Enterprise content suites
As of October 29, 2026, Copy.ai's cheapest paid plan is Chat at $29/month billed monthly, or $24/month billed $288/year, per its own pricing page. Copy.ai serves a different buyer and job from Paperboy, and the table below shows where the two overlap.
| Row | Paperboy | Copy.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | $49 a month | $29/month billed monthly, or $24/month billed $288/year |
| Fact checks claims against sources | Yes | Not listed |
| Learns from Search Console | Yes | Partly |
| Publishes to your site for you | Partly | Not listed |
| MCP, API or CLI for agents | Yes | Partly |
Side by side
Every cell links the page it came from, with the day we read it.
| Feature | Paperboy | Copy.ai |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Go-to-market workflow automation and AI chat for sales and marketing teams 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 | Chat, $29/month billed monthly or $24/month billed annually ($288/year). Includes 5 seats and unlimited words in chat, with no workflow credits. Workflow plans start at $1,000/month billed annually (20K credits). 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 | Not listed The pricing page lists no free plan and no trial. A signup banner on a blog page still advertises 2,000 free words per month, but the pricing page does not list it. A help page dated February 2026 mentions a 5-day money-back guarantee. 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 No CMS or blog publishing target is named on the pricing or home pages. The home page cites 2,000+ integrations without listing them. 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 found about checking article claims against sources. The home page describes content creation as drafts for SEO, thought leadership and social. 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 Partly. A workflow action called Query Google Search Console pulls clicks, impressions, CTR and position for a URL. The help page suggests it for content refreshes and finding low-hanging keywords. You build the workflow yourself. The help page is flagged stale. 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 statement that the product is open source or self-hostable. No Copy.ai GitHub org was found. 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 | Partly Partly. A workflows REST API (x-copy-ai-api-key header) starts workflow runs and registers webhooks. The pricing page lists API access under Enterprise. No MCP server or CLI was found in the docs checked. API docs now sit on the Fullcast support site. 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.
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What Copy.ai does well, from its own pages
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The four that decide it for most people, each with the source for the other side.
The Copy.ai pages we read do not say (copy.ai, 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.
Partly. A workflow action called Query Google Search Console pulls clicks, impressions, CTR and position for a URL. The help page suggests it for content refreshes and finding low-hanging keywords. You build the workflow yourself. The help page is flagged stale (support.fullcast.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 Copy.ai pages we read do not say (copy.ai, read Oct 29, 2026). The Paperboy engine is open source under AGPL-3.0 and runs with Docker and your own keys.
Partly. A workflows REST API (x-copy-ai-api-key header) starts workflow runs and registers webhooks. The pricing page lists API access under Enterprise. No MCP server or CLI was found in the docs checked. API docs now sit on the Fullcast support site (support.fullcast.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.
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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 Copy.ai
Copy.ai describes itself as an AI-native go-to-market platform that runs workflows, agents and chat for sales and marketing teams. (its own description, read Oct 29, 2026)
Fullcast announced it acquired Copy.ai on 2025-10-15 (Copy.ai blog). Copy.ai API and help docs now live on support.fullcast.com, and docs.copy.ai redirects there. The live pricing page shows Chat plus three workflow tiers from $1,000/month. An older help page lists an Agents plan at $249/month that the live pricing page no longer shows. No SEO article autopublish or CMS targets were found.
| Plan | Price | What the page says it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Chat | $29/month billed monthly, or $24/month billed $288/year | 5 seats, unlimited words in chat, unlimited chat projects, access to OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini models |
| Growth | $1,000/month, billed $12,000/year | 75 seats, unlimited words in chat, 20K workflow credits per month |
| Expansion | $2,000/month, billed $24,000/year | 150 seats, unlimited words in chat, 45K workflow credits per month |
| Scale | $3,000/month, billed $36,000/year | 200 seats, unlimited words in chat, 75K workflow credits per month |
| Enterprise | Custom (demo request) | Guided implementation, API access and bulk workflow runs, 20+ tech integrations, unlimited customizable workflows, designated account and support team, enterprise security |
From Copy.ai's pricing page, read October 29, 2026. Paperboy's own prices are on our pricing page.
FAQ
As of Oct 29, 2026, Copy.ai lists Chat $29/month billed monthly, or $24/month billed $288/year; Growth $1,000/month, billed $12,000/year; Expansion $2,000/month, billed $24,000/year; Scale $3,000/month, billed $36,000/year. copy.ai is the source, so confirm there before you buy.
The Copy.ai pages we read do not say (copy.ai, read Oct 29, 2026).
The Copy.ai pages we read do not say (copy.ai, read Oct 29, 2026).
The Copy.ai pages we read do not say (copy.ai, read Oct 29, 2026).
Partly. A workflows REST API (x-copy-ai-api-key header) starts workflow runs and registers webhooks. The pricing page lists API access under Enterprise. No MCP server or CLI was found in the docs checked. API docs now sit on the Fullcast support site (support.fullcast.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 Copy.ai come from Copy.ai'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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