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AirOps alternatives. Pick the fighter for the job.

AirOps is powerful if someone on your team has the hours to run it. Here are six alternatives: what each one costs, and what it still leaves on your team's plate.

Compare the alternativesBook a content fit call

Quick picks

  • You want content only your brand could write, without another platform to run.Throwing Hands
  • You need to track AI answers across many engines at enterprise scale.Profound
  • A whole marketing team needs on-brand content from one tool.Jasper
  • You want AI visibility tracking and articles at a published price.Writesonic
  • Your writers need on-page optimization and a scoring editor.Surfer
  • You want the lowest published price and an agent that can publish.Frase
  • You have an operator who'll build and maintain workflows.Stay with AirOps

Why teams look past AirOps.

Plenty of teams love it. AirOps holds 4.7 out of 5 on G2 from 130+ reviews, and reviewers praise its customization, the repetitive work it automates and the quality of its output. The friction shows up in four places.

  • It takes building.

    A steep learning curve is the complaint reviewers raise most. Workflows, Grids and agents need setup before they pay off.

    G2 review summary

  • You can't see the price.

    Solo and Pro show no dollar price. AirOps says pricing depends on your task volume and needs.

    AirOps pricing

  • Tasks are the meter.

    Billing runs on tasks, and Solo overage is $0.025 each. One reviewer estimates 500 to 800 tasks per article.

    Analyze AI review

  • Solo sees one engine.

    Solo covers ChatGPT insights only. Tracking 7+ answer engines takes Pro.

    AirOps pricing

Do you want a better platform, or less platform?

What you pay, and what your team still does, with each one. Prices from each vendor's page on Oct 24, 2026.

OptionWhat you're buyingWhat your team runsPublished pricingWatch out for
AirOps (baseline)Content workflow platformWorkflows, Grids and agents your team builds and maintainsNo dollar price shown for Solo or Pro. Third-party reviews estimate about $200/mo and $2,000/mo; AirOps hasn't confirmed. Solo overage is $0.025 per task.Learning curve, task-based billing, ChatGPT-only insights on Solo
Throwing HandsManaged content servicePositioning, review and the final call. We run the agents.Not published. Scoped on a content fit call.Not a self-serve platform. There's no workflow builder for your team to run.
ProfoundAI visibility platform with marketing agentsPrompt tracking, plus agents and workflows your team sets upFree trial: 50 prompts daily for 7 days. Enterprise: custom pricing, up to 9 answer engines.No published paid price. Beyond the trial, it's an enterprise sale.
JasperBrand-governed AI content platformCanvas, agents, brand voices and knowledge assetsPro: $59 per seat/mo billed yearly, or $69 monthly, 1 seat. Business: custom, 12-month minimum.GEO agents, the no-code agent builder and Grid sit on the custom Business plan.
WritesonicAI visibility tracking plus AI articlesPrompt tracking, AI articles, site auditsStarter $79, Basic $199, Growth $399 per month, billed yearly. Enterprise: custom.Monthly article caps: 15, 25 or 50 depending on plan.
SurferContent optimization and AI visibility toolDrafts in Surfer's editor, optimization, prompt tracking$49 to $299 per month across Discovery, Standard, Pro and Peace of Mind. Most plans shown billed yearly.Built to optimize drafts. The argument and the evidence still come from your team.
FraseSEO and GEO content platformResearch, drafting, audits and publishing to your CMSStarter $39/mo yearly ($49 monthly), Professional $103 ($129), Scale $239 ($299). Enterprise: custom.Monthly article caps: 10, 40 or 100 depending on plan.

Six alternatives. Who each one is for.

Five are platforms your team still runs. One takes the writing off their plate. Prices and limits come from each vendor's own pricing page.

If you want the writing off your team's plate

Throwing Hands

Managed content service

Pick it if you want content only your brand could write, without another platform to run.

  • A positioning agent holds every draft to your positioning, so it says what only your brand can say.
  • No workflows to build. Specialist AI agents research, write and attack every piece over several rounds.
  • Built to rank and be cited, then learns from what ranked, got cited and converted.
  • Your team approves everything before it ships.
  • Not a self-serve platform. There's no workflow builder for your team to run.
  • Content only. No technical SEO audits or link building.
  • No public pricing, so you'll need a call to compare cost.

Pricing

Not published. Scoped on a content fit call.

Source: throwinghands.ai

If you want a different platform

Profound

AI visibility platform with marketing agents

Pick it if you need to track AI answers across many engines at enterprise scale.

  • Tracks how your brand and competitors appear across AI platforms, with citations and sentiment.
  • AI Marketer agents for research, writing and recurring workflows.
  • Agent analytics for AI-sourced traffic.
  • No published paid price. Beyond the trial, it's an enterprise sale.
  • Still a platform your team has to operate.

Pricing

Free trial: 50 prompts daily for 7 days. Enterprise: custom pricing, up to 9 answer engines.

Source: tryprofound.com/pricing

Jasper

Brand-governed AI content platform

Pick it if a whole marketing team needs on-brand content from one tool.

  • Brand voices, knowledge and audiences keep output on-brand.
  • Agents for core marketing workflows on every plan.
  • 7-day free trial of Pro.
  • GEO agents, the no-code agent builder and Grid sit on the custom Business plan.
  • Pro includes one seat. More seats mean Business.

Pricing

Pro: $59 per seat/mo billed yearly, or $69 monthly, 1 seat. Business: custom, 12-month minimum.

Source: jasper.ai/pricing

Writesonic

AI visibility tracking plus AI articles

Pick it if you want AI visibility tracking and articles at a published price.

  • Tracks ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews on every plan.
  • AI articles and site audits included.
  • Free trial, no credit card.
  • Monthly article caps: 15, 25 or 50 depending on plan.
  • Agentic workflows are trial runs only below Enterprise. 1 to 3 users on self-serve plans.

Pricing

Starter $79, Basic $199, Growth $399 per month, billed yearly. Enterprise: custom.

Source: writesonic.com/pricing

Surfer

Content optimization and AI visibility tool

Pick it if your writers need on-page optimization and a scoring editor.

  • One-click optimization and internal linking.
  • AI visibility tracking from the Standard plan up.
  • AI writing assistant and humanizer included.
  • Built to optimize drafts. The argument and the evidence still come from your team.
  • Document and prompt limits vary by plan.

Pricing

$49 to $299 per month across Discovery, Standard, Pro and Peace of Mind. Most plans shown billed yearly.

Source: surferseo.com/pricing

Frase

SEO and GEO content platform

Pick it if you want the lowest published price and an agent that can publish.

  • Publishes to WordPress, Webflow, Sanity or Wix.
  • SEO and GEO scores plus AI visibility on ChatGPT and Google AI.
  • Starter stops at its limits, so no surprise bill.
  • Monthly article caps: 10, 40 or 100 depending on plan.
  • 1 to 5 seats before extra seats at $29/mo.

Pricing

Starter $39/mo yearly ($49 monthly), Professional $103 ($129), Scale $239 ($299). Enterprise: custom.

Source: frase.io/pricing

Stay with AirOps if

Its strengths are real: custom workflows, bulk production and direct CMS publishing. Reviewers say it takes a few weeks to click.

Sources: AirOps pricing page, AirOps reviews on G2, G2's AI summary of AirOps reviews

  • Someone on your team will build and maintain workflows.
  • You need bulk production through Grids and direct CMS publishing.
  • You want deep customization and can give it a few weeks to click.

Before you switch corners.

Comparing optimizers? See our Surfer alternatives. Weighing an agency too? Our SaaS content marketing guide compares agencies, freelancers and Throwing Hands.

  • Keep your inputs.

    Your positioning, brand voice and knowledge-base files are yours. Every option here can work from them.

  • Rebuild only what earns its keep.

    List the workflows you actually run each month. Recreate those, not the whole library.

  • Read the billing terms.

    Annual plans lock you in. Jasper's yearly Pro and its Business plan are both 12-month commitments.

  • Run one piece side by side.

    Same topic, same inputs. Judge the argument and the evidence, not just the polish.

How we compared

We read each vendor's own pricing page on Oct 24, 2026 and summarized user feedback from G2 and the reviews named here. We didn't run paid trials. Throwing Hands publishes this page and is one of the options, so check the sources and judge for yourself.

Questions from the corner.

AirOps is a content workflow platform. Teams build workflows, bulk Grids and agents that research, write and publish content, and track brand visibility in AI answers.

Skip the workflow builder.
Make them fight.

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