Comparison 05 // Voice Verification vs. Visual Formatting.
grai ($69 once, Founder Edition) is a local voice workbench: it profiles 5 to 20 real texts, runs a 6-rule syntactic gate plus a CV >= 0.32 floor, and prints an A4 Voice DNA Dossier with a SHA-256 hash.
| Option | Best For | Starting Price | Key Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
grai (Founder) |
Proving the text itself does not read like a flat model draft, before it is published. | $69 once (AI model/API usage separate if used) | Local HTML5 workbench, 622 KB. 6-rule gate + CV >= 0.32 floor + A4 SHA-256 Dossier. No LinkedIn connection. |
| AuthoredUp | Making a finished post look right on LinkedIn: bold, italics, fold preview, snippets. | $19.95/month (about $239 per year on monthly billing) | Browser extension for visual formatting and analytics. No quantitative voice profile, no cadence math. |
AuthoredUp works on presentation. It changes how the text renders on LinkedIn: bold and italic Unicode, line breaks that survive the feed, a preview of where the fold cuts the post, reusable snippets and post analytics.
grai works on the text before presentation. It measures how you actually write (sentence length distribution, banned constructions, structural habits) and refuses to let a flat rhythm through, because a model draft with perfect formatting is still a model draft.
One does not replace the other. A post can be beautifully formatted and still read like a press release written by a machine, and a post can have a human rhythm and still look like a wall of text.
CV >= 0.32), computed in JavaScript, with flagged spans and targeted repair.A practical sequence: shape the premise in grai (THE SCALPEL for a sharp claim, THE BROADSHEET for an essay, THE LEDGER for a list), draft, run the cadence gate until the score is clean, paste the result into LinkedIn, then use AuthoredUp for bold, italics and the fold preview. The formatter never sees a flat draft, and the gate never has to care about Unicode.
| Criterion | grai (Founder $69 / Agency $149) | AuthoredUp ($19.95/month) |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | $69 once (Founder) or $149 once (Agency) | $19.95 per month recurring (about $239.40 over 12 months) |
| Primary job | Voice extraction and deterministic cadence verification | Visual formatting and layout inside LinkedIn |
| Voice DNA profile | Yes: quantitative profile from 5 to 20 samples, stored locally | No quantitative profile; formatting presets only |
| Cadence verification | 6 regex rules + CV >= 0.32 burstiness floor, with flagged spans |
None. Formatting does not measure sentence rhythm |
| Fold preview | No | Yes, inside the LinkedIn composer |
| LinkedIn account connection | None required | Extension acts inside your logged-in LinkedIn tab |
| What happens if you stop paying | You keep grai.html and your .grai files permanently |
Formatting tools stop working in the composer |
| Setup | Month 1 | 12-Month Total | 24-Month Total | What Is Included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AuthoredUp (monthly billing) | $19.95 | $239.40 | $478.80 | Formatting, fold preview, snippets, analytics |
grai Founder (one-time) |
$69 | $69 | $69 | Local Voice DNA + Cadence Gate + A4 Dossier export, forever |
| Both, used together | $88.95 | $308.40 | $547.80 | Formatted posts that also pass the cadence gate |
grai Agency Edition (one-time, for studios) |
$149 | $149 | $149 | 25 client profiles and client-ready SHA-256 Dossiers |
grai.html): Ships with a Content Security Policy (default-src 'none'; style-src 'unsafe-inline'; font-src data:; img-src data:; script-src 'unsafe-inline'; connect-src 'none'; object-src 'none'; base-uri 'none') that allows inline styles and inline scripts (plus data: fonts and images) while blocking direct API connections (connect-src 'none') from the page. Out of the box, it runs in Copy-Paste mode.localStorage when available. If your browser settings or private-browsing mode block localStorage on local file:// pages, grai falls back to in-memory session storage (memStorage), which lasts until the tab closes. Export a .grai backup file to save your profiles permanently to disk..grai file or PDF Dossier yourself. A browser extension, by contrast, operates inside the page where you are already logged in, so its permissions deserve a read.Choose AuthoredUp ($19.95/month) if: your posts already sound like you and the missing piece is presentation inside LinkedIn.
Choose grai ($69 once) if: the text is the problem. Flat rhythm, generic transitions and structural cliches survive every formatter, and only a measurement gate catches them.
Choose both if: you publish often and want the argument, the rhythm and the layout controlled at the same time. The combined first-year cost is $308.40, which is less than two years of AuthoredUp alone.
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