What this is
An illustration on Klype’s own material. It uses no client and no customer. The source facts are a real paragraph from Shruti Kaushik’s own price survey, LinkedIn Ghostwriter Cost 2026 on shrutikaushik.com. The “before” draft was written by hand for this page, in the style AI drafts often take, to show the kinds of claims a check catches. It is not output from any named model. The “after” is the same post rewritten so every figure traces back to the source.
The source facts
Quoted from the survey, which read every price on the provider’s own page or listing on 15 October 2026:
“A LinkedIn ghostwriter costs a median of $1,016 a month at entry level, based on 22 human providers that publish a monthly price. The middle half of those prices sits between about $425 and $2,500 a month, with agencies at a median of $2,250 and marketplace freelancers at $795. Where a provider states an exact post count, the median works out to about $70 per post.”
In a Klype workspace these would be saved as product or proof facts, each with its source.
Before: an AI-style draft
Hiring a LinkedIn ghostwriter costs founders an average of $3,000 a month in 2026, and prices jumped 40% this year as demand exploded. Top agencies charge $150 per post. Our survey of 100+ providers found that 9 out of 10 founders doubled their inbound leads within 90 days. The bottom line? A ghostwriter pays for itself in the first month.
Each claim, compared with the source facts:
| Claim in the draft | What the source says | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| “an average of $3,000 a month” | Median entry price $1,016 a month across 22 providers | Contradicts the facts |
| “prices jumped 40% this year” | One survey date; no change over time was measured | Not in the facts |
| “Top agencies charge $150 per post” | Agency median about $144 per post, from 3 agencies with an exact post count | Rounded and overstated |
| “Our survey of 100+ providers” | 25 human providers and 4 AI tools | Contradicts the facts |
| “9 out of 10 founders doubled their inbound leads within 90 days” | The survey measured prices only; no founders or leads | Invented result |
| “pays for itself in the first month” | No return was measured | Unsupported outcome |
After: checked and rewritten
A LinkedIn ghostwriter’s median entry price is $1,016 a month, across 22 human providers that publish a monthly price. The middle half of those prices runs from about $425 to $2,500. Agencies sit at a median of $2,250 and marketplace freelancers at $795. Where a provider states an exact post count, the median is about $70 a post. Every price was read on the provider’s own page on 15 October 2026. The survey measured prices, not leads, so it cannot say whether a ghostwriter pays for itself.
Every figure is in the source. The claims the source cannot support were removed, and the last sentence says what the data does not cover instead of guessing.
Free checker scores
Both versions were run through the rule-based free checker on 10 November 2026. The free checker has no saved facts, so it cannot see that $3,000 is wrong; that comparison is the table above, done by hand against the source, and is what the facts check in a Klype workspace is for.
| Version | Free checker score | What it flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Before | 82 | Figures with no source |
| After | 91 | Flat rhythm |
Paste either version into the checker to see the same result. Scores can change if the checker’s rules are updated.
Method
- Source: the opening paragraph of LinkedIn Ghostwriter Cost 2026, plus its survey notes (25 human providers, 4 AI tools, agency per-post median from 3 agencies), read on 10 November 2026.
- The before draft was written by hand to illustrate common AI-draft errors. It is labelled as an illustration and is not attributed to any model, person or customer.
- Claims were compared with the source by hand. Free checker scores came from the checker rules published on klype.ai on 10 November 2026.