Pricing, limits, and integration
API access comes with the SaaS subscription rather than as a separate product, and usage is governed by your plan's quotas (AI articles, image generations) rather than per-call API billing. Pricing is public: a free plan (3 articles), then Basic $39/mo, Advanced $99/mo and Max $169/mo, with 20% off annual and a near-permanent ~50% promo.
Authentication is by API key from your BlogSEO account. The same key authorizes both the official CMS plugins and any custom integration you build, and the limits that apply are your plan's article and image allowances, so heavy programmatic generation consumes the same quota as in-app use.
For automation, the REST API is the only path (there is no MCP server). Plan to generate and publish through the documented endpoints, and size your plan by how many articles you will produce per month, since that is the limit that bites first.
How much does the BlogSEO API actually cost?
BlogSEO publishes an API, but per-tier gating wasn't extracted automatically.
- Most likely scenario: API access is either included in all paid plans, or it's gated to higher tiers and we need to verify on the live docs page.
- Until verified, treat the question "which plan unlocks the API" as open. Don't budget on the assumption it's free with the cheapest paid plan.
API at a glance
Which AI clients can read BlogSEO data?
Not every AI assistant supports MCP natively. Here's the per-client picture for BlogSEO specifically.
| Client | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Claude (Desktop/Web) | none | No MCP server to connect to. Integration would be via the REST API directly, not MCP. |
| Claude Code | none | No MCP server. Programmatic use goes through the public REST API with API-key auth. |
| Cursor | none | No MCP server for BlogSEO. |
| n8n | API-only (custom code) | Integrate via the public REST API (generate and publish articles) using API-key auth. |
What you can build with the BlogSEO API
Three personas, three different shapes of build. Pick the row that matches how you actually ship.
Glue BlogSEO into your daily workflow
- Pull a digest of ranking changes into your morning Slack
- Trigger a one-off backfill when something looks off
- Pipe data into your own SQLite for ad-hoc queries
Sell BlogSEO reporting at scale
- White-label BlogSEO data into client-branded dashboards
- Run scheduled multi-account reports without logging into the BlogSEO UI
- Cross-reference with the rest of the client's stack (CRM, analytics, ad spend)
Production pipelines for BlogSEO
- Real-time sync into your warehouse on a cron
- Custom alerts the dashboard's built-in alerting can't express
- Backfill + idempotency handling for BlogSEO data older than the dashboard exposes
Limits and gotchas
- No OpenAPI spec — you write typed clients by hand or use a third-party generator on the docs HTML.
- No official SDK detected. Plan on hitting the API directly with your HTTP client of choice.
- Rate limits: always read the docs page before scaling — the published limit is usually lower than the practical one and overages can be expensive.
Agent-readiness verdict
A real, documented public API with API-key auth that generates and publishes articles, and it powers BlogSEO's own plugins, so it is genuinely usable. The limit is scope: it is publishing-focused, not full platform control. A 6 out of 10 for API agent-readiness.
BlogSEO API FAQ
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Sources
- BlogSEO official site: https://www.blogseo.io
10+ years in digital marketing. I review marketing software for AI-stack fit: real pricing, MCP and API support, and how cleanly each tool drops into an AI agent workflow, cross-checked against verified data and real user feedback.