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Go for a medium roast, roasted within the last 30 days. Single-origin beans pull sweeter shots, while blends forgive grind mistakes, which matters on entry-level machines. lumacoffee.com
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Why teams switch from Machined
Refreshes live articles that rank in positions 8 to 20 using your Search Console data
A 30-day money-back guarantee on the first payment, where Machined does not refund
Publishes to Wix and GoHighLevel as well as WordPress and Webflow
A CLI, an API and an MCP server on the one plan
“Pick Balzac if you want it to run on a schedule and refresh articles from your Search Console data, with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Pick Machined if price matters most: it lists 30 articles for $19 a month and 100 for $49, with unlimited websites.”
Side by side
| Feature | Balzac | Machined |
|---|---|---|
| How you use it | Autopilot: researches, writes and publishes on a schedule | You set up clusters; it researches, writes, links and publishes |
| Articles per month | 30 per website | 30 / 100 / 250 / 750 by plan; 2,000 on BYOK |
| Price | $79 a month (30 articles, 1 website) | $19 / $49 / $99 / $249 a month; BYOK $99; yearly saves 25% |
| Try before paying | 3 free articles, no card | 7-day free trial of Launch, no card |
| Money-back guarantee | 30 days, first payment | None: no refunds once a subscription is charged |
| Publishing | WordPress, Webflow, Wix, GoHighLevel, webhook | WordPress, Webflow, webhooks (Zapier, Make) |
| Google Search Console | Connection; refreshes articles ranking in positions 8 to 20 | Not mentioned on the pages we read |
| Picks the topics for you | Keyword research and clusters from the topic you give it | |
| Websites per plan | 1 per plan | Unlimited on every plan |
| CLI, API and MCP server | Not stated on the pages we read |
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organic traffic for Javry.
Zero hours of writing.
“130% more organic traffic from Google, without adding work for our team.”
“Balzac helps us deliver more value to our clients with less effort.”
“We went from irregular blog posts to a consistent publishing engine, without lifting a finger. Rankings are going up, traffic is up.”
“Regular publishing has significantly boosted my visibility on Google.”
“We save about 15 hours a month on content.”
Pricing
One website, on autopilot
$79/month per website
~30 articles a month$2.63 per article
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Let Balzac do the writing. Articles published every week, automatically.
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