Alli AI vs Search Atlas (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Alli AI if

• Fits if you're an agency making on-page changes across client sites on different CMSs
• Makes sense if your site runs on a JavaScript framework that AI crawlers can't read

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you run one site, at $249 a month billed annually for the entry plan
• Watch out: changes live in Alli's snippet or plugin, not in your site's own code
• Tight if you outgrow Business, with 5 sites, 500 keywords and 1,250 pages before add-ons
• Skip it if you need the API or white-label hosting, which start on Agency at $499 a month

Pick Search Atlas if

• Fits if you want fixes applied to your site, not just listed
• Works for agencies that want SEO, local, ads and reports under one login

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you want AI answer tracking, which starts at Growth for $199; Perplexity, Claude and Copilot need Pro at $399
• Tight if you write a lot, as 50,000 credits is about 50 AI articles or 1,500 rank checks
• Not for you if you want an easy refund: it's 48 hours by live chat with under 10% used
• Tight if you're on Starter, with 1 project, 1 seat and OTTO on 1 site
• Watch out: white-label dashboards start at Pro, and Agency, from $999, is sold through sales

Alli AI

• There is no free plan; every plan starts with the 10-day trial.
• Business covers 5 sites, 500 keywords and 1,250 pages; extra sites start at $32.50 a month and 100 more keywords at $20.83 on annual billing.
• API access and white-label snippet hosting start at Agency; a fully white-labeled dashboard needs Enterprise.
• Changes are delivered through Alli's snippet, plugin or tag manager tag, not written into the site's own code.

Search Atlas

• Every action draws on one monthly credit pool: Starter's 50,000 credits cover about 50 AI articles or 1,500 rank checks.
• Starter has no AI visibility tracking, and Perplexity, Claude and Copilot need Pro at $399 a month.
• White-label dashboards start at Pro, and the Agency plan, from $999 a month, is sold through sales.
• Refunds need a live-chat request within 48 hours of payment with under 10% of quota used; annual plans get half back within 72 hours.

Alli AI

Bulk on-page changes

Writes and deploys titles, meta tags and other on-page fixes across a whole site or a portfolio of sites, without touching the CMS or source code.

Pre-rendering for AI crawlers

Serves a pre-rendered HTML version of each page to 50+ crawlers, including GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Gemini and Perplexity, alongside Google and Bing.

LLM Mode and AI bot monitor

Shows the version of a page that AI crawlers receive, and a live view of AI bot traffic to the site.

Schema and internal links

Generates and places schema markup automatically, and suggests internal links between pages.

Site speed optimizer

Applies page-speed optimizations that Alli says cut load times by up to 80%, included from the Business plan.

Rank tracking and title tests

Tracks rankings for 500 to 5,000 keywords by plan, and runs automated A/B tests on page titles.

Search Atlas

OTTO SEO

Applies technical fixes, on-page improvements and content changes to a site straight from live search data, on 1 to 10 sites depending on plan.

AI content and publishing

Content Genius writes and edits articles and publishes them to WordPress, Shopify, Webflow or other CMSs, paid for from the credit pool.

Rank tracking and site audit

Tracks 2,000 to 50,000 keywords and audits 50,000 pages on Starter up to unlimited on Agency, with on-page audits and a site explorer.

LLM visibility

From Growth, tracks your brand in ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode; Pro adds Copilot, Perplexity and Claude for six AI platforms.

Local SEO

GBP Galactic keeps Google Business Profiles up to date, from 3 profiles on Starter to 100 on Agency, alongside local citation tools.

Links, PR and ads

Backlink analysis, link building and press release tools, plus Google and Meta ad builders from the Growth plan.

Alli AI

• Business$249

  per month for 5 sites, billed annually ($299 billed monthly)

  5 sites and team members, 500 tracked keywords and 1,250 pages, with AI crawler pre-rendering, the speed optimizer and a weekly crawl.

• Agency$499

  per month for 15 sites, billed annually ($599 billed monthly)

  15 sites and team members, 2,000 keywords and 5,000 pages, plus API access and white-label snippet hosting.

• EnterpriseCustom

  50 sites and team members, 5,000 keywords, 20,000 pages and a fully white-labeled dashboard. Quoted after a demo.

Search Atlas

• Starter$99

  per month, billed monthly

  1 project, 1 seat, 50,000 credits a month, 2,000 tracked keywords, 50,000 audit pages, OTTO on 1 site and 3 Business Profiles. No AI visibility.

• Growth$199

  per month, billed monthly

  2 projects, 3 seats, 120,000 credits, 3,500 keywords, OTTO on 2 sites, Google and Meta ad studio, and AI tracking in ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Mode.

• Pro$399

  per month, billed monthly

  4 projects, 5 seats, 400,000 credits, 6,000 keywords, white-label reports, and AI tracking that adds Copilot, Perplexity and Claude.

• Agency$999

  per month and up, billed monthly

  10 projects, 10 seats, 1 million+ credits, 50,000 keywords, client portals, unlimited audit pages and 250 AI queries. Sold through sales.

Alli AI

• Annual discount

  Save up to 17% with annual billing

  Alli AI's pricing page lists Business at $2,990 a year ($249 a month) against $299 billed monthly, a stated saving of $598 a year.

Search Atlas

No public discounts listed.