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Automate your store’s blog with AI-generated, fully automated, SEO-optimized articles posted daily.
Configure custom authors and easily update the author of any of your blog articles
| Metric | AI Blog Agent | SEO Auto Blog | Custom Authors |
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| Rating | 4.9 ★ | ★ 5.0 ★ |
| Total reviews | ★ 235 | 2 |
| Free plan | ★ Yes | — |
| Pricing | ★ Free plan available | $7.99/month |
| Built for Shopify | ★ Yes | — |
| Pricing tiers | ★ 4 tiers | 1 tier |
On the measured data here, AI Blog Agent leads on more dimensions (4 vs 1). Pick Custom Authors if one of the points where it leads is what you need.
AI Blog Agent | SEO Auto Blog lists a free tier (Free plan available); Custom Authors lists $7.99/month.
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Read each app's audit: AI Blog Agent | SEO Auto Blog audit • Custom Authors audit
| Field | AI Blog Agent | SEO Auto Blog | Custom Authors |
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| Tagline | ||
| Listing audit | 89/100 listing audit | 79/100 listing audit |
| Screenshots | images | images |
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| Listed features | ★ 5 | 4 |
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| Featured placements | 1 | — |
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| Languages | 1 supported | 1 supported |
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| Listed since | Feb 2025 | Sep 2019 |
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| Keyword | AI Blog Agent | SEO Auto Blog | Custom Authors |
|---|---|---|
| ai blog | #1 | Not ranked |
| ai blog agent | #1 | Not ranked |
| wordpress blog integration | #1 | Not ranked |
| customer engagement chatbot | Not ranked | #218 |
| customer service chatbot | Not ranked | #219 |
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AI Blog Agent | SEO Auto Blog is cheaper to start with — it offers a free plan and Custom Authors doesn't list one. Prices are as listed on the Shopify App Store; check what each tier includes in the Pricing section above.
AI Blog Agent | SEO Auto Blog (4.9★, 235 reviews) and Custom Authors (5.0★, 2 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.
Custom Authors holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.9★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.
Both apps are one-click installs from the Shopify App Store. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly; AI Blog Agent | SEO Auto Blog has more published reviews to read for user-reported install experience (235 vs 2).
AppRanks cannot say which fits a larger or smaller operation — there is no store-size measurement in the Shopify App Store data. What it can show: AI Blog Agent | SEO Auto Blog has 235 published reviews; Custom Authors has 2 published reviews. Compare plan limits and pricing tiers against your own volume.
Migration support varies by app and category. AI Blog Agent | SEO Auto Blog and Custom Authors both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Custom Authors" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.
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