AI visibility trackers (GEO)
As of October 29, 2026, SurgeGraph's cheapest paid plan is Spark at $390/year billed annually, per its own pricing page. SurgeGraph 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 | SurgeGraph |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | $49 a month | $390/year billed annually |
| 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 | Yes |
Side by side
Every cell links the page it came from, with the day we read it.
| Feature | Paperboy | SurgeGraph |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | AEO ranking engine for agencies: AI visibility tracking, AEO scoring and fixes, plus content creation. 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 | Cheapest paid plan is Spark: $390/year billed annually, shown as $32.50/month, with 3,000 credits/month. The page says annual saves $78, but the month-to-month price was not shown in the page render. Page copy also says it starts at $29/month. 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 | Not listed No free plan or free trial shown on the pricing page. It offers a 14-day money-back guarantee instead. 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 | Partly WordPress only: one-click publishing exports articles to WordPress, and the Content Optimizer pushes updates back to WordPress. No other CMS targets or scheduled auto-publish found. The MCP page says assistants can publish articles. 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 of checking article claims against cited sources. One how-to page says SERP facts from authority pages are fed in to reduce hallucinations, and suggests manual review before publishing. 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 live Google Search Console connection found. The Topic Discovery page lists a GSC integration as an upcoming feature (page is undated). 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 Official MCP server with OAuth, works with Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf and Copilot. Listed on the Signature plan on the pricing page; the MCP page says no extra cost and actions use plan credits. No public REST API or CLI shown on the pages checked. 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 SurgeGraph if
What SurgeGraph does well, from its own pages
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Write my first article freeWhat you get
The four that decide it for most people, each with the source for the other side.
AEO ranking engine for agencies: AI visibility tracking, AEO scoring and fixes, plus content creation (surgegraph.io, read Oct 29, 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 SurgeGraph's side: WordPress only: one-click publishing exports articles to WordPress, and the Content Optimizer pushes updates back to WordPress. No other CMS targets or scheduled auto-publish found. The MCP page says assistants can publish articles (surgegraph.io, read Oct 29, 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. SurgeGraph on search data: The SurgeGraph pages we read do not say (surgegraph.io, read Oct 29, 2026).
SurgeGraph: Official MCP server with OAuth, works with Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf and Copilot. Listed on the Signature plan on the pricing page; the MCP page says no extra cost and actions use plan credits. No public REST API or CLI shown on the pages checked (surgegraph.io, read Oct 29, 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 SurgeGraph
SurgeGraph describes itself as an AEO ranking engine for agencies, covering AI visibility tracking, AEO scoring and fixes, and content creation. (its own description, read Oct 29, 2026)
The site now positions SurgeGraph as an AEO tool for agencies, not a general AI article writer. The pricing card shows $32.50/month next to $390/year, so the card figure is the annual rate per month; the month-to-month price was not readable. Hero copy on the same page says it starts at $29/month, which does not match any card. MCP is listed under the Signature plan on the pricing page but the MCP page says it is included at no extra cost, so plan gating is unclear.
| Plan | Price | What the page says it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Spark | $390/year billed annually (card shows $32.50/month) | 3,000 credits/month, AI rank tracking on ChatGPT and Google AI Overview, AI content creation and optimization, AEO and SEO scoring, topic and domain research, 2 projects, 2 team seats |
| Scale | $790/year billed annually (card shows $65.83/month) | 8,000 credits/month, everything in Spark plus Perplexity tracking, updates every 3 days, white-label reports, BYOK, priority queue, 10 projects, 5 team seats |
| Signature | $1,290/year billed annually (card shows $107.50/month) | 15,000 credits/month, everything in Scale plus Gemini and Google AI Mode tracking, daily updates, MCP and agentic workflow integration, custom project access controls, 50 projects, 10 team seats |
From SurgeGraph's pricing page, read October 29, 2026. Paperboy's own prices are on our pricing page.
FAQ
As of Oct 29, 2026, SurgeGraph lists Spark $390/year billed annually; Scale $790/year billed annually; Signature $1,290/year billed annually. surgegraph.io is the source, so confirm there before you buy.
WordPress only: one-click publishing exports articles to WordPress, and the Content Optimizer pushes updates back to WordPress. No other CMS targets or scheduled auto-publish found. The MCP page says assistants can publish articles (surgegraph.io, read Oct 29, 2026).
The SurgeGraph pages we read do not say (surgegraph.io, read Oct 29, 2026).
The SurgeGraph pages we read do not say (surgegraph.io, read Oct 29, 2026).
Official MCP server with OAuth, works with Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf and Copilot. Listed on the Signature plan on the pricing page; the MCP page says no extra cost and actions use plan credits. No public REST API or CLI shown on the pages checked (surgegraph.io, read Oct 29, 2026).
Sources
Every cell above links the page we read, and every date is the day we read it. Facts about SurgeGraph come from SurgeGraph'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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