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

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

Pick Profound if

• Fits if you're a large brand that wants answers tracked on up to 9 engines and can sign a custom contract
• Works for agencies running pitch audits for prospects, at $99 a month for 10 short workspaces

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want to sign up and pay without a sales call, as brands can't
• Pricey if you're an agency with several clients, at $399 a month per client workspace on top of $99
• Tight if you want to test your own questions, since the trial's prompts are fixed
• Watch out: custom prompts, the API, exports and SSO all come only with Enterprise
• Watch out: agents spend credits, and extra credits need an Enterprise package with overage billing or a pause

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.

Profound

• Brands have no self-serve paid plan: after the 7-day trial, ongoing tracking needs a custom-priced Enterprise contract.
• Trial users get a recommended prompt set and cannot edit it; custom prompts, API access, exports and SSO come with Enterprise.
• On Agency Growth, each full client workspace is a $399-a-month add-on and 5 more trial workspaces cost $199 a month.
• Agent runs use credits; extra credits beyond the plan need an Enterprise package, with overage billing or a pause set by the account team.

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.

Profound

Answer Engine Insights

Runs set prompts daily and reports where a brand appears in the answers, which sources are cited, sentiment and how it ranks against competitors.

Wide engine coverage

Enterprise can track ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek, Claude, Google AI Overviews and Exa Search.

AI Marketer and agents

An assistant that finds gaps in AI answers and drafts or rewrites pages, plus reusable agents for recurring work. Agents run on credits.

Agent Analytics

Tracks AI crawler visits and AI-referred traffic across unlimited domains by connecting to CDNs and hosts such as Cloudflare, Fastly, AWS and Vercel.

Prompt Volumes

Estimates what people ask AI answer engines about a topic; the trial allows 5 searches.

Agency workspaces

Agency plans manage short pitch workspaces for prospects and full client workspaces from one dashboard with consolidated billing.

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.

Profound

• Agency Growth$99

  per month for up to 10 pitch workspaces a month

  For agencies: 10 seven-day pitch audits a month on ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews, 5 agency seats. Each full client workspace is $399 a month extra.

• EnterpriseCustom

  For brands: tailored prompt tracking on up to 9 answer engines, AI Marketer credits, all-time history, CSV and JSON exports, API, SSO and dedicated support.

• Agency EnterpriseCustom

  For large agencies and networks: tailored client and trial workspaces, a dedicated agency partner, go-to-market help and Slack support.