Kleo's extension is gone.
Here are the tools that replace it — and one that can't be shut down.
Kleo's free LinkedIn Chrome extension was shut down in June 2025 and rebuilt as a $99/month web app with no free trial. If you are looking for a replacement — cheaper, or simply less dependent on a browser extension LinkedIn can disable — here are the strongest options in 2026.
What happened to Kleo
Kleo grew popular as a free Chrome extension that let you write and format posts directly inside LinkedIn, with swipe files and inspiration built in. In June 2025, that extension was shut down under pressure from LinkedIn. Kleo relaunched as a paid web platform at kleo.so — the workflow moved from "write inside LinkedIn" to "write in Kleo's app, then publish" — priced at $99/month (or $999/year), with no public free trial. The current Pro plan bundles a knowledge base, style guide, image creator, templates, scheduling, analytics, and group coaching.
That is a big jump from a free extension, and it is a useful reminder: any tool that operates inside LinkedIn can be switched off by LinkedIn. The alternatives below range from AI writing tools to analysis platforms — and we have flagged which ones depend on an account connection and which do not.
If you used Kleo to get better at LinkedIn — not just to format posts — LinkedIQ is the closest thing to a strategy layer. It analyzes your published posts to show what builds professional authority and what dilutes it. It works from your LinkedIn data export, so there is no extension and no account connection LinkedIn could ever disable. And when you sit down to write, Research assist turns your own research — pasted from ChatGPT or Grok — into multiple scored, voice-matched drafts to choose from, so you keep the facts and the voice without staring at a blank page.
The most natural replacement if you used Kleo mainly to write. Its PostCast interview pulls ideas out of you and turns them into posts, and its carousel maker is among the best in the category. Far cheaper than Kleo's $99/month.
The most established all-in-one platform: AI content generation trained on 500M+ posts, scheduling, analytics, and a 3M+ contact lead database. A strong fit if you want one tool to produce and publish at volume.
Closest to Kleo's original "write better posts in place" purpose: rich formatting, previews, snippets, and post analytics. A focused writing-improvement tool rather than a full strategy suite.
ContentIn is the closest match to what Kleo's extension used to give away: a template library in the thousands, plus AI drafting trained on your own posts. The Essentials plan covers templates and scheduling; AI drafting needs the $31/mo Growth tier and up. For template-driven writers, this is the natural landing spot.
MagicPost swaps Kleo's static hooks library for an AI hooks generator trained on your writing style. It connects through LinkedIn's official API rather than a browser extension, so there's no dependency LinkedIn can switch off. No permanent free plan, and pricing varies by billing cycle.
If Kleo's low cost mattered more than its hooks library, Typefully is the cheapest option in this list and the only one built for X and LinkedIn together. The free plan allows just one scheduled post at a time, and its LinkedIn feature set is thinner than LinkedIn-native tools like ContentIn or MagicPost.
| Tool | Best for | From | Needs account connection? |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinkedIQ | Authority analysis & strategy | Free / $29 | No — works from export |
| Supergrow | Affordable AI writing & carousels | $19 | Yes |
| Taplio | All-in-one create & schedule | $39 | Yes |
| AuthoredUp | Post formatting & previews | ~$20 | Yes (extension) |
| ContentIn | Templates & AI writing on a budget | $15 | Yes |
| MagicPost | AI-generated hooks in your voice | ~$21 | Yes |
| Typefully | X + LinkedIn cross-posting | Free / ~$8 | Yes |
| Kleo (current) | Write, design, publish suite | $99 | Yes |
Switch to a tool that can't be shut down.
LinkedIQ works from your LinkedIn export — no extension, no account connection, no risk. Free analysis, and your first personal brand brief in 90 seconds.