Autoblogging tools
As of October 29, 2026, Arvow's cheapest paid plan is Solo at $39/month on yearly billing, $69/month on monthly billing, per its own pricing page. Both Arvow and Paperboy are built for hands-off SEO publishing, so the differences that matter are fact checking, Search Console and whether an agent can run it.
| Row | Paperboy | Arvow |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | $49 a month | $39/month on yearly billing, $69/month on monthly billing |
| Fact checks claims against sources | Yes | Not listed |
| Learns from Search Console | Yes | Partly |
| Publishes to your site for you | Partly | Yes |
| MCP, API or CLI for agents | Yes | Yes |
Side by side
Every cell links the page it came from, with the day we read it.
| Feature | Paperboy | Arvow |
|---|---|---|
| What it is for | Researches, writes, fact checks and publishes SEO articles to your own site, then learns from Search Console. SourceRead Oct 29, 2026 | Autoblog and AI SEO agent: scheduled articles, on-page fixes, backlinks and AI visibility tracking. SourceRead Oct 29, 2026 |
| Cheapest paid plan | Starter is $49 a month per site for 3 articles a week. Growth is $99 and Pro is $179. Yearly billing is two months free. SourceRead Oct 29, 2026 | Cheapest paid plan is Solo: $39 per month on yearly billing, or $69 per month on monthly billing. Both are labelled limited time, and a Fall Sale banner offers 50% off yearly plans. Solo includes 1,000 credits per month and 1 website. A standard article costs 15 credits per the help center, so Solo covers roughly 60 articles before images. SourceRead Oct 29, 2026 |
| Free plan or trial | Yes The first article is free, no card. Any plan then starts with a 14-day trial (card required). SourceRead Oct 29, 2026 | Partly The pricing page lists no trial or free plan. An Arvow blog post says you can try it without a credit card by generating up to 3 articles. The homepage says cancel anytime. SourceRead Oct 29, 2026 |
| Publishes to your site for you | Partly Posts directly to WordPress and Ghost. Other sites use a hosted blog, a signed webhook or a prompt that builds a blog in your code. No Shopify, Webflow, Wix or Squarespace connector. SourceRead Oct 29, 2026 | Yes Yes. AutoBlog recurring automations generate and publish on days and times you choose, with a choice of generate only or generate and publish. Destinations in the help center include WordPress, Shopify, Ghost, Webflow, Wix, Blogger, Framer, Squarespace, Duda, GoHighLevel, Zapier and webhooks. Inputs can be keywords, RSS, news or YouTube feeds. SourceRead Oct 29, 2026 |
| Fact checks claims against sources | Yes Every number and cited sentence is compared with the saved text of its source. An article that fails gets one rewrite, then is held for you. SourceRead Oct 29, 2026 | Not listed No claim-checking feature described for SEO articles. The AI News Writer page says each news article comes with a citation list that links its sources. The homepage FAQ says you can refine drafts in the AI SEO Editor before publishing. SourceRead Oct 29, 2026 |
| Learns from Search Console | Yes Optional read-only Search Console connection. It picks topics from your impressions and reports clicks per article. SourceRead Oct 29, 2026 | Partly Partial. A connected Google Search Console is used to submit each published article for indexing. Chat and MCP can read GSC top queries, clicks, impressions, CTR and position, read-only. An AI SEO Agent applies on-page fixes. No page found that says GSC data automatically picks or refreshes articles. SourceRead Oct 29, 2026 |
| Open source or self-host | Yes The engine is open source under AGPL-3.0. Self-host it with Docker and your own keys. SourceRead Oct 29, 2026 | Not listed No open source or self-host statement found. Arvow is hosted software. SourceRead Oct 29, 2026 |
| MCP, API or CLI for agents | Yes A remote MCP server with eight tools and a REST API with an OpenAPI file. The CLI is built in the open but not on npm yet. Agents pay with credits, $20 for 100. SourceRead Oct 29, 2026 | Yes Official MCP server at api.arvow.com/mcp (ChatGPT by OAuth, Claude and coding tools such as Claude Code and Codex with an API key). It can list projects, create AutoBlogs, generate article batches, run keyword research and read Search Console. REST API docs at api.arvow.com/api/docs. Zapier and webhooks. REST API and MCP are on Solo, Business and Ultimate. No CLI listed. SourceRead Oct 29, 2026 |
“Not listed” means we found no statement either way on the pages linked in that cell. It does not mean the answer is no. Vendors change their pages, so confirm before you buy.
The honest verdict
Sometimes the other tool is the better fit. Here is how to tell.
Pick Arvow if
What Arvow does well, from its own pages
Pick Paperboy if
Judge it before you pay anyone
Your first article is free with its full fact check, so you can judge it before you pay anyone.
Write my first article freeWhat you get
The four that decide it for most people, each with the source for the other side.
The Arvow pages we read do not say (arvow.com, read Oct 29, 2026). Paperboy compares every number and cited sentence with the saved text of the page it links to. An article that fails gets one rewrite and is then held for you instead of published.
Partial. A connected Google Search Console is used to submit each published article for indexing. Chat and MCP can read GSC top queries, clicks, impressions, CTR and position, read-only. An AI SEO Agent applies on-page fixes. No page found that says GSC data automatically picks or refreshes articles (docs.arvow.com, read Oct 29, 2026). Paperboy reads Search Console, read-only, to choose the next topic and to report clicks and impressions per article.
The Arvow pages we read do not say (arvow.com, read Oct 29, 2026). The Paperboy engine is open source under AGPL-3.0 and runs with Docker and your own keys.
Official MCP server at api.arvow.com/mcp (ChatGPT by OAuth, Claude and coding tools such as Claude Code and Codex with an API key). It can list projects, create AutoBlogs, generate article batches, run keyword research and read Search Console. REST API docs at api.arvow.com/api/docs. Zapier and webhooks. REST API and MCP are on Solo, Business and Ultimate. No CLI listed (docs.arvow.com, read Oct 29, 2026). Paperboy ships a remote MCP server with eight tools and a REST API with an OpenAPI file (the CLI is not on npm yet), so Claude Code, Cursor or n8n can run it.
Try it
You do not have to switch. Run Paperboy on one site, read the fact check, and compare it with what you get from Arvow.
Keep Arvow running. Nothing to cancel to try Paperboy.
Paste your site address. The first article is free, no card.
Read the fact check. Every number and cited sentence is compared with the saved text of its source.
Pick a plan only if you want more. Cancel with one button on the Billing page.
https://paperboyseo.com/start?url=yoursite.comThe engine is open source under AGPL-3.0. Self-hosting for your own sites is free; you pay your own model bill. Self-host docs.
About Arvow
Arvow is an AI SEO automation platform: AI agents that research, write and publish articles, fix on-page issues, build backlinks and track AI search visibility. (its own description, read Oct 29, 2026)
Prices on the page are labelled limited time, a Fall Sale banner offers 50% off yearly plans, and the Ultimate rate is labelled a launch offer for 5 companies, so numbers may change soon. The page defaults to the yearly view; the monthly view shows $69, $169 and $449. Some Arvow blog posts mention other starting prices that are not on the live pricing page.
| Plan | Price | What the page says it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Solo | $39/month on yearly billing, $69/month on monthly billing (labelled limited time) | 1,000 credits per month, 1 website, AutoBlog, AI Chat, MCP access, API access, site optimizer, internal and external linking, 150+ languages. |
| Business | $69/month on yearly billing, $169/month on monthly billing (labelled limited time) | Everything in Solo, plus 3,000 credits per month, 5 websites, automatic backlinks, LLM brand visibility, local SEO booster, AI SEO editor, custom templates, 1 sub-account, knowledge bases, auto-translate, webhooks. |
| Ultimate | $249/month on yearly billing, $449/month on monthly billing (labelled limited time) | Everything in Business, plus 9,000 credits per month, unlimited websites, white-label SEO reports, unlimited sub-accounts, live chat on Slack, 1-on-1 coaching. |
| Human + AI SEO Service | From $2,000/month | Managed service with human editors, 10 to 20 posts per month, one topic cluster per month, a traffic guarantee on the page. |
From Arvow's pricing page, read October 29, 2026. Paperboy's own prices are on our pricing page.
FAQ
As of Oct 29, 2026, Arvow lists Solo $39/month on yearly billing, $69/month on monthly billing; Business $69/month on yearly billing, $169/month on monthly billing; Ultimate $249/month on yearly billing, $449/month on monthly billing; Human + AI SEO Service From $2,000/month. arvow.com is the source, so confirm there before you buy.
The Arvow pages we read do not say (arvow.com, read Oct 29, 2026).
Yes. AutoBlog recurring automations generate and publish on days and times you choose, with a choice of generate only or generate and publish. Destinations in the help center include WordPress, Shopify, Ghost, Webflow, Wix, Blogger, Framer, Squarespace, Duda, GoHighLevel, Zapier and webhooks. Inputs can be keywords, RSS, news or YouTube feeds (docs.arvow.com, read Oct 29, 2026).
The Arvow pages we read do not say (arvow.com, read Oct 29, 2026).
Official MCP server at api.arvow.com/mcp (ChatGPT by OAuth, Claude and coding tools such as Claude Code and Codex with an API key). It can list projects, create AutoBlogs, generate article batches, run keyword research and read Search Console. REST API docs at api.arvow.com/api/docs. Zapier and webhooks. REST API and MCP are on Solo, Business and Ultimate. No CLI listed (docs.arvow.com, read Oct 29, 2026).
Sources
Every cell above links the page we read, and every date is the day we read it. Facts about Arvow come from Arvow's own pages only. Facts about Paperboy come from pages on this site. If something is wrong or out of date, write to hello@paperboyseo.com and we will fix it and change the date.
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