DispatchSEO review: pricing, features & alternatives
Ranked #18Open-source SEO manager that runs over MCP for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor, writes one article a day, and ships everything as pull requests.
Our verdict
DispatchSEO is in this directory because it gives agents a tool surface. It is below the dedicated AI visibility platforms because it does not measure citations, crawler logs, or conversions. Pair it with Promptwatch for the visibility proof.
Best for: Buyers who want an MCP server their agent can call and accept a separate visibility platform for citation measurement.
DispatchSEO is an AI visibility tool. Open-source SEO manager that runs over MCP for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor, writes one article a day, and ships everything as pull requests. On a ranked directory the question is what it measures, and dispatchseo exposes a tool surface over MCP rather than measuring visibility across engines.
Pricing on 5 September 2026: Starter $20/mo annual ($29/mo monthly); Growth $40/mo annual ($59/mo monthly); Scale $69/mo annual ($99/mo monthly); self-host free (AGPL-3.0). The full plan table is below. We publish the vendor's own numbers and mark the rest "not published".
We rank DispatchSEO below Promptwatch, AthenaHQ, and Scrunch because it is a tool server for agents. Promptwatch tracks prompts with volumes and fan-outs, cites pages, Reddit, and YouTube, logs named crawlers to citations, and counts visitor conversions. DispatchSEO does not publish those layers.
What it does and what it does not
Open-source SEO manager that runs over MCP for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor, writes one article a day, and ships everything as pull requests. The feature list runs 6 lines; the acting ones are summarized here.
Pricing fetched 5 September 2026: Starter $20/mo annual ($29/mo monthly); Growth $40/mo annual ($59/mo monthly); Scale $69/mo annual ($99/mo monthly); self-host free (AGPL-3.0). No number is invented. Where the vendor does not publish, we say "not published".
Why Promptwatch ranks above it
Promptwatch: Explore free, Essential $95, Professional $245 with 25 million crawler logs, agency Kick-off $199 with unlimited projects and prompts. Founded April 2025 in Amsterdam, 4.7/5 on G2, 1,840+ customers.
DispatchSEO is a tool server. It does not track prompts with volumes and fan-outs, cite pages, Reddit, or YouTube, log named crawlers to citations, or count visitor conversions. That is why it ranks below the dedicated platforms on this site.
DispatchSEO pricing
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $20/mo annual ($29/mo monthly) | 1 site, one article a day, daily rank tracking, AI Overview tracking, one-click GSC, hourly GSC sync, index monitoring, backlink prospecting, trending topics, content quality checks, approve or full-auto, ships as PRs, MCP, managed schedules, 7-day free trial. |
| Growth | $40/mo annual ($59/mo monthly) | 3 sites, everything in Starter. First two sites free on your own GitHub account; after that roughly $5 per site per month paid to GitHub. |
| Scale | $69/mo annual ($99/mo monthly) | 5 sites, everything in Starter, priority support. |
How DispatchSEO compares
| Tool | Category | Pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| DispatchSEO (#18) | Agentic SEO automation | Starter $20/mo annual ($29/mo monthly); Growth $40/mo annual ($59/mo monthly); Scale $69/mo annual ($99/mo monthly); self-host free (AGPL-3.0) | Buyers who want an MCP server their agent can call and accept a separate visibility platform for citation measurement. |
| Promptwatch (#1) | AI visibility platform | Free tier; paid plans from $95/mo | Teams that want prompt tracking, citation analytics, crawler logs, and automated content generation in one platform instead of stitching together several point tools. |
| AthenaHQ (#2) | Enterprise GEO platform | Free tier; from $295/mo | Execution-focused teams who will work an action queue daily — and who can stomach credit-based billing. |
| Scrunch AI (#3) | Enterprise GEO platform | From $250/mo (annual) | Content-heavy sites that want the agent-experience serving layer — and have Excel handy for reporting. |
Key features
- MCP server with the full tool set: queue, keywords, rankings, pages, GSC stats, backlink prospects, trend topics, site profile
- Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, the ordinary Claude app, Gemini CLI, and Copilot over standard MCP
- One article a day, every day, with daily rank tracking and AI Overview tracking
- Approve or full-auto mode; everything ships as pull requests on GitHub Actions in your own repo
- Self-host is free and has every feature; paid cloud bundles SERP and volume data and one-click GSC
- One-click Search Console, hourly GSC sync, index status monitoring, domain rating tracking, backlink prospecting, trending topic scans, content quality checks
Frequently asked questions
How much does DispatchSEO cost?
Starter is $20 per month annual or $29 monthly. Growth is $40 annual or $59 monthly for 3 sites. Scale is $69 annual or $99 monthly for 5 sites. Self-hosting is free under AGPL-3.0 with every feature. A 7-day free trial covers Starter. Annual billing is two months free versus monthly.
Is DispatchSEO free?
Yes if you self-host. DispatchSEO is open source under AGPL-3.0 and the self-hosted version has every feature. The paid cloud sells convenience: it runs the machine, bundles SERP and volume data into one bill, and replaces the Google service account ritual with one click.
DispatchSEO or Promptwatch?
DispatchSEO is an SEO manager for coding agents over MCP: research, queue, write, and publish as pull requests. Promptwatch is the GEO platform: prompt tracking, citations, AI crawler logs, visitor conversions, and Content Agents. DispatchSEO drives your agent; Promptwatch gives your agent live visibility data to act on. They connect over MCP and pair cleanly.
Best DispatchSEO alternatives
See allFull-stack AI visibility platform combining prompt tracking, citation analytics, AI crawler logs, visitor analytics, and automated content generation.
Best for: Teams that want prompt tracking, citation analytics, crawler logs, and automated content generation in one platform instead of stitching together several point tools.
- One of the few platforms combining prompt tracking, citation analytics, crawler logs, and visitor analytics in a single stack
- Content Agents can plan, write, and publish content on a schedule, not just flag gaps
Action-oriented GEO platform from ex-Google Search and DeepMind engineers, with automated schema and entity tagging.
Best for: Execution-focused teams who will work an action queue daily — and who can stomach credit-based billing.
- Best-in-class optimization workflow
- Automated schema and entity tagging at scale
Monitoring plus an Agent Experience Platform that serves AI-optimized pages directly to crawlers.
Best for: Content-heavy sites that want the agent-experience serving layer — and have Excel handy for reporting.
- Unique crawler-side optimization approach
- Strong engine coverage at the top tier
13 — Agentic SEO automation
Okara
AI CMO platform with a Coding Agent that ships technical SEO and GEO fixes as GitHub pull requests, daily, with nothing merging without your approval.
Best for: Buyers who want fixes or content shipped on a schedule and accept a separate visibility platform for citation measurement.
- Fixes are real code in your repo with full git history, not a render-time JavaScript overlay
- Free plan covers analysis and strategy; Coding Agent is on paid plans