Outrank vs SEO.ai (2026): which should you pick?

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

Pick SEO.ai if

• Fits if you own a small business site and want pages written and posted without doing it yourself
• Works for sites in a language other than English, with 50+ to pick from

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you have one small site, at $149 a month for one website in one language, before VAT
• Tight if you add a second site or language, which means Multi Site at $299 for three, $449 for five and $749 for ten
• Watch out: the 7-day trial rolls into a paid plan unless you cancel, and subscriptions are final with no refunds
• Watch out: backlinks come from a link exchange with sites in its network, not from outreach
• Watch out: paying yearly for the 25% saving binds you for the whole year

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.

SEO.ai

• Single Site covers one website in one language; a second site or language means Multi Site, from $299 a month for three.
• The trial rolls into a paid subscription unless cancelled, and the terms say subscriptions are final with no refunds except where the law requires.
• Backlinks come from a link exchange with other sites in SEO.ai's network rather than from outreach.
• Prices exclude VAT, and annual payments are binding for the year paid.

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.

SEO.ai

Content plan and publishing

Finds the search terms a site's customers use, proposes a publishing plan, then writes pages and articles and posts them to the site.

Approval or autopilot

Each piece can publish automatically, save as a draft or wait for review in the platform, and is emailed to you before it goes live.

Link exchange network

Matches your site with related sites in SEO.ai's network to exchange backlinks placed inside content, and tracks your Domain Rating as links appear.

Competitor content analysis

Compares a draft with the pages ranking for its keyword: missing terms, title and meta description ideas and the word count to aim for.

Google Ads campaigns

Both plans list building and optimizing Google Ads alongside the organic content work.

50+ languages

Writes in more than 50 languages; on Multi Site each extra language counts like an extra website.

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.

SEO.ai

• Single Site$149

  per month for 1 website in 1 language

  The AI agent, a content plan, written and published pages and articles, backlinks, Google Ads setup, monitoring and human support.

• Multi Site$299

  per month for up to 3 websites or languages

  The same work done for each site or language. The price rises with the count: $449 for 5 and $749 for 10; more than 10 is quoted.

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.

SEO.ai

• Annual discount

  Save 25% with annual payment

  SEO.ai's pricing page offers 25% off both plans when paid annually; annual payments are binding for the period paid.