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QuQi vs Simplified: the whole studio or one website’s crew

Simplified is a broad suite: writer, designer, video editor, a scheduler with an inbox, and agents led by Riley that publish blogs to WordPress and Webflow, with review on by default. QuQi has no hand design tools and does more on the website: weekly audits, page fixes, AI answer checks and backlinks, next to the articles and posts.

Choose Simplified if
  • You want to design and edit graphics and video yourself.
  • You run an agency with client brands and a client portal.
  • You reply to comments and messages from the same tool.
Choose QuQi if
  • You want the site itself audited and its pages fixed every week.
  • You want to know whether AI answers name your business.
  • You want backlinks from other QuQi websites, checked daily.

Who does the work, step by step

Five jobs from brief to report, and who does each one.

01

Brief the work

With SimplifiedYou give Riley a brief, and its specialists turn it into posts, emails, ad variants and blog copy.
With QuQiNo brief is needed: each teammate starts from your site, its strategy and its own calendar.
02

Write the article

With SimplifiedThe AI Writer drafts long-form with an outline, using your Knowledge Base for the voice.
With QuQiCopywriter researches the top results, writes each section in your voice and adds internal links.
03

Design the visuals

With SimplifiedDesigns, images and video in its editor, or from AI actors and a choice of image models.
With QuQiEach post gets a picture or carousel laid out in your site’s fonts, logo and colours, with the words never drawn by an AI model.
04

Publish and schedule

With SimplifiedBlogs go to WordPress or Webflow and posts to 9 networks, after your review unless auto-publish is on.
With QuQiArticles go to your CMS and posts to nine channels on their days, and you choose what waits for your OK.
05

Reply and report

With SimplifiedA unified inbox and analytics sit next to the scheduler.
With QuQiNo inbox or post analytics. SEO Auditor and AI Visibility report each week on the site and on AI answers.

QuQi vs Simplified, feature by feature

What it does Simplified QuQi
Articles and your website
Writes long-form SEO articles Yes Long-form from the AI Writer, and blog copy from Riley Yes Researched, written in your voice, with pictures and internal links
Publishes them to your website by itself Yes WordPress and Webflow; Wix and Contentful as drafts Yes WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Ghost, Notion or a webhook; Wix as draftsEvery paid plan
Writes in your brand’s voice Yes From a Knowledge Base; 1 to 5 brand styles by plan Yes Read from your website, with the words to use and avoid
Languages it writes in 20+ As its AI Writer page lists them Your website’s language A calendar job can ask for another one
SEO and AI search
Keyword and backlink database to explore Partly Through an Ahrefs account Riley connects to No It researches keywords for its own articles
Social media
Writes social posts Yes Yes Worded for each channel, with a picture or video
Posts to your social channels Yes 9 networks; 7 to 30 accounts by plan Yes Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads, Pinterest, X, Google Business, YouTubeEvery paid plan
Inbox for comments and messages Yes A unified inbox in the scheduler No
Social analytics and reports Yes Analytics in the scheduler No
Pictures and video
Makes on-brand pictures and carousels Yes A designer, an image generator and many image models Yes In your website’s fonts, logo and colours
Makes short videos Yes A video editor and generator, subtitles and short clips Yes With a voice, music and your own products
AI presenters and avatars Yes 90+ AI actors Partly AI-cast presenters with lip sync, not your own face
Hands-on editor to do it yourself Yes Design and video editors with Magic Resize No You ask for changes in words
How the work happens
Works on a calendar without being asked Yes Agents you build run on a schedule Yes Each teammate has its own days and times
Asks before anything goes live Yes Review is on by default; auto-publish is opt-in Yes Articles, posts and page fixes each have a switch
Seats for a team Yes 1 user on Pro, 3 on Business, 5 on Growth Yes Owner, admin, editor and viewer roles
API Yes REST API and webhooks, a CLI and an MCP server Yes REST API, webhooks and an MCP server

QuQi’s column is for a paid plan. The free plan audits and analyses the website, and publishing starts on a paid plan.

Simplified’s details were checked on October 18, 2026 on its own pages: simplified.com/pricing, simplified.com/ai-marketing-agent, simplified.com/blog/product-updates/meet-riley-ai-marketing-agent, simplified.com/integrations, simplified.com/social-media-scheduler . Plans and features change, so check there before you buy. Simplified is a trademark of its owner; QuQi is not affiliated with it.

What each one costs

Simplified prices per workspace, monthly or yearly, with set numbers of users, social accounts, brand styles and agents per plan, one pool of AI credits, and add-ons for extra accounts, users and brand books. QuQi prices per website, with team seats included and one balance of credits for the crew, and unused plan credits carry over for a month.

Simplified
Pro1 user, 7 social accounts, 10K credits, 1 AI agent
$29 a month$19 a month billed yearly
Business3 users, 15 accounts, 30K credits, 5 agents, API access
$79 a month$49 a month billed yearly
GrowthAgency plan: 5 users, 30 accounts, 100K credits, 10 agents
$199 a month$149 a month billed yearly
Enterprise10 seats and up, SSO, API, 50 agents, onboarding
Custom pricing

A 7-day free trial · As listed on October 18, 2026 · Simplified’s pricing page

QuQi
FreeAudits and analyses the website. Publishing starts on a paid plan.
Free
Starter300K credits a month for the whole crew
$29 a month per website$24.17 a month billed yearly
Growth800K credits a month for the whole crew
$79 a month per website$65.83 a month billed yearly
Scale2M credits a month for the whole crew
$199 a month per website$165.83 a month billed yearly

Billed per website. The whole crew shares the credits, and unused plan credits carry over for a month. See pricing

What it takes to cover the same jobsWith Simplified doing the content and the posting, the cost below adds one SEO tool from this list to match the search work QuQi includes.
Simplified
Schedules the social posts
$29 a month
Semrush
SEO audits and keyword data
$139 a month
Together $168 a month
QuQi Starter $29 a month
QuQi Growth $79 a month
QuQi Scale $199 a month

Each tool at its first paid plan, billed monthly, as its own pricing page listed it when we checked. They are not the same products: the bars show what a set of tools costs, not that one replaces another feature for feature.

Where Simplified is stronger

  • Range: a writer, a designer, a video editor with 90+ AI actors, a scheduler and an agent builder in one app.
  • A unified inbox, analytics and link in bio inside the scheduler.
  • Agency plans with client brands, approvals and a client portal, and up to 50 agents on Enterprise.
  • An MCP server with 105+ tools, a CLI, and a REST API with webhooks.

Where QuQi is stronger

  • A weekly site audit of 56 checks, and page fixes delivered through QuQi Edge with an undo.
  • AI Visibility, which checks ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google’s AI Overviews and turns the gaps into briefs.
  • Link Exchange, trading backlinks with other QuQi websites and checking them every day.
  • Articles published to WordPress, WordPress.com, Shopify, Webflow, Ghost or Notion, or to any site through a webhook.

Using Simplified and QuQi together

Simplified can stay your studio and your inbox: the graphics you design, the videos you edit and the replies to your followers. QuQi takes the website’s weekly routine, from SEO articles to the audit, the page fixes and the AI answer checks.

Decide which tool posts to which channel before you start. If Simplified keeps Instagram and TikTok for hand-made pieces, Social Copywriter can take LinkedIn, X and Google Business, and nobody sees the same idea twice.

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Copy.ai

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Hootsuite

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HubSpot

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Every comparison

QuQi vs Simplified: common questions

Is QuQi cheaper than Simplified?

They are priced on different things. Simplified charges per workspace with limits on users, social accounts and brand styles, and sells extras as add-ons. QuQi charges per website and includes team seats, with one credit balance for every teammate. The plan list above shows what each pricing page lists today.

Can Simplified post to Instagram and TikTok?

Yes. Its scheduler covers Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads and Google Business. QuQi reaches the same nine networks, with YouTube for video only, and each post is written for its channel.

Does Riley publish without my approval?

Not by default. Simplified says review is on unless you switch auto-publish on for a workflow. QuQi works the other way round: a new crew publishes articles and posts on its own and holds page fixes, and three switches let you change each one.

Which one can I use from Claude or ChatGPT?

Both have MCP servers. Simplified’s lists 105+ tools and comes with a CLI. QuQi’s works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any MCP client, and anything that publishes or changes a page is previewed and confirmed first.

Does Simplified do SEO audits?

Simplified’s SEO work goes through tools Riley connects to, such as Ahrefs and Google Search Console, and its Copy agent writes SEO briefs. QuQi’s SEO Auditor crawls your whole site every week against 56 checks, and Page Optimizer writes the fixes.

Meet your crew

Add your website. QuQi reads it, puts the crew together, and the SEO Auditor starts the first audit.

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