Otterly starts at $29 a month. That is genuinely appealing, especially if you are just dipping a toe into AI visibility and do not want to commit a real budget yet.
But low price answers the wrong question. The question that matters is not "how cheap is the tracker." It is "what happens after I see the data."
With Otterly, you see your numbers. With Aeoix, you see your numbers and then get the content, the publisher access, and the action plan to improve them. That is the whole comparison in one sentence, and the rest of this page explains why it matters.
A Quick Primer On AI Visibility
If AEO is new to you, here is the plain version.
When a buyer asks ChatGPT "what's the best CRM for a small sales team," the AI replies with a short, confident list. Your brand is either on that list or it is not. AI visibility is how often you appear in answers like that, across the major AI engines, and how positively you are described.
This is happening for your category right now, whether or not you are watching. The brands that show up are quietly winning buyers who never touch Google. The ones that do not show up usually have no idea they are losing.
Both tools below help you see this. Only one helps you change it.
What Otterly Does
Otterly is a clean, lightweight AI visibility tracker, and for what it is, it works.
It monitors your brand across four core engines - ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot - with Google AI Mode and Gemini available as add-ons. It does prompt research to surface the questions buyers actually ask, tracks citations, runs a content audit to check whether your pages are AI-readable, and offers basic GEO recommendations to nudge your content along.
For a solo marketer or a small team trying to understand the lay of the land, it is a reasonable starting point, and 30,000+ users have found it useful enough to stay.
Here is the ceiling. Otterly shows you the gap, gives you some pointers, and then stops. There is no content engine to fill the gap and no publisher network to build the authority the models reward. You get the dashboard. You do not get the moves.
What Makes Aeoix Different
Aeoix is built on a simple idea: a tracker that does not help you act is just a more stressful dashboard. So it covers the tracking, then carries you through to results.
It tracks 8 AI engines on every plan. All the ones Otterly covers, plus Claude, Grok, and Gemini included rather than sold as add-ons.
It gives you one AEO Score. Citation rate, structured data, content clarity, and E-E-A-T signals roll into a single 0 to 100 number. No interpreting a scatter of separate metrics. You see your score, you see what is pulling it down, you move.
It writes the content. This is the big one. Aeoix generates 10 to 40 AI-optimized articles a month, purpose-built to earn citations. Otterly tells you your content is not AI-ready. Aeoix produces the content that is.
It comes with a 100,000+ publisher marketplace. Average domain rating of 74, with thousands of active placements. When you need authority from sources the AI engines already trust, you place it from inside the platform instead of running a separate, expensive outreach campaign.
It hands you a worklist. Every cycle, Aeoix turns your data into ranked, do-this-next steps. Trackers hand you a scoreboard. Aeoix hands you the actual moves.
Side By Side
| Feature | Aeoix | Otterly |
|---|---|---|
| AI engines covered | 8, all included | 4 core, 2 as add-ons |
| AEO Score | Yes, four-pillar 0-100 | Visibility metrics only |
| Citation tracking | URL and domain level | Domain level |
| Content audit | Built into AEO Score | Yes |
| Content generation | 10-40 articles/month | Not offered |
| Publisher marketplace | 100,000+ domains, avg DR 74 | Not offered |
| Optimization guidance | Prioritized worklist | GEO recommendations |
| Competitive benchmarking | Yes | Yes |
| Free report, no signup | Yes, in ~60 seconds | Free trial |
| Starting price | $89/month | $29/month |
| Free trial | 7 days, no credit card | Yes |
Who Should Pick Otterly
Otterly is the better fit if:
- You are just starting out and want the lowest-risk way to see your AI visibility
- Budget is the single biggest constraint right now
- You only need lightweight monitoring while you figure out a strategy
- You are still deciding whether AEO is worth investing in at all
There is no shame in starting with a $29 tracker to confirm the problem is real. Many teams do.
Who Should Pick Aeoix
Aeoix is the better fit if:
- You want to improve your visibility, not just observe it slipping
- You need content and publisher outreach in the same place as your tracking
- You are a growing brand or agency with actual performance targets to hit
- You would rather pay for one platform than stitch together a tracker, a writer, and a link building service
The Honest Take
Otterly earns its price. For $29 a month you get a tidy dashboard and a real introduction to AI visibility, and that is a fair deal.
The $29 plan is also smaller than it looks. It covers 15 prompts and four core engines, with Gemini and AI Mode as paid add-ons. Move up to the volume most teams actually need and Otterly Standard runs $189 a month for 100 prompts, at which point the entry price is no longer the real comparison.
And most teams hit the ceiling fast either way. You can see the gap clearly. You just have no tools inside Otterly to close it. So you go shopping for a writer, then an outreach service, and suddenly the cheap tracker is the smallest line on a much bigger bill.
Aeoix costs more up front because it replaces that whole stack. Tracking, content, and distribution under one roof, pointed at one number you are trying to move. For anyone serious about AI visibility, that is where the real value sits.
See where you stand before you decide. Drop your domain into Aeoix and get a free AI report in about 60 seconds. AEO Score, brand mentions across every major AI engine, competitor gaps, and a set of action items. No onboarding. No credit card. Just five minutes.
