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AttractOS vs Otterly.ai
Otterly.ai is probably the most affordable way to get recurring AI-search monitoring — its Lite plan starts at $29/mo. AttractOS isn't a monitor at all: it's a free scan plus a one-time $79 deep audit. So the real question isn't "which is better" — it's whether your problem needs a standing subscription or a one-shot diagnosis. Here's the honest split.
This is an editorial comparison. The Otterly.ai column is built from otterly.ai's own public pricing page as checked on 2026-07-22 — we have not run Otterly.ai first-hand and don't claim benchmark results against it. Vendor pricing moves; verify current details on their site. The AttractOS column describes our own product, whose methodology and pricing are public.
Side by side
| Criteria | AttractOS | Otterly.ai |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | One-time AI-visibility audit: free 5-intent scan + $79 deep audit (up to 25 intents) | Recurring AI-search brand-monitoring subscription |
| Pricing (checked 2026-07-22) | $0 scan · $79 one-time audit | Lite $29/mo (15 prompts) · Standard $189/mo (100 prompts) · Premium $489/mo (400 prompts); 15% off annual |
| Cheapest first read | Free — email-gated, no card | Free trial, no card required (per their site) |
| Engines sampled | 3 lanes: OpenAI web-search API, Perplexity Sonar API, Gemini grounded API | 4 base engines: ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, MS Copilot — Claude/Gemini/AI Mode as paid add-ons |
| Prompts / intents covered | 5 free · 25 on the $79 audit (10 yours + 15 suggested, provenance-tagged) | 15 (Lite) → 400 (Premium); +100 prompts $99/mo add-on |
| Tracking over time | No — a dated single-sample snapshot; honest about that on every report | Yes — daily tracking; that's the product |
| Raw evidence shown | Yes — raw answer excerpts per intent × lane + a Source Placement Map of every cited page | Link/mention tracking and monitoring dashboards (per their public pages) |
| On-page fixes | Deterministic checks (fetchability, llms.txt, schema, answer-capsule shape) + 5 prioritized, confidence-labeled recommendations | Recommendations + GEO URL audits (capped at 3 recommendations/week on Lite; 5,000–10,000 URL audits/mo on higher tiers) |
| API access | No (audit product, not a platform) | Yes on Standard and up (API + MCP) |
| Commitment | None — one-time, 7-day no-questions refund on the audit | Monthly or annual subscription |
Where Otterly.ai wins
- Affordable recurring tracking. $29/mo is a genuinely low entry price for daily monitoring. If you already know you need to watch AI visibility continuously, Otterly's Lite plan costs less over 3 months than our one-time audit.
- Engine coverage. Its base plans include Google AI Overviews and Microsoft Copilot — two surfaces our 3-lane audit does not sample at all.
- Volume and cadence. Up to 400 tracked prompts checked daily, vs our 25 intents sampled once. Trend lines need repetition; we don't have them by design.
- Platform features. API access, MCP access, workspaces, bulk GEO URL audits — infrastructure for agencies running this at scale across clients.
Where AttractOS wins
- Total cost for a diagnosis. If what you actually need is to find out where you stand and what to fix, that's $0–79 once — not a subscription that keeps billing after the question is answered.
- Depth per intent. The audit ships raw answer excerpts for every intent × lane plus a Source Placement Map — every page the assistants cited, classified by type — so the "why" behind each citation is inspectable, not just counted.
- A fix-list with confidence labels. Five prioritized recommendations tied to deterministic checks on your own pages. Built for the person changing the site, on day one, not week twelve of a trend line.
- Honest scope. Every report states its own limits — model IDs, probe date, single-sample caveat. You know exactly what you bought.
Verdict by buyer type
- Agency tracking many client brands weekly: Otterly.ai. Recurring multi-brand monitoring is its job, and its per-client economics beat re-buying audits.
- Founder or marketer asking "am I invisible to AI search?" for the first time: AttractOS. Free scan first; $79 audit if the scan shows real gaps.
- You care about Google AI Overviews or Copilot specifically: Otterly.ai — we don't sample those lanes and won't pretend otherwise.
- Small budget, ongoing need: Run our free scan for the baseline, then Otterly Lite at $29/mo for the watch — the two aren't mutually exclusive.
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Last updated 2026-07-22. Otterly.ai pricing and coverage were checked against otterly.ai's live pricing page on 2026-07-22 and will change — verify on their site before buying. We have not run Otterly.ai first-hand and claim no benchmark results against it.