AI visibility trackers (GEO)
As of October 30, 2026, LLMrefs's cheapest paid plan is All in One at $79/month, per its own pricing page. LLMrefs 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 | LLMrefs |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | $49 a month | $79/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 | Partly |
Side by side
Every cell links the page it came from, with the day we read it.
| Feature | Paperboy | LLMrefs |
|---|---|---|
| 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 search visibility tracking: keyword rankings across AI engines, share of voice, citation sources and content gap insights 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 | One paid plan, All in One, at $79/month for 500 tracked prompts. Billing period beyond monthly is not stated. More keywords can be added by upgrading. 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 | Yes Yes. A 7-day free trial with no credit card required. No free plan is listed. SourceRead Oct 30, 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 stated on the LLMrefs homepage or pricing page. No article writing or CMS publishing is listed. Listed extras are an AI content A/B tester, an AI crawlability checker, a Reddit threads finder and an LLMs.txt generator. SourceRead Oct 30, 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 | Not listed Not stated on the LLMrefs homepage or pricing page. No Search Console integration is listed. SourceRead Oct 30, 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 a hosted service and no self-hosting is stated. The LLMrefs JavaScript SDK is MIT licensed on GitHub under the LLMrefs org. SourceRead Oct 30, 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 Partial. A documented API is included in the All in One plan, and a JavaScript SDK. An MCP server was not found on the pages checked. 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 LLMrefs if
What LLMrefs 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 search visibility tracking: keyword rankings across AI engines, share of voice, citation sources and content gap insights (llmrefs.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 LLMrefs's side: The LLMrefs pages we read do not say (llmrefs.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. LLMrefs on search data: The LLMrefs pages we read do not say (llmrefs.com, read Oct 30, 2026).
LLMrefs: Partial. A documented API is included in the All in One plan, and a JavaScript SDK. An MCP server was not found on the pages checked (llmrefs.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.
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You do not have to switch. Run Paperboy on one site, read the fact check, and compare it with what you get from LLMrefs.
Keep LLMrefs 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 LLMrefs
AI search analytics platform that tracks brand visibility, share of voice and citations across generative AI engines, with content gap insights. (its own description, read Oct 30, 2026)
LLMrefs lists a single plan at $79/month, with additional keywords available by upgrading. It is a tracking and analytics product. No content writing, publishing, fact checking or Search Console integration was found on the homepage or pricing page. An MCP server was not found.
| Plan | Price | What the page says it includes |
|---|---|---|
| All in One | $79/month | Tracks 500 prompts; ChatGPT, Google AI Overview, AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Grok, Copilot and Meta AI; weekly reports; citation tracking; geo-targeting in 50+ countries and 20+ languages; unlimited team members and projects; monthly AI prompt volume estimates; CSV export and API access; priority support; 7-day free trial, no credit card required |
From LLMrefs's pricing page, read October 30, 2026. Paperboy's own prices are on our pricing page.
FAQ
As of Oct 30, 2026, LLMrefs lists All in One $79/month. llmrefs.com is the source, so confirm there before you buy.
The LLMrefs pages we read do not say (llmrefs.com, read Oct 30, 2026).
The LLMrefs pages we read do not say (llmrefs.com, read Oct 30, 2026).
The platform is a hosted service and no self-hosting is stated. The LLMrefs JavaScript SDK is MIT licensed on GitHub under the LLMrefs org (github.com, read Oct 30, 2026).
Partial. A documented API is included in the All in One plan, and a JavaScript SDK. An MCP server was not found on the pages checked (llmrefs.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 LLMrefs come from LLMrefs'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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