allen. vs AuthoredUp
AuthoredUp has a good reputation, and deservedly so. It is a careful, well-made tool for writing better LinkedIn posts. It is not an engagement tool.
The short answer.
You publish regularly and want your posts to look and read better, with real analytics on what worked.
Writing your own posts is not the bottleneck. Being consistently visible to buyers is, and you want that handled for you every day.
Built for
allen.
Intelligent commenting + pipeline
AuthoredUp
Post formatting + analytics
Price
allen.
from $39/mo, three plans
AuthoredUp
$19.95/mo
LinkedIn access
allen.
Official LinkedIn API
AuthoredUp
Chrome extension
Background
What AuthoredUp actually does.
AuthoredUp is a Chrome extension for people who write LinkedIn posts. It gives you a real editor with formatting, previews across devices, saved drafts, snippets, and post analytics.
If your posts currently look like a wall of text, it fixes that immediately. The readability and preview features alone justify the price for a regular publisher.
It has no opinion about commenting. Finding posts, writing comments, and following up with the people you engaged are all still manual.
Feature by feature.
The nine things that decide whether daily LinkedIn engagement actually happens.
| Capability | allen. | AuthoredUp |
|---|---|---|
| Finds relevant posts for you daily | ||
| Drafts comments in your trained voice | ||
| Voice improves from your edits and ratings | ||
| Connects through the official LinkedIn API | ||
| Built-in prospect and pipeline tracking | ||
| Runs without your browser open | ||
| You see the day's plan before it posts and can pull any comment | ||
| Sends new leads to your CRM | ||
| Works from your phone | ||
| Monthly cost | from $39 | $19.95/mo |
A dot means partial or add-on support. Pricing, categories, and features reflect each product's public positioning at the time of writing and may change. We do our best to describe competitors fairly, and we encourage you to evaluate every tool yourself before you buy.
Head to head
Where the two really differ.
What it is for
AuthoredUp
Making the posts you write better formatted, more readable, and measurable.
allen.
Making sure your buyers see your name every day, in their comment sections, without you scrolling.
Comments
AuthoredUp
None. AuthoredUp does not draft, suggest, or find comments.
allen.
Up to 10 comments a day on your buyers' posts, written in your voice and posted for you.
Discovery
AuthoredUp
You find everything yourself.
allen.
Allen finds the highest-intent posts from your buyers every day and filters out the noise.
Prospects
AuthoredUp
No CRM layer. Engagement and pipeline stay disconnected.
allen.
Every comment is tied to a prospect record you can look up before a call.
How much happens without you
AuthoredUp
Nothing runs on its own. AuthoredUp improves the post you sat down to write.
allen.
Autopilot comments for you every weekday through the official LinkedIn API, and the replies land on a pipeline board.
Where AuthoredUp genuinely wins
We would rather you buy the right tool than the wrong one.
- Best-in-class post editor and preview
- Genuinely useful analytics on your own content
- Low price and a good reputation among serious LinkedIn writers
Why people move to Allen
The reasons we hear most from people switching.
- Posts looked great and still were not producing conversations
- Wanted the commenting half of the strategy handled
- Needed post discovery, not just a better editor
- Wanted engagement tied to prospect tracking
Allen vs AuthoredUp: common questions.
Set it once.
Let Allen work..
Tell Allen who you want as customers and turn on Autopilot. Every day it finds them, comments in your voice, and hands you a DM for everyone who replies.