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Machined, published by Sibu Ventures Ltd, is a content cluster automation platform for bloggers, affiliate sites, SEO consultants and agencies that want topical authority at low cost. You enter a topic, and it researches and groups keywords, avoids cannibalization, writes long-form articles backed by cited sources, adds internal and external links and AI images, then publishes whole clusters to WordPress, Webflow or any tool through webhooks. Pricing is in US dollars: Launch at $19 per month (30 articles), Growth at $49 (100 articles) and Pro at $99 (250 articles), or $14, $37 and $74 per month billed yearly. Scale costs $249 for 750 articles, and a BYOK plan at $99 lets you use your own AI keys for up to 2,000 articles. A 7-day free trial gives access to the Launch plan.
Pros: very low cost per article, true topic clusters with internal linking, citations, 100+ languages, unlimited websites. Cons: no AI visibility tracking, no rank tracking, no competitor analysis, no scheduled autopilot, no refunds once charged.
Surfer (SurferSEO), now branded Positive Surfer, has moved from content optimization to what it calls an AI Visibility Platform for marketing teams, SEO specialists and agencies. Its AI Tracker shows how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode talk about your brand, with a visibility score, mention gaps, sentiment and competitor share of voice. The Content Editor, AI writing assistant, Topical Map, content audit with ranking drop alerts and a beta MCP server cover the work on the page. Prices are in US dollars: Discovery at $59 per month, AI Search Analytics at $95 and Standard at $119, or $49, $82 and $99 per month billed yearly. Pro costs $219 ($182 yearly), Peace of Mind $359 ($299 yearly) and Enterprise is priced on request.
Pros: mature Content Editor, AI tracking on five AI surfaces, Topical Map, MCP and API access, large community and academy. Cons: AI prompts tracked only from AI Search Analytics or Pro upward (25 weekly prompts on ChatGPT only with Standard), no automatic publishing, no backlinks, white label only on Enterprise.
Machined is a content cluster automation platform published by Sibu Ventures Ltd. It researches and groups keywords, writes researched articles with citations, links them together and publishes whole clusters to WordPress, Webflow or other tools through webhooks. It focuses on content production and does not track rankings or AI visibility.
Launch costs $19 per month for 30 articles, Growth $49 for 100 articles and Pro $99 for 250 articles, or $14, $37 and $74 per month billed yearly. Scale costs $249 for 750 articles, and BYOK costs $99 plus your own AI costs for up to 2,000 articles. A 7-day free trial covers the Launch plan.
On the BYOK plan you pay a flat fee for the platform and connect your own API key from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google or OpenRouter. The AI provider bills you directly, at about $0.20 per article on average according to Machined. It is designed for high volumes, with up to 2,000 articles per month.
Surfer (SurferSEO), now branded Positive Surfer, is an AI visibility and content optimization platform. It tracks how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI features mention your brand, and helps you write and refresh pages with its Content Editor, Topical Map and content audit.
Discovery costs $59 per month, AI Search Analytics $95 and Standard $119, or $49, $82 and $99 per month billed yearly. Pro costs $219 ($182 yearly) and Peace of Mind $359 ($299 yearly), while Enterprise is priced on request. The prices are the same amounts in euros for visitors in Europe.
Yes. Surfer's AI Tracker follows prompts on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, with a visibility score, mention gaps and competitor share of voice. Standard tracks 25 prompts weekly on ChatGPT only, while AI Search Analytics and Pro track 50 prompts daily on all models.
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