AI SEO writers
As of October 29, 2026, Frase's cheapest paid plan is Starter at $39/month billed yearly, $49/month billed monthly, per its own pricing page. Both Frase and Paperboy write SEO articles, so the differences that matter are fact checking, Search Console and whether an agent can run it.
| Row | Paperboy | Frase |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | $49 a month | $39/month billed yearly, $49/month billed monthly |
| Fact checks claims against sources | Yes | Partly |
| Learns from Search Console | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | Frase |
|---|---|---|
| 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 operating system for Google and AI search: research, write, publish, monitor and fix. 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 Starter at $39 per month billed yearly ($49 billed monthly): 1 seat, 1 site, 10 articles and 50 audit pages per month. Extra seats cost $29 per month. Starter stops at its limits. Professional and Scale offer optional pay-as-you-go overages (for example $5 per extra article on Professional). FraseCMS hosting is free to 100,000 page views, then $19 or $99 per month. 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 | Yes Free 7-day trial, no credit card. It gives Professional features, capped at 5 articles, 50 audit pages, 25 AI prompts and up to 3 seats, and you can let the agent publish during the trial. No permanent free plan (FraseCMS hosting has a free tier). 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. The agent can publish on its own on every plan when you switch it on, to WordPress, Webflow, Sanity, Wix or FraseCMS, as draft, scheduled or live. Content Guard fixes for decaying pages wait for your approval by default, with an opt-in for low-risk auto fixes. 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 | Partly Partial. Docs describe a Facts panel where you approve or reject facts and sources before the agent drafts. A Frase blog post says its drafts pass a validator agent that treats each number and quote as unverified until it matches a source (frase.io/blog/ai-seo-agents-use-or-build). No product page found that describes checking against saved source text. 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. Connects Google Search Console for clicks, impressions, CTR and position per page. Flags pages slipping on Google or stuck on page two. Content Guard drafts a revision for decaying pages and republishes it once you approve. 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 | Partly The platform is hosted software and is not described as open source. Frase's GitHub org (frase-io) has an MIT-licensed MCP server repo, which is a client add-on, not the engine. 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 (hosted at next.frase.io/api/mcp, in the Claude directory, a ChatGPT app and the npm package @frase/mcp-server) and a CLI, on every plan. REST API with 50+ endpoints and webhooks, so Zapier, Make and n8n work. Starter allows 5,000 API, MCP and CLI requests per month. 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 Frase 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.
Partial. Docs describe a Facts panel where you approve or reject facts and sources before the agent drafts. A Frase blog post says its drafts pass a validator agent that treats each number and quote as unverified until it matches a source (frase.io/blog/ai-seo-agents-use-or-build). No product page found that describes checking against saved source text (docs.frase.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. Connects Google Search Console for clicks, impressions, CTR and position per page. Flags pages slipping on Google or stuck on page two. Content Guard drafts a revision for decaying pages and republishes it once you approve (frase.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 platform is hosted software and is not described as open source. Frase's GitHub org (frase-io) has an MIT-licensed MCP server repo, which is a client add-on, not the engine (github.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 (hosted at next.frase.io/api/mcp, in the Claude directory, a ChatGPT app and the npm package @frase/mcp-server) and a CLI, on every plan. REST API with 50+ endpoints and webhooks, so Zapier, Make and n8n work. Starter allows 5,000 API, MCP and CLI requests per month (docs.frase.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.
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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 Frase
Frase is a content system for AI search that researches, writes, optimizes, publishes and monitors content to rank on Google and be cited by AI. (its own description, read Oct 29, 2026)
Closest in shape to Paperboy among this batch: research, draft, publish to a CMS, Search Console loop, MCP and CLI. Differences from the pages: hosted and closed source, article counts capped per plan, and fact checking is described as a Facts panel plus a validator agent rather than a verified/held status per claim. Pricing page shows a 20% yearly discount.
| Plan | Price | What the page says it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $39/month billed yearly, $49/month billed monthly | 1 seat, 1 site, 10 articles and 50 audit pages per month, CMS publishing, SEO and GEO scores, AI Visibility on ChatGPT and Google AI, Content Guard on 10 pages. Free 7-day trial. |
| Professional | $103/month billed yearly, $129/month billed monthly | Everything in Starter, plus 3 seats, 5 sites, 40 articles and 250 audit pages per month, content calendar, internal linking suggestions, AI crawler monitoring, Perplexity in AI Visibility, Content Guard on 75 pages. |
| Scale | $239/month billed yearly, $299/month billed monthly | Everything in Professional, plus 5 seats, up to 10 domains, 100 articles and 1,000 audit pages per month, exportable client reports, Claude and Gemini in AI Visibility, Content Guard on 300 pages. |
| Enterprise | Custom, scoped to your org | Custom seats and domains, white-label reports, branded client portal, SSO and SAML, dedicated manager and SLA, custom limits and API access. |
From Frase's pricing page, read October 29, 2026. Paperboy's own prices are on our pricing page.
FAQ
As of Oct 29, 2026, Frase lists Starter $39/month billed yearly, $49/month billed monthly; Professional $103/month billed yearly, $129/month billed monthly; Scale $239/month billed yearly, $299/month billed monthly. frase.io is the source, so confirm there before you buy.
Partial. Docs describe a Facts panel where you approve or reject facts and sources before the agent drafts. A Frase blog post says its drafts pass a validator agent that treats each number and quote as unverified until it matches a source (frase.io/blog/ai-seo-agents-use-or-build). No product page found that describes checking against saved source text (docs.frase.io, read Oct 29, 2026).
Yes. The agent can publish on its own on every plan when you switch it on, to WordPress, Webflow, Sanity, Wix or FraseCMS, as draft, scheduled or live. Content Guard fixes for decaying pages wait for your approval by default, with an opt-in for low-risk auto fixes (frase.io, read Oct 29, 2026).
The platform is hosted software and is not described as open source. Frase's GitHub org (frase-io) has an MIT-licensed MCP server repo, which is a client add-on, not the engine (github.com, read Oct 29, 2026).
Official MCP server (hosted at next.frase.io/api/mcp, in the Claude directory, a ChatGPT app and the npm package @frase/mcp-server) and a CLI, on every plan. REST API with 50+ endpoints and webhooks, so Zapier, Make and n8n work. Starter allows 5,000 API, MCP and CLI requests per month (docs.frase.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 Frase come from Frase'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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