General AI writers
As of October 29, 2026, Rytr's cheapest paid plan is Lite at $9/month billed monthly, per its own pricing page. Rytr is a general writing tool, while Paperboy writes only SEO articles and checks each cited claim against its source.
| Row | Paperboy | Rytr |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | $49 a month | $9/month billed monthly |
| Fact checks claims against sources | Yes | Not listed |
| Learns from Search Console | Yes | Not listed |
| Publishes to your site for you | Partly | Not listed |
| 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 | Rytr |
|---|---|---|
| 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 relationship manager and follow-up assistant, with a general writing assistant 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 | Lite, $9/month billed monthly, with unlimited characters. Yearly billing saves 20%. Personal is $19/month and Pro is $49/month. A free plan also exists. 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 A free forever plan, not a time-limited trial. It includes 10,000 characters per month, 1 connected source, 25 active relationships, 25 Engage actions, 40+ writing use cases and 30+ languages. 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 | Not listed No publishing to a CMS or blog is listed on the pricing, product or integrations pages. Listed integrations are Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Google Calendar, Google Meet, Granola and text messaging. 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 | Not listed No claim about checking article claims against sources. The Source-backed Ask Rytr feature answers questions about your own connected messages and notes, not article claims. 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 mention of Google Search Console or SEO performance data on the pages checked. 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 that the product is open source or self-hostable. The rytr-me GitHub org has one public repo, the API documentation. 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 Partly. A content-generation API is documented in the rytr-me/documentation repo (bearer token; endpoints for languages, tones, voices and generation; pay per use after 10,000 free characters). The integrations page also lists a Workspace API for importing context. No MCP server or CLI found. 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 Rytr if
What Rytr 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 Rytr pages we read do not say (rytr.me, 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 Rytr pages we read do not say (rytr.me, read Oct 29, 2026). Paperboy reads Search Console, read-only, to choose the next topic and to report clicks and impressions per article.
The Rytr pages we read do not say (github.com, read Oct 29, 2026). The Paperboy engine is open source under AGPL-3.0 and runs with Docker and your own keys.
Partly. A content-generation API is documented in the rytr-me/documentation repo (bearer token; endpoints for languages, tones, voices and generation; pay per use after 10,000 free characters). The integrations page also lists a Workspace API for importing context. No MCP server or CLI found (github.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 Rytr.
Keep Rytr 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 Rytr
Rytr now calls itself an AI relationship manager that remembers client context and drafts follow-ups, with a writing assistant for emails and posts. (its own description, read Oct 29, 2026)
Rytr has pivoted. The homepage title is now AI Relationship Manager and Follow-Up Assistant, and the old AI writer is the Create half of the product. The pricing page no longer sells SEO article features. Legacy comparison pages still exist under /comparisons. Not defunct.
| Plan | Price | What the page says it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free forever | 10,000 characters per month, 1 connected source, 25 active relationships, 25 Engage actions per month, 3 person research runs, daily briefing, 40+ writing use cases, 30+ languages |
| Lite | $9/month billed monthly (yearly billing saves 20%) | Everything in Free plus unlimited characters per month |
| Personal | $19/month billed monthly (yearly billing saves 20%) | Everything in Lite plus 2 connected sources, 250 active relationships, 250 Engage actions per month, 10 person research runs per month |
| Pro | $49/month billed monthly (yearly billing saves 20%) | Everything in Personal plus all connected sources, 1,000 active relationships, 2,000 Engage actions per month, 50 person research runs, morning and evening briefings, custom use cases |
From Rytr's pricing page, read October 29, 2026. Paperboy's own prices are on our pricing page.
FAQ
As of Oct 29, 2026, Rytr lists Lite $9/month billed monthly; Personal $19/month billed monthly; Pro $49/month billed monthly. rytr.me is the source, so confirm there before you buy.
The Rytr pages we read do not say (rytr.me, read Oct 29, 2026).
The Rytr pages we read do not say (rytr.me, read Oct 29, 2026).
The Rytr pages we read do not say (github.com, read Oct 29, 2026).
Partly. A content-generation API is documented in the rytr-me/documentation repo (bearer token; endpoints for languages, tones, voices and generation; pay per use after 10,000 free characters). The integrations page also lists a Workspace API for importing context. No MCP server or CLI found (github.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 Rytr come from Rytr'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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