# Sudowrite vs Novelcrafter (and Feldar), Compared - Feldar

> Sudowrite vs Novelcrafter: Story Bible or Codex, AI included or bring your own key, and what a year costs, checked November 2026. Plus where Feldar fits.

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### Sudowrite vs Novelcrafter vs Feldar

Sudowrite includes the AI and writes more for you. Novelcrafter costs less and runs on your own AI key.

Updated November 6, 2026 · By the Feldar team, with sources

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#### Which one fits you.

##### Choose Sudowrite if you

From $10 a month billed yearly, AI included

- want a guided path from idea to drafted chapters
- want AI in the plan, with nothing to set up
- want a phone app for dictation and chat
- want models trained for fiction
- want AI edits and beta reads, on Professional and Max

##### Choose Novelcrafter if you

From $4 a month, plus your AI provider

- want to pick any model, even one on your computer
- want to read and write the prompts
- write a long series with a shared Codex
- want the lowest subscription, and don't mind a second bill
- co-write, on Specialist, or want revision history

##### Consider Feldar if you

Free to start, then $20 a month

- write most of the prose yourself
- want AI in the plan, with no API key
- want every AI change shown before it stays
- want Checks and Lens to read your draft
- want to start free, with no card

#### At a glance.

From each company's pricing page, features page and help center, and Feldar's current app.

Sudowrite
Novelcrafter
Feldar

Writing

Story memory
Story Bible, from Braindump to Scenes
Codex, with relations and progressions
A Canvas of linked cards

Planning
Outline and Scenes, plus a Canvas board
Grid, Matrix and Outline views
A scene outline on every chapter

Drafting
Write, Expand, and Draft from Scenes
Prose from Scene Beats
Continue from here and Draft Page

Feedback
Feedback, on Professional and Max
Workshop Chat, from Artisan
Lens, Reader reactions and Checks

Share with others
Share links with reader comments
Invites and teams, on Specialist
No sharing

AI

Models
Muse and Ballad, plus 30+ others
Any your provider offers, or a local one
GPT-6 and Claude 5.5, by plan

AI usage in the plan
Credits every month
Paid to your AI provider
Credits every month

Trains on your writing
No, per its pricing FAQ
No, per its privacy policy
No, per our privacy policy

Price and platforms

Free plan
Free trial only
21-day trial only
Starter, with 500 credits

Starts at
$10 a month billed yearly, $19 monthly
$4 a month; with AI, $8 plus usage
$20 a month, or $180 a year

Export
.docx, without the Story Bible
.docx or Markdown
.docx, PDF, Markdown or .txt

Phone apps
iOS and Android companion app
Web app that works on phones
Web and Mac

#### How they differ in use.

Nell Orrin

Twenty. Has kept the scales since her father's stroke in March.

Brother

Kit Orrin

Twenty-two. Sets eel traps on Wash Fen.

##### Story memory

Sudowrite can fill in its Story Bible for you. Novelcrafter's Codex you build. Feldar links cards on a Canvas.

Haiku 5.5

Opus 5.5

Sonnet 5.5

GPT-6 Astra

GPT-6 Sol

GPT-6 Luna

EffortHigh

##### The AI

Sudowrite and Feldar include the models in the plan. Novelcrafter connects to the provider you choose and pay.

Scenes

PAGE 4

- 1 Daniel will not say He won't tell Nell who M.P. is.
- 2 Fires in the low rows They light fires through the night.
- 3 Agnes at the gate Nell walks down at first light.

Draft Page

##### Drafting

Sudowrite drafts from Scenes, Novelcrafter from Scene Beats. Feldar drafts a page from its scene outline.

#### What a year costs.

Twelve months billed monthly, so all three compare the same way. Novelcrafter shows two months off for yearly billing, but no yearly totals.

- Sudowrite Hobby & Student $228
- Sudowrite Professional $348
- Novelcrafter Hobbyist $96 plus AI
- Novelcrafter Artisan $168 plus AI
- Feldar Starter $0
- Feldar Core $240
- Feldar Pro $480

Billed yearly, Sudowrite is $120 or $264 and Feldar $180 or $400. Novelcrafter's help center prices one 400-word passage at about $0.02 on Claude 3.5 Sonnet and $0.10 on Claude Opus, at November 2024 rates. Credits in Sudowrite and Feldar are each company's own unit.

#### Choosing between them.

All three let you try before you pay, so test them with a real chapter.

- Step 1 Decide whether you want the AI to write, or to help you write.
- Step 2 In Novelcrafter, connect OpenRouter or OpenAI before you start.
- Step 3 Write the same chapter in each, on their trials and Feldar's free plan.
- Step 4 Add up what a heavy month would cost, AI included.
- Step 5 Move the manuscript as a .docx; rebuild the story memory by hand.

#### Questions

Is Sudowrite or Novelcrafter better for writing a novel?

It depends on how you want to work. Sudowrite is better if you want the AI to generate drafts with little setup. Novelcrafter is better if you want to organize a complex book or series and control the AI yourself. Both have a free trial with no card, so the fairest test is the same chapter in each.

Is Novelcrafter cheaper than Sudowrite?

The subscription is: $4 to $20 a month against Sudowrite's $10 to $59. But Novelcrafter's plans include no AI usage, so you also pay your AI provider. For light use with inexpensive models that bill is small; for heavy drafting with top models it can pass Sudowrite's price.

Can I use my ChatGPT or Claude subscription in Novelcrafter?

No. Novelcrafter's help center says flat-rate subscriptions such as ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro can't be used. You connect an API key, through OpenRouter or OpenAI, or run a local model.

Do any of these apps train AI on my book?

Sudowrite, Novelcrafter and Feldar all say they do not. With Novelcrafter your text also goes to the AI provider you connect, under that provider's terms.

Can I move my book from one to another?

The manuscript, yes: all three export .docx, and Feldar imports it. The story memory does not travel. A Story Bible, a Codex or a Canvas has to be rebuilt in the new app.

##### Sources

All checked November 6, 2026.

- [Sudowrite pricing and FAQ](https://sudowrite.com/pricing)
- [Sudowrite: What plans are available?](https://docs.sudowrite.com/plans--account/wBnmhtSyMcWtk2BLzifGkz/what-plans-are-available/mwfVvj2rGcKYs1BQy4Pdcb)
- [Sudowrite: What is Story Bible](https://docs.sudowrite.com/using-sudowrite/1ow1qkGqof9rtcyGnrWUBS/what-is-story-bible/jmWepHcQdJetNrE991fjJC)
- [Sudowrite: Feedback](https://docs.sudowrite.com/using-sudowrite/1ow1qkGqof9rtcyGnrWUBS/feedback/7Ew1KgpEwabQSgvijq8QNr)
- [Sudowrite: Collaboration Options](https://docs.sudowrite.com/using-sudowrite/1ow1qkGqof9rtcyGnrWUBS/collaboration-options/4dqKfy8aTHoaefw151arNW)
- [Sudowrite: Exporting Files](https://docs.sudowrite.com/using-sudowrite/1ow1qkGqof9rtcyGnrWUBS/exporting-files/3NtVWXcnwYaRCmPW2iwcCB)
- [Sudowrite: Is there a mobile app?](https://docs.sudowrite.com/resources/ktuxRrzphwp3uTNneRtaos/is-there-a-mobile-app/sFZPG2o8QqXR7bqrb9Swae)
- [Novelcrafter pricing and FAQ](https://www.novelcrafter.com/pricing)
- [Novelcrafter features](https://www.novelcrafter.com/features)
- [Novelcrafter: How much does the AI cost?](https://www.novelcrafter.com/help/faq/ai-and-prompting/ai-cost)
- [Novelcrafter: ChatGPT Plus and Claude Pro](https://www.novelcrafter.com/help/faq/ai-connections/i-have-a-subscription-of-ai-provider)
- [Novelcrafter: Export your novel](https://www.novelcrafter.com/help/docs/export/novel)
- [Novelcrafter privacy policy](https://www.novelcrafter.com/privacy-policy)
- [Tom's Guide: Sudowrite and Novelcrafter tested](https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/writing-a-novel-in-2026-heres-why-chatgpt-alone-wont-get-you-to-the-finish-line)
- [Feldar pricing](https://feldar.com/pricing) and [privacy policy](https://feldar.com/privacy)

#### Keep reading

[Compare Feldar vs Sudowrite Pricing billed monthly and yearly, and when Sudowrite is the better pick.](https://feldar.com/compare/sudowrite)
[Compare Feldar vs Novelcrafter The Codex against the Canvas, and what your own AI key costs.](https://feldar.com/compare/novelcrafter)
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