A Graphite alternative for devtool and tech companies

Literally.dev vs Graphite

Q: How much does Graphite cost?

Graphite does not publish pricing, packages, or a minimum term as of August 2026. Literally.dev publishes its price: $4,990 a month with a 3-month minimum.

Q: Does Graphite measure AI visibility?

Yes. Its AEO page says it tracks which engines cite you, on which questions, against which competitors, and adds manual tracking for logged-in results. Literally.dev measures on its own pipeline with a baseline, a live dashboard, and a day-85 re-measure.

Q: Who writes the content at Graphite?

Graphite's site foregrounds its research team and does not say who writes client content. Literally.dev matches each piece to a hand-vetted engineer from the top 2.7% of our experts.

Q: Is Graphite right for a devtool startup?

Graphite's case studies are large brands like Webflow, BetterUp, and MasterClass. Literally.dev is built for funded devtool and tech companies with a budget around $5K a month.

Q: Should we build an in-house AEO team or hire an agency?

An in-house hire gives you one generalist. An agency gives you a team, the tooling, and the publication network on day one. The people best qualified to write technical content are engineers, and most of them would rather build product. We bring the engineers, measure where AI ranks you, and place the content where AI assistants read. You keep your team on the product.

Q: Self-serve AEO tools or a full-service agency?

A self-serve tool shows you where you stand. It does not write the content, get it published, or get it cited. We run our own measurement pipeline and pair it with engineer-written content and distribution, then re-measure at day 85 so you see what moved. If you already have writers and distribution, a tool may be enough. If you need the work done, you need the agency.

Pick Graphite if you are a large brand that wants research-led selection of tactics. Pick Literally.dev if you need the content written by engineers and a published price.

Literally.dev

Literally.dev is AEO-first for devtool and tech companies: engineers write the content, our own pipeline measures AI visibility, and the price is $4,990 a month.

Graphite

Graphite is a research-driven growth agency with a PhD-staffed AI research team, an AEO service that tracks which assistants cite you, and case studies from Webflow, BetterUp, and MasterClass. It publishes no pricing.

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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.

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Graphite

Not published

There is no pricing page as of August 2026; the call to action is a multi-step signup form.

Verified against Graphite'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	Graphite
Team
Who writes the content	Hand-vetted engineers, the top 2.7% of experts	—
Where the team is based	Oslo, Norway; core team in Europe	—
Built for	DevTool and tech companies	Large consumer and B2B brands
Content
Content volume	10 articles a month in the Sprint	—
Technical documentation	Yes	—
AEO and measurement
Named AEO service	Yes	Yes
AEO baseline audit before work starts	Yes	—
AI visibility measurement	Owned pipeline (xEO), live dashboard	Tracks AI citations per engine, with manual tracking layered on
Results re-measured and reported	Yes	—
Distribution
Publishing and distribution handled	Yes	—
Guaranteed monthly publication and newsletter features	Yes	—
Commercial
Pricing published	$4,990 a month	No
Minimum term	3 months	—
Performance guarantee	We keep working free until the numbers move	—
Time to start	5 days or less	—

Verified against Graphite's published pages on 2026-08-28. Prices change. Check their site before you decide.

Who should pick which?

Pick Graphite if

You are a large brand and want a research team choosing tactics for you.
You already have writers and need AEO strategy and tracking.
You are comfortable without published pricing or terms.

Pick Literally.dev if

You need the content written, by engineers, and distributed.
You want a published price and a fixed 90-day sprint with a guarantee.
You are a funded devtool, not a consumer brand, and want a team built for that.

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

Product of the Day on Product Hunt for a QA.tech launch we backed with content.

* QA.tech launch, Product Hunt

Chris — Head of Marketing, QA.tech

Antonija — Content Lead, Aviator

Armend — Founder, GlassFlow

“I worked with 5-8 content/marketing agencies and you guys are the best experience I ever had.”

Chris — Head of Marketing, QA.tech

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