What 2 teams replaced AuthoredUp with
2 teams replaced AuthoredUp. Most moved to Own analytics dashboard (1) or Own internal tool (1). The typical team cut 98% of its bill. Each team's old bill, running cost and net saving.
AuthoredUp is a small bill, about $20 a month in both stories here, and both teams folded what it did for them into software they had built for something bigger.
Constantin Botnari of ScaleWithCFO moved his LinkedIn post history and weekly per-post stats into the CRM he built himself with Claude Code, which also sends email and qualifies leads. He doesn't give a separate running cost for the AuthoredUp part, so the full bill counts as saved.
gryd.io's team used AuthoredUp for drafting LinkedIn posts. It was one of thirteen tools Josh Golosinskiy says the team rebuilt in-house by vibe coding, alongside larger bills such as Livestorm and Wistia. The team puts the running cost of all the rebuilt tools at about $50 a month. Split by old bill, AuthoredUp's share is well under a dollar, so its saving rounds to the full $20.
That makes about $40 a month saved across the two. In both cases AuthoredUp went because its job fit inside a tool the team already owned, not because a cheaper rival was found.
Written from these stories, updated Nov 2026. Numbers as each team reported them. How this ledger works
- Website
- authoredup.com
What they replaced AuthoredUp with
Own analytics dashboard1 team · $20/mo saved
| Team and what they built | Since | Old bill | Running cost | Net saved | Bill cut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ScaleWithCFOLinkedIn analytics inside own Claude Code CRM Constantin Botnari folded LinkedIn post history and weekly per-post stats into the CRM he built himself, so he no longer pays for AuthoredUp. The CRM also sends email through Apollo and qualifies leads overnight with Claude models. | Oct 2026 | $20/mo | not disclosed | $20/mo | — |
Own internal tool1 team · $20/mo saved · cut 98% of the bill
| Team and what they built | Since | Old bill | Running cost | Net saved | Bill cut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gryd.ioVibe-coded in-house LinkedIn post drafting tool Josh Golosinskiy's team at gryd.io replaced AuthoredUp (LinkedIn post drafting) with a tool vibe-coded in-house, in one move that also dropped Apollo, Wistia, Tweek, Databox, PandaDoc, Livestorm, Typeform, MagicPost, Instantly, Zapier, Kondo and Dub, which have their own stories. They did it mainly to get features added on request, the running cost of the rebuilt tools is shared across all thirteen stories, and HubSpot and Stripe have not been replaced. | Oct 2026 | $20/mo | $0/mo | $20/mo | 98% |