Content optimizers
As of October 30, 2026, Page Optimizer Pro's cheapest paid plan is Basic at $40/month, per its own pricing page. Page Optimizer Pro is built around optimizing content, while Paperboy writes the article, fact checks it against its sources and publishes it.
| Row | Paperboy | Page Optimizer Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | $49 a month | $40/month |
| Fact checks claims against sources | Yes | Not listed |
| 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 | Page Optimizer Pro |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | On-page optimization scoring against competitors, with an AI writer and AI visibility tracking 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 | Cheapest paid plan is Basic at $40/month on monthly billing (the page lists no annual price for Basic). Unlimited is $72/month monthly or $62/month billed annually ($739/year). Includes the AI Writer and AI Visibility Tracker, with 20 credits a month on Basic. 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 | Partly No free trial period is listed. The homepage lets you score a page with no login, and a 7-day refund guarantee applies to paid plans. Account creation says no credit card needed. 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 | Partly No auto-publishing stated. The AI Writer flow ends with 'download it or continue to publish' after you review the page. A Chrome extension optimizes inside Google Docs and your CMS. No WordPress plugin or webhook publishing is listed on the pages checked. 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 | Not listed Not stated on https://www.pageoptimizer.pro/pop-ai-writer. The AI Writer offers two free SEO and Quality fix runs per article, and an EEAT tool checks trust signals, but no claim-to-source fact check is described. SourceRead Oct 30, 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 https://www.pageoptimizer.pro/ or the pricing page. No Google Search Console integration is listed. POP Watchdog monitors ranking-page changes and the AI Visibility Tracker follows AI answers, which is a separate feedback loop. 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 | Not listed Not stated on https://www.pageoptimizer.pro/. It is a hosted subscription product. 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 A POP API exists with documentation at api-docs.pageoptimizer.pro. It is pay-as-you-go ($50 one-time setup including 100 calls, then bundles of $250 to $2,000) or deferred billing ($1,500 setup, $0.09 per call). Unlimited plan members get 100 API calls a month. An MCP server or CLI is not stated. POP Pilot is an in-app AI agent. 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.
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The Page Optimizer Pro pages we read do not say (pageoptimizer.pro, read Oct 30, 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 Page Optimizer Pro pages we read do not say (pageoptimizer.pro, read Oct 30, 2026). Paperboy reads Search Console, read-only, to choose the next topic and to report clicks and impressions per article.
The Page Optimizer Pro pages we read do not say (pageoptimizer.pro, read Oct 30, 2026). The Paperboy engine is open source under AGPL-3.0 and runs with Docker and your own keys.
A POP API exists with documentation at api-docs.pageoptimizer.pro. It is pay-as-you-go ($50 one-time setup including 100 calls, then bundles of $250 to $2,000) or deferred billing ($1,500 setup, $0.09 per call). Unlimited plan members get 100 API calls a month. An MCP server or CLI is not stated. POP Pilot is an in-app AI agent (pageoptimizer.pro, read Oct 30, 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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About Page Optimizer Pro
Page Optimizer Pro (POP) scores web pages against on-page ranking signals from competing pages, then offers an AI writer, schema and E-E-A-T tools, rank monitoring and an AI visibility tracker to act on the results. (its own description, read Oct 30, 2026)
Credit-based: plans include a monthly credit allowance and extra credits are sold as bundles. The pricing page shows monthly prices for Basic, Unlimited and Teams and annual prices for Unlimited and Teams. The API is billed separately from plans. No docs beyond the marketing pages and API overview were reviewed in depth.
| Plan | Price | What the page says it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $40/month (monthly billing) | POP Rank Engine, unlimited domains, 20 POP EEAT, NLP, Watchdog and AI credits, POP AI Writer, POP AI Visibility Tracker |
| Unlimited | $72/month billed monthly, or $62/month billed annually ($739/year) | Unlimited domains, unlimited POP reports and Watchdog reports per month (fair-use footnote on the page), 50 POP EEAT, NLP, Watchdog and AI credits, POP AI Writer, POP AI Visibility Tracker, keyword tools |
| Teams | $143/month billed monthly, or $119/month billed annually ($1,425/year) | 120 credits, same features as Unlimited, starts at 5 sub-accounts (max 100), extra seats $12/month or $120/year |
| POP White Glove | From $275/month | Done-for-you on-page SEO service for agencies: keyword research, content audit, content silo building, optimized content delivered on demand |
| POP Authority | From $555/month | Done-for-you SEO for small businesses: keyword strategy, new and optimized pages published monthly, dedicated SEO manager, 90-day growth guarantee |
From Page Optimizer Pro's pricing page, read October 30, 2026. Paperboy's own prices are on our pricing page.
FAQ
As of Oct 30, 2026, Page Optimizer Pro lists Basic $40/month; Unlimited $72/month billed monthly, or $62/month billed annually; Teams $143/month billed monthly, or $119/month billed annually; POP White Glove From $275/month. pageoptimizer.pro is the source, so confirm there before you buy.
The Page Optimizer Pro pages we read do not say (pageoptimizer.pro, read Oct 30, 2026).
No auto-publishing stated. The AI Writer flow ends with 'download it or continue to publish' after you review the page. A Chrome extension optimizes inside Google Docs and your CMS. No WordPress plugin or webhook publishing is listed on the pages checked (pageoptimizer.pro, read Oct 30, 2026).
The Page Optimizer Pro pages we read do not say (pageoptimizer.pro, read Oct 30, 2026).
A POP API exists with documentation at api-docs.pageoptimizer.pro. It is pay-as-you-go ($50 one-time setup including 100 calls, then bundles of $250 to $2,000) or deferred billing ($1,500 setup, $0.09 per call). Unlimited plan members get 100 API calls a month. An MCP server or CLI is not stated. POP Pilot is an in-app AI agent (pageoptimizer.pro, read Oct 30, 2026).
Sources
Every cell above links the page we read, and every date is the day we read it. Facts about Page Optimizer Pro come from Page Optimizer Pro'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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