Freelance writers who handle multiple projects can use online writing tools to improve efficiency, accuracy, and output.
Completing assignments faster frees time to pursue new writing projects or focus on other parts of the freelancing business.
Below are 14 tools for writing that can support you throughout the entire writing process.
These tools accelerate the writing process and simplify drafting and collaboration.
SEO Writing Assistant
Semrush’s SEO Writing Assistant helps you create high-quality SEO content that covers topics in depth and has strong organic ranking potential.
Draft your projects in the content editor and follow the SEO suggestions in the sidebar.
Some features include:
- A content scoring system that grades you on a scale out of 10
- Suggested keywords and subtopics to guide your coverage
- Smart Writer features (Rephraser, Compose, and Ask AI) that speed up drafting
- An originality checker to avoid plagiarism
Pricing: You can create two articles with a free Semrush account. Paid plans start at $139.95 per month.
Google Docs
Google Docs is a document editor that lets you draft, edit, and share content on any device.
It also supports offline work when needed. And its suggesting and commenting features simplify tracking changes over time.
Google Docs allows you to:
- See version history and restore previous versions
- Create building blocks to easily reuse portions of text (e.g., author bios, summaries, etc.)
- Create documents or templates from prompts using Gemini
- Import PDF, DOC, or DOCX files and edit them in the Google Docs format
Pricing: Google account users can create documents for free. Gemini features require a Google Workspace plan, which starts at $9.99 per month.
Typefully
Typefully is a writing tool for social media content on X, LinkedIn, BlueSky, and Threads.
It also lets you schedule posts from a single dashboard. As you draft in Typefully, you can preview your posts on each platform.
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Other features include:
- AI prompts that generate new ideas for posts
- Draft commenting for easy feedback from clients or collaborators
- Automated direct messaging to users who engage with your social media content
- Analytics that track user engagement and content performance
Pricing: Typefully offers a free plan. A basic plan is $12.50 per month.
Power Thesaurus
Power Thesaurus helps you find synonyms, antonyms, definitions, and alternative phrases to improve writing and reduce repetition.
And its hashtag feature provides ideas for social media post tags.
Features for freelance writers include:
- A Google Docs App and Chrome Extensions for in-document thesaurus use
- English Idioms for when you need figurative language
- Dynamic synonym and antonym generation for quick lists in your drafts
- Sentence examples that illustrate correct usage and grammar
Pricing: The free version includes ads. The Pro plan is ad-free and costs $3.95 per month.
The below writers’ tools speed up the editing and proofreading process.
Grammarly
Grammarly checks spelling, punctuation, and more—and helps you maintain accurate grammar and a consistent tone of voice.
You can use the browser extension or desktop app to edit documents, emails, or social media posts.
Key features include:
- Recommendations to improve readability
- Quick acceptance of suggestions to correct errors in a few clicks
- Delivery suggestions that help you use more inclusive language
- Fluency suggestions for common language mix-ups (useful for non-native English speakers)
Pricing: The free version has limited features. The Pro version costs $12 per month.
Hemingway Editor
Hemingway Editor checks your content for correctness and conciseness.
It uses color coding to highlight errors for easy identification. And the plus version offers AI assistance to fix mistakes or align your writing with a preferred tone.
Hemingway Editor also includes:
- Advanced grammar features to detect mistakes
- AI assistance for applying a style that’s more confident, formal, etc.
- Detailed document reviews and feedback
- A rewriter tool for creating more human-like phrasing
Pricing: Hemingway Editor offers a free tutorial. The desktop app can be purchased for a one-time fee of $19.99.
Cliché Finder
Cliché Finder helps remove clichés, which aren’t ideal for professional or creative documents.
Copy and paste up to 10,000 characters, then check for clichés with one click.
Cliche Finder also checks spelling and word choice.
Pricing: This tool is free.
Copyscape
Copyscape is a plagiarism checker that lets you copy and paste your newly created article into the tool to ensure you aren’t unintentionally plagiarizing.
This is important for SEO (because duplicate content can cause problems) and your freelance reputation.
And you can look up your live URLs to check that no other sites have copied your content.
Copyscape also lets you:
- Check if a piece of content is likely AI-generated
- Stay on top of content theft with automated email alerts
- Check up to 10,000 pages of text for originality
Pricing: A basic plan is $10 per month and includes 10 webpage lookups.
Here are some online writing tools that can help you speed up the research process:
Topic Research
Semrush’s Topic Research tool allows you to generate many ideas for your own freelance articles based on a single topic.
Enter a topic, and the tool shows a list of ideas in cards. And each card contains headlines from other sites, plus related user questions.
With Topic Research, you can:
- Enter a competitor’s domain to see whether they’ve covered the topics the tool shows
- Click through to ranking content in your browser
- Access each idea’s SEO metrics—like search volume and keyword difficulty
- Generate AI content or an SEO Content Template when you finish researching
Pricing: Topic Research is part of the Semrush platform. There’s a free version, and paid plans start at $139.95 per month.
Evernote Web Clipper
Evernote’s Web Clipper lets you save webpages to reference later when drafting.
You can save full articles, simplified versions, or selected parts of a page.
Other features include:
- Annotating saved articles and webpages
- Organizing web clips by project for easy searching
- Saving webpages in ad-free views to reduce distractions
Pricing: A basic plan is $14.99 per month.
Liner
Liner speeds up research by letting you ask questions and then summarizing information from top-ranking search results for your topic.
The tool cites those pages in the sidebar, so you can check credibility or reference them for external linking purposes.
Other features include:
- Related follow-up questions for in-depth research
- Folders to organize research for quick access
- A citation generator for APA, MLA, Chicago, and BibTeX
Pricing: Liner offers a free version with limited features. The basic plan is $25.99 per month.
You can use the below tools to boost your overall productivity.
OmmWriter
OmmWriter is a platform that combines natural backgrounds and soothing audio to minimize distractions and help you write more efficiently.
You can customize the experience with different colors and sounds based on your preferences.
Although OmmWriter is a unique writing space, it still provides formatting features that let you export your work to standard document formats.
Pricing: Minimum pricing is $9.93 per month.
Freedom
Freedom boosts your productivity by blocking websites or apps that might distract you from freelance projects.
You can block the entire internet, certain websites, or specific apps you find distracting.
Key features include:
- A synchronization option to block distractions on all your devices
- Scheduled sessions that automatically start Freedom at chosen times
- Lock Mode to prevent you from ending work sessions early
Pricing: There’s a free version. The basic plan costs $8.99 per month or a one-time fee of $99.50.
Toggl
Toggl helps you track the time you spend on freelance projects, which can measure efficiency or simplify billing.
If you charge clients by the hour, Toggl allows you to generate invoices from your tracked hours.
With Toggl, you can:
- Create a calendar timeline of your work activities
- Record idle time when you step away from your computer
- Get a visual overview of your activity to identify your most productive hours
Pricing: Toggle’s free version allows unlimited time tracking. The basic plan with upgraded features is $9 per month.
Beat Writer’s Block and Write Effortlessly
Using online writing tools can increase your productivity with repetitive writing tasks, so you can focus on high-creativity ones.
Most of the options we covered have free versions, so you can test them and see which ones suit you best.
And if you prefer a platform that offers multiple writing tools in one place, start a free Semrush trial.
