Balzac

Type a website, get scheduled SEO and GEO articles published to your CMS

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What is Balzac?

Balzac is an autoblogger tool. Autopilot SEO and GEO content service. Point it at a website and it researches keywords, writes sourced long-form articles, publishes them to your CMS on a schedule, then tracks Google rankings, indexing and citations in ChatGPT search and AI Overviews.

Balzac is an SEO and GEO (generative engine optimization) service that works from a single input: your website address. After it crawls the site, it builds a business and audience profile, studies competitors, and produces a list of keyword opportunities with search volume and difficulty scores. From that list it plans a publishing calendar and writes articles on a weekly schedule, aiming at two targets at once: conventional Google rankings and citations inside AI answers such as ChatGPT search and Google AI Overviews. The writing layer is where Balzac differs from generic content spinners. It drafts long form pieces (the sample shown runs near 2,800 words), attaches facts to listed sources, strips out phrases it treats as AI cliches, and adds structured elements like FAQ blocks and schema. A pre-publish review screen flags weak spots, for example a title or meta description that runs past recommended lengths, or a number in the draft that does not appear in the research notes. Publishing runs through a one-click OAuth connection to WordPress, Webflow, Wix or GoHighLevel, or through a webhook and API, and later edits to a live post are pushed to the CMS as updates. The reporting side covers the full funnel: articles written, live, indexed by Google, ranking in the top 100, and cited in AI answers, with clicks per page pulled from Google Search Console each Monday. A weekly digest email summarizes movement. Developers and tinkerers can drive the same engine from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor through an MCP server, a CLI or a REST API. This fits small teams and solo operators running a content-led site: ecommerce blogs, local service businesses, agencies handling client blogs. It is a poor match for anyone who wants paragraph-level editorial control, because the product is explicitly built to keep publishing without human input.

How do you use Balzac?

  1. 1Check your AI visibility first
    Before committing, run your domain through the free visibility checker to see whether ChatGPT search or Google AI Overviews already cite you, and which competitors they cite instead.
    Balzac — Check your AI visibility first
  2. 2Enter your website
    Sign up, then type your domain. Balzac reads the site and infers your business, audience, language and competitors without a brief or kickoff call.
  3. 3Review keywords and the publishing plan
    Inspect the keyword opportunities with their volume and difficulty, and confirm the article cadence Balzac proposes for the site.
  4. 4Connect your CMS
    Authorize publishing through the one-click WordPress, Webflow, Wix or GoHighLevel connection, or wire up a webhook if you run something else.
    Balzac — Connect your CMS
  5. 5Check drafts before they go live
    Read the pre-publish review notes on titles, descriptions and any figures that lack a source, and adjust anything that looks off.
  6. 6Watch indexing, rankings and citations
    Use the dashboard and the Monday email to follow each article from written to live, indexed, ranking, and cited in AI answers.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Setup is genuinely minimal: a website URL is the only required input on the homepage workflowAI
  • Targets both classic Google rankings and citations in AI answers, with weekly tracking of eachAI
  • Direct CMS publishing with auto-updates pushed when a live article is revisedAI
  • Drafts cite their sources and run through a pre-publish check for title, description and unsupported figuresAI
  • MCP server, CLI and REST API let you schedule articles from a chat client or scriptAI

Cons

  • Rankings, indexing and AI citations are not guaranteed, and the homepage states this plainlyAI
  • Only one price tier is shown, so there is no cheap entry option for a single test siteAI
  • Editorial voice is machine-produced by design, which will not suit brands with a strict tone of voiceAI
  • Free tools cover site health checks but not article generation, so the writing cannot be tried without payingAI
  • Ties content operations to a vendor pipeline, which is awkward if you later want to bring writing in-houseAI

How much does Balzac cost?

Free trial

No free trial is mentioned on the homepage. A free account signup and a set of free SEO and AI visibility tools are offered instead, none of which generate articles.

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Pricing

The homepage lists one plan, Columnist, at $79 per month per website, described as covering roughly 30 articles a month with up to 250 keywords tracked. It is pitched against the cost of employing a content writer, which the page puts at about $5,200 a month.

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Support

A weekly email digest from the Balzac team covers clicks per page, new citations and the upcoming publishing plan. The homepage does not describe help desk channels or response times.

Integrations

Publishing connectors for WordPress, Webflow, Wix and GoHighLevel, plus a webhook and REST API for other stacks. Google Search Console supplies the click data shown in weekly reports.

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Features

Site analysis and competitor discovery, keyword research with volume and difficulty, scheduled long-form article writing with linked sources, pre-publish quality checks, one-click CMS publishing with live edit sync, Google Search Console click reporting, weekly AI citation checks across ChatGPT search and AI Overviews, plus MCP, CLI and API access.

Frequently asked questions about Balzac

  • How much does Balzac cost?
    The homepage lists one plan, Columnist, at $79 per month per website, described as covering roughly 30 articles a month with up to 250 keywords tracked. It is pitched against the cost of employing a content writer, which the page puts at about $5,200 a month.
  • Does Balzac offer a free trial?
    No free trial is mentioned on the homepage. A free account signup and a set of free SEO and AI visibility tools are offered instead, none of which generate articles.
  • Does Balzac have an API?
    Yes, Balzac offers an API.
  • How do you use Balzac?
    The walkthrough on this page covers 6 steps: 1. Check your AI visibility first 2. Enter your website 3. Review keywords and the publishing plan 4. Connect your CMS 5. Check drafts before they go live 6. Watch indexing, rankings and citations.
  • What platforms does Balzac support?
    Balzac is available on Web App.
  • What does Balzac integrate with?
    Publishing connectors for WordPress, Webflow, Wix and GoHighLevel, plus a webhook and REST API for other stacks. Google Search Console supplies the click data shown in weekly reports.

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Added10/22/2026

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