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AI SEO autopilot pricing compared
AI SEO autopilots plan, write and publish articles to your site. Several cost about the same for about the same number of articles, so the real differences are in how they handle links, whether they track how AI assistants mention you, and how you can try them.
This page lists 10 tools with their monthly price, what the allowance covers, their approach to backlinks, AI-visibility tracking and any trial or free start.
Prices checked on . Prices change often and several vendors run launch discounts, so check the vendor’s own page before you buy.
What matters when you compare AI SEO tools
Articles per month, and what counts
Some plans count articles, some count credits (Arvow: an article costs 15) and some count words (Koala). Work out how many articles you'd actually get for the price.
The backlink approach
Several tools include a backlink exchange or a partner network among customers. Google's spam policies list excessive link exchanges and automated link programs as link spam, so decide whether you want that on your domain. Others don't build links at all.
AI-visibility tracking
Tracking shows whether ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini or Claude mention you for a set of prompts. Check how many prompts, which engines and which plan includes it.
Trial and billing
Trials range from a few days to a free allowance of articles or words, and some tools offer a refund instead. Yearly billing often cuts the monthly price, so compare like with like.
AI SEO autopilot prices side by side
Monthly price in USD on monthly billing, unless the note says otherwise.
Disclosure: LaunchRanked is ours. It’s the highlighted row, listed first so you can find it. Every other row comes from that vendor’s own pricing page, linked in the row.
- Confirmedon the live pricing page
- Partly confirmedsome figures in the row couldn’t be confirmed
- Not confirmedcouldn’t be confirmed on the page
| Tool | Price / month | Articles | Backlinks | AI visibility | Trial or free start | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchRanked AutopilotAutopilot | $49/moFounding price for the first 100 customers, then $79/mo | 30Plus Search Console title and snippet fixes | None, by designNo exchange or link building | 25 prompts, 4 enginesChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude, every two weeks | 7-day free trial (card required; first subscription)During the trial, AI visibility is checked on Perplexity and Gemini only | Ours |
| OutrankSource: outrank.so/pricing (opens in a new tab) | $99or $999/year | 3060 or 90 for +$85 or +$160 | Exchange network among customers (credits) | No dedicated tracking found | Yes (watermarked) | Confirmed |
| DistribbSource: distribb.io/pricing (opens in a new tab) | $97or $79/mo billed yearly; first month $9 (promo) | 3090 on Accelerator ($495/mo) | Exchange among customers3–5 links in, up to 5 out a month | Yes | 3-day free trial | Confirmed |
| RankPillSource: rankpill.com/pricing (opens in a new tab) | $99or $990/year ($82.50 a month) | 303,000+ words each | Exchange program (30 credits a month); add-ons $249 and $799/mo | Listed as "coming soon" | No | Confirmed |
| BabyLoveGrowthSource: babylovegrowth.ai/en/pricing (opens in a new tab) | $99Grow, apparently on monthly billing (from the page's comparison table); $49 a month billed yearly. Confirm at checkout | 30120 on Scale ($199 billed yearly) | Partner network of 4,000+ sites | 10 promptsChatGPT, Claude, Gemini; 50 on Scale | 3 daysPlus a 90-day money-back guarantee if organic traffic doesn't grow | Partly confirmed |
| ArvowSource: arvow.com/pricing (opens in a new tab) | $69–449Solo, Business, Ultimate; $39–249 a month billed yearly | ~66+Credits: 1,000 / 3,000 / 9,000 a month; an article costs 15 | Automatic backlinks, Business tier and up | LLM brand visibility, Business tier and up | No | Confirmed |
| SEObotSource: seobotai.com (opens in a new tab) | from $49Up to $1,050/mo for 300 articles, per our earlier research | About 9On the entry plan, per our earlier research; not stated on the page | AI backlink building | Not found in our research | Refund after the first article | Partly confirmed |
| MachinedSource: machined.ai/pricing (opens in a new tab) | $19 / $49Launch / Growth; Pro $99, Scale $249, BYOK $99 for 2,000 articles | 30 / 100250 on Pro, 750 on Scale | NoInternal links within clusters | Not listed | 7 days, no card | Confirmed |
| KoalaSource: koala.sh/pricing (opens in a new tab) | $25–2,000Priced by words, e.g. $49 for 100,000 words; 20% off on annual billing | By words | NoKoalaLinks is for internal links | Not confirmedIts homepage says it shows where you're invisible in AI answers | Free tier5,000 words and 25 credits | Confirmed |
| BywordSource: byword.ai/pricing (opens in a new tab) | $99Starter; $299 for 80 articles, $999 for 300 | 25 | No | Not listed | 5 free articles | Partly confirmed |
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- SEObot's article count and top price come from our earlier research, not from the page read on 25 September 2026.
- BabyLoveGrowth's pricing page shows $49 a month billed yearly; the $99 monthly figure comes from the comparison table on the same page.
Prices checked on . Prices change often and several vendors run launch discounts, so check the vendor’s own page before you buy.
Where LaunchRanked fits
LaunchRanked Autopilot is $49/mo at the founding price for the first 100 customers, then $79/mo. It publishes 30 researched articles a month to your CMS, proposes new titles and snippets for pages already ranking on page 1–2 of Search Console, and tracks 25 prompts across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude every two weeks. Your first subscription starts with a 7-day free trial; a card is required, and you're charged when it ends unless you cancel.
It has no backlink exchange or link building, by design. If you want links bundled in, or need many sites or languages, other tools in this table are built for that.
Frequently asked questions
How much does an AI SEO autopilot cost?
For about 30 articles a month, Outrank and RankPill are $99/mo, BabyLoveGrowth's Grow plan appears to be $99/mo on monthly billing ($49 billed yearly) and Machined's Launch plan is $19/mo. LaunchRanked Autopilot is $49/mo at the founding price, then $79/mo. Prices checked on 25 September 2026.
Do AI SEO tools build backlinks for you?
Some do. Outrank and RankPill run backlink exchanges, BabyLoveGrowth has a partner network of 4,000+ sites, Arvow adds automatic backlinks from its Business tier and SEObot lists AI backlink building. Machined, Koala, Byword and LaunchRanked Autopilot don't build links. Google's spam policies list excessive link exchanges and automated link programs as link spam.
Which AI SEO tools track visibility in ChatGPT and other assistants?
In this table: BabyLoveGrowth (10 prompts on Grow), Arvow (LLM brand visibility from its Business tier) and LaunchRanked Autopilot (25 prompts across 4 engines). RankPill lists it as coming soon. We didn't find dedicated tracking at Outrank, SEObot, Machined or Byword.
Is yearly billing cheaper?
Usually. Outrank is $999 a year and RankPill $990, against $99 a month. BabyLoveGrowth and Arvow show lower monthly prices on yearly billing, Koala takes 20% off and Machined 25%. LaunchRanked Autopilot is billed monthly; there's no yearly plan yet. Compare the price for the billing period you'd actually choose.
Sources we checked
Each vendor’s own pricing page, read on . Prices and terms change, so check before you buy.
- outrank.so/pricing
- distribb.io/pricing
- rankpill.com/pricing
- babylovegrowth.ai/en/pricing
- arvow.com/pricing
- seobotai.com
- machined.ai/pricing
- koala.sh/pricing
- byword.ai/pricing
- Google Search spam policies (link spam)
BabyLoveGrowth, SEObot and Byword are marked partly confirmed: not every figure in those rows could be confirmed on the live page. BabyLoveGrowth's page shows two prices for the same plan, and SEObot's page doesn't state article counts.
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