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Why teams switch from StoryChief
$79 a month for 30 articles researched, written and published, against $339 for StoryChief Growth
Refreshes live articles that rank in positions 8 to 20 using your Search Console data
Picks the topics and runs on a schedule, with a CLI, API and MCP server
A free trial of 3 full articles with no card, and a 30-day money-back guarantee
“Pick Balzac if you want blog articles researched, written and published without a team workflow around them. Pick StoryChief if several people plan, approve and distribute content across a blog and social channels, and you want one tool for all of it.”
Side by side
| Feature | Balzac | StoryChief |
|---|---|---|
| How you use it | Autopilot: researches, writes and publishes on a schedule | Team platform: calendar, AI agent, approvals, multi-channel publishing |
| Output per month | 30 published articles per website | 25 / 100 / unlimited published articles; AI credits 15,000 / 25,000 / 50,000 |
| Price | $79 a month (30 articles, 1 website) | $69 / $339 / $539 a month; $59 / $279 / $449 billed yearly |
| Try before paying | 3 free articles, no card | Free trial, no card; length not stated |
| Money-back guarantee | 30 days, first payment | Not seen on the page we read |
| Publishing | WordPress, Webflow, Wix, GoHighLevel, webhook | 450+ integrations incl. WordPress, Webflow, LinkedIn, HubSpot |
| Google Search Console | Connection; refreshes articles ranking in positions 8 to 20 | Not seen on the page we read |
| Picks the topics for you | AI content ideation and audit; you choose | |
| Approvals and team roles | – | From Growth |
| AI-search visibility tracking | – | 3 / 10 / 25 tracked prompts |
| CLI, API and MCP server | API for developers mentioned; CLI and MCP not seen |
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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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