Junia AI vs Scalenut (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Junia AI if

• Fits if you write and tune SEO articles yourself and want the research done in the editor
• Makes sense if you publish in several languages, as it writes in 150+

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you want autopilot on Growth, as AutoBlog, bulk generation, the planner, seats and the API start at Scale Starter
• Watch out: the free plan's limits aren't listed on the pricing page
• Too light for AI answer tracking, as LLM visibility starts at Scale Starter and the homepage names only ChatGPT and Claude
• Pricey if you pay monthly, at $34 for Growth and $59 for Scale Starter against $20 and $35 billed yearly
• Watch out: the yearly savings shown don't add up, $168 a year on Growth rather than the $224 the page claims

Pick Scalenut if

• Fits if you publish a steady stream of blog articles with AI help
• Makes sense if you want article writing and AI answer tracking in one account

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you're on Starter, at 5 new articles, 5 optimizations and 5 clusters a month
• Watch out: there are no refunds once the 7-day trial is over
• Skip it if you need daily AI answer checks, as prompts are checked weekly and Perplexity needs Professional at $199
• Pricey if you want internal links, audits or auto-publishing, which start at Plus for $89 a month
• Watch out: yearly prices only show as a time-limited Black Friday deal, with no regular yearly price

Junia AI

• Growth has no autopilot: AutoBlog, bulk generation, the content planner, auto-indexing, team seats and the API start at Scale Starter.
• LLM brand visibility is listed from Scale Starter; the homepage names ChatGPT and Claude as the assistants it checks.
• The free plan's limits are not listed on the pricing page.
• The yearly savings shown on the pricing page are larger than the gap between the prices shown: $168 a year on Growth, not $224.

Scalenut

• Annual plans are sold only at a time-limited Black Friday price at present; the regular annual price is not shown.
• There is no free plan, and the refund policy rules out refunds once the 7-day trial is over.
• AI answers are checked weekly, not daily; Starter and Plus cover only ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews.
• Internal linking, content audits, auto-publishing, Social UpReach and the backlinks marketplace start at Plus.

Junia AI

AI article writer and editor

Researches the pages that rank, then writes structured long-form articles with images and YouTube videos, in a co-writing editor with brand voice and knowledge bases.

1-click content optimization

Reworks an existing article by adding sections, filling content gaps and missing entities, and raising its content score.

Keyword research and content planner

Finds keywords and competitors' keywords, and on Scale plans builds a 30-day content plan from your site and its content gaps.

AutoBlog and bulk generation

Scale plans schedule articles to publish on autopilot, generate articles in bulk or programmatically, and submit new pages to Google for indexing.

Internal and external linking

Adds links to your own pages and to authoritative outside sources in one click, so related articles point to each other.

Publishing and 150+ languages

Publishes to WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Webflow, Blogger, Ghost and Medium or by webhook and API, and writes in 150+ languages.

Scalenut

AI Visibility

Tracks a set of prompts weekly in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews, plus Perplexity on Professional, with insights on AI bot traffic.

GEO article writer

Cruise Mode drafts articles from keyword and SERP research, with tone of voice settings and AI images included in each plan's monthly allowance.

Content optimizer

Scores existing articles against the ranking pages with NLP terms and a content score, and suggests the changes to make.

Keyword planner

Groups keywords into topic clusters; Professional adds an advanced planner and cannibalization analysis.

Content audit and internal linking

From Plus, audits a set number of pages a month for topic gaps and suggests internal links between them.

Social UpReach and backlinks

From Plus, Social UpReach follows Reddit threads by keyword and subreddit, and a marketplace sells backlinks.

Junia AI

• Free$0

  For trying the writer and workflow on real articles; limits are not published on the pricing page.

• Growth$20

  per month, billed annually ($34 billed monthly)

  10 SEO articles a month, the writer and editor, 1-click optimization, keyword research, internal and external links, brand voice and all integrations.

• Scale Starter$35

  per month, billed annually ($59 billed monthly)

  68 articles a month with AutoBlog scheduling, bulk generation, content planner, LLM brand visibility, unlimited websites, team seats and the API.

• Scale Plus$53

  per month, billed annually ($89 billed monthly)

  Everything in Scale Starter with 136 articles a month.

• Scale Pro$95

  per month, billed annually ($159 billed monthly)

  Everything in Scale Starter with 283 articles a month.

• SEO, Done For You$2,000

  per month and up

  Junia's team plans, writes, reviews and publishes content for you, with a 30% traffic-increase guarantee within 90 days.

Scalenut

• Starter$59

  per month, billed monthly

  1 domain, 10 prompts checked weekly in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews, and 5 new articles, 5 optimizations and 5 keyword clusters a month.

• Plus$89

  per month, billed monthly

  2 domains, 4 team members, 25 prompts, 30 articles and 30 optimizations a month, a 200-page audit, internal linking and auto-publishing.

• Professional$199

  per month, billed monthly

  Unlimited domains and members, 100 prompts with Perplexity added, 75 articles a month, 1,000-page audits, cannibalization checks and a CSM.

• VIP ServiceCustom

  Done-for-you work by a dedicated strategist, writers, editors and AI agents, with backlinks and weekly reports. Sold after a strategy call.

Junia AI

• Annual discount

  About 40% off with yearly billing

  Junia's pricing page labels yearly billing "Save 40% +": Growth is $20 a month billed yearly against $34 monthly, Scale Starter $35 against $59.

Scalenut

• Other savings

  Black Friday early access: 65% off annual plans

  For a limited time, annual Starter is $21, Plus $31 and Professional $70 a month, with 3x usage limits. No end date is given and the deal is non-refundable.