Content optimizers
As of October 29, 2026, Clearscope's cheapest paid plan is Essentials at $129/month, per its own pricing page. Clearscope is built around optimizing content, while Paperboy writes the article, fact checks it against its sources and publishes it.
| Row | Paperboy | Clearscope |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | $49 a month | $129/month |
| Fact checks claims against sources | Yes | Not listed |
| Learns from Search Console | Yes | Yes |
| Publishes to your site for you | Partly | Not listed |
| MCP, API or CLI for agents | Yes | Not listed |
Side by side
Every cell links the page it came from, with the day we read it.
| Feature | Paperboy | Clearscope |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Content optimiser and AI search visibility tracker: discover questions, track AI mentions, grade drafts, monitor pages. 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 | Essentials is $129/month with no contract. It includes 50 tracked queries, 50 pages, 20 monthly Discoveries and 20 monthly Drafts. Business is $399/month. Enterprise is custom. Extra queries, pages and drafts are sold as add-ons. 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 | |
| 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 | Not listed Not described. The WordPress plugin grades a post inside the WordPress editor before it goes live, and the Google Docs and Word add-ons work the same way. No push-to-site publishing is listed. 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 against cited sources is described. The pages describe term guidance and a live content grade. 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 | Yes Yes. Connect a Google account once and every page in Monitor gets clicks, impressions, position and queries. Saved views flag content decay and striking-distance queries, and one click opens the page in the editor for a refresh. 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-hosting statement found. Clearscope has no GitHub org that we could find. 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 | Not listed The integrations page lists Google Docs, Word, WordPress, Search Console, Google Search, ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude as data sources. No public API, MCP server, CLI or Zapier connector is listed. CSV export of Discover, Track and Pages lists is available. 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 Clearscope if
What Clearscope 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 Clearscope pages we read do not say (clearscope.io, 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.
Yes. Connect a Google account once and every page in Monitor gets clicks, impressions, position and queries. Saved views flag content decay and striking-distance queries, and one click opens the page in the editor for a refresh (clearscope.io, read Oct 29, 2026). Paperboy reads Search Console, read-only, to choose the next topic and to report clicks and impressions per article.
The Clearscope pages we read do not say (clearscope.io, read Oct 29, 2026). The Paperboy engine is open source under AGPL-3.0 and runs with Docker and your own keys.
The Clearscope pages we read do not say (clearscope.io, 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 Clearscope.
Keep Clearscope 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 Clearscope
Content platform that finds questions buyers ask, tracks AI and Google mentions, grades drafts and monitors pages with Search Console data. (its own description, read Oct 29, 2026)
Draft with AI is included (20 monthly Drafts on Essentials and Business), with tone matching from a writing sample or a live page. The signup URL path is /signup/2026-free-trial. Publishing is not listed as an automated step.
| Plan | Price | What the page says it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials | $129/month | 50 tracked queries, 50 pages, 20 monthly Discoveries, 20 monthly Drafts. Unlimited users and projects. |
| Business | $399/month | 300 tracked queries, 300 pages, 50 monthly Discoveries, 20 monthly Drafts, dedicated account manager. Unlimited users and projects. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Everything in Business plus custom credits, custom agreements, crawler whitelisting and single sign-on. |
From Clearscope's pricing page, read October 29, 2026. Paperboy's own prices are on our pricing page.
FAQ
As of Oct 29, 2026, Clearscope lists Essentials $129/month; Business $399/month. clearscope.io is the source, so confirm there before you buy.
The Clearscope pages we read do not say (clearscope.io, read Oct 29, 2026).
The Clearscope pages we read do not say (clearscope.io, read Oct 29, 2026).
The Clearscope pages we read do not say (clearscope.io, read Oct 29, 2026).
The Clearscope pages we read do not say (clearscope.io, read Oct 29, 2026).
Sources
Every cell above links the page we read, and every date is the day we read it. Facts about Clearscope come from Clearscope'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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