AI visibility trackers (GEO)
As of October 30, 2026, Promptwatch's pricing page shows no fixed self-serve plan price we could read. Promptwatch 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 | Promptwatch |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | $49 a month | No fixed price shown |
| Fact checks claims against sources | Yes | Partly |
| Learns from Search Console | Yes | Partly |
| 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 | Promptwatch |
|---|---|---|
| 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 across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, DeepSeek and Grok, plus a content agent for new pages and refreshes 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 Essential at $95/month on the monthly toggle. A Monthly and Annually toggle exists, but annual prices were not shown in the page text read. 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. Essential and Professional each show a 7-day free trial button. The homepage says no credit card is required. Business is demo based and there is no free plan. 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 | Yes Yes, on Professional and up. The content agent publishes to WordPress, Webflow and Framer. Docs describe two modes: Review first, where nothing publishes without an accept, and Auto-publish, where drafts that pass quality checks publish at their slot within set publish windows. 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 | Partly Partial. The homepage describes monitoring claims AI models make about your brand, flagging inaccurate statements and comparing them with your knowledge base. The pages read do not state that text the content agent writes is checked against cited sources. 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 | Partly Partial. The homepage says you can turn top Search Console and Bing queries into prompts you track, and the integrations page lists Google Search Console. It does not say Search Console data automatically picks or refreshes articles. 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 the Promptwatch homepage or pricing page. It appears to be a hosted 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 | Yes Yes. MCP and API access is listed on every paid plan. The integrations page lists MCP, a REST API, a Claude connector, a ChatGPT plugin, Cursor, Lovable and Slack. Zapier is not listed. 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.
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What Promptwatch does well, from its own pages
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The four that decide it for most people, each with the source for the other side.
AI search visibility tracking across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, DeepSeek and Grok, plus a content agent for new pages and refreshes (promptwatch.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 Promptwatch's side: Yes, on Professional and up. The content agent publishes to WordPress, Webflow and Framer. Docs describe two modes: Review first, where nothing publishes without an accept, and Auto-publish, where drafts that pass quality checks publish at their slot within set publish windows (promptwatch.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. Promptwatch on search data: Partial. The homepage says you can turn top Search Console and Bing queries into prompts you track, and the integrations page lists Google Search Console. It does not say Search Console data automatically picks or refreshes articles (promptwatch.com, read Oct 30, 2026).
Promptwatch: Yes. MCP and API access is listed on every paid plan. The integrations page lists MCP, a REST API, a Claude connector, a ChatGPT plugin, Cursor, Lovable and Slack. Zapier is not listed (promptwatch.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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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 Promptwatch
AI search visibility platform that tracks how brands appear across AI engines and includes a content agent that turns citation gaps into new pages and refreshes. (its own description, read Oct 30, 2026)
Prices are the monthly toggle values shown on the pricing page. Annual prices were not visible in the page text read. Prompt, response and project limits differ by plan. Promptwatch is wider than tracking only, since its Professional plan adds content writing and refresh.
| Plan | Price | What the page says it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | $95/month on the monthly toggle; annual price not shown in the text read | 7-day free trial; 1 project; all models; 50 prompts; 6,000 responses; Agent Chat; country level tracking; MCP and API access |
| Professional | $245/month on the monthly toggle; annual price not shown in the text read | 7-day free trial; 2 projects; 150 prompts; 18,000 responses; content writing and refresh; knowledge base; Agent Analytics; country level tracking; MCP and API access |
| Business | $579/month on the monthly toggle; annual price not shown in the text read | Book a demo; 5 projects; 350 prompts; 42,000 responses; up to hourly tracking; state and city level tracking; shopping insights; Ads Radar; audit logs; MCP and API access |
| Enterprise | Custom | Contact sales; custom prompt volume and tracking frequency; managed content workflows; knowledge base; SSO; audit logs; dedicated success manager; priority support; MCP and API access |
From Promptwatch's pricing page, read October 30, 2026. Paperboy's own prices are on our pricing page.
FAQ
As of Oct 30, 2026, Promptwatch lists Essential $95/month on the monthly toggle; Professional $245/month on the monthly toggle; Business $579/month on the monthly toggle. promptwatch.com is the source, so confirm there before you buy.
Yes, on Professional and up. The content agent publishes to WordPress, Webflow and Framer. Docs describe two modes: Review first, where nothing publishes without an accept, and Auto-publish, where drafts that pass quality checks publish at their slot within set publish windows (promptwatch.com, read Oct 30, 2026).
Partial. The homepage says you can turn top Search Console and Bing queries into prompts you track, and the integrations page lists Google Search Console. It does not say Search Console data automatically picks or refreshes articles (promptwatch.com, read Oct 30, 2026).
The Promptwatch pages we read do not say (promptwatch.com, read Oct 30, 2026).
Yes. MCP and API access is listed on every paid plan. The integrations page lists MCP, a REST API, a Claude connector, a ChatGPT plugin, Cursor, Lovable and Slack. Zapier is not listed (promptwatch.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 Promptwatch come from Promptwatch'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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