NovelAI
PaidFiction drafting
A subscription AI service for co-writing stories, with a Lorebook for story facts, plus anime-style image generation and text-to-speech.
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What it does
NovelAI generates story text as you write with it. Its documentation describes an editor, story and model settings, and a Lorebook, where you record characters, places and other facts for the AI to draw on. It also offers AI image generation (its homepage focuses on anime-style art) and text-to-speech voices.
Tiers (as of 2026-10-17, USD)
| Tier | Price NovelAI states | What its documentation lists |
|---|---|---|
| Paper (free trial) | Free | 50 text generations, 30 image generations and 100 text-to-speech generations, if you're logged in with a confirmed email address |
| Tablet | $10 USD monthly | Unlimited text and text-to-speech generations; 1,000 Anlas a month for images |
| Scroll | $15 USD | Tablet features plus a larger context size, so the AI "remembers" more of your story |
| Opus | $25 USD per month | The largest context, "up to 28,672 tokens"; 10,000 Anlas a month; some images without Anlas cost, within usage limits |
Who it suits
- Good fit: fiction writers who want an AI to continue a story in their style, with their own story facts kept in a Lorebook.
- Poorer fit: nonfiction, editing or manuscript critique. NovelAI is built for generating story text and images, not for checking a finished draft; see editing tools.
- Check first if you publish on KDP: KDP's content guidelines say: "We require you to inform us of AI-generated content (text, images, or translations) when you publish a new book or make edits to and republish an existing book through KDP." Text or images NovelAI creates would fall under KDP's "AI-generated" definition.