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Byword Alternative: Visuals & Strategy Included

Byword is great for programmatic text. Decipher is for programmatic media. Generate text, custom images, and charts in one workflow for $99.99/mo.

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Replaces Byword

Everything Byword does — plus everything it doesn't.

Byword is great for programmatic text.

Visual

Strategic

AI Image & Visual Creation

Automated Keyword Research

Competitor Analysis

Unlimited Topical Maps

The Problem

Why teams outgrow Byword

Byword is a powerful tool for 'Programmatic SEO' text generation, allowing users to pump out thousands of articles. However, these articles often suffer from 'Wall of Text' syndrome.

Byword does not generate complex data visualizations, custom infographics, or brand-specific imagery to break up the reading experience. This leads to high bounce rates.

Additionally, Byword is disconnected from strategy; it generates what you tell it to, but it doesn't help you plan *what* to generate based on 'Competitor Analysis' or site architecture.

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The Solution

A content production engine — not just a database.

Decipher CMS matches the programmatic scale of Byword but adds the 'Visual' and 'Strategic' layers. Our 'AI Image & Visual Creation' ensures that every programmatic page has unique, relevant imagery.

We include 'Automated Keyword Research' and 'Competitor Analysis' to guide your generation strategy, ensuring you are targeting low-difficulty, high-intent terms. Decipher’s 'Unlimited Topical Maps' allow you to visualize the cluster before you build it, preventing keyword cannibalization.

Add visuals and strategy to your programmatic scale. Choose Decipher.
Infrastructure

Enterprise-grade architecture — without the enterprise complexity.

Decipher CMSContent EngineFirebase / GCPAI EngineGlobal CDNSEO ToolsIAP Security

Byword pushes content to your CMS via API. Decipher *is* the CMS.

By hosting on 'Google-Backed' infrastructure, we eliminate the API latency and failure points. We offer 'Identity Aware Proxy' (IAP) to secure your programmatic campaigns while they are in draft mode, allowing for internal QA of thousands of pages before they go live—a workflow that is difficult to manage with external API push tools.

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Pricing

Pricing that doesn't punish growth.

Transparent plans that scale with your content — not against you.

BywordHigher costDecipher$99/moSAVE
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Individual

For creators & growing teams

$99/month
  • AI-powered content generation
  • Built-in SEO optimization
  • Unlimited content pages
  • Custom domain & branding
  • Priority support
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Enterprise

For large teams & organizations

Starting at
$2,500/month
  • Everything in Individual
  • Dedicated account manager
  • SSO & advanced security (IAP)
  • Custom integrations & API
  • SLA & premium support
  • Data residency options
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Total Cost of Ownership

Byword charges per credit (article). Scaling to 1,000 articles can cost thousands of dollars.

Decipher’s **$99.99/month** plan offers 'Unlimited Use' of the generation tools. You can generate 1,000 or 10,000 pages for the same flat fee.

This 'Fixed Cost' model is essential for programmatic SEO, where margins rely on keeping content production costs near zero.

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Build a better CMS experience — without starting from scratch.

Byword is great for programmatic text.