Contentpen vs Outrank (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Contentpen and Outrank share a 2.2 GPA, neither has a free plan, and Contentpen starts cheaper, at $39 a month against $99 a month.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Contentpen grades higher on value for money. Outrank grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Contentpen
AI blog writer with SEO scoring, autopublishing and AI answer tracking
Outrank
Autopilot SEO blog writer that publishes daily and trades backlinks
Which one is for you
Pick Contentpen if
- Fits if you run a small business blog and want posts scored for Google and AI answers before they go out
- Works for agencies keeping several brands apart in separate workspaces
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you won't hand over a card, as the 7-day trial needs one and there's no free plan
- Tight if you're on Starter, with 12 articles, no Autopilot, no SEO opportunities and no AI-powered editing
- Too light for AI tracking on Starter, which checks ChatGPT and Google AI monthly, with Perplexity from Scale and Claude from Agency
- Watch out: unused articles don't roll over, and add-on packs for articles, images and prompts are sold only on Scale and Agency
- Pricey if you want the API, SSO or custom integrations, which are on Enterprise at a price you get from sales
Pick Outrank if
- Fits if you run one business site and want an article posted to it every day without writing it
- Works for agencies running several sites, as the bill drops 10% to 20% across 2 to 25 sites
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $99 for one site against $999 for a whole year
- Watch out: backlinks are a swap, so your own articles carry links to other customers' sites
- Tight if you need more than 30 articles a month, as 60 or 90 cost $85 or $160 a month on top
- Watch out: human editing is a separate $1,399 a month, and extra backlink plans run $199 to $1,899
- Watch out: the trial's length isn't stated, and articles written during it carry an Outrank watermark
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAContentpenFair | 2.2GPAOutrankFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStarter is $39 a month billed yearly ($468 a year), or $49 monthly, for 12 articles. That's an ordinary price here, between this category's cheaper quarter at $20 and its dearer quarter at $83. Autopilot needs Growth at $79 yearly. | D$99 a month for one site and 30 articles, which is where this category's dearest tenth starts. Paying $999 for the year brings it to about $83.25 a month, the dearer quarter. 60 or 90 articles cost $85 or $160 a month more. |
| Free plan and trial | DNo free plan. The 7-day trial on every paid plan needs a credit card. | CNo free plan. You can sign up and see the keyword research and articles before paying, but the trial's length isn't stated and trial articles carry an Outrank watermark. |
| Features | BKeyword research and clusters, a blog writer with SERP analysis, SEO and GEO scoring with one-click fixes, interlinking, bulk runs, Autopilot, Search Console flags for content decay and AI answer tracking. It covers the whole job, with Autopilot from Growth. | BKeyword research with live volume and difficulty, a 30-day plan, a daily article with images, publishing to seven CMSs, backlink swaps and flags on articles that need a rewrite. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core job. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You connect your CMS and Search Console, set up a workspace and learn its two scores before posts go out on their own. | CNo rating on record. You connect a CMS or a webhook and look over a 30-day plan, and the backlinks depend on hosting other sites' links in your posts. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It publishes to WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, Wix and Ghost, reads Search Console, links to ContentStudio and sends webhooks. An API is Enterprise only. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It publishes to WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, Framer, Wix, Notion and Ghost, or through a webhook, and has an API. |
| Best for | blog posts scored for Google and AI answers | a blog that posts an article a day for you |
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: Contentpen and Outrank. How we grade
Price against what you get
Contentpen starts at $39 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Outrank starts at $99 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and Contentpen starts $60 a month lower. Of the other SEO content tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than Contentpen for less, and 1 scores higher than Outrank 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
- Contentpen also covers AI search visibility and content optimization.
- Outrank also covers image generation.
At a glance
| Contentpen | Outrank | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $39 per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly) | $99 per month for 30 articles, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial on every paid plan; a credit card is required | Free trial before subscribing; trial articles carry an Outrank watermark |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Contentpen | Outrank SAS |
| Price read from | contentpen.ai | outrank.so |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Contentpen
- The 7-day trial needs a credit card, and there is no free plan.
- Starter tracks only ChatGPT and Google AI, monthly, and has no Autopilot or SEO opportunities; Perplexity starts at Scale, Grok and Claude at Agency.
- Unused articles do not roll over, and add-on packs (articles from $29, images from $19, prompts from $49 a month) are sold only on Scale and Agency.
- AI-powered editing, readability controls, custom instructions and shareable drafts are not on Starter.
Outrank
- The plan covers 30 articles a month for one site; 60 or 90 articles cost $85 or $160 a month more.
- Backlinks work as an exchange: your own articles host links to other sites. Extra backlink plans cost $199 to $1,899 a month.
- Human editing of every article is a separate service at $1,399 a month.
- The trial length is not stated, and articles written during the trial carry an Outrank watermark.
Key features
Contentpen
- Keyword research and topic clusters
- Finds terms a site can win and groups them into connected topics to write around.
- Blog writer
- Writes full posts with an automatic SERP analysis, current facts, a table of contents and branded images made in the editor.
- SEO and GEO scoring
- Scores each draft for Google rankings and for being picked up in AI answers, and fixes flagged issues in one click.
- Automatic interlinking
- Adds internal and external links to posts as they are published, so new pages link to older ones.
- Scheduling, bulk runs and Autopilot
- Writes dozens of posts in one run and publishes them on a schedule; from Growth up, Autopilot researches, writes and publishes on its own.
- Search Console insights and AI visibility
- Uses Search Console data to flag quick wins, content decay and CTR gaps, and tracks set prompts and competitors across AI engines.
Outrank
- Daily article autopilot
- Builds a 30-day content plan from your niche and competitors, then writes and publishes one article a day with titles, meta descriptions and images.
- Keyword research
- Unlimited keyword research on autopilot or in chat, with live search volume and difficulty, dropped straight onto the content calendar.
- Automated backlinks
- Places links to your site inside relevant articles on other blogs and checks each one. You earn the credits by hosting links in your own articles.
- Publishing and a free blog
- Publishes to WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, Framer, Wix, Notion and Ghost or a webhook, or to a free Outrank-hosted blog on your own domain.
- Brand voice and 150+ languages
- Matches the style of articles you have already published and writes in more than 150 languages, with in-article images and YouTube videos.
- Review and refresh
- Scheduled articles can be generated up to 7 days early for review, and underperforming articles are flagged for a rewrite.
Plans
Contentpen
Starter$39
per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly)
12 articles and 75 AI images a month, 1 workspace and seat, and 25 prompts tracked monthly in ChatGPT and Google AI.
Growth$79
per month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)
40 articles, 3 workspaces, 5 seats, Autopilot, SEO opportunities and 75 prompts tracked weekly in ChatGPT, Google AI, Copilot and Gemini.
Scale$199
per month, billed annually ($249 billed monthly)
75 articles, 5 workspaces, 10 seats, 150 prompts across 5 AI engines including Perplexity, onboarding and add-ons.
Agency$359
per month, billed annually ($449 billed monthly)
150 articles, 10 workspaces, unlimited seats and competitors, and 300 prompts across 7 AI engines including Grok and Claude.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom credits, unlimited seats and workspaces, custom integrations and API, SSO and SAML, and an SLA. Sold through sales.
Outrank
Organic Growth$99
per month for 30 articles, billed monthly
One website, 30 articles a month, unlimited users, keyword research, automated backlinks and every integration. Shown as reduced from a crossed-out $199.
Ways to pay less
Contentpen
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
Contentpen's pricing page lists 20% off for yearly billing: Starter is $39 a month billed as $468 a year instead of $49 a month.
- Nonprofit
Up to 50% off for nonprofits and startups
The pricing FAQ offers nonprofits and startups recurring discounts of up to 50% on all plans, set by organization size, with proof such as a 501(c)(3) letter.
Outrank
- Annual discount
$999 a year with yearly billing
Outrank's pricing page offers the Organic Growth plan at $999 a year, which it says saves $189 against paying $99 monthly.
- Other savings
Up to 20% off for several websites
Volume discounts apply to the whole subscription: 10% for 2 to 4 sites, 15% for 5 to 19 and 20% for 20 to 25. Over 25 sites is quoted on request.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Contentpen or Outrank?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Contentpen is cheaper to start with: $39 a month, against $99 a month for Outrank. Contentpen starts at $39 per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly), and Outrank starts at $99 per month for 30 articles, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Contentpen or Outrank?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Contentpen nor Outrank has a free plan. Both have 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.