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Helio SEO vs AutoSEO

Two tools in the same category: both scan your site, write articles on autopilot and publish them for you. The differences that matter are the price, what happens with backlinks, and whether anyone checks the work made a difference. Here is the whole picture, including where they are the better choice.

	Helio SEO	AutoSEO
Monthly cost	£29 to £49	Not published on their site (checked 2 October 2026)
Trial	7 days free, no card	$1 for 3 days; monthly has a 7-day money-back guarantee
Articles	One a day, or every other day, written for the searches your buyers make	One a day; 30 a month guaranteed or the next month is free
Where it publishes	Your own domain, natively or hosted on your domain	Your site (WordPress, Shopify, Webflow and others), or a blog they host for you free
Backlinks	Journalist requests matched to you and replies drafted for you to send; no link networks or exchanges, ever	5 to 10 links a month from a network of their own customers
Checks whether it worked	Weekly on Pro, fortnightly on Lite: did an AI assistant actually name you, and who got named instead	Not shown on their pages
Acts on what it finds	A miss becomes the specific article that closes it	Not shown on their pages
Review before publishing	Every draft, or one switch to automatic	Not shown on their pages

AutoSEO figures checked on their public pages, 28 August 2026. Their product changes without telling us. If a cell is out of date, say so and we will fix it. Our column states only what is live in the product today.

Where AutoSEO is the better pick

You want a volume guarantee. They guarantee 30 articles a month or the next month is free. Helio SEO writes on a fixed schedule instead: daily on Pro, every other day on Lite.
You do not have a website blog at all. They will host a blog for you free on their infrastructure and handle the setup. We publish on your own domain because that is where the SEO value accrues, but their route is less work on day one.
You want their backlink network. They sell 5 to 10 monthly links from their other customers. We refuse to, because networked links built for ranking are what Google's spam policies describe, however carefully vetted. If you have weighed that risk and want the links anyway, they offer it and we never will.

We check the work did something

Both products will keep your blog full. Only one of them asks the uncomfortable question afterwards: when a real buyer asks ChatGPT or Claude who to use, do you get named? Helio SEO measures that every week with live, grounded checks, tells you plainly when the answer is no, and writes the specific article that closes the gap. Read our own blog, written by the same pipeline.

Every option, compared honestly

All five options side by sideAgencies, freelancers, DIY AI tools and blog autopilots in one table. Helio SEO vs SEObotThe best-known autopilot, $49 flat, and the measurement neither of their plans mentions. Helio SEO vs OutrankThirty articles for $99 and a backlink exchange, against measured results and no traded links. Helio SEO vs ArvowThe closest feature match in the category, with the measurement gated to its middle tier. Helio SEO vs CognizoThey measure AI visibility for enterprises. We write, publish and measure for small businesses.

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