# Argosor vs OpenSEO: hosted AI visibility and an approval-gated action board
> Canonical URL: https://argosor.com/vs/openseo
> Markdown Twin: https://argosor.com/vs/openseo.md

OpenSEO is an open-source SEO platform with a $10/mo hosted plan, built on DataForSEO data and ready for MCP. Argosor focuses on what happens after the data: nine-model AI visibility, crawler checks, and fixes your team approves before they ship.

| | Argosor | OpenSEO |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| **Pricing** | Free, then from $19/mo, or $0 markup with your own keys | Open source · hosted from $10/mo with $10 of usage |
| **How it runs** | Hosted | Open source, or hosted |
| **Entry price** | Free · $19/mo | $10/mo hosted |
| **AI visibility** | 9 models, crawler & firewall checks | Prompt tracking |
| **Publishing with approval & rollback** | Included | — |
| **MCP server** | 15 tools | Included |

## What you get with Argosor
- Nine-model AI visibility with firewall probes, /llms.txt checks and Content-Signal verification.
- A shared action board ranked by expected clicks, with night routines that stop at Ready for review.
- Publishing to WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, Ghost and GitHub, with one-click rollback.

## Worth knowing about OpenSEO
- Strong for research and tracking; publishing fixes to your CMS is left to you.
- Self-hosting means running the stack and funding DataForSEO and model accounts yourself.
- Doesn’t list AI crawler firewall probes or /llms.txt false-200 detection.

## The short version
If you want to own the code and run it yourself, OpenSEO is an excellent project. If you want a managed loop that goes from audit to an approved, published change, choose Argosor.

_Competitor details from public pricing and product pages, October 2026._