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GEO Toolbox vs Otterly.AI (2026): which should you pick?

As of Oct 23, 2026, Otterly.AI grades higher than GEO Toolbox: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.

Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA

Otterly.AI grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.

Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.

GEO Toolbox

Tracks how eight AI engines cite your brand, with content fixes

Free trial · from $79/mo

Otterly.AI

Daily brand and citation tracking across AI search engines

Free trial · from $25/mo

Which one is for you

Pick GEO Toolbox if

  • Fits if you're an SEO consultant tracking AI citations for one to five brands
  • Works for agencies with up to 25 client brands that need white-label reports

Look elsewhere if

  • Skip it if you need daily numbers, as scans are weekly and daily scans are an add-on on Scale and Enterprise only
  • Pricey if Gemini and Claude matter, as they start at Plus for $159 a month, and all 8 engines need Pro at $399
  • Not for you if you want to try it without a card, and the trial gives only a quarter of the credits
  • Watch out: credits don't roll over, and a Claude check costs 20 credits and Grok 31, against 1 for Perplexity
  • Too light for SEO work: no keyword ranks, backlinks, site-speed audits or API, so you'll keep an SEO suite

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

How we grade them

2.0GPAGEO ToolboxFair2.4GPAOtterly.AIFair
Value for money
CStarter is $79 a month billed yearly, or $99 monthly, for 1 brand and 50 prompts on 3 engines. That sits between this category's middle and its dearer quarter, and adding Gemini and Claude means Plus at $159.
BLite is $25 a month billed yearly ($29 monthly) for 15 prompts on four engines with unlimited team members, inside the cheaper quarter of AI visibility tools at $29. The API, MCP and Agent Analytics wait on Standard at $160, and Gemini, AI Mode and Claude cost extra.
Free plan and trial
DA 7-day trial that needs a card, and you only get a quarter of the month's credits during it. There's no free plan, though a few free one-off checks sit on the site.
CNo free plan, but a 7-day free trial with 50 prompts and no credit card needed.
Features
CCited, mentioned or missing on up to 8 engines, a 21-signal page grader, an AI crawler scan, briefs and drafts. The gaps: scans are weekly on every plan, and Starter only gets ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews.
CDaily mentions, share of voice and sentiment per engine in 70+ countries, link citation analysis, prompt research, a GEO audit and crawler analytics. The gap: Gemini, AI Mode and Claude are paid add-ons on every plan, and there's no white-label.
Ease of use
CNo rating on record. Every tool draws on one credit pool, and a Claude check costs 20 credits against 1 for Perplexity, so there's budgeting to do.
CNo rating on record. You set the prompts to watch, and the crawler analytics means uploading your own server log files.
Platforms and integrations
BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It connects to Google Search Console and Google Analytics 4, and no API is listed.
BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. There's an API, an MCP server and a Looker Studio connector from Standard, plus a link with Semrush.
Best forweekly AI citation checks with page-level fixesdaily brand and citation checks in AI search

The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: GEO Toolbox and Otterly.AI. How we grade

Price against what you get

GEO Toolbox starts at $79 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Otterly.AI starts at $25 a month and scores 2.3.

They score the same, and Otterly.AI starts $54 a month lower. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, 13 score higher than GEO Toolbox for less, and 4 score higher than Otterly.AI for less.

Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged

D1.0C2.0B3.0A4.0Free$5$10$20$50$100$200$500$1kMore for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessGEO ToolboxOtterly.AI

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

  • The best score at each price
  • Has a free plan
  • No free plan
The full chart of AI search visibility tools, and the best at every price

Where they differ

  • GEO Toolbox also covers content optimization.
  • Otterly.AI also covers site audit.
In commonWebReportsAI search visibility

At a glance

GEO ToolboxOtterly.AI
PricingFree trialFree trial
Starts at$79 per month for 50 prompts, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)$25 per month, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly)
Free planNoneNone
Free trial7-day free trial on Starter, Plus, Pro and Growth; card required, a quarter of the credits7-day free trial with 50 prompts, no credit card required
Web
Made byGEO ToolboxOtterlyAI GmbH
Price read fromgeotoolbox.aiotterly.ai
CheckedOct 23, 2026Oct 23, 2026

Worth knowing

GEO Toolbox

  • Starter covers only ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews; Gemini and Claude need Plus, and all eight engines need Pro or Scale.
  • Scans are weekly on every plan; daily scans are a paid add-on on Scale and Enterprise only.
  • Credits do not roll over, and Claude (20 credits) and Grok (31) checks cost far more than Perplexity (1) or ChatGPT (4).
  • It does no keyword rank tracking, backlink analysis or site-speed audits; the vendor says to keep an SEO suite for those.

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.

Key features

GEO Toolbox

AI visibility tracker
Weekly checks of your prompts on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Bing Copilot and Grok, split into cited, mentioned and not found.
GEO Scan and Query Fan-Out
Runs one prompt across all engines for a 0 to 100 visibility score, and lists the sub-questions the engines ask behind it.
Content Analyzer
Grades any URL on 21 signals such as schema markup, AI bot access, JavaScript rendering and freshness, and maps each to a fix.
Agent Readiness scan
Fetches a site as several AI crawlers and checks robots.txt against 34 bots, with a score and a list of problems.
Content Studio
From Plus up, writes SEO briefs and article drafts; each article costs 250 credits from the monthly pool.
Competitor and community intel
Shows who is cited instead of you, and from Plus up, the Reddit and forum threads that AI answers quote.

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.

Plans

GEO Toolbox

  • Starter$79

    per month for 50 prompts, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)

    1 brand, weekly scans on ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, 12,000 credits a month and 180 days of history.

  • Plus$159

    per month for 100 prompts, billed annually ($199 billed monthly)

    Up to 3 brands, any 5 of the 8 engines, 30,000 credits, 2 seats, share-of-voice reports, content briefs and about 15 articles a month.

  • Pro$399

    per month for 150 prompts, billed monthly ($3,828 billed yearly)

    Up to 5 brands, all 8 engines, 50,000 credits, 3 seats, 50 AI analyst questions and about 30 articles a month.

  • Growth$399

    per month for 15 brands, billed annually ($499 billed monthly)

    For agencies: 50 prompts per brand, any 5 of the 8 engines, 80,000 credits, unlimited seats and white-label client reports.

  • Scale$999

    per month for 25 brands, billed monthly ($9,588 billed yearly)

    For agencies: 50 prompts per brand on all 8 engines, 130,000 credits, a daily-scan add-on and priority support. No free trial.

  • EnterpriseCustom

    Custom credit volumes, unlimited brands and prompts, SSO, a dedicated success manager and a support SLA. Arranged on a call.

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.

Ways to pay less

GEO Toolbox

  • Annual discount

    Save 20% with annual billing

    GEO Toolbox says annual billing saves 20%, about two months free: Starter is $79 a month billed annually instead of $99 billed monthly.

Otterly.AI

No public discounts listed.

Common questions

Which is cheaper, GEO Toolbox or Otterly.AI?

As of Oct 23, 2026, Otterly.AI is cheaper to start with: $25 a month, against $79 a month for GEO Toolbox. GEO Toolbox starts at $79 per month for 50 prompts, billed annually ($99 billed monthly), and Otterly.AI starts at $25 per month, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly).

Which has a free plan, GEO Toolbox or Otterly.AI?

As of Oct 23, 2026, neither GEO Toolbox nor Otterly.AI has a free plan. Both have a free trial.

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How this page was made

  • The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
  • The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
  • Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
  • The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.
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