What Koala AI does
Koala AI is an SEO platform for Google and AI search: an agent that plans from your Search Console data, a writer that drafts on brand articles, and one click publishing to your CMS, free to start. One subscription covers the whole stack, so keyword research, drafting, images, internal links and publishing share a single bill.
The work is split into named products. KoalaWriter drafts long form articles against a monthly word allowance. KoalaChat runs on the same credits with live web data. KoalaImages builds the visuals and KoalaLinks places the internal links, while KoalaMagnets handles the lead magnets. A Brand DNA profile holds your voice and your services, and every draft follows it. Starter carries all of that with 45,000 words, 500 credits, Brand DNA on one brand and 25 agent messages a month.
Publishing is built in to WordPress, Shopify, Webflow and Ghost, with webhooks for Zapier and Make. Search Console and Analytics share one dashboard, with trends, striking distance keywords and traffic sources on one screen. A server MCP connection lets your own AI assistant read the Brand DNA and the Google data for free, then spend the plan’s credits on keyword, competitor and SERP research. What the platform does not sell is a fixed word budget: the footnote counts words on GPT-6 Luna, and stronger models count the same words two or three times over.
What you get for the money
| Plan | Price | What is included | The limit that matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $25 /month | 45,000 words, 500 credits, Brand DNA on 1 brand, 25 agent messages a month, MCP server, publishing to WordPress, Shopify, Webflow and Ghost | Lowest word and credit allowance |
| Professional | $49 /month | 100,000 words, 1,000 credits, 50 Brand DNA messages, the Article Editor and its SEO score, Deep Research, KoalaLinks for up to 50 sites | The first tier with the Article Editor and internal linking |
| Boost | $99 /month | 250,000 words, 2,500 credits, an uncapped Brand DNA agent, Content Calendar Autopilot | The SEO agent stops capping messages here |
| Growth | $179 /month | 500,000 words, 5,000 credits, Brand DNA on 3 brands | A jump from $99 with no step between |
| Elite | $350 /month | 1,000,000 words, 10,000 credits, Brand DNA on 7 brands | Monthly cost enters agency territory |
| Advanced | $500 /month | 1,500,000 words, 12,500 credits, Brand DNA on 12 brands | Publisher volume |
| Scale I | $750 /month | 2,500,000 words, 15,000 credits, Brand DNA on 20 brands | Built for a content team |
| Scale II | $1,250 /month | 5,000,000 words, 20,000 credits, Brand DNA on 40 brands | Multi brand operations |
| Scale III | $2,000 /month | 10,000,000 words, 25,000 credits, Brand DNA on 75 brands | Highest published volume |
$25 buys 45,000 words a month and 500 credits, which works out to roughly 0.06 cents a word. Annual billing takes 20 percent off every plan, and every paid plan includes the MCP server, so the Koala AI deals page tracks the current saving. A year of Starter at the monthly rate costs $300, and a year of Professional costs $588; the annual discount, not a published annual rate, is what lowers those totals.
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Where it falls short
- The word count is the headline number and it only holds on one model. The footnote counts words on GPT-6 Luna, with GPT-6 Sol and Claude Sonnet 5 at 2x and Claude Opus 5.5 at 3x. Starter’s 45,000 words become 22,500 on the two mid models and 15,000 on the strongest, so the usable allowance can fall by two thirds before you write a word.
- Starter is thin on purpose. 500 credits, Brand DNA on a single brand and a Brand DNA agent capped at 25 messages a month. The Article Editor, its SEO score and the Deep Research feature all arrive one tier up, at $49.
- Credits are shared, and research has no daily limit. Writing, images, chat and MCP research draw on the same balance, and research calls start at 0.1 credits with no daily cap. An assistant left running spends the pool that also drafts and illustrates your articles.
- The ladder is steep and uneven. A site that outgrows Boost jumps straight to Growth, because no plan sits between 250,000 and 500,000 words, and the monthly rate steps from $99 to $179 in one move.
- The top two tiers sell volume, not tools. Scale II and Scale III repeat Scale I’s feature set and differ only by words, credits and Brand DNA slots, so the extra spend buys output rather than capability.
The nine published monthly rates, each on its own line with the source it was read from:
| Plan | Rate | Where we read it |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $25 /month | the pricing page, October 3, 2026 |
| Professional | $49 /month | the pricing page, October 3, 2026 |
| Boost | $99 /month | the pricing page, October 3, 2026 |
| Growth | $179 /month | the pricing page, October 3, 2026 |
| Elite | $350 /month | the pricing page, October 3, 2026 |
| Advanced | $500 /month | the pricing page, October 3, 2026 |
| Scale I | $750 /month | the pricing page, October 3, 2026 |
| Scale II | $1,250 /month | the pricing page, October 3, 2026 |
| Scale III | $2,000 /month | the pricing page, October 3, 2026 |
Koala AI alternatives
- Frase is $49 a month with no commitment, dropping to $39 a month billed yearly, and carries a 7 day trial with no card plus 10 articles and 50 audited pages a month.
- Writesonic is $79 a month billed annually and includes 15 AI articles a month in a plan built around AI search visibility.
- Byword is $83 a month for 25 articles, which is $3.32 an article, and starts every account on 5 free articles.
Who it is for: Koala AI
Koala AI fits a solo SEO or a small team that publishes on a schedule and wants planning, drafting, images, internal links and publishing in one place. If you run one site and ship a few articles a week, Starter is the range: $25 buys 45,000 words and 500 credits, and $49 on Professional doubles the allowance to 100,000 words and adds the Article Editor, the internal linking tools and the Search Console dashboard. A weekly run of four 1,500 word posts fits inside Starter with room to spare.
Skip it if you need a fixed cost per article, because the word allowance depends on the model you write with, and a stronger model can cut the count to a half or a third. Skip it as well if the uncapped SEO agent is the reason you are buying, since that starts at $99 on Boost. The tutorial for writing an SEO article with Koala AI shows what one draft covers before you commit, and a team publishing at agency volume should look at the $750 tier and above.
How we checked
This is a research review: we have not used Koala AI, opened a paid account or drafted an article. We read the pricing page at koala.sh/pricing, the terms of service and the API documentation on October 3, 2026, and logged the nine plan prices, the word and credit allowances, the Brand DNA message limits and the model multiplier footnote. We did not subscribe, so draft quality and the way the agent reads Search Console data are not verified here. When we pay for a plan and publish through it, this page becomes a hands-on review and gains the results.
What to do next
Start on the free account, which carries 5,000 words and 25 credits with no card, and draft one article on a topic you already know. If the draft reads the way you want, Starter at $25 covers a weekly schedule at 45,000 words a month, and annual billing takes 20 percent off that rate. If you need the Article Editor, the internal linking tools and the Search Console dashboard, go straight to Professional at $49 rather than upgrading twice.
FAQ
How much does Koala AI cost? Plans run from $25 a month on Starter to $2,000 a month on Scale III, and annual billing takes 20 percent off, the company says.
Is there a free plan? Every new account gets 5,000 free words and 25 credits, with no credit card required.
What happens to the word count on stronger models? The allowance is counted on GPT-6 Luna. GPT-6 Sol and Claude Sonnet 5 count words at 2x and Claude Opus 5.5 at 3x, so 45,000 words on Starter become 22,500 or 15,000.
What do the credits cover? Credits are shared across KoalaChat, KoalaImages, KoalaLinks, KoalaMagnets, the Brand DNA agent, API access and MCP research, while article generation uses the separate word allowance.
What is included in Starter? 45,000 KoalaWriter words a month, 500 credits, Brand DNA on one brand, 25 agent messages a month, the MCP server, KoalaImages and publishing to WordPress, Shopify, Webflow and Ghost.
Sources
Sources
- koala.sh/pricing (checked October 3, 2026)
- koala.sh/pages/terms-of-service (checked October 3, 2026)
- koala.sh/pages/api-docs (checked October 3, 2026)
Update log
- Published October 3, 2026 as a research review. Plans, word allowances, credit allowances and prices checked October 3, 2026 on the pricing page. The reference price is the month to month rate, $25 on Starter, because it is the one a buyer can leave after a month. See the Koala AI deals page and the tutorial for writing an SEO article with Koala AI for the rest of the cluster.
