How you write
vs. why it works.
Two different tools.
AuthoredUp makes you a better LinkedIn writer — better hooks, better formatting, better structure, right inside LinkedIn's composer. LinkedIQ analyzes the writing you've already done to tell you which posts are building your professional authority and why. They solve different problems. Here's which one is yours.
A content intelligence platform. Upload your LinkedIn export, and six analytical engines identify your content DNA, which posts earn saves vs. likes, which topics build your authority signal, and where your positioning is fragmenting. Works as a standalone web app — no Chrome, no account connection.
A Chrome extension writing tool. Lives inside LinkedIn's native composer and gives you real-time access to 100+ hook templates, formatting tools, post draft history, and basic post analytics. Focused entirely on improving the writing experience at the point of creation.
| Feature | LinkedIQINTELLIGENCE | AuthoredUp |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | Analyze why posts build authority | Help you write better posts |
| Works without Chrome | ✓ Web app | ✗ Chrome only |
| LinkedIn connection required | ✓ None — export only | ~ Chrome extension |
| Authority signal analysis | ✓ 6 analytical engines | ✗ |
| Save-to-like ratio tracking | ✓ | ✓ Via export |
| Content DNA profiling | ✓ | ✗ |
| Strategic recommendations | ✓ Weekly brief | ✗ |
| Hook / template library | ✗ | ✓ 100+ hooks |
| In-flow formatting tools | ✗ | ✓ Inside LinkedIn composer |
| Post draft history | ✗ | ✓ |
| Post scheduling | ✗ | ✗ |
| AI post generation | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free tier | ✓ Permanent, no card | ~ Limited |
| Starting price | $0 / $29/mo Pro | ~$14/mo |
Two tools, two stages of the same problem
The easiest way to understand LinkedIQ vs. AuthoredUp is to think about where in your workflow each one applies.
AuthoredUp works before you publish. You open LinkedIn, start drafting a post, and AuthoredUp is there inside the composer — a hooks library when you're stuck on the opener, formatting tools when you need to add structure, a draft history when you want to see what you wrote last week. It's a writing environment enhancer. Its job is done when you hit Publish.
LinkedIQ works after you've published. You upload your LinkedIn data export — a record of everything you've written over months or years — and it runs six analytical engines over that body of work. The output is a strategic brief: which posts are building your authority, which topics concentrate your signal vs. fragment it, what your content DNA says about your positioning. Its job starts where AuthoredUp's ends.
The question isn't which is better. It's which stage of the problem you're at.
When AuthoredUp is the right choice
- You want to write better LinkedIn posts at the point of creation
- A hooks library and in-flow formatting tools are the specific gaps you want to fill
- You work in Chrome and prefer tools that integrate into LinkedIn's native interface
- You want a post draft history and version management system
- You're improving the quality of individual posts, not analyzing patterns across a body of work
When LinkedIQ is the right choice
- You've been publishing on LinkedIn for months and want to understand what's working — and why
- You care about authority signals: save-to-like ratio, topic concentration, resonance with senior audiences
- You want strategic recommendations from your data, not just dashboards
- You need a tool that works without Chrome and without a LinkedIn account connection
- You're a founder, senior engineer, or consultant building career capital rather than audience size
Many professionals use AuthoredUp and LinkedIQ as a pair. AuthoredUp improves each post at the point of writing — hooks, formatting, structure. LinkedIQ analyzes the resulting body of work quarterly to surface authority patterns and strategic recommendations. There's no overlap in what they do, and together they cover both sides of the LinkedIn content quality problem.
- Authority analysis — why your body of work builds credibility
- Save-to-like ratio and resonance pattern analysis
- Content DNA profiling from your writing history
- No Chrome, no LinkedIn connection required
- Strategic recommendations, not just data
- Free tier with no credit card
- Better hooks and openers at the point of writing
- In-flow formatting tools inside LinkedIn's composer
- Post draft history and version management
- A library of proven LinkedIn content frameworks
- Chrome-based workflow integration
Find out why your posts perform the way they do.
Free analysis. No LinkedIn connection. No Chrome extension. Upload your export and get your authority intelligence brief in 90 seconds.