Machined: free plan (15 articles/3 clusters) plus paid tiers, plus your own OpenAI API cost.
Comparison
Machined vs Gadex: cluster generation or publish-ready content operation.
This page compares what each option delivers feature by feature. For the switching angle, see the Machined alternative page — this one is about what ships and what it costs.
Gadex: scope and price set on a discovery call, with fact-checking and CMS prep included.
Compare API and review overhead, not just article count.
Research snapshot
Machined: current product context.
AI content cluster and publishing tool
Machined’s own pricing pageThird-party figures checked . Vendors change pricing without notice — verify before deciding.
How we checked these figures
- Every figure comes from Machined’s own public pricing or product page, linked above — not from a review site, an aggregator, or a competitor’s comparison table.
- Figures are read from the vendor’s page on the checked date and quoted as published, in the vendor’s own currency and billing period. We do not convert, annualise, or re-band them.
- We compare what each product does, not how well it does it. No benchmark, no scoring, no ranking — we have not run Machined against Gadex on the same task, so any claim that one performs better would be unfounded.
- Gadex is the vendor writing this page. Read it as a positioned comparison and check the source before deciding. If a figure here is wrong or out of date, tell us at contact and we will correct it.
- Pricing seen
- Free plan available; business and agency plans use volume pricing, per Machined’s pricing page .
- Fact
- Machined requires users to provide their own OpenAI API key and pay for AI usage.
- Fact
- The free plan lists 15 articles per month and 3 content clusters per month.
- Fact
- Professional, business, and agency plans include CMS-oriented features such as WordPress and Webflow integration.
- Gadex pricing
- Managed programs start at $2,900 a month, with a $590 diagnostic to begin — see pricing for the full ladder. Scope is set per site, so treat the figure above as Machined’s own, not a like-for-like comparison.
Workflow comparison
Who owns each step: Machined vs Gadex
What Machined includes
Machined's free plan lists 15 articles and 3 content clusters a month. Professional, business, and agency tiers raise those limits and add CMS-oriented features like WordPress and Webflow integration.
Every tier requires your own OpenAI API key, so the all-in cost is the plan price plus your API usage.
What Gadex includes
Gadex doesn't charge for AI usage separately or require an API key — the program price covers gap analysis, source-checked drafting, metadata, internal links, and CMS handoff.
Scope and price are set on a discovery call rather than published as a self-serve tier.
Where the real cost comparison gets tricky
Machined's plan price looks lower on paper, but API usage is a variable cost on top of it, and someone still has to review cluster output before publishing.
Gadex's price is higher per article on average but is quoted as a full workflow cost, not a software subscription plus review labor.
Fact-checking: what's included where
Machined doesn't publish a fact-checking guarantee on its plans page — review is assumed to sit with the user.
Gadex checks claims against named sources inside the pipeline before a draft reaches your CMS, as a standard part of every article.
CMS integration side by side
Machined's paid tiers list WordPress and Webflow integration as features you configure.
Gadex prepares CMS-ready fields (title, meta description, slug, internal links) as part of the handoff for WordPress, Shopify, Ghost, Webflow, and custom CMSs.
Decision rule
If you want to own the API relationship and can absorb the review workload, compare Machined's tiers against your expected usage cost.
If you want one quoted price that already includes fact-checking and CMS prep, get a Gadex scope and compare it against Machined’s plan cost plus API usage plus review time.
FAQ
Does Machined charge for AI usage separately?
Yes — Machined requires users to supply their own OpenAI API key and pay for that usage, in addition to the plan price. Gadex doesn't add a separate API cost; production is included in the scoped price.
How many articles does Machined include on the free plan?
Machined's free plan lists 15 articles and 3 content clusters per month, per its pricing page.
Which option includes CMS publishing support?
Machined's professional, business, and agency plans list WordPress and Webflow integration. Gadex includes CMS-ready metadata, internal links, and formatting notes with every article by default.
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