The Top 19 Content Marketing Tools You'll Need In 2024

Keyword research. Topic research. Content outlining. Editing. Image curation. Distribution. As a content marketer, delivering value to your audience can be time-consuming and daunting.

Content marketing tools help you automate tasks, collaborate with your team and improve productivity and performance. 

But choosing the right content tools can be challenging, especially with so many options available. In this article, we’ll explore 19 essential content marketing tools to help supercharge your content strategy in 2024.

The importance of content marketing in 2024

Content marketing is one of the most effective ways to build brand awareness, generate authority in your space, and drive more qualified leads.

“Content marketing is a unique opportunity to impact brand and performance — while serving as the flywheel for the organization. Content gives everyone something to say,” said Tracey Wallace, director of content strategy at Klaviyo. “It’s both strategy and service, both brand building and lead generating, both top of funnel and bottom.” 

Keeping up with the demands of content is not easy and the stakes are not low. Here are some (sometimes conflicting) statistics to put things into perspective.

• 67% of marketers said content marketing generates leads (which is a 7% increase since last year). 
• Content marketing generates triple the leads as outbound marketing and also costs 62% less.
• 51% of businesses that invest in content marketing publish something daily.
• 44% of B2B buyers consume between 3-5 pieces of content before making a purchase decision
• 83% of marketers say it’s better to focus on content quality over quantity, even if it means posting less often.

What does all this mean? Creating content that engages audiences while keeping your name buzzing is all about balancing quality with quantity.

“Content marketing keeps your company front and center online,” said Ashley Cummings, a freelance writer and marketing specialist. “If you let your content efforts slide, your competitors will win. Online consumers can’t buy from you if they can’t find you.”

19 must-have tools to level up your content marketing efforts

Navigating the tightrope act of quality with quantity of content doesn't have to be a Herculean task however. The right tech stack behind a comprehensive marketing strategy can save content marketers time, enhance collaboration, and optimize content for success. 

Let’s look at the best tools available for content creation, SEO optimization, analytics, visuals, and project management. 

Content creation

Every successful marketing strategy relies on an efficient content creation process. AI-powered marketing tools—like Jasper—can simplify your content workflow and simultaneously enhance the quality of your output. 

1. Jasper

Jasper is a writing assistant powered by natural language processing (NLP) technology. Using over fifty templates, marketing teams can brainstorm and create fresh content for various platforms—including social media content, blog posts, and influencer marketing campaigns. 

Top features:

• Company Intelligence to house insights like brand positioning, product positioning, customer research, competitive analysis
• Campaign Acceleration with asset status markers, feedback summaries via a one-click automation and Instant Magic to create an entire campaign from one asset with a single click
• An analytics suite to monitor content performance via a wide array of metrics, with Jasper able to generate evidence-based recommendations on ways to improve things.
• Creates original SEO-optimized content
• Ensures your content’s tone and voice are appropriate for your target audience
• Jasper Everywhere, one of the best Chrome extensions for digital marketers, allows you to use Jasper anywhere you write
• Includes more than 25 languages
• Produces visuals in seconds with Jasper Art
• Detailed training courses and access to Jasper’s private Facebook community ensure a short learning curve

Cons:

• Content outputs may require editing

Pricing: A 7-day trial is free. We offer a single-seat Creator mode for $39/mo. A Teams plan allows for 3 seats and as many unique brand voices for $99/mo. Lastly, a custom-priced Business plan has unlimited seats, access to our API to unlock far more capabilities with integrations, admin analytics, and no limits to our features.

2. Grammarly

Grammarly is an AI editing tool that checks your content for grammar and punctuation errors. Marketing teams can also use the Goals feature to optimize content for their target audience and content objectives. 

Top features:

• Provides suggestions to enhance vocabulary and sentence structure
• Rates every piece for clarity and engagement
• Plagiarism tool scans content to ensure it's 100% original
• Compatible with various platforms, including Google Docs, email, and social media apps
• Grammarly Business enables creation of a style guide 

Cons:

• Suggestions can change the meaning of text—users should review all recommendations

Pricing: Free basic plan available. Premium plans start at $12 per month. Business plans start at $15 per member per month. 

3. Hemingway App

The Hemingway App grades your content for readability. The tool highlights words, phrases, and sentences that may affect your readability score. 

Top features:

• Reviews your content for sentence complexity, passive voice, and overuse of adverbs
• Easily imports content from Microsoft Word or other writing platforms
• Includes one-click integrations with Medium and WordPress

Cons:

• Free version only works online, and you cannot save your work
• Does not check grammar or punctuation

Pricing: A free plan is available, which identifies issues but doesn't suggest corrections. A premium plan is available to $10/mo and can provide AI suggestions on up to 5,000 sentences. 

4. Feedly

Content marketing requires your team to stay updated on the latest trends. But keeping up with your favorite publications, blogs, Twitter feeds, and newsletters takes time and effort. Feedly’s AI engine, Leo, tracks insights across the web and highlights relevant content.

Top features:

• Find and organize your favorite news sources and publications
• Train Leo to identify insights that matter to your organization
• Easily share articles and insights with your team
• Create a “board” with relevant content

Cons:

• Takes time to set up

Pricing: Free plan for web and mobile. Paid plans start at $6 per month while a Pro+ plan is $12/mo and has up to 2,500 RSS feeds as well. A custom Business plan exists as well.

5. Waldo.fyi

It takes time to research and find reliable sources for your blog posts. Waldo enables you to scan search results, accelerating your research process. 

Top features:

• Skim articles for specific data points or topics without leaving Google Search
• Removes ads for a cleaner search engine experience

Cons:

• Removes some of Google’s features, like “People also ask” or keyword tags

Pricing: Waldo is free.

6. Fireflies.ai

Interviews can supercharge your content with unique insights. Fireflies makes it easy to record, transcribe, and search your interviews. 

Top features:

• Record meetings across any web conferencing platform
• Skim transcripts and add comments or highlight specific sections
• Download or embed transcripts into a webpage
• Track conversations around pain points, pricing, and competitors using custom topic trackers
• Create and share soundbite snippets of your calls

Cons:

• Tool is audio only—currently, there is no way to record video
• Transcriptions may need review or editing
• Limited storage with the free version

Pricing: Free plan available. Paid plans start at $18 per seat per month. 

7. Wordtune

Wordtune is an AI sentence rewriter that helps beat writer’s block. Users type or paste a sentence into Wordtune’s editor, and the tool suggests rewriting options. Wordtune also catches spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors.

Top features:

• Rewrites content sentence by sentence, or offers suggestions for an entire paragraph
• Provides recommendations in casual and business tones of voice
• Recommends “Smart Synonyms” based on the context of the sentence
• Simultaneously translates and rewrites sentences into English
• Compatible with various platforms, including email, Google Docs, and Microsoft Word

Cons:

• App does not work offline
• Suggestions can alter the meaning of text

Pricing: Free plan available. Paid plans start at $24.99 per month.

8. Headline Studio by CoSchedule 

Compelling headlines are crucial to attracting readers. Headline Studio by CoSchedule reviews your headline for length, clarity, and tone. The tool then gives you an overall headline score and an SEO score. 

Top features:

• Reviews word and character count for SEO
• Suggests improvements such as increasing length or adding power words
• Users can compare all versions of a headline and see which receives the highest score

Cons:

• Limited to 20 different versions for each headline
• Free version does not include an SEO score
• Pricing can be confusing

Pricing: Free plan available. Headline Studio Pro starts at $9 per month for 5 headlines.

SEO and analytics

A robust SEO strategy gives your content marketing efforts visibility, driving traffic and boosting conversions. Here are the best content tools to enhance your SEO campaigns.

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9. Semrush

Semrush is an SEO and market research tool that helps content marketing teams increase organic traffic and search engine real estate. Its advanced features provide data about keyword volume and difficulty, competitors’ search engine rankings, and link building. You can also use Semrush’s topic research, content audit, and post-tracking functionality to build a more exhaustive content strategy. 

Top features:

• End-to-end research and analysis with a suite of more than 55 content marketing tools
• Easy-to-use keyword research tools for those with less experience
• Brand positioning and content performance monitoring with real-time reports

Cons:

• Free version features are limited
• Paid plans can be expensive

Pricing: Free plan available. Paid plans start at $119.95 per month. Custom plans are also available.

10. Ahrefs

Ahrefs is a powerful SEO tool that provides in-depth performance reports and analyzes competitors’ keywords and traffic. Content marketing teams use Ahrefs to discover conversion-focused keywords, optimize content, and audit the performance of published pieces. 

Top features:

• Keyword research for over 10 different search engines
• Gap analysis between your brand and competitors
• Content performance analysis, with a detailed estimate of the number of backlinks your content has acquired over a period of time

Cons:

• Expensive pricing

Pricing: Lite, Standard, and Advanced plans start at $99, $199, and $399 per month, respectively. Enterprise pricing starts at $999 per month. 

11. Yoast

Yoast is the number one WordPress SEO plugin. The tool enables you to optimize your content for SEO, improve readability, perform technical SEO tasks, and find relevant internal links for your blog posts. 

Top features:

• Color indicators highlight where you need improvement, including where to place keywords
• Preview and edit meta descriptions, URL slugs, and social media snippets
• Internal linking suggestions to enhance your content’s discoverability

Cons:

• Could be better at understanding intent—it can be misleading if you’ve written your copy with several variations of the same keyword
• May be overwhelming for beginners
• Free version only allows you to add one focus phrase

Pricing: Free plan available. Yoast SEO Premium is $99 per year. 

12. Google Analytics

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Google Analytics tracks your content performance using metrics like session duration, bounce rate, and total number of users. The tool shows which pages receive the most traffic and how many visitors return to your site.

Top features:

• Analyzes conversion rates and marketing campaign effectiveness
• Shares site sessions, page views, average session time, and bounce rate
• Tracks site visits by traffic sources (eg., social media platforms, search engines, and direct visits) and by geography

Cons:

• Does not comply with EU data protection laws
• Only analyzes up to 10 million hits

Pricing: Google Analytics is free.

Visuals

Visual content maximizes engagement and expands the reach of your campaigns. Visual tools, like video, are quickly becoming consumers’ preferred channels. Today, 73% of customers prefer to watch a short video to learn about a product or service. 

The following tools will help you create high-quality visual content.

13. Canva 

Canva is a graphic design tool for creating high-quality images and videos. Its library of over 400,000 templates makes it easy to produce exceptional designs for any content format, from slide decks and logos to flyers and social media posts. 

Top features:

• Extensive library of templates
• Cloud-based storage system allows you to access your designs from any device
• Minimal learning curve
• Pro features like the Content Planner and Brand Kit make collaboration easy 

Cons:

• Templates can be challenging to customize

Pricing: Free plan available. Canva Pro is $119.99 per year.

14. Vidyard

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Vidyard is a video marketing platform for hosting, publishing, and sharing video content through your website, email, or social media platforms. With Vidyard, content marketers create interactive experiences, boost SEO, and accelerate the buyer journey.

Top features:

• Multiple integrations so people can watch your videos across various platforms
• Video hubs to collect all your content in one place
• Reporting features to understand content performance
• Chrome extension for screen and video recording

Cons:

• Steep learning curve
• Users cannot mark videos as private

Pricing: Free version available. Paid plans start at $29 per month. 

Project management

With so many moving pieces in a content strategy, it’s impossible to see quality results without streamlined planning and production. 

Here are a few project management tools to help automate your workflows and improve your collaboration. 

15. HubSpot

HubSpot is a multi-functional customer relationship management tool (CRM). Features like email tracking and social media management enable marketers to put their content marketing efforts on auto-pilot.

Top features:

• One of the most powerful CRMs, with an easy-to-use interface
• All-in-one solution for multiple channels and content formats (e.g., ads, social media, and email)
• Content analytics tools to help you measure success
• Can be integrated into your existing website or used as a content management system

Cons:

• May not be ideal for small businesses
• Additional costs for onboarding services and technical support
• Certain plans do not offer A/B testing

Pricing: Free tools available. Paid plans start at $50 per month.

16. Trello

Trello simplifies collaboration within your team. This project management tool enables you to break down large projects into smaller goals and track your progress. 

Top features: 

• Customizable boards to keep all critical information and files in a single place
• Easily integrates with other tools and automates workflows
• Simple, easy-to-use interface with unique plugins to streamline planning

Cons:

• Free version has limited features
• May not be the best tool for larger-scope projects
• Limited storage options

Pricing: Free plan available. Standard, Premium, and Enterprise plans start at $6 per month, $12.50 per month, and $210 per year, respectively. 

17. Airtable

Airtable is a low-code project management platform that makes it easy to build and customize workflows for your team. 

Top features:

• Pre-made templates make it easy to get started
• Organize data with custom views like grid, kanban, calendar, or gallery
• Easily integrate your workflow with other applications

Cons:

• Does not include expense management or budgeting tools
• Comment features are limited
• Limited reporting

Pricing: Free plan available. Paid plans start at $12 per seat per month.

18. HootSuite

Hootsuite is a social media management platform for scheduling and publishing content across platforms. The tool acts as a shared workspace for your entire team to create, schedule, and track all your posts. 

Top features:

• Connects with over 35 social media platforms
• Track, analyze, and spot social media trends in real time
• Easily monitor and compare all your competitors’ content and social media profiles for better insights

Cons:

• Custom URL shorteners are expensive
• Does not provide Facebook insights
• Expensive analytic reports

Pricing: The Professional plan is $49 per month for one user, and the Team plan is $249 per month for three users, billed annually. Business and custom Enterprise pricing are also available.

19. Loom

Loom is an async video messaging tool. With Loom, you can record quick videos to update your team and cut down meetings. 

Top features:

• Record both your screen and camera
• Easily share videos with your team—viewers don’t need an account
• Interactive features (e.g., emojis and comments) help keep your team connected

Cons:

• Requires internet access to record videos
• Free version has a time limit of five minutes
• Limited editing options

Pricing: Free plan available. Paid plans start at $15 per creator per month. 

Supercharge your 2023 content marketing strategy with Jasper

The best content marketing tools automate processes and free up time, so you can focus on creating valuable content. 

Jasper is the AI marketing platform that helps you brainstorm and deliver both AI writing and AI-generated art that connects with your audience. With over 50 writing templates, Jasper helps you defeat writer’s block and produce content up to 10 times faster.

Sign up today to see how Jasper can help you optimize your content marketing strategy. 

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