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

Pick MentionBird if

• Fits if you sell in several countries and need answers per market
• Works for SaaS marketing teams tracking buying questions stage by stage

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want to try it first, as there's no free plan or trial, only a free report on 5 ChatGPT questions
• Skip it if you need Perplexity or Claude under $249 a month, or Grok, AI Overviews, Copilot and DeepSeek without a custom plan
• Watch out: a run is one prompt on one platform once a day, unused runs don't roll over, and 50 more cost $49 a month
• Pricey if you lean on the ranking plans, which use 5 agent credits each, with 500 more at $99

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

MentionBird

• There is no free plan or free trial; the free report checks five questions on ChatGPT only.
• Starter tracks only ChatGPT and Gemini; Perplexity and Claude need Growth, and Grok, AI Overviews, Copilot and DeepSeek need Custom.
• A run is one prompt on one platform once a day, unused runs do not roll over, and 50 extra runs cost $49 a month.
• Ranking plans spend agent credits, 5 per plan; extra credits cost $99 for 500.

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.

MentionBird

Daily prompt runs

Asks each prompt every day on the platforms you pick for it, from one shared daily pool of runs, and can target each prompt to a country.

Visibility and prominence scores

How often you are named, how high in the answer, average position, share of voice and rank among the brands named, with up to 365 days of history.

Prompt research

Suggests prompts across five kinds of buying question, from problem to head-to-head, and scores each from 1 to 10 for volume and difficulty.

Sources and citations

Lists the sites and pages each answer is built from, with an authority score, source and format breakdowns, and the keywords AI platforms search with.

Ranking advice agent

For a prompt you are missing from, suggests 3 to 6 moves ranked by effort and impact, at 5 agent credits per plan. It also summarizes cited YouTube videos.

MCP server and API

Connects to Claude, Claude Code and Cursor over MCP, and to ChatGPT and Gemini through an OpenAPI spec, with read-only or read-write keys on every plan.

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.

MentionBird

• Starter$66

  per month for 100 runs a day, billed annually ($79 billed monthly)

  ChatGPT and Gemini, 1 brand and 5 competitors, 10 team members and 100 agent credits a month. $790 billed yearly.

• Growth$249

  per month for 400 runs a day, billed annually ($299 billed monthly)

  Adds Perplexity and Claude, 3 brands with 10 competitors each and 500 agent credits a month. $2,990 billed yearly.

• CustomCustom

  All 8 platforms including Grok, AI Overviews, Copilot and DeepSeek, as many runs, brands and seats as needed, and an account manager.

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.

MentionBird

• Annual discount

  Two months free with annual billing

  MentionBird's pricing page prices annual plans at 10 months instead of 12: Starter is $790 a year and Growth $2,990.

Otterly.AI

No public discounts listed.