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A full-time writer costs $55K+. We cost $40/mo.

Salary, benefits, tools, training, management overhead — hiring in-house is the most expensive way to get content. WordCraft gives you one purpose-trained SEO AI that writes Yoast-ready, keyword-targeted posts in your brand voice and publishes daily on autopilot — for a fraction of the cost.

The real cost of in-house

What you actually pay when you hire a content writer.

workIn-House Writer (annual)

Salary (marketing writer)$55,000
Benefits (30% load)$16,500
SEO tooling (Semrush, Ahrefs)$4,200
CMS, hosting, domain$1,200
Training & conferences$3,500
Management time (20 hrs/mo)$12,000
Total annual$92,400

*Management time valued at $60/hr — 20 hrs/mo for briefs, reviews, feedback

auto_awesomeWordCraft Growth plan (annual)

$480/year

15 SEO-optimized blogs per month — Yoast-ready — SEO-structured automatically — Scheduled daily

You save$91,920

per year vs. hiring in-house

That's enough to hire 1.6 additional full-time employees elsewhere in your business.

The expertise gap

One person can't match an entire content team.

psychology

SEO depth

In-house

One person's knowledge

WordCraft

Purpose-trained SEO AI, trained on what actually ranks

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Industry range

In-house

Limited to one background

WordCraft

Finance, healthcare, SaaS, legal, ecommerce

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Strategy evolution

In-house

Stale after 6 months

WordCraft

Continuous competitor analysis

pace

Output scalability

In-house

5—8 posts / week max

WordCraft

Up to 30 posts / month, no sweat

What you really get

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No salary, no benefits, no overhead. Connect in minutes — install the plugin or paste a connection key — and your purpose-trained SEO AI publishes Yoast-ready, keyword-targeted, brand-voice posts to WordPress, Shopify, or BigCommerce on autopilot. From $19/mo.

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