A Draft.dev alternative for devtool companies
Literally.dev vs Draft.dev
Pick Draft.dev for scale and brand. Pick Literally.dev if you want AI visibility measured and a small team that stays close to your account.
Literally.dev
Literally.dev is the smaller, AEO-first option: hand-vetted engineers write your content, we measure where AI assistants rank you before and after, and we handle distribution, for $4,990 a month with the same 3-month minimum.
Draft.dev
Draft.dev is the biggest name in developer content: 300+ engineer-writers, 100+ clients, and plans from $9K a month with a 3-month minimum.
A word from the founder
Andrei Gaspar, Founder of Literally.dev
What each costs
Both prices below come from public pages. Where a vendor does not publish a price, we say so instead of guessing.
Literally.dev
$4,990 / month
3-month minimum engagement
Published. The price is for The 90-Day AI Recommendation Sprint: 10 engineer-written articles a month, distribution, a guaranteed publication and newsletter feature, and a live AEO dashboard.
Let's ChatDraft.dev
From $9K a month
3-month minimum commitment
Stated on the homepage and case studies page. There is no pricing page (it returns a 404 as of August 2026), so tiers come from a discovery call.
Verified against Draft.dev's published pages on 2026-08-28. Prices change. Check their site before you decide.
Side by side
Facts from each vendor’s own site. A line means the vendor does not say, not that the answer is no.
| Capability | Literally.dev | Draft.dev |
|---|---|---|
| Team | ||
| Who writes the content | Hand-vetted engineers, the top 2.7% of experts | 300+ freelance engineer-writers; AI-drafted, developer-reviewed |
| Where the team is based |   Oslo, Norway; core team in Europe | — |
| Built for | DevTool and tech companies | Developer tools and platforms |
| Content | ||
| Content volume | 10 articles a month in the Sprint | Weekly publishing cadence |
| Technical documentation | Yes | — |
| AEO and measurement | ||
| Named AEO service | Yes | AEO and GEO as part of content strategy |
| AEO baseline audit before work starts | Yes | — |
| AI visibility measurement | Owned pipeline (xEO), live dashboard | — |
| Results re-measured and reported | Yes | Monthly analytics and performance reporting |
| Distribution | ||
| Publishing and distribution handled | Yes | Yes |
| Guaranteed monthly publication and newsletter features | Yes | — |
| Commercial | ||
| Pricing published | $4,990 a month | From $9K a month (no pricing page) |
| Minimum term | 3 months | 3 months |
| Performance guarantee | We keep working free until the numbers move | — |
| Time to start | 5 days or less | First pieces within 3 weeks of kickoff |
Verified against Draft.dev's published pages on 2026-08-28. Prices change. Check their site before you decide.
Who should pick which?
Pick Draft.dev if
You want the category's best-known name and a 100+ client track record.
You publish weekly and want a large writer pool behind it.
Your budget starts at $9K a month and you value scale over a small team.
Pick Literally.dev if
You want to know where ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity rank you before work starts, and again at day 85.
You want AI visibility measured with an owned pipeline, not a claim.
You want a guaranteed monthly feature in a top tech publication and a major newsletter.
You want the price published up front: $4,990 a month, 3-month minimum.
You want a European team that stays close to your account.
What our clients measured
Higher Conversion
5×
AppSignal readers converted at five times the rate of their old content. Measured in 90 days.
* AppSignal engagement, 2026
Seen by AI
4.4×
QA.tech mentions in AI search grew 4.4× after we took over their content.
* QA.tech engagement, 2026
Launches That Land
#2
Product of the Day on Product Hunt for a QA.tech launch we backed with content.
* QA.tech launch, Product Hunt
“I worked with 5-8 content/marketing agencies and you guys are the best experience I ever had.”
The 90-Day AI Recommendation Sprint
In 90 days, when your buyers ask AI what to use, your name comes up. Our analytics prove it.
Baseline audit: where AI ranks you today, on 25–50 real buyer queries
Live AEO dashboard — watch your rankings move
10 articles a month from the top 2.7% of experts — hand-vetted engineers, posted where AI reads
Guaranteed feature every month in a top tech publication with 4M+ readers
Guaranteed feature every month in a major tech newsletter
A 90-minute marketing workshop to nail your strategy and titles
A content strategy session every two weeks
Day 85: we re-run your baseline and show you exactly what moved
BONUS: you join our client network — amazing tech companies that promote each other with guest posts, backlinks, and mentions
$4,990 / month
3-month minimum engagement
Guarantee
Numbers don't move by day 90? We keep working for free until they do.
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