Autoblogging tools
As of October 29, 2026, RankYak's cheapest paid plan is RankYak Pro at $99/month billed monthly, or $82.50/month billed yearly, per its own pricing page. Both RankYak 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 | RankYak |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | $49 a month | $99/month billed monthly, or $82.50/month 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 | RankYak |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | SEO autopilot: keyword research, one article a day, publishing, and refreshes driven by Search Console data. 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 | Single plan, RankYak Pro: $99/month billed monthly or $82.50/month billed yearly, per site. Includes 30 articles a month (1 per day). Site Guard is a separate $99/month add-on. 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 | |
| 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. Direct publishing as live posts or drafts to WordPress, WordPress.com, Shopify, Wix, Webflow, Duda and Ghost. Also Lovable, Replit and Next.js blogs, plus webhook, RSS, Zapier, Make and API. 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 The page says articles carry verified facts and cited sources. It does not describe checking each claim against the saved text of its source. 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. Connects Search Console; the page says rising queries become new articles and underperformers become refresh candidates. Site Guard also checks click-through against position. 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 open source or self-hosting claim found on the site. No GitHub organisation 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 | Yes Remote MCP server at rankyak.com/mcp (browser sign-in, no API key) for Claude, Cursor and other clients. REST API with per-site X-Api-Key, webhooks, RSS, Zapier and Make. No CLI listed. 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 RankYak if
What RankYak 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.
The page says articles carry verified facts and cited sources. It does not describe checking each claim against the saved text of its source (rankyak.com, 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. Connects Search Console; the page says rising queries become new articles and underperformers become refresh candidates. Site Guard also checks click-through against position (rankyak.com, read Oct 29, 2026). Paperboy reads Search Console, read-only, to choose the next topic and to report clicks and impressions per article.
The RankYak pages we read do not say (rankyak.com, read Oct 29, 2026). The Paperboy engine is open source under AGPL-3.0 and runs with Docker and your own keys.
Remote MCP server at rankyak.com/mcp (browser sign-in, no API key) for Claude, Cursor and other clients. REST API with per-site X-Api-Key, webhooks, RSS, Zapier and Make. No CLI listed (rankyak.com, 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 RankYak.
Keep RankYak 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 RankYak
RankYak describes itself as an SEO automation platform that researches keywords, writes daily articles and publishes them to your site. (its own description, read Oct 29, 2026)
Pricing is per site, not per article. The backlink exchange opens only after the trial ends, per the pricing page. The pricing page lists the MCP server and REST API under the AI-native section; the API help page does not say which plan includes API access.
| Plan | Price | What the page says it includes |
|---|---|---|
| RankYak Pro | $99/month billed monthly, or $82.50/month billed yearly (2 months free), per site | 30 SEO/GEO articles per month (1 per day), personalized growth plan, keyword research, automatic content optimization from Search Console data, auto-publishing, 40+ languages, backlink exchange, copilot, MCP server, REST API |
| Site Guard (add-on) | $99/month per site | Page Guard daily checks of selected pages, one-click fixes; Cannibalization Guard is also listed as an add-on |
| Agency Partner | $99/month per client site | All client sites in one dashboard, each site priced the same as the first, subject to fair use |
From RankYak's pricing page, read October 29, 2026. Paperboy's own prices are on our pricing page.
FAQ
As of Oct 29, 2026, RankYak lists RankYak Pro $99/month billed monthly, or $82.50/month billed yearly; Agency Partner $99/month per client site. rankyak.com is the source, so confirm there before you buy.
The page says articles carry verified facts and cited sources. It does not describe checking each claim against the saved text of its source (rankyak.com, read Oct 29, 2026).
Yes. Direct publishing as live posts or drafts to WordPress, WordPress.com, Shopify, Wix, Webflow, Duda and Ghost. Also Lovable, Replit and Next.js blogs, plus webhook, RSS, Zapier, Make and API (rankyak.com, read Oct 29, 2026).
The RankYak pages we read do not say (rankyak.com, read Oct 29, 2026).
Remote MCP server at rankyak.com/mcp (browser sign-in, no API key) for Claude, Cursor and other clients. REST API with per-site X-Api-Key, webhooks, RSS, Zapier and Make. No CLI listed (rankyak.com, read Oct 29, 2026).
Sources
Every cell above links the page we read, and every date is the day we read it. Facts about RankYak come from RankYak'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.
Keep going
Paste your address. In under ten minutes you read a finished, fact-checked article written for your site. Free, no card.
Prefer to run it yourself? Self-host it (repo coming soon). Using an agent? Add the MCP server.