Autoblogging tools
As of October 29, 2026, Outrank's cheapest paid plan is Organic Growth at $99/month billed monthly, or $999/year billed yearly, per its own pricing page. Both Outrank 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 | Outrank |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | $49 a month | $99/month billed monthly, or $999/year billed yearly |
| 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 | Outrank |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Daily auto-published SEO articles plus automated backlink building 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 | Organic Growth, $99/month billed monthly or $999/year. Includes 30 SEO articles per month, keyword research, backlink building, AI images and unlimited users. Add-ons: 60 articles +$85/month, 90 articles +$160/month. Volume discounts of 10% to 20% for 2 to 25 sites. 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 You can sign up and see keyword research and article generation before paying. Trial articles carry an Outrank watermark. No free plan is listed. Card requirement is not stated. 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. Publishes to WordPress, WordPress.com, Webflow, Shopify, Framer, Wix, Notion, Ghost, a Next.js blog, a custom webhook, or a free Outrank-hosted blog. Articles can be saved as drafts for review, and scheduled articles can be previewed up to 7 days ahead. 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 No automated claim-to-source check is stated. The paid Human Curated add-on ($1,399/month) has human editors who fact-check each article. The Article Improvements docs say an AI quality review flags factual concerns. 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. Article Improvements reads Google Search Console data to find articles that rank just outside the top 5, have low click-through, or are declining. It rewrites them and republishes to your CMS, weekly, with review inbox or auto-push. 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 a hosted service and no self-hosting is stated. The outrank-cli package (CLI and MCP server client) is MIT licensed on GitHub under Outrank-SAS. 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. Docs list a REST API (bearer API key), a hosted MCP server at /api/mcp plus a local MCP server via outrank-cli, a CLI for AI agents, and webhook docs. The MCP page shows setup for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Claude Code. 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 Outrank if
What Outrank 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.
No automated claim-to-source check is stated. The paid Human Curated add-on ($1,399/month) has human editors who fact-check each article. The Article Improvements docs say an AI quality review flags factual concerns (outrank.so, 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. Article Improvements reads Google Search Console data to find articles that rank just outside the top 5, have low click-through, or are declining. It rewrites them and republishes to your CMS, weekly, with review inbox or auto-push (outrank.so, 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 a hosted service and no self-hosting is stated. The outrank-cli package (CLI and MCP server client) is MIT licensed on GitHub under Outrank-SAS (github.com, read Oct 29, 2026). The Paperboy engine is open source under AGPL-3.0 and runs with Docker and your own keys.
Yes. Docs list a REST API (bearer API key), a hosted MCP server at /api/mcp plus a local MCP server via outrank-cli, a CLI for AI agents, and webhook docs. The MCP page shows setup for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Claude Code (outrank.so, 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.
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 Outrank.
Keep Outrank 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 Outrank
Outrank writes and publishes SEO articles to your site daily and builds backlinks for you, aiming to grow organic traffic on auto-pilot. (its own description, read Oct 29, 2026)
Pricing page shows a struck-out $199 next to the $99 price. Trial articles are watermarked. Outrank also sells AI visibility and Get Mentioned by LLMs offers. Its docs for REST API, MCP server and CLI make it the closest competitor on agent access in this batch.
| Plan | Price | What the page says it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Organic Growth | $99/month billed monthly, or $999/year billed yearly | 30 SEO articles per month generated and published on auto-pilot, keyword research, automated backlink building, AI images, YouTube videos in articles, 150+ languages, unlimited users, unlimited AI rewrites, all publishing integrations |
| 60 Articles per Month (add-on) | +$85/month | Raises output to 60 articles per month for one website |
| 90 Articles per Month (add-on) | +$160/month | Raises output to 90 articles per month for one website |
| Human Curated Service (add-on) | $1,399/month | Human editors review, fact-check and polish every article before publication |
| Backlink Premium | $199/month | Extra monthly backlink credits |
| Backlink Scale | $899/month | High-volume backlink credits and marketplace placements |
| Backlink Enterprise | $1,899/month | Highest monthly backlink credit volume and top marketplace priority |
| Free Tools Builder | $99/month | One interactive SEO tool per week, built and deployed automatically |
| Premium Images (add-on) | $49/month | Better AI image model and custom presets |
| Directory Submission Service | $500 one-time | Manual submission to 100+ directories |
From Outrank's pricing page, read October 29, 2026. Paperboy's own prices are on our pricing page.
FAQ
As of Oct 29, 2026, Outrank lists Organic Growth $99/month billed monthly, or $999/year billed yearly; Backlink Premium $199/month; Backlink Scale $899/month; Backlink Enterprise $1,899/month. outrank.so is the source, so confirm there before you buy.
No automated claim-to-source check is stated. The paid Human Curated add-on ($1,399/month) has human editors who fact-check each article. The Article Improvements docs say an AI quality review flags factual concerns (outrank.so, read Oct 29, 2026).
Yes. Publishes to WordPress, WordPress.com, Webflow, Shopify, Framer, Wix, Notion, Ghost, a Next.js blog, a custom webhook, or a free Outrank-hosted blog. Articles can be saved as drafts for review, and scheduled articles can be previewed up to 7 days ahead (outrank.so, read Oct 29, 2026).
The platform is a hosted service and no self-hosting is stated. The outrank-cli package (CLI and MCP server client) is MIT licensed on GitHub under Outrank-SAS (github.com, read Oct 29, 2026).
Yes. Docs list a REST API (bearer API key), a hosted MCP server at /api/mcp plus a local MCP server via outrank-cli, a CLI for AI agents, and webhook docs. The MCP page shows setup for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Claude Code (outrank.so, read Oct 29, 2026).
Sources
Every cell above links the page we read, and every date is the day we read it. Facts about Outrank come from Outrank'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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