and keeps your other networks active.
Choose Quetzal if the blank page is the problem, not the formatting, and you want the week written for you.
Try for freeChoose AuthoredUp if you like writing your own LinkedIn posts and want the sharpest editor and analytics for them.
Visit AuthoredUpFor a different job. AuthoredUp is a careful editor and analytics tool for people who write their own LinkedIn posts. Quetzal is for people who want the posts written: it plans them from your brand, writes LinkedIn to its own rules and publishes to five other networks too.
Who writes. AuthoredUp improves and measures the post you wrote, with AI help when you ask for it. Quetzal writes the post, designs the image or carousel, and publishes it after your approval.
Billed monthly, one brand with three accounts costs $116 (Starter) on Quetzal. We do not list a price for AuthoredUp here: see its own pricing page. AuthoredUp costs less, and teams pay per LinkedIn profile rather than per person. Quetzal costs more because its price includes writing and designing the posts.
According to AuthoredUp's own pages, checked on 30 September 2026: its AI helps you write when you ask; on video: no AI video. Quetzal plans, writes and designs your posts on every plan, and makes AI reels from Pro.
Yes. Keep AuthoredUp for the LinkedIn posts you write yourself and for its analytics, and let Quetzal write and publish the rest of your week on LinkedIn and your other networks.
Connect your accounts to Quetzal, paste your website and confirm the brand kit it builds. The first week arrives as drafts for you to approve. Keep AuthoredUp running for as long as it helps.
Type your website and see a week of posts made for your brand. Free, and no account needed.
14 days free. Card required, nothing charged today.
AuthoredUp's prices were read from its pricing page on 30 September 2026 (monthly billing, USD). Features were checked on AuthoredUp's own pages on 30 September 2026; where AuthoredUp does not say, we write "not listed". We make Quetzal, so this is a vendor's comparison. If anything is wrong or out of date, write to hello@quetzaltech.es and we will correct it within 48 hours. AuthoredUp is a trademark of its owner; Quetzal is not affiliated with AuthoredUp.
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