19.95 USDAuthoredUp per month for one person, 14.95 per user on teams.
0Everpost's free tier. No card, no account, no server to create one on.
18 May2026. Shield, the extension that only ever read your own numbers, was pulled from the Chrome Web Store.
Side by side
| AuthoredUp | Everpost | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs as | Browser extension, inside LinkedIn's own tab | Desktop app, macOS and Windows |
| Entry price | 19.95 USD a month | Free, Pro 12 a month or 99 a year |
| Where the history sits | AuthoredUp's servers | One SQLite file on your disk |
| If the vendor stops or the store pulls it | The record goes with it | The file is already on your machine |
| Bold, italic and bullets in a post | Yes, a formatting toolbar | Yes, in the composer toolbar |
| Reusable snippets | Yes, a snippet library | Templates with placeholders instead |
| Preview marking the see more cut | Yes | Yes, and it counts the 210 characters live |
| Post level analytics | Yes, among the most detailed there is | Yes, plus format and length scored against your own posts |
| Scheduling queue and calendar | Limited | Yes, list and calendar views |
| Pipeline CRM | No | Yes, from your own connection export |
| Network graph clustered by company | No | Yes |
| Carousels exported as PDF | No | Yes, three styles |
| Works with no AI at all | Yes | Yes, every screen |
What each one is actually for
AuthoredUp is the better writing layer
Zero context switchIt is already open when LinkedIn is. Nothing to launch.
Snippets inside the composerSaved hooks, sign offs and calls to action, inserted in place.
Per post breakdownsAmong the most detailed available to an individual creator.
Everpost is a command centre
The queue, the pipeline and the graphThree jobs AuthoredUp does not take on.
No extension in the chainLinkedIn opens in an ordinary window on your session.
The history is a file you ownA lapsed licence does not lock you out of your own rows.
Why the extension is the interesting part
An extension two companies who are not your vendor can end it
LinkedIn's pageYour signed in session
Extension injected into itInteracts with the page in ways a mouse does not
Vendor serversHolds your posts and your analytics
A desktop app the same reading, one fewer party
LinkedIn's pageYour signed in session, in a real browser window
The app reads what is on screenNothing injected, no requests replayed
SQLite file, your diskOpens with or without the app
This is not a prediction about AuthoredUp, which is well built and well run. It is the same structural point Shield proved in May: the penalty for the mechanism lands on the account, and the account is not portable.
The writing side, in full
Bold, italic and bullets sit above the editor. The panel on the corner is what AuthoredUp's preview does not put a number on: 47 characters in the opening line, 210 of 210 before the fold, and a duplicate check against everything you have already published.
Templates with placeholders, the nearest thing here to a snippet library.
Carousels in three styles, exported as the PDF a document post needs. AuthoredUp does not build these.
A queue with list and calendar views. AuthoredUp's scheduling is limited by comparison.
So which one
| Stay with AuthoredUp if | Move to Everpost if |
|---|---|
| Writing is the whole job and you never leave LinkedIn's tab | You want the queue, the pipeline and the graph in one place |
| The snippet library is what you open it for | You want a history no vendor exit can take with it |
| You want per post depth above everything else | You would rather not run an extension on the account |
| 19.95 USD a month is not the deciding factor | The free tier or 99 a year is |
They coexist. Nothing stops you formatting inside LinkedIn and keeping the local record separately, and the free tier makes that hedge cost nothing.
The command centre version
Free tier, no card, no account. macOS and Windows, currently in private beta.
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