Autoblogging tools
As of October 29, 2026, SEO.AI's cheapest paid plan is Single Site at $149/month, billed monthly, per its own pricing page. Both SEO.AI 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 | SEO.AI |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | $49 a month | $149/month, billed monthly |
| Fact checks claims against sources | Yes | Not listed |
| Learns from Search Console | Yes | Partly |
| Publishes to your site for you | Partly | Yes |
| MCP, API or CLI for agents | Yes | Not listed |
Side by side
Every cell links the page it came from, with the day we read it.
| Feature | Paperboy | SEO.AI |
|---|---|---|
| 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 SEO agent that writes and publishes content on a schedule and builds backlinks through a link exchange network. 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 Site is $149/month billed monthly, for one website in one language. Annual payment saves 25%. Prices exclude VAT. No article, word or credit limits are stated. Multi Site is $299/month for up to 3 websites or languages. 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 7-day trial (buttons read Try 7-day trial and Get started for free). Monthly plans have no binding period. Annual payments are binding for the paid period. 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. The page says new articles go live automatically. You can instead choose draft saving or review in the platform, and an email with the content is sent before publishing. Supported: WordPress, Webflow, Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, Magento and other shop systems. 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 checking against cited sources is described. The pricing FAQ says SEO specialists review and spot check the texts. 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 | Partly Main pages do not mention Google Search Console. A help article titled Connect to Google Search Console to view keyword gaps is listed in search results, but docs.seo.ai returned a server error on 2026-10-29, so the details are unverified. 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 statement found on seo.ai. The seo-ai GitHub org (linked to seo.ai) holds only forks and utilities of third-party libraries. 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 | Not listed No MCP server, public API, CLI or Zapier connector is listed on the seo.ai pages checked. The agent connects to your CMS from inside the product. The help site docs.seo.ai returned a server error. 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 SEO.AI if
What SEO.AI 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 SEO.AI pages we read do not say (seo.ai, 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.
Main pages do not mention Google Search Console. A help article titled Connect to Google Search Console to view keyword gaps is listed in search results, but docs.seo.ai returned a server error on 2026-10-29, so the details are unverified (docs.seo.ai, read Oct 29, 2026). Paperboy reads Search Console, read-only, to choose the next topic and to report clicks and impressions per article.
The SEO.AI 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.
The SEO.AI pages we read do not say (seo.ai, 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 SEO.AI.
Keep SEO.AI 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 SEO.AI
AI SEO agent that writes ranking content, publishes it to your website, builds backlinks and keeps working in the background. (its own description, read Oct 29, 2026)
The pricing page title tag reads Pricing-Jul-2025, but the page was live and showed $149 and $299 on 2026-10-29. The home page and pricing page describe the product as an AI agent, not an editor or writing assistant. Company is based in Denmark. docs.seo.ai returned a server error.
| Plan | Price | What the page says it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Single Site | $149/month, billed monthly (25% off with annual payment, prices exclude VAT) | One website in one language. AI agent, content recommendations and publishing plan, algorithm-aligned pages and articles, backlinks, Google Ads building, performance monitoring, human support. The page states no article, word or credit limits. |
| Multi Site | $299/month, billed monthly (25% off with annual payment, prices exclude VAT) | Up to 3 websites or languages. The page also shows a selector with 1, 3, 5, 10 and 10+ steps, and prices for the larger steps are not stated in the page text. Same features as Single Site, with the monthly work repeated for each site or language. |
From SEO.AI's pricing page, read October 29, 2026. Paperboy's own prices are on our pricing page.
FAQ
As of Oct 29, 2026, SEO.AI lists Single Site $149/month, billed monthly; Multi Site $299/month, billed monthly. seo.ai is the source, so confirm there before you buy.
The SEO.AI pages we read do not say (seo.ai, read Oct 29, 2026).
Yes. The page says new articles go live automatically. You can instead choose draft saving or review in the platform, and an email with the content is sent before publishing. Supported: WordPress, Webflow, Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, Magento and other shop systems (seo.ai, read Oct 29, 2026).
The SEO.AI pages we read do not say (github.com, read Oct 29, 2026).
The SEO.AI pages we read do not say (seo.ai, read Oct 29, 2026).
Sources
Every cell above links the page we read, and every date is the day we read it. Facts about SEO.AI come from SEO.AI'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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