Byword vs Thrum: Which Should You Choose in 2026?
Both prices below were read from each vendor's own pricing page on the date shown.
Pricing side by side
| Plan | Byword | Thrum |
|---|---|---|
| tier 1 | $99/mo — 25 articles a month | $79/mo — Up to 500 published pages, 1 project domain, CSV data import, schema markup |
| tier 2 | $299/mo — 80 articles a month | $199/mo — Up to 5,000 published pages, 5 projects, automated daily sync, custom webhook |
| tier 3 | $999/mo — 300 articles a month | $499/mo — Unlimited pages, headless CMS integration, priority indexing queue |
read from both vendors' pricing pages · 20 Aug 2026 · how we verify
Choose Byword if
- Programmatic SEO projects with hundreds of pages
Choose Thrum if
- Growth engineers building city-by-city directory directories or integration pages
- Affiliate and review site operators targeting high-volume long-tail search terms
Where each one disappoints
Byword
- Anyone whose brand depends on distinctive writing
Thrum
- Single-page corporate portfolio sites with no long-tail search ambitions
Compiled by Stepan Noianov from both vendors' own sites. Something wrong? Report an inaccuracy.