Otterly.AI vs Profound
Otterly.AI is a monitor priced for small teams: ChatGPT, AI Overviews, Perplexity and Copilot asked daily, a GEO audit of any URL, 70+ countries and an entry plan of 15 prompts. Profound is an enterprise platform: a 7-day trial for brands, then Enterprise by quote with up to 9 engines, content agents and AI crawler analytics from server logs.
Checked against otterly.ai's and tryprofound.com's own pages between October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026. Sources at the foot of the page.
What each one costs, plan by plan.
Otterly.AI
Otterly.AI starts at $25 a month billed yearly ($29 month to month).
Profound
Profound prices brand plans on request.
TrialFree for 7 days
50 prompts, run daily for 7 days[2]
Agency Growth$99 a month
Plus add-ons; no yearly price shown
For an agency's pitches; a client's workspace costs extra.
10 pitch workspaces a month: 25 prompts each, daily, for 7 days[3]
EnterpriseBy quote
A prompt count set per contract, run daily[2]
Agency EnterpriseBy quote
Pitch and client workspaces set per contract[3]
How Otterly.AI and Profound work.
| What you get | Otterly.AI | Profound |
|---|---|---|
| Free to try | Otterly.AIA 7-day trial with 50 prompts, no card needed[4] | ProfoundA 7-day trial with 50 prompts a day on ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews; a free AEO Report[2, 5] |
| Engines | Otterly.AIChatGPT, AI Overviews, Perplexity and Copilot; AI Mode, Gemini and Claude as add-ons[1] | ProfoundUp to 9 on Enterprise: ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Perplexity, Copilot, Claude, DeepSeek and Exa Search[2] |
| How answers are collected | Otterly.AIThe engines' public web interfaces; the API only for Claude[6] | ProfoundCaptured from the consumer apps, not API outputs[5] |
| Prompts | Otterly.AIYour own: 15, 100 or 400[1] | ProfoundTrial: a recommended set you can't edit. Enterprise: your own[2] |
| How often | Otterly.AIDaily, with no manual runs[7] | ProfoundDaily[2] |
| How sure the numbers are | Otterly.AIPoint values from published formulas[8] | ProfoundPoint values, with published formulas[9] |
| AI crawler checks | Otterly.AIA GEO audit per URL checks robots.txt and server access for AI bots, and static against dynamic content; 1,000 URL audits a month on Lite[10, 11] | ProfoundAgent Analytics reads AI crawler visits from server logs[12] |
| API and MCP | Otterly.AIAPI and MCP from Standard ($189)[1] | ProfoundMCP for Enterprise customers; API on Enterprise[2, 13] |
| Agencies and white-label | Otterly.AINo native white-label; branded reports through Looker Studio[14] | ProfoundAgency Mode, with client and pitch workspaces[15] |
Pick by what you need.
Choose Otterly.AI if
You want a low published price, daily answers on ChatGPT, AI Overviews, Perplexity and Copilot, and many countries.
Choose Profound if
You want many engines, content agents, AI crawler visits from your server logs and SSO, and an enterprise budget fits.
Where GEOFast stands against both.
GEOFast's Watch plan has 50 prompts for $29 a month, with Gemini and AI Mode included where Otterly.AI sells them as add-ons, and every plan puts a 90% range on how often you're mentioned and picked first, which neither reports. Both ask daily, where Watch asks weekly, and Profound reads AI crawler visits from server logs, which GEOFast doesn't.
Questions about Otterly.AI and Profound.
Is Otterly.AI or Profound cheaper?
Otterly.AI starts at $25 a month billed yearly ($29 month to month); Profound prices brand plans on request. Seats, engines and prompts differ by plan, so compare the plan that fits your size.
How do Otterly.AI and Profound collect answers?
Both read the engines' consumer interfaces rather than their APIs. Otterly.AI uses an API only for Claude; Profound says its answers are captured from the consumer apps, not API outputs.
Do Otterly.AI and Profound check AI crawlers?
In different ways. Otterly.AI's GEO audit checks robots.txt and server access for AI bots on one URL at a time. Profound's Agent Analytics reads AI crawler visits from your server logs.
Where each fact comes from.
Every claim about another tool links to that vendor's own page, read between October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026. Prices are as each vendor lists them, in US dollars unless marked; vendors change them, so check before you buy.
- 1Otterly.AI: Pricingotterly.ai/pricing
- 2Profound: Pricingtryprofound.com/pricing
- 3Profound: Pricing for agenciestryprofound.com/pricing?tier=agencies
- 4Otterly.AI: Free trialhelp.otterly.ai/free-trial
- 5Profound: Free AEO Reporttryprofound.com/aeo-report
- 6Otterly.AI: How OtterlyAI collects datahelp.otterly.ai/how-otterlyai-collects-data
- 7Otterly.AI: Monitoring intervalhelp.otterly.ai/monitoring-interval
- 8Otterly.AI: Brand report KPI definitionshelp.otterly.ai/brand-report-kpi-definition
- 9Profound: How metrics are calculateddocs.tryprofound.com/cookbook/metrics/how-metrics-are-calculated
- 10Otterly.AI: What does the GEO audit do?help.otterly.ai/what-does-the-geo-audit-do
- 11Otterly.AI: GEO audit limitshelp.otterly.ai/limits-geo-audit
- 12Profound: Agent Analyticstryprofound.com/features/agent-analytics
- 13Profound: The Profound MCP Evolution, Part 1 (May 20, 2026)tryprofound.com/blog/the-profound-mcp-evolution-part-1
- 14Otterly.AI: Is there a white-label option?help.otterly.ai/white-label
- 15Profound: Agency Mode overviewhelp.tryprofound.com/articles/8593548222-agency-mode-overview
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