Pick AuthoredUp if
you already know what to post and enjoy writing it yourself, and you only need best-in-class formatting, preview, snippets and analytics layered onto the posts you write.
WordPush vs AuthoredUp
AuthoredUp formats your posts. WordPush writes them.
AuthoredUp is a brilliant editor for polishing posts you've already written. But it has no AI and no idea engine, you bring every idea and every word. WordPush does the deciding, the drafting and the carousel design for you. Here's the honest comparison.
Pick WordPush if
the hard part for you is deciding what to post and finding time to write it. WordPush surfaces the ideas, writes from your own material, drafts them in your voice, designs the carousel and publishes, the parts AuthoredUp deliberately leaves to you.
6capabilities only WordPush has
2both tools cover
2only AuthoredUp has
Feature by feature
WordPush vs AuthoredUp, honestly
Where they win, they win. Every row was checked against their public pages.
| Capability | AuthoredUp LinkedIn formatting extension | WordPush ideas + chat + carousels |
|---|---|---|
| AI writes the post for you AuthoredUp has no AI generation by design, you write every post yourself. WordPush drafts it in your trained voice, ready to edit. | No | Yes |
| Tells you what to post (idea engine) AuthoredUp's 300+ hooks library gives you opener templates, but no idea sourcing. WordPush's Idea Hub surfaces topics from your industry every day. | No | Yes |
| Designs & publishes native carousels AuthoredUp previews carousels you've built elsewhere; it doesn't design them. WordPush builds and publishes them natively from the chat. | No | Yes |
| Post formatting & preview editor AuthoredUp's formatting and live preview is more granular than WordPush's, this is its core strength. | Yes | Partial |
| Hooks / snippets library | Yes | Partial |
| Analytics AuthoredUp's post and profile analytics are excellent. WordPush includes analytics as standard too. | Yes | Yes |
| Scheduling | Yes | Yes |
| Publishes via the official LinkedIn API AuthoredUp works inside LinkedIn as a browser extension. WordPush publishes through LinkedIn's official API: native posts to your profile or company page, with nothing installed in your browser. | No | Yes |
| Brand voice personalisation | No | Yes |
| Writes from your own material (Clippings) Save your own notes, docs and the posts you want to learn from, then write from them or in their style. | No | Yes |
WordPush is one plan with everything included: the industry Idea Hub, AI writing, native carousels with the chat and images. One bill, nothing locked.
The honest bit
Where AuthoredUp is the stronger pick
AuthoredUp is genuinely excellent at what it sets out to do. Be honest about whether you need what WordPush adds.
The best formatting & preview
AuthoredUp's in-LinkedIn editor, formatting controls and live post preview are more refined than WordPush's. If polishing the look of posts you write yourself is the job, it's superb.
A focused, formatting-first tool
If you only want an editor and analytics for posts you write yourself, AuthoredUp is a tightly focused tool that does exactly that and no more. WordPush adds ideas, AI writing and carousel design, which is more than you need if formatting is the only gap.
Full manual control
No AI means every word is yours. Some people strongly prefer that. WordPush drafts for you (and you edit), which is the opposite philosophy.
Moving across from AuthoredUp
Connect LinkedIn with one click, answer a short interview so WordPush learns your voice, and your Idea Hub is ready the next morning. Nothing to export and nothing to rebuild. Keep your AuthoredUp account running until you are happy to cancel it.
Pricing
One plan. Everything in it.
Free for 7 days, no card.
Everything included
One plan
$99 per month
One global price in US dollars, the same wherever you are.
- Idea Hub, all feeds, refreshed nightly
- A chat that knows your industry and your voice
- Brand voice built from a short interview
- AI post generation, six angles per idea
- AI carousels, built in the chat
- AI images and shareable quote cards
Free for 7 days, then $99 a month. No card needed.
Questions
WordPush and AuthoredUp, answered
Is WordPush an alternative to AuthoredUp?
They solve different problems. AuthoredUp helps you format, preview and analyse posts you write yourself. WordPush decides what to post, writes the draft in your voice and designs the carousel. If your bottleneck is ideas and writing time, WordPush is the alternative; if it is formatting and preview, AuthoredUp is excellent at exactly that.
Does AuthoredUp have AI like WordPush?
No. AuthoredUp deliberately excludes AI content generation, you write every post by hand, and it focuses on formatting, preview, hooks and analytics. WordPush surfaces ideas and drafts posts in your trained brand voice, which you then edit.
Can AuthoredUp make carousels?
AuthoredUp can preview LinkedIn PDF carousels inline, but it does not design or generate them, you make them in another tool first. WordPush's chat builds native LinkedIn carousels from any Idea Hub topic and publishes them directly.
What does WordPush do that AuthoredUp doesn't?
AuthoredUp deliberately stops at formatting, preview and analytics for posts you write yourself. WordPush does the ideation, the AI writing in your voice and the native carousel design, and Clippings turns your own week into posts. AuthoredUp leaves all of that to you by design.
Should I use both?
Plenty of people could. WordPush handles ideas, drafting and carousels; if you love AuthoredUp's preview and formatting, you can still paste a WordPush draft into it before publishing. They are not mutually exclusive.
Stop being your own LinkedIn department.
Tell it your industry, connect LinkedIn when you are ready, and let it bring you the ideas.
No card needed. Cancel any time.