AI visibility trackers (GEO)
As of October 30, 2026, Geoptie's cheapest paid plan is Starter at $49/month, per its own pricing page. Geoptie is built around tracking and improving AI visibility, while Paperboy writes and fact checks the articles those answers can cite, and the table shows where the two overlap.
| Row | Paperboy | Geoptie |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | $49 a month | $49/month |
| Fact checks claims against sources | Yes | Not listed |
| Learns from Search Console | Yes | Not listed |
| Publishes to your site for you | Partly | Not listed |
| 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 | Geoptie |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | AI visibility tracking with audits and content generation SourceRead Oct 30, 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 | Starter $49/month, Professional $99/month, Business $249/month. Annual billing gives 2 months free. SourceRead Oct 30, 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 Yes. REST API and an MCP server for Claude, Cursor and Codex on Professional and up. SourceRead Oct 30, 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 Geoptie if
What Geoptie 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.
AI visibility tracking with audits and content generation (geoptie.com, read Oct 30, 2026). Paperboy does not report how often AI answers mention your brand. It has a free check that shows whether AI crawlers can read your site, and nothing more on that side.
Paperboy writes the article, compares every cited claim with the saved text of its source and publishes it. On Geoptie's side: The Geoptie pages we read do not say (geoptie.com, read Oct 30, 2026).
Measuring shows the gap. Fixing it takes a page that answers the question and cites sources a model can lean on, which is the part Paperboy writes. Geoptie on search data: The Geoptie pages we read do not say (geoptie.com, read Oct 30, 2026).
Geoptie: Yes. REST API and an MCP server for Claude, Cursor and Codex on Professional and up (geoptie.com, read Oct 30, 2026). Paperboy has a remote MCP server with eight tools and a REST API. Its CLI is not on npm yet.
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 Geoptie.
Keep Geoptie 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 Geoptie
Tracks brand visibility across AI search engines and shows where AI recommends you, where it recommends someone else and what to publish to close the gap. (its own description, read Oct 30, 2026)
The page states month-to-month billing with no long-term contract. No trial is stated.
| Plan | Price | What the page says it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $49/month | 15 monitoring prompts; 2 brands; unlimited audit reports and content generations; any 4 of 7 AI engines |
| Professional | $99/month | 100 monitoring prompts; 10 brands; white-label reports; REST API; MCP server for Claude, Cursor and Codex |
| Business | $249/month | 300 monitoring prompts; unlimited brands; expandable prompts; Professional features |
From Geoptie's pricing page, read October 30, 2026. Paperboy's own prices are on our pricing page.
FAQ
As of Oct 30, 2026, Geoptie lists Starter $49/month; Professional $99/month; Business $249/month. geoptie.com is the source, so confirm there before you buy.
The Geoptie pages we read do not say (geoptie.com, read Oct 30, 2026).
The Geoptie pages we read do not say (geoptie.com, read Oct 30, 2026).
The Geoptie pages we read do not say (geoptie.com, read Oct 30, 2026).
Yes. REST API and an MCP server for Claude, Cursor and Codex on Professional and up (geoptie.com, read Oct 30, 2026).
Sources
Every cell above links the page we read, and every date is the day we read it. Facts about Geoptie come from Geoptie'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.
Keep going
Paste your address. In under ten minutes you read a finished, fact-checked article written for your site. Free, no card.
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