Keywordly vs Koala (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Koala grades higher than Keywordly: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Koala grades higher on the free plan and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Keywordly
Keyword research, clustering and AI articles in one content workflow
Koala
AI article writer with SERP analysis, internal links and an SEO agent
Which one is for you
Pick Keywordly if
- Fits if you want keyword research, topical maps, outlines and drafts in one place before you write
- Works for small content teams publishing to WordPress or Ghost
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're on Solo, which has no keyword clustering, brand voice or auto-blogging, and covers 20 countries and languages
- Pricey if you want content optimization or AI visibility tracking, which start at Business for $149 a month
- Watch out: cancelling means emailing support at least 15 days before the term ends, your data is deleted, and partial months aren't refunded
- Watch out: prompt tracking, API access and extra projects are still listed as coming soon
- Tight if you want to test it, as the trial lasts 3 days and there's no free plan
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
| 2.0GPAKeywordlyFair | 2.4GPAKoalaFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CSolo is $49 a month, billed monthly with no yearly option on record, a little above this category's middle of $45. Clustering and auto-blogging need Team at $99, and content optimization and AI visibility need Business at $149. | 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 | DNo free plan. Every plan has a 3-day trial, shorter than a week, so there's little time to see a month of output. | 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 | BKeyword research from search features, competitors and PPC data, clustering, topical maps, outlines, an AI writer with an SEO score, auto-blogging, rewrites of existing pages and AI visibility tracking. It covers the whole job, spread across four plans. | 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 a project, work through research, clusters and outlines, and connect WordPress or Ghost before anything is published. | 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 | CWeb only, publishing to WordPress and Ghost, plus YouTube for its engagement tools. API access is still listed as coming soon, so there's not much to connect it to. | 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 | keyword research through to drafts in one app | 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: Keywordly and Koala. How we grade
Price against what you get
Keywordly starts at $49 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 $24 a month lower. Of the other SEO content tools on the chart, 17 score higher than Keywordly 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
- Keywordly also covers AI search visibility.
- Koala also covers image generation and internal linking.
At a glance
| Keywordly | Koala | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $49 per month, billed monthly | $25 per month, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 3-day free trial on every plan | Free account with a one-time 5,000 words and 25 credits, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Keywordly | F5 Media, LLC |
| Price read from | keywordly.ai | koala.sh |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Keywordly
- AI visibility tracking, content optimization and analytics start at Business, $149 a month.
- Solo has no keyword clustering, brand voice or auto-blogging, and covers 20 countries and languages.
- Cancelling means emailing support at least 15 days before the term ends; account data is then deleted and partial months are not refunded.
- Prompt tracking, API access and extra projects on Team and above are listed as coming soon.
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
Keywordly
- Keyword research
- Finds terms from People Also Ask, related searches and autocomplete, from competitors' pages, and from PPC data, with historical figures and CSV exports.
- Clustering and topical maps
- Groups keywords by shared search results and lays a topic out as a map with outlines for each article. Clustering starts at Team.
- AI article writer
- Writes articles instantly or section by section, with internal and external links, images, YouTube embeds and an SEO score in the editor.
- Auto-blogging
- From Team up, picks keywords and publishes scheduled articles to 1, 3 or 5 websites, up to 30, 90 or 150 a month within the plan's article limit.
- AI visibility tracking
- Business and Agency check brand mentions and prompts in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Mode, with an AI readiness audit.
- Forum and YouTube engagement
- Business and Agency include tools for building a presence in Reddit and Quora threads and on YouTube.
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
Keywordly
Solo$49
per month, billed monthly
1 user, 1 project and 15 AI articles a month, with keyword research, topical maps, outlines and exports, in 20 countries and languages.
Team$99
per month, billed monthly
3 users and 50 articles a month, adding keyword clustering, brand voice, repurposing and auto-blogging for 1 website.
Business$149
per month, billed monthly
5 users and 100 articles, adding content optimization, analytics, AI visibility tracking and auto-blogging for 3 websites.
Agency$249
per month, billed monthly
10 users and 300 articles, auto-blogging for 5 websites, white-label reports, custom onboarding and a dedicated manager.
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
Keywordly
No public discounts listed.
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, Keywordly or Koala?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Koala is cheaper to start with: $25 a month, against $49 a month for Keywordly. Keywordly starts at $49 per month, billed monthly, and Koala starts at $25 per month, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Keywordly or Koala?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Keywordly nor Koala 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.