Abun vs Koala (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Abun and Koala share a 2.4 GPA, and only Abun has a free plan.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Abun grades higher on value for money. Koala grades higher on features. They get the same grade on the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Abun
AI article writer with keyword research and programmatic SEO pages
Koala
AI article writer with SERP analysis, internal links and an SEO agent
Which one is for you
Pick Abun if
- Fits if you want articles and keyword research under one low subscription
- Works for niche sites building glossaries, comparison pages and calculators in bulk
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at about twice the yearly rate: $24 against $12 on Seed
- Watch out: the internal link builder, article updater, technical SEO and AI SEO tracker are still coming soon
- Tight if you're on Seed, with 2 sites and 10 articles a month
- Not for you if your CMS isn't WordPress, Webflow, Wix, Shopify or Ghost, as others need an export
- Watch out: the free trial is 2 credits, and the homepage says free accounts won't last
Pick Koala if
- Fits if you run a blog or affiliate site and publish articles in volume
- Works for WordPress and Shopify sites that want drafts sent straight to the site
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a free plan, as the free allowance is one-time
- Watch out: word allowances assume one model, and the others count double or triple
- Tight if you lean on the SEO agent, at 25 messages a month on Starter and 50 on Professional
- Pricey if you write for several brands, as each extra one is $29 a month
- Watch out: refunds come only within 15 days, and only if under 15,000 words and 100 credits were used
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAAbunFair | 2.4GPAKoalaFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BSeed is $12 a month on yearly billing for 10 articles, inside this category's cheapest quarter ($20), but only on yearly billing: monthly it's $24. Growth is $39 yearly for 100 articles. | CStarter is $25 a month for 45,000 words and 500 credits, between this category's cheaper quarter ($20) and its middle ($45). The SEO-scored editor, the Search Console dashboard and Deep Research start at Professional, $49. |
| Free plan and trial | CA Trial plan at $0 with 2 credits to try article writing, and the homepage says free accounts are only offered for a limited time. That's a look, not something you'd live on. | CNo ongoing free plan. A new account gets a one-time 5,000 words and 25 credits with no card, which is enough for a look and not much more. |
| Features | CArticles of 1,500 to 7,500 words, five keyword research modes, blog automation, glossaries, comparison and stats pages, auto schema and outreach helpers. Its own gaps: the internal link builder, article updater and technical SEO are coming soon. | BAn article writer working from the ranking pages, an SEO agent that plans from Search Console, automatic internal links, publishing to four CMSs, Amazon affiliate articles, an API and an MCP server. The whole job, though the scored editor starts at Professional. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You set up keyword projects and link a CMS for automation, and there are a lot of modules to learn, from schema to calculators to email finders. | CNo rating on record. There's Brand DNA to set up, Search Console and a CMS to connect, and words and credits counted separately. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It auto-posts to WordPress, Webflow, Wix, Shopify and Ghost, links to Search Console and GoHighLevel, and exports HTML or Markdown for anything else. | BWeb, publishing to WordPress, Shopify, Webflow and Ghost, with Zapier, Make, Search Console, Analytics, an API and an MCP server. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | articles and keyword research on one plan | AI blog articles published straight to your CMS |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Abun and Koala. How we grade
Price against what you get
Abun starts at $12 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Koala starts at $25 a month and scores 2.7.
Koala scores higher, and starts $13 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other SEO content tools on the chart, 2 score higher than Abun for less, and 1 scores higher than Koala for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Abun also covers schema markup.
- Koala also covers image generation, content optimization and internal linking.
At a glance
| Abun | Koala | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $12 per month for 10 articles, billed annually ($24 billed monthly) | $25 per month, billed monthly |
| Free plan | Trial plan at $0 a month with 2 credits; the homepage says free accounts are available only for a limited time. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | Free account with a one-time 5,000 words and 25 credits, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Abun Technologies Private Limited | F5 Media, LLC |
| Price read from | abun.com | koala.sh |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Abun
- Monthly billing costs about twice the annual rate; the first month is shown at half price for a limited time.
- The internal link builder, article updater, technical SEO, GMB tracker and AI SEO tracker are marked as coming soon.
- Auto-posting covers WordPress, Webflow, Wix, Shopify and Ghost; other CMSs need an HTML or Markdown export.
- Seed is limited to 2 sites and 10 articles a month.
Koala
- There is no ongoing free plan; new accounts get a one-time 5,000 words and 25 credits.
- Word allowances assume the GPT-6 Luna model; GPT-6.1 Sol and Claude Sonnet 5 count double and Claude Opus 5.5 triple.
- The SEO agent is capped at 25 messages a month on Starter and 50 on Professional; Boost removes the cap.
- Extra brands cost $29 a month each; refunds are given within 15 days only if under 15,000 words and 100 credits were used.
Key features
Abun
- Long AI articles
- Writes articles of 1,500 to 7,500 words from a chosen keyword and title, with images and a featured thumbnail, in 50+ languages.
- Keyword research modes
- Long-tail, AI, competitor, ideal-customer-profile and manual keyword research, with search volume figures.
- Blog automation
- Links a keyword project to a CMS and generates and posts a set number of articles on schedule to WordPress, Webflow, Wix, Shopify or Ghost.
- Programmatic SEO pages
- Creates glossaries, competitor comparison pages, statistics pages and niche calculator widgets, with limits by plan.
- Auto schema and indexing
- Adds JSON schema markup to site pages (100 URLs on Seed up to unlimited) and offers fast indexing and Search Console insights.
- Outreach helpers
- A guest post finder, a backlink directory, Reddit thread discovery and email finder and verifier tools.
Koala
- KoalaWriter
- Drafts articles that cover the entities and terms shared by the ranking pages, with Deep Research sources from Professional, AI images and a bulk mode.
- Brand DNA and SEO agent
- Reads your website or Google Maps listing once, then plans topics from your Search Console and Analytics with built-in keyword, backlink and SERP data.
- Automatic internal linking
- KoalaWriter indexes your site and places internal links in each article; KoalaLinks adds links and schema markup across existing pages from Professional.
- One-click publishing
- Publishes drafts or finished posts to WordPress, Shopify, Webflow and Ghost, or anywhere else through webhooks for Zapier and Make.
- Amazon affiliate articles
- Writes product roundups and single-product reviews from live Amazon data, including product details and customer reviews.
- API and MCP server
- Every paid plan can write by API or connect an AI assistant to 62 SEO tools; research calls cost 0.1 to 4 credits each.
Plans
Abun
Trial$0
2 credits to try article writing; offered for a limited time.
Seed$12
per month for 10 articles, billed annually ($24 billed monthly)
2 sites, 1,000 keyword research credits, 2 blog automations, 5 each of calculators, stats and comparison pages.
Starter$29
per month for 25 articles, billed annually ($59 billed monthly)
5 sites, 2,500 keyword credits, 5 blog automations, schema on 1,000 URLs and 100 glossary entries.
Growth$39
per month for 100 articles, billed annually ($79 billed monthly)
15 sites, 6,000 keyword credits, 10 blog automations, schema on 5,000 URLs and 200 glossary entries.
Growth Max$74
per month for 500 articles, billed annually ($149 billed monthly)
Unlimited sites and blog automations, 20,000 keyword credits and unlimited programmatic pages and schema.
Koala
Starter$25
per month for 45,000 words, billed monthly
500 credits a month, 1 brand, 25 agent messages, bulk writing, publishing integrations, the API and MCP server.
Professional$49
per month for 100,000 words, billed monthly
1,000 credits, 50 agent messages, Search Console and Analytics dashboard, SEO-scored editor, Deep Research and KoalaLinks for 50 sites.
Boost$99
per month for 250,000 words, billed monthly
2,500 credits a month, the full Brand DNA experience with no agent message cap, and content calendar autopilot.
Growth$179
per month for 500,000 words, billed monthly
Everything in Boost with 5,000 credits a month and 3 brands.
Elite$350
per month for 1,000,000 words, billed monthly
Everything in Boost with 10,000 credits a month and 7 brands.
Advanced$500
per month for 1,500,000 words, billed monthly
Everything in Boost with 12,500 credits a month and 12 brands. Scale plans go on up to $2,000 a month.
Ways to pay less
Abun
- Annual discount
Six months free on annual billing
Abun's pricing section offers annual plans as pay for 6 months, get 6 free, a limited-time offer with no end date: Seed is $12 a month billed yearly against $24 monthly.
- Other savings
50% off the first month on monthly plans
Monthly plans show a limited-time half-price first month with no code, such as Seed at $12 and Growth at $39 before the regular rate.
Koala
- Annual discount
Save 20% with annual billing
Koala's pricing page offers 20% off every plan with annual billing, with the whole year's words and credits given up front.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Abun or Koala?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Abun is cheaper to start with: $12 a month, against $25 a month for Koala. Abun starts at $12 per month for 10 articles, billed annually ($24 billed monthly), and Koala starts at $25 per month, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Abun or Koala?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Abun has a free plan. Koala does not, though it has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.