ALTERNATIVE · SIMPLIFIED
Looking for a Simplified Riley alternative?
Here is the honest comparison.
Simplified sells Riley as an AI agent that "plans, creates, and publishes campaigns end to end, while your team stays in control of every approval", inside a large design, video and scheduling suite. Riley Starter is $79 a month for five campaigns; Pro is $119 ($99 yearly) for fifteen. PaperFlight is an AI CMO with its own team that runs your social media every day, not by the campaign — planning, writing, designing, publishing and learning from the results.
THE SHORT ANSWER
Choose Simplified if…
You run campaigns across social, email and ads, want a full design and video editor beside the agent, and work in a team that approves each campaign.
Choose PaperFlight if…
You want a post every day without briefing campaigns: a CMO that plans the week toward your goal, a team that makes and publishes each post, and the option to let it run on its own.
Simplified (Riley) vs PaperFlight
Price
- Simplified (Riley)
- Starter $79 · Pro $119 a month ($99 yearly)
- PaperFlight
- $299 a month · $199 founding
Usage limits
- Simplified (Riley)
- 5 / 15 campaigns a month
- PaperFlight
- One post a day, or up to four
Free to try
- Simplified (Riley)
- 7-day Riley trial
- PaperFlight
- 7 days free, no card
Plans, creates and publishes
- Simplified (Riley)
- Yes — by the campaign
- PaperFlight
- Yes — every day, toward your business intent
Social, email and ads
- Simplified (Riley)
- PaperFlight
- Social media only
Recommends from results
- Simplified (Riley)
- PaperFlight
- Yes — an Analyst that moves the week plan
Publishes on its own
- Simplified (Riley)
- Approval gates; auto-publish is opt-in
- PaperFlight
- Approve & schedule, or Autonomous with a daily cap and quiet hours
Channels
- Simplified (Riley)
- Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads, Bluesky, Google Business Profile
- PaperFlight
- LinkedIn, X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky
Rating
- Simplified (Riley)
- G2 4.6 (about 5,000) · Capterra 4.7 (310) — for Simplified as a whole
- PaperFlight
- New
Riley's plans as listed on simplified.com/pricing; Simplified has sold other plan sets before, so check the page. Ratings cover the whole Simplified suite, not Riley alone.
Campaigns or a daily rhythm
Riley and PaperFlight are the closest in this list: both plan, create and publish, and both read the results. The difference is the unit of work. Riley is sold by the campaign — five or fifteen a month — inside a suite built for teams. PaperFlight is sold per brand and keeps a daily rhythm: a week of post kinds, one post each morning (up to four), written and designed by specialists the CMO calls on.
Simplified's reviews are strong on G2 and Capterra; the complaints we found were about its editor and support rather than Riley, which has no reviews of its own yet.
What PaperFlight does differently
PaperFlight is an AI CMO with its own team: a CMO that plans the week toward your goal, a Researcher, a Writer, a Designer that makes every post in your colours, fonts and logo, a Publisher that posts to LinkedIn, X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Threads and Bluesky, and an Analyst that reads the results and tells the CMO what to change.
Where Simplified is better
- Email and ad campaigns beside social, in one agent.
- A full design, video and presentation suite, plus team seats.
- Pinterest and Google Business Profile publishing.
- A large review base — about 5,000 reviews on G2.
WHAT IT MAKES · EXAMPLE
Posts in your look, every morning.
Three posts PaperFlight's Designer made for PaperFlight's own brand — the same team makes yours, in your colours, fonts and logo.
What buyers ask.
- What is the best alternative to Simplified's Riley?
- If you want your social media run every day rather than by the campaign, PaperFlight. If you want campaigns across email and ads with a team suite, Riley itself.
- How much does Riley cost?
- Riley Starter is $79 a month for five campaigns; Pro is $119 a month, or $99 billed yearly, for fifteen, as listed on simplified.com.
- Can PaperFlight publish without my approval?
- Only if you choose Autonomous. It then publishes within a daily cap and quiet hours, and Stop everything puts every post back on hold.
- Can I try PaperFlight free?
- Yes — 7 days, no card.
Hire the team. Keep your mornings.
7 days free, no card. Your CMO drafts the first post today; you approve it, or let it run on its own.
Last checked 6 October 2026. Prices of other products are as their sites showed on that day and change often — check before you buy. Product names belong to their owners; PaperFlight is not affiliated with them.