AEO Content vs Otterly.AI (2026): which should you pick?

Pick AEO Content if

• Fits if you run a small or mid-market business whose buyers ask AI for recommendations
• Works for teams that want articles, hosting and AI answer tracking from one company

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want to try it first, as there's no free plan or trial
• Watch out: building or moving a site onto its hosted AEO Website is quoted separately from the plan
• Pricey if you want links or social, which start at Business for $500, and DR 40+ links are from $800 a month for 5
• Watch out: the 100-day guarantee is judged by its own tracking against an agreed list of queries
• Tight if you want daily tracking, as Growth checks its 5 prompts weekly

Pick Otterly.AI if

• Fits if a daily read on ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews and Copilot is what you need
• Works for agencies that brand client reports through Looker Studio, from Standard

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if Gemini, AI Mode or Claude matter to you, as they're paid add-ons on every plan, and all seven engines add $227 a month on Standard
• Not for you if you need white-label reports, as there aren't any
• Tight if you start on Lite, with 15 prompts, one workspace, no API or MCP, and no extra prompt packs
• Pricey if you outgrow Lite, as Standard is $160 a month yearly and extra prompts are $99 per 100, with 300 at most before Premium at $422
• Watch out: Claude is tracked through its API using the Haiku model, and crawler analytics needs server log files you upload

AEO Content

• There is no free plan or trial; the free audit on the site is a one-off report.
• Building or moving a site onto the AEO Website is a one-time setup quoted separately from the plan.
• Social media management and backlinks are included only from Business; DR 40+ links are an add-on from $800 a month for 5.
• The 100-day guarantee to be named in AI answers is measured by the vendor's own tracking against an agreed query set.

Otterly.AI

• Google AI Mode and Gemini cost $9, $59 or $149 a month each by plan, and Claude $29, $109 or $439, so all seven engines on Standard add $227 a month.
• Google AI Mode, Gemini and Claude are paid add-ons on every plan; Claude is tracked through its API using the Haiku model.
• Lite has one workspace; extra prompts are sold in packs of 100 on Standard and Premium only.
• There is no white-label option; the Looker Studio connector is the suggested way to brand client reports.

AEO Content

Topic Engine

Scans forums, video, podcasts and news, refreshed every 6 hours, for the questions buyers ask and the AI prompts where a competitor is named instead.

Sourced articles

Each article is built from a research file of about 10 sources, with stats linked, and in the client's voice from a brand profile built from docs and calls.

AEO Rank scoring

Articles and the whole site are scored on 53 checks in 5 weighted pillars; articles are fixed until they clear a score of 70 before publishing.

AI visibility tracking

Re-checks the tracked prompts in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Gemini, weekly on Growth and daily from Premium.

Hosted AEO Website

Every plan includes a site on Cloudflare built with Astro, managed by prompts through Claude or Codex; existing CMS sites can be published to instead.

Reddit and mention monitoring

Scans up to 30 subreddits daily and drafts replies for the client to post, and lists articles that name rivals but not the client, with the editor's email.

Otterly.AI

Daily prompt monitoring

Tracks set prompts every day and reports brand mentions, coverage, share of voice and sentiment per engine, in more than 70 countries.

Link citation analysis

Shows which URLs and domains each AI engine cites for a prompt, with a domain ranking to find the sources worth targeting.

AI prompt research

Suggests prompts customers are likely to ask AI search tools about a brand or topic, as a starting set to monitor.

GEO audit

A technical audit of site URLs for generative engine readiness; Lite allows 1,000 audited URLs a month, Premium 10,000.

Agent Analytics

Reports AI agent and crawler visits to your site from server log files you upload.

API, MCP and Looker Studio

An API and MCP server give programmatic access to the data; the Looker Studio connector comes with Standard and above.

AEO Content

• Growth$99

  per month for 10 articles and 5 prompts tracked weekly

  Hosted AEO Website, 10 articles a month, prompts tracked across 4 AI engines, monthly re-audits and Reddit and mention monitoring.

• Premium$250

  per month for 20 articles and 20 prompts tracked daily

  Everything in Growth, publishing to 2 or more site sections, threat analysis, re-audits every 14 days, a brand voice profile and monthly strategy calls.

• Business$500

  per month for 30 articles and 30 prompts tracked daily

  Editorial review, social posts and short videos for 6 networks, 2 DR 30+ backlinks a month, up to 100 competitors, API access and a dedicated strategist.

• Business Plus$1,000

  per month for 44 articles

  Everything in Business with 44 articles and 5 DR 30+ backlinks a month, about two articles every business day.

Otterly.AI

• Lite$25

  per month, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly)

  15 prompts tracked daily on ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Copilot, unlimited team members, one workspace. No API, MCP or extra prompts.

• Standard$160

  per month, billed yearly ($189 billed monthly)

  100 prompts, API, MCP and Agent Analytics. Extra prompts are $99 per 100 a month, up to 300 more before you must move to Premium.

• Premium$422

  per month, billed yearly ($489 billed monthly)

  400 prompts with everything in Standard. Extra prompts are $99 per 100 a month.

• EnterpriseCustom

  From 1,000 prompts, with SSO, custom terms, a quarterly GEO health check and a dedicated success manager.