Is Growth Calendar a good alternative to Soro?

For the writing side, yes: both plan from keyword research, read the live search results, and write on schedule without you touching a draft. It does not replace what Soro does after the writing, because Growth Calendar hands you finished markdown instead of pushing posts into your CMS, and it puts no optimization score on the article. If you want posts appearing on your site untouched, Soro does that. If you want to read every article before it goes live, Growth Calendar is built that way.

Does Growth Calendar publish to WordPress like Soro?

No, and that is deliberate. You get the finished article as markdown, HTML, or Word to copy or download, so nothing goes live without you reading it first. Soro connects once and publishes daily to WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Ghost, Wix, and others, or to a webhook.

What actually differs when the two write an article?

Less than the marketing on either side suggests. Both research keywords, check what is already ranking, add internal and external links, generate images, and follow a brand voice, which is why most rows in the table above are ties. The differences that hold up: Growth Calendar plans in clusters, embeds real screenshots, and is reachable over MCP; Soro scores every post 100/100 and ships it to your site for you.

Can I run it from Claude or ChatGPT?

Growth Calendar, yes: it is available over MCP, so you can ask what is scheduled, plan a cluster, or have an article written without opening the app. Soro's official pages document CMS connectors and webhooks for custom integrations, with no public API or MCP server.

How do the prices compare?

Soro sells one product from $39 a month month-to-month, down to $18 a month if you pay $216 for the year, and does not publish a per-plan article count. Growth Calendar plans are sized in finished articles per month with research, images, and screenshots included. Compare on cost per published article at the volume you actually need.

Do both offer free trials?

Only Growth Calendar, which offers a 3-day trial that requires a card and converts unless cancelled. Soro states on its own site that it has no free trial: you pay from day one, backed by a 14-day money-back guarantee that caps out at 14 generated articles.

Best Alternative to Soro in 2026

Timothe's Growth Calendar is an SEO autopilot. It researches your market, plans months of articles as clusters, and writes them on schedule, so you review and publish instead of writing. Everything on this page is verified against Soro's official pages.

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The articles arrive finished. You decide what ships.

Growth Calendar plans clusters, researches the live search results, and writes on schedule. Every draft lands with citations, internal links, and real screenshots, and it goes live only when you publish it. This is what your calendar looks like.

Comparison

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Planning & research
Topic cluster planning	Yes	PartialDaily content calendar, cluster shape not published
Real-time SERP research	Yes	YesChecks what is ranking before writing
Built-in keyword research	Yes	YesPicks buyer keywords for you
Writing & drafts
Scheduled autopilot writing	Yes	YesA new post every morning
Answer-first (AEO) article structure	Yes	YesBuilt for Google and ChatGPT
Source citations in drafts	Yes	YesExternal links added automatically
Automatic internal linking	Yes	YesInternal links added automatically
Real screenshots in articles	Yes	NoAI images and optional video embeds
Brand voice settings	YesWriting and image style	YesLearns your voice, style, tone
Platform & measurement
Auto-publishing to your CMS	NoMarkdown, HTML, Word export	YesWordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Ghost, Wix
Content score on each article	No	Yes100/100 on every post it writes
API and AI-agent (MCP) access	YesMCP live	PartialWebhooks for custom integrations
Free trial	Yes3 days	NoPaid from day one, 14-day refund

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What lands in your calendar

Clusters, not a daily topic

Months of researched topics, planned as clusters that build topical authority. Every day on the calendar already has the next article decided, and it knows why.

Drafts that arrive finished

Citations from live research, internal links to their cluster siblings, real screenshots of the products you write about, and on-brand images with alt text.

Built to be cited

Answer-first structure, FAQ blocks, and real-time SERP research, so articles are shaped to rank in Google and get quoted by AI answer engines.

Growth Calendar pricing

Choose the plan that's right for you.

Starter

For solopreneurs, freelancers, and creators

4,000 credits/mo

Fixed amount of credits

$29Billed monthly

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All AI agents and tools

Premium image and video models

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Chat support

Recommended

Pro

For small teams and growing businesses

10,000 credits/mo

Fixed amount of credits

$59Billed monthly

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Everything in Starter

Headroom for campaigns and media-heavy work

Max

For growing teams and businesses

20,000 credits/mo

$99Billed monthly

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Everything in Pro

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Priority support

Prices exclude tax where applicable. Tax is calculated at checkout.

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The numbers behind each plan, side by side.

	Free $0/mo	Starter $29/mo	Pro $59/mo	Max $99/mo
Credits
Monthly credits Reset at the start of each billing cycle	Not included	4,000	10,000	20,000
Buy extra credits Purchased credits never expire	Not included	Included	Included	Included
Scale monthly credits	Not included	Not included	Not included	Up to 5x
Free trial First subscription only. Card required.	Not included	Not included	3 days	3 days
Growth CalendarPaid plans
AI SEO articles 600 credits each, including research and images	Not included	1 articles/wk	4 articles/wk	8 articles/wk
Topic cluster planning	Not included	Included	Included	Included
Run it from chat with an AI agent	Not included	Included	Included	Included
MCP connection Drive it from Claude Code, Codex, and other MCP clients	Not included	Included	Included	Included
Scheduled publishing runs	Not included	Included	Included	Included
Keyword ResearchPaid plans
Keyword searches 50 credits each	Not included	80 searches/mo	200 searches/mo	400 searches/mo
Related keywords Up to 700 per search	Not included	Included	Included	Included
Search volume, CPC, and competition	Not included	Included	Included	Included
12-month search trend	Not included	Included	Included	Included
SERP results for the seed keyword	Not included	Included	Included	Included
Country and language targeting	Not included	Included	Included	Included
Image and video generationPaid plans
Image generation From 16 credits per image	Not included	250 images/mo	625 images/mo	1,250 images/mo
Video generation From 200 credits per 5-second 720p clip	Not included	20 videos/mo	50 videos/mo	100 videos/mo
Premium image and video models	Not included	Included	Included	Included
Image editing	Not included	Included	Included	Included
Everything else
Free tools that cost no credits No usage limits	Included	Included	Included	Included
Team members	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Security controls and audit log Rolling out	Not included	Not included	Not included	Included
Support	Community	Chat	Chat	Priority

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