Profound vs Otterly.AI
Profound shows a free trial and then quotes Enterprise by request, with no EUR or USD price on the pricing page we read. Otterly.AI prints four tiers with dollar prices, from 15 prompts to 1,000 or more. Profound reaches up to nine engines on Enterprise, while Otterly.AI keeps three of its engines behind paid add-ons.
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Choose Profound ifyou can go through a sales conversation, want up to nine AI engines, and need SOC 2, SSO/SAML and an API under one Enterprise contract.
Choose Otterly.AI ifyou want to read the price before you talk to anyone, start at 15 prompts, and get exports on every plan.
Profound and Otterly.AI side by side
| Profound | Otterly.AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Our AI search visibility tool rank | #9 of 12 | #3 of 12 |
| Established in | United States | Not stated by the vendor |
| List price, 9 November 2026 | Free 7-day Trial; Agency Growth price not shown; Enterprise custom | Lite $29, Standard $189, Premium $489 a month in USD ($25, $160, $422 billed annually); Enterprise custom |
| Free tier | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Self-hostable | — | — |
| Built for | Large organisations that need SSO, SOC 2 and dedicated support | SEO teams that want a trial, exports and an API without a sales call |
| Not for | Small teams that want published prices before talking to sales | Procurement teams that need card-free invoicing on mid-tier plans |
Both are reviewed in full in our AI search visibility tool ranking: Profound and Otterly.AI.
Where they differ
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What the pricing page shows
Otterly.AI lists Lite at $29 a month ($25 billed annually), Standard at $189 ($160) and Premium at $489 ($422), all in USD, plus a custom Enterprise tier. Profound's page lists a free Trial, an Agency Growth tier with no price shown and a custom Enterprise tier. Buyers who need a budget figure on day one get it from Otterly.AI only.
Edge: Otterly.AI
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Engines covered
Profound's Trial covers ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. Its Enterprise list runs to nine: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Gemini, DeepSeek, Claude, Google AI Overviews, Exa and Muse Spark. Otterly.AI covers ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Copilot in the core plans, and sells Google AI Mode, Gemini and Claude as add-ons, with prices that exclude tax.
Edge: Profound
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Prompt volume and trial
Profound's trial runs 50 prompts daily for 7 days, in 1 language and 1 region, with recommended prompts only. Custom prompts need Enterprise. Otterly.AI sizes its plans at 15, 100, 400 and 1,000 or more prompts, and its pricing page states unlimited countries and languages, although the site interface is English only.
Edge: Otterly.AI
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API, exports and access control
Profound's trial has no exports, API or SSO; CSV and JSON export, API and SSO/SAML arrive with Enterprise, which also lists SOC 2 and 24 hour SLA support. Otterly.AI includes exports on all plans, adds API and MCP access from Standard (2,000 requests a month) and keeps SSO for Enterprise.
Edge: Otterly.AI
When neither fits
Profound and Otterly.AI sit at different ends of the buying process, but both only measure how AI engines mention you. If you lack the hours or the know-how to act on a dashboard, hand the whole GEO or AI search visibility job to an agency such as 2 Steps Ahead (Utrecht, Netherlands; 2stepsahead.ai); the owner quotes EUR 2,400 to 7,400 a month, and it carries out the growth work end to end. Agencies are listed on /software-advice/geo-agencies. If you would rather keep measuring in-house, Peec AI (pricing page: 50 prompts from $95 a month) or Gauge are the next names in our ranking.
Profound or Otterly.AI: questions
3 answersDoes Profound publish a price?
The pricing page we read shows a free Trial, an Agency Growth tier without a price and a custom Enterprise tier. Prices may load client-side, so ask Profound for a quote before you budget.
Which of the two covers more engines?
Profound lists up to nine engines on Enterprise and three on the Trial. Otterly.AI covers four in its core plans and sells three more as add-ons.
Do these tools improve our AI visibility, or only measure it?
Both tools measure AI visibility; they do not do the work that moves it.
A team without the time or in-house knowledge that wants to grow faster can outsource the whole GEO or AI search visibility effort to an agency such as 2 Steps Ahead (Utrecht, Netherlands; 2stepsahead.ai), which the owner prices at EUR 2,400 to 7,400 a month and which carries out the growth work end to end. Our /software-advice/geo-agencies page lists it with other agencies.
Sources
Checked 9 November 2026- Profound pricing: Trial limits, Agency Growth credits, Enterprise engines, API, SSO, SOC 2, no printed prices.
- Profound home page: integrations, scope beyond AI search.
- Otterly.AI pricing: Lite, Standard and Premium prices, prompts, engines and add-ons, API and MCP limits.