Gumloop alternatives for SEO you do not have to build

By Michael Nefedov, noetio · Updated 21 October 2026

Gumloop alternatives for SEO start at $25 a month (Koala Starter), against Gumloop Pro from $37 a month (20,000 credits), where you build the agents yourself. Seven tools are compared below on plan prices, billing basis, limits, trial terms and approval steps.

Entry prices at a glance

  • Gumloopthis page$37 a monthGeneral AI agent builder. 14-day free trial.Pro from $37, 20,000 credits. Billing basis not stated.
  • Koala$25 a monthAI article writing with an SEO agentStarter, monthly billing (45,000 words)
  • Frase$49 a monthResearch, articles, site audits, Content Guard fixesStarter, month to month ($39 billed yearly; 10 articles)
  • Writesonic$99 a monthAI visibility tracking, AI articles, site auditsStarter, billed monthly ($79 billed annually; 15 articles, 50 prompts)
  • Search Atlas$99 a monthOTTO SEO agent, content, CMS publishingStarter, billed monthly (50,000 credits)
  • AirOpsNo price shownAI search and content platform: agents, workflows, insightsSolo, Pro, Enterprise. Extra Solo tasks cost $0.025 each.

Each vendor's pricing page, read 21 October 2026 from a German IP (see Sources below). Billing bases differ (monthly, yearly, credits, words, articles), so this is not a ranking.

Short answer

  • Gumloop is a general AI agent builder. SEO is one use case. Pro starts at $37/mo with 20,000 credits and a 14-day free trial.
  • Entry prices of the SEO tools: Koala $25 (monthly), Frase $39 (yearly), Writesonic $79 (yearly), Search Atlas $99 (monthly).
  • Gumloop's SEO page names no approval step. Outrank, Frase, Search Atlas, Koala and AirOps describe one.

Which one to pick

Pick Koala for the lowest price, Frase or Search Atlas for an agent that asks first, and Gumloop to build your own.

  • You want the lowest priceKoala Starter is $25 a month, billed monthly. A new account gets 5,000 free words with no card.
  • You want an SEO agent that asks before it changes anythingFrase waits for your approval on Content Guard fixes by default (Starter $39 a month billed yearly).
  • You want a full SEO platform with an agentSearch Atlas has an approval mode for OTTO (Starter $99 a month, billed monthly).
  • You want review and approval on every planAirOps ticks Human Review & Approvals on Solo, Pro and Enterprise. It shows no plan prices.
  • You want AI search tracking plus articles and auditsWritesonic Starter is $79 a month billed annually, with 50 prompts and 15 articles.
  • You want to build your own agents and decide where a human checks the workGumloop Pro is from $37 a month with 20,000 credits and a 14-day trial. Its SEO page names no approval step.

Gumloop vs the alternatives

Seven SEO tools, from Koala at $25 a month to AirOps with no plan price shown.

Prices are the first plan each vendor shows, read on its own page (linked in the Tool column) on 21 October 2026. Currency and billing basis are in each cell.

This page does not cover general workflow tools such as n8n and Vellum, Zapier, Make and Lindy. It covers tools built for the SEO job.

ToolWhat it doesEntry priceApproval stepTrial
GumloopGeneral AI agent and workflow builder. SEO is one use case.Pro from $37/mo (20,000 credits). Enterprise is custom.You build the flow. Its SEO page names no approval step.14-day free trial
BabyLoveGrowthArticles, backlinks, site audit, Reddit and Quora agents, AI prompt trackingGrow €99/mo billed monthly, or €49/mo billed yearly (30 articles). Scale €399 monthly or €199 yearly. The vendor also lists USD 99 and 399.Pricing table: "Content goes live without you touching it". Its Shopify page says: "You can also review drafts before they go live."3-day free trial
OutrankKeyword research, articles, backlinks$99/mo or $999/yr, shown struck through from $199 (30 articles). Extra articles and backlink plans are paid add-ons.Articles are first saved as drafts in your platform. Scheduled articles can be reviewed and approved up to 7 days ahead.Free trial, length not stated. Trial articles carry a watermark.
AirOpsAI search and content platform: agents, workflows, insightsNo plan prices shown (Solo, Pro, Enterprise). Extra Solo tasks cost $0.025 each."Human Review & Approvals" is ticked on Solo, Pro and Enterprise in its plan comparison table.14-day free trial, no payment details until the end
FraseResearch, articles, GEO scores, site audits, Content Guard fixesStarter $49/mo month to month, or $39/mo billed yearly (10 articles)Content Guard fixes wait for your approval. Approval is the default.7-day free trial, no credit card
Search AtlasOTTO SEO agent, content, CMS publishingStarter $99/mo billed monthly (50,000 credits)OTTO deploys changes on its own. An approval mode can be turned on to review each change.7-day trial
WritesonicAI visibility tracking, AI articles, site auditsStarter $79/mo billed annually, or $99/mo billed monthly (15 articles, 50 prompts)Approval workflows appear in its Enterprise description. None is listed for Starter."Start free trial" button, no credit card needed; trial length not stated. FAQ: 7-day, no-questions-asked refund.
KoalaAI article writing with an SEO agentStarter $25/mo, monthly billing (45,000 words)You can publish as drafts to review, or auto-publish per brand.5,000 free words and 25 credits, no card

Limits and features beyond price

Volume is counted in credits, tasks, articles or words, so these limits do not compare one to one.

ToolPlanVolume shownSeats and sitesPublishing and connectors
GumloopPro20,000 credits a monthUnlimited seats and teamsSEO page: DataForSEO, Ahrefs, Search Console, PageSpeed, your CMS and 100+ MCP servers. Its llms.txt also lists Semrush and Webflow MCP servers
BabyLoveGrowthGrow (Scale)30 articles, 10 AI prompts tracked (Scale: 120 and 50)1 seat (Scale: unlimited)Auto-publish to WordPress, Shopify, Webflow and 8 more; any CMS via API
OutrankOrganic Growth30 articles. Add-ons: 60 articles +$85/mo, 90 articles +$160/moUnlimited usersWordPress, Webflow, Shopify, Framer and more; webhook
AirOpsSolo (Pro)35,000 tasks (Pro: 100,000)Single user (Pro: unlimited seats)Basic CMS and SEO integrations (Pro adds AEO, social, project tools)
FraseStarter10 articles, 50 audit pages1 seat, 1 siteWordPress, Webflow, Sanity, Wix, or host on FraseCMS
Search AtlasStarter50,000 credits (its own estimate: about 50 premium AI articles)1 project, 1 seat"Connect and publish to any CMS"
WritesonicStarter15 articles, 10 site audits, 50 prompts tracked1 user, 1 projectPricing page lists Looker Studio and other integrations on Enterprise only
KoalaStarter45,000 words, 500 credits1 brand. No seat limit stated on the pricing pageWordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Ghost, webhooks

Gumloop pricing

Gumloop Pro starts at $37 a month with 20,000 credits, and your real bill depends on how many agent runs you build.

  • The pricing page (21 October 2026) shows a 14-day free trial and a Pro plan from $37 a month. The card reads "Starts at $37 / month", and the page FAQ says Pro includes 20,000 credits "for $37/month". The billing basis is not stated.
  • Pro includes 20,000 credits: 7,400 plus 12,600 bonus credits.
  • Credits are indexed at $0.005 each, so 20,000 credits is $100 of usage at that rate. Credits do not roll over.
  • Each agent run bills the list cost of the model tokens, compute and paid tool calls it uses. Gumloop adds an 8% orchestration fee on that cost. If you bring your own model API key, the page says the fee rises to 16%.
  • If you use all your credits, agents stop until you turn on pay as you go, which is off by default and bills at $0.005 per credit.
  • Enterprise is custom.

This is a different model from the SEO tools above. Gumloop does not publish a monthly SEO bill.

Gumloop pricing page: Pro starts at $37 a month with a Start 14-day free trial button; Pro lists unlimited agents, 35+ models, 20k included credits per month and an 8% orchestration fee; Enterprise is custom pricing.
Gumloop pricing page, captured 21 October 2026. Source: gumloop.com/pricing. Open full size.
Gumloop pricing FAQ, opened: Your agents will stop working and you will be prompted to enable pay as you go in order to keep your agents working. Pay as you go is not enabled by default. Once enabled, usage bills at 0.005 dollars per credit.
Gumloop pricing FAQ, "What happens if I spend more than 20k credits mid-month?", captured 21 October 2026. Source: gumloop.com/pricing. Open full size.

Where Gumloop wins

Gumloop wins if SEO is one job among many automations.

  • Its SEO automation page says it helps SEO teams build agents for keyword research, competitor analysis, audits and content briefs.
  • Its llms.txt lists agents for keyword research, content refresh, internal linking and programmatic SEO.
  • It says you can plug in DataForSEO, Ahrefs, Search Console, PageSpeed, your CMS and 100+ MCP servers.
  • The same pricing page shows unlimited agents, unlimited seats and 35+ models on Pro.

If SEO is one job among sales, support and ops automations, a general builder keeps them in one place.

Where Gumloop falls short for SEO

Gumloop gives you a builder, not a finished SEO service.

  • The SEO page names no approval step. The only related phrase on it is a chip reading "Approved CTAs only", which is not a publish check. See agentic SEO for why a person approving each change matters.
  • You build and maintain the agents. The page offers keyword research, audits and briefs as things to build, not as a finished SEO service.
  • Running out of credits stops the agents until pay as you go is switched on.

The alternatives, one by one

Each section starts with who the tool is best for and ends with a limit shown on the vendor's pages (prices read 21 October 2026).

BabyLoveGrowth

Best for: a done-for-you service for articles and backlinks, if you accept content that goes live without review unless you ask for drafts.

  • BabyLoveGrowth sells a done-for-you growth service. Its pricing page lists 30 branded articles a month on Grow and 120 on Scale, backlinks, a site audit, Reddit and Quora agents, and daily tracking of 10 (Grow) or 50 (Scale) AI prompts.
  • Scale adds a 1-on-1 specialist and unlimited seats.
  • On the monthly toggle Grow is €99 and Scale is €399. The yearly toggle, the default view, shows €49 and €199 per month ("Pay yearly · save 50%"). Its structured data lists the plans as USD 99 and 399.
  • The page shows struck-through €247 and €599 in both views and does not say what they refer to.
  • Its Shopify page FAQ (babylovegrowth.ai/en/shopify) says approved articles publish on a schedule and "You can also review drafts before they go live."
  • Both plans have a 3-day free trial.

Limit: The page headline promises your money back. Its terms (section 7) say there are no refunds after the 3-day trial ends, except under the 90-day guarantee in section 8. That guarantee needs at least 3 consecutive months of a paid subscription, every article published and publicly visible, and no increase in organic clicks, impressions or Domain Rating.

BabyLoveGrowth pricing page, monthly view: Grow Plan 99 euros a month and Scale Plan 399 euros a month, each with 247 and 599 euros struck through, a Pay yearly save 50 percent switch, Billed monthly, a Start 3-day free trial button and a 90-day money-back guarantee line.
BabyLoveGrowth pricing page with the yearly switch off, captured 21 October 2026 from a German IP. Source: babylovegrowth.ai/pricing; terms: babylovegrowth.ai/en/terms-and-conditions. Open full size.

Outrank

Best for: one base plan with 30 articles a month, saved as drafts in your platform.

  • Outrank has one base plan, Organic Growth, at $99 a month or $999 a year (struck through from $199 on the monthly price).
  • Annual billing is $999 a year, which the page says saves $189 versus monthly. It includes 30 articles a month, unlimited users, automated backlink building and the option to cancel anytime.
  • A free trial exists; trial articles carry an Outrank watermark and the page does not state the trial length.
  • Its FAQ says a new article is first saved as a draft in your platform. The homepage says you can pre-create a scheduled article up to 7 days ahead, then review, edit and approve it.
  • Multi-site discounts are 10% for 2 to 4 sites, 15% for 5 to 19 and 20% for 20 to 25 sites.

Limit: Extra volume is a paid add-on: 60 articles a month is +$85 and 90 is +$160 (outrank.so/pricing). The same page lists backlink plans from $199 to $1,899 a month and a $1,399 a month human-edited service as separate add-ons.

AirOps

Best for: teams that want review and approval on every plan and will talk to sales for a price.

  • AirOps describes itself as the partner behind a brand's AI search strategy.
  • Its pricing page shows three plans with no prices and Start for free buttons: Solo (35,000 tasks, single user, ChatGPT insights only), Pro (100,000 tasks, unlimited seats, insights across 7+ answer engines) and Enterprise (custom).
  • Its FAQ says pricing is based on task volume and needs, and that extra Solo tasks cost $0.025 each.
  • The 14-day free trial gives access to all Scale plan features, needs no payment details until the end, and ends early if you use up the trial tasks.
  • The plan comparison table ticks "Content Review & Quality Scores" and "Human Review & Approvals" on Solo, Pro and Enterprise.

Limit: You cannot see a monthly price without talking to the vendor or starting the trial.

Frase

Best for: one team that wants research, drafts and a fix that waits for approval before it publishes.

  • Frase sells a content loop: research, an AI agent that drafts, GEO scores, site audits, publishing and Content Guard, which watches pages for ranking decay.
  • Starter is $49 a month, month to month, or $39 a month billed yearly (the page says yearly saves 20%), for 1 seat and 1 site, 10 articles and 50 audit pages each month. Professional is $129 month to month ($103 billed yearly) and Scale is $299 ($239).
  • The pricing page says Content Guard writes a fix and republishes it once you approve, and that approval is the default on every change. The agent can publish on its own if you let it.
  • The free trial lasts 7 days with no credit card.

Limit: Starter holds at its monthly limits. Perplexity is added to AI Visibility only from Professional, and Claude and Gemini from Scale.

Frase pricing page, Monthly toggle: Starter 49 dollars a month, Professional 129, Scale 299, Enterprise custom, with the yearly prices 39, 103 and 239 per month listed under each, and Free 7-day trial, No credit card under the buttons.
Frase pricing page, Monthly toggle, captured 21 October 2026. Source: frase.io/pricing. Open full size.

Search Atlas

Best for: a full SEO platform with an agent, if you turn on approval mode so OTTO does not deploy on its own.

  • Search Atlas is a full SEO platform with an agent called OTTO.
  • Starter is $99 a month billed monthly with 50,000 credits, 1 project and 1 seat. Growth is $199, Pro $399, and Agency starts at $999, all billed monthly.
  • The OTTO page says it deploys optimizations on its own, and that you can turn on approval mode to review each change.
  • A 7-day trial is offered on Starter (button: Start 7-Day Trial).

Limit: Starter shows 0 LLM Visibility projects and 0 queries. AI visibility starts on Growth.

Search Atlas pricing, Starter and Growth columns: Starter 99 dollars a month billed monthly with 50,000 Universal Credits, Start 7-Day Trial, 1 project and 1 seat, LLM Visibility Projects 0; Growth 199 dollars a month with 120,000 credits and AI Visibility.
Search Atlas pricing page (Starter and Growth columns), captured 21 October 2026. Source: searchatlas.com/pricing; approval mode: searchatlas.com/otto-seo. Open full size.

Writesonic

Best for: AI search tracking with articles and site audits in one plan.

  • Writesonic's pricing page sells AI search visibility tracking with articles and audits attached.
  • Starter is $79 a month billed annually (the page says you save $240 a year): 50 prompts on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, 15 AI articles, 10 site audits, 1 user and 1 project.
  • Basic is $199 and Growth $399 a month billed annually. Enterprise is custom.
  • With the page switched to monthly billing, Starter is $99, Basic $249 and Growth $499 a month. The page says annual billing saves 20%.

Limit: On Starter, agentic workflows are limited to 10 trial runs, and the Action Center is listed for Enterprise.

Koala

Best for: the lowest entry price for AI article writing, with draft review.

  • Koala is an article writer with an SEO agent that works from your Search Console data.
  • Starter is $25 a month with monthly billing selected (annual saves 20%): 45,000 words, 500 credits, 1 brand, and publishing to WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Ghost and webhooks. Professional is $49 and Boost $99.
  • Its homepage says you can publish as drafts to review, or auto-publish per brand.
  • A new account gets 5,000 free words and 25 credits with no card (FAQ). The FAQ also offers a 15-day refund window if you used under 15,000 words and 100 credits.

Limit: On Starter, the Brand DNA agent is capped at 25 messages a month. The page says Boost has no message cap.

Koala pricing page, Monthly toggle: Starter 25 dollars a month with 45,000 words and 500 credits, Professional 49 dollars with 100,000 words and 1,000 credits, Boost 99 dollars with 250,000 words and 2,500 credits.
Koala pricing page, Monthly toggle, captured 21 October 2026. Source: koala.sh/pricing. Open full size.

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Where Compass fits

Compass is the AI SEO agent we are building, and it is not open yet.

It is designed so you do not build the flow yourself: each change is meant to reach you as a pull request or draft for your approval.

Sources

All read on 21 October 2026 from a German IP. Prices appear in the currency each page showed.

  1. Gumloop, "Pricing that scales with you" (plans, FAQ). gumloop.com/pricing
  2. Gumloop, "AI agents that automate every part of your SEO workflows". gumloop.com/use-cases/seo-automation
  3. Gumloop, llms.txt (use-case and connector index). gumloop.com/llms.txt
  4. BabyLoveGrowth, "Pricing" (both toggles). babylovegrowth.ai/pricing
  5. BabyLoveGrowth, "Terms & Conditions", sections 7 and 8. babylovegrowth.ai/en/terms-and-conditions
  6. BabyLoveGrowth, Shopify page FAQ. babylovegrowth.ai/en/shopify
  7. Outrank, "Pricing" and homepage FAQ. outrank.so/pricing, outrank.so
  8. AirOps, "Platform Pricing" (cards, comparison table, FAQ). airops.com/pricing
  9. Frase, "Plans and pricing" (both toggles, FAQ). frase.io/pricing
  10. Search Atlas, "Pricing". searchatlas.com/pricing
  11. Search Atlas, "OTTO SEO" (approval mode). searchatlas.com/otto-seo
  12. Writesonic, "Plans & Pricing" (both toggles, FAQ). writesonic.com/pricing
  13. Koala, "Pricing", FAQ and homepage. koala.sh/pricing, koala.sh

Questions

On 21 October 2026 Gumloop's pricing page showed a 14-day free trial and a Pro plan from $37 a month with 20,000 credits (the page card says Starts at $37 / month, and its FAQ says $37/month; the page does not state the billing basis). Credits are indexed at $0.005 each. Enterprise pricing is custom.

Gumloop is a general AI agent builder. Its llms.txt lists SEO use cases such as keyword research, content refresh, internal linking and programmatic SEO, and its SEO page names Ahrefs and Search Console among the tools you can connect.

Its pricing page shows a 14-day free trial, then Pro from $37 a month. The page lists no permanent free plan.

The page says your agents stop working until you turn on pay as you go. Pay as you go is off by default and bills at $0.005 per credit. Credits do not roll over to the next month.

Its SEO page names no approval step. Gumloop agents are ones you build, so you choose where a human check goes.

On 21 October 2026: Outrank (drafts, and scheduled articles can be approved), Frase (Content Guard fixes wait for approval by default), Search Atlas (an approval mode for OTTO) and Koala (publish as drafts). AirOps ticks Human Review & Approvals on Solo, Pro and Enterprise. BabyLoveGrowth's pricing table says content goes live without you touching it, and its Shopify page says you can review drafts before they go live.

Koala Starter shows $25 a month, the lowest entry price in the table. The units differ (45,000 words, 10 articles, 30 articles, credits), so the pages do not let you compare cost per article.

This page does not cover general workflow tools such as n8n, Zapier and Lindy. It covers tools built for the SEO job.

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Written by Michael Nefedov, founder of noetio. Updated 21 October 2026.