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

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

Pick SEOmatic if

• Fits if you run SEO for client sites and want each change drafted, approved and undoable
• Works for local service businesses that need a page for every city they serve, from Scale up

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you're on Launch, which covers one site, with page templates for programmatic pages from Scale at $249
• Pricey if you want white-label branding, the client portal or the REST API, which come only with Infrastructure at $699
• Watch out: work draws on monthly AI credits, top-ups start at $39 for 500K, and each extra client workspace is $39 a month
• Tight if you're staying free, with 5 SEO questions a month and a single AI visibility scan

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.

SEOmatic

• Launch covers a single site; page templates for programmatic pages start at Scale, $249 a month.
• White-label branding, the client portal and the REST API come only with Infrastructure at $699 a month.
• Work draws on monthly AI credits; top-ups cost $39 for 500K, $99 for 1.5M or $299 for 5M, and an extra client workspace is $39 a month.
• The free account is limited to 5 SEO questions a month and a single AI visibility scan.

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.

SEOmatic

Agents working from Search Console

Agents read your Search Console data, rank the work worth doing, draft each change and re-plan every Monday.

Approvals and rollback

Choose an autonomy mode per workspace, protect pages from changes, approve edits one by one, and undo any published change in one click.

Bulk and programmatic pages

Turns a CSV or dataset into hundreds of location, service, integration or comparison pages using templates and variables. Templates start at Scale.

Articles and internal links

Writes blog posts and landing pages from briefs with a brand voice, adds internal links automatically, and publishes to WordPress, Webflow, Shopify and other CMSs.

Proof reports

Tracks rankings and reports which changes moved traffic; on Infrastructure the reports carry your own brand.

AI search visibility

Checks brand citations in ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, with Claude, Grok, Kimi and Google AI Overviews also supported; weekly on Launch, daily from Scale.

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.

SEOmatic

• Free$0

  5 SEO questions a month and 1 AI visibility scan, for trying the agents.

• Launch$99

  per month for 1 site, billed monthly

  3 seats, up to 3M AI credits a month, SEO agents, CMS publishing, internal linking, proof reports and weekly AI visibility checks.

• Scale$249

  per month for up to 5 sites, billed monthly

  5 seats, up to 8M AI credits, page templates, custom hosting, your own API keys, daily AI visibility and Zapier, Make and n8n triggers.

• Infrastructure$699

  per month for up to 20 sites, billed monthly

  10 seats, up to 20M AI credits, white-label branding, a branded client portal and reports, the REST API and webhooks.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom workspace limits, up to 30M AI credits a month, SEO expert oversight and a dedicated account manager. Sold after a demo.

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.

SEOmatic

• Annual discount

  Two months off with yearly billing

  SEOmatic's pricing page gives two months off for yearly billing: Launch is $990 a year instead of $99 a month.