Autoblogging tools
As of October 29, 2026, Machined's cheapest paid plan is Launch at $19/month billed monthly, or $171/year, per its own pricing page. Both Machined and Paperboy are built for hands-off SEO publishing, so the differences that matter are fact checking, Search Console and whether an agent can run it.
| Row | Paperboy | Machined |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | $49 a month | $19/month billed monthly, or $171/year |
| Fact checks claims against sources | Yes | Partly |
| Learns from Search Console | Yes | Not listed |
| Publishes to your site for you | Partly | Partly |
| 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 | Machined |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Cluster-based SEO article generation and CMS publishing 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 Launch at $19/month billed monthly ($171/year billed yearly), 30 articles per month, 2 team members. All plans include unlimited projects and CMS connections, clusters, deep research and AI images. AI visibility tracking is separate prepaid credit. 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 7-day free trial with full access to the Launch plan, no credit card required. No refunds once a subscription has been charged. 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 | Partly Publishes to WordPress, Webflow, Framer, Ghost, HubSpot, Shopify, Wix and custom webhooks, singly or in bulk, as live or draft. The publishing docs describe a manual Publish click and list no scheduled status, though the integrations page uses the term auto-publishing. 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 Research reads web pages and writes citations (inline links or a references list), and every external link is checked and broken ones removed. Docs and terms warn that citations can still be wrong and users must verify. No claim-against-source check is described. 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 No Google Search Console integration found in the docs, integrations page or terms. A separate AI visibility tracker (prepaid credits) tracks brand mentions and citations in AI engines. 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 found on the site or terms that the product is open source or self-hostable. No vendor GitHub org 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 Integrations page lists JSON webhooks, Zapier, Make and n8n. No public API reference or MCP server found in the docs. The BYOK plan is for your own model provider keys, which is not an API into Machined. 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 Machined if
What Machined 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.
Research reads web pages and writes citations (inline links or a references list), and every external link is checked and broken ones removed. Docs and terms warn that citations can still be wrong and users must verify. No claim-against-source check is described (machined.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.
The Machined pages we read do not say (machined.ai, read Oct 29, 2026). Paperboy reads Search Console, read-only, to choose the next topic and to report clicks and impressions per article.
The Machined pages we read do not say (machined.ai, read Oct 29, 2026). The Paperboy engine is open source under AGPL-3.0 and runs with Docker and your own keys.
Integrations page lists JSON webhooks, Zapier, Make and n8n. No public API reference or MCP server found in the docs. The BYOK plan is for your own model provider keys, which is not an API into Machined (machined.ai, 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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Keep Machined running. Nothing to cancel to try Paperboy.
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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 Machined
Machined is an AI content platform that automates keyword research, topic clusters, bulk article writing and internal linking, then publishes to your CMS. (its own description, read Oct 29, 2026)
Docs moved from learn.machined.ai to machined.ai/docs (301 redirect). Publishing docs say manual Publish click; the integrations page says auto-publishing. Verify in a trial if unattended posting matters.
| Plan | Price | What the page says it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Launch | $19/month billed monthly, or $171/year (25% off) | 30 articles per month, 2 team members. |
| Growth | $49/month billed monthly, or $441/year | 100 articles per month, 3 team members. |
| Pro | $99/month billed monthly, or $891/year | 250 articles per month, 5 team members. |
| Scale | $249/month billed monthly, or $2,241/year | 750 articles per month, 10 team members. |
| BYOK | $99/month flat | 2,000 articles per month using your own model API keys, 10 team members. |
From Machined's pricing page, read October 29, 2026. Paperboy's own prices are on our pricing page.
FAQ
As of Oct 29, 2026, Machined lists Launch $19/month billed monthly, or $171/year; Growth $49/month billed monthly, or $441/year; Pro $99/month billed monthly, or $891/year; Scale $249/month billed monthly, or $2,241/year. machined.ai is the source, so confirm there before you buy.
Research reads web pages and writes citations (inline links or a references list), and every external link is checked and broken ones removed. Docs and terms warn that citations can still be wrong and users must verify. No claim-against-source check is described (machined.ai, read Oct 29, 2026).
Publishes to WordPress, Webflow, Framer, Ghost, HubSpot, Shopify, Wix and custom webhooks, singly or in bulk, as live or draft. The publishing docs describe a manual Publish click and list no scheduled status, though the integrations page uses the term auto-publishing (machined.ai, read Oct 29, 2026).
The Machined pages we read do not say (machined.ai, read Oct 29, 2026).
Integrations page lists JSON webhooks, Zapier, Make and n8n. No public API reference or MCP server found in the docs. The BYOK plan is for your own model provider keys, which is not an API into Machined (machined.ai, read Oct 29, 2026).
Sources
Every cell above links the page we read, and every date is the day we read it. Facts about Machined come from Machined'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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