AEOLENS vs OTTERLY AI

Otterly tracks. AEOlens audits, simulates, and fixes.

Otterly AI is one of the cleanest, cheapest prompt trackers in the category — daily mentions across 6 engines from $29/mo. AEOlens covers the same ground on visibility, then adds a 48-check structural audit, an AI Buyer Simulation across 5 models, and a per-signal fix list with copy-paste code.

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Quick verdict

Pick the tool that matches the job

PICK AEOLENS IF…

AEOlens

  • You want to know WHY a model isn't citing you — not just THAT it isn't
  • You're willing to ship structural fixes (schema, robots, content) and want exact code per failing check
  • You want all 5 major models — including Claude and Grok — included in your plan, not as add-ons
  • You want a community-mention feed (X, Reddit, HN, ProductHunt) on top of the citation tracker
PICK OTTERLY AI IF…

Otterly AI

  • You want the lowest possible entry price — Otterly's $29 tier is hard to beat for pure prompt tracking
  • Daily prompt-mention monitoring is the only feature you care about
  • You already export to Looker Studio and want a tool that plugs into that workflow today
  • You want a deep AI Mode (Google) integration as a first-class feature
Feature matrix

Side-by-side, no asterisks

Feature
AEOlens
Otterly AI
Structural audit (per-URL signals)
Both have audits — AEOlens scores by citation-impact weight + ships fix code; Otterly is more checklist-style
48 weighted checks
GEO audit (25+ on-page factors)
AI Buyer Simulation across 5 models
Otterly is prompt-tracking, not simulation
Included from Starter
No
Citation tracking + share of voice
Yes
Yes
Models included in base plan
Otterly charges $9–149/mo extra for AI Mode and Gemini
All 5 (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Grok)
ChatGPT + AIO + Perplexity + Copilot
AI crawler analytics (server-side)
Free on all plans
No
Community monitoring (Reddit / HN / X / ProductHunt)
Yes
No
Per-signal fix list with copy-paste code
Yes
No
Free plan
Free 1 scan/mo + free public quick-scan
Free trial
Looker Studio export
Roadmap
Yes
White-label for agencies
Agency $249/mo
Custom
Pricing comparison

Honest pricing, like-for-like

Tier
AEOlens
Otterly AI
Entry
Free
$0
1 scan/month · top 3 fixes · shareable report
Lite
$29/mo
15 prompts; cheapest entry in the category
Self-serve
Starter
$35/mo
10 scans, full fix list, 4 simulations, all 5 models
Pro
$189/mo
100 prompts; AI Mode + Gemini are paid add-ons
Team / Agency
Growth / Agency
$99–$249/mo
Unlimited scans, 15–40 simulations, multi-domain, white-label PDF
Scale
$489/mo
400 prompts; still excluding most add-on models

Otterly's $29 entry tier is the lowest price for prompt tracking in the category — if pure tracking is all you need, that's hard to argue with. Where AEOlens wins on price: at $35/mo Starter you get the full structural audit, the fix list, and all 5 AI models included in the buyer simulation, where Otterly charges $9–149/mo extra for AI Mode and Gemini. At Pro/Scale tiers AEOlens is meaningfully cheaper for the same model coverage.

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Deeper dive

The honest, longer answer

Tracking vs auditing — different jobs

Otterly's core job is prompt monitoring: you tell it the queries you care about, it runs them daily across 4–6 answer engines, and shows you who got cited. That's a clean, valuable loop and Otterly does it cheaply. AEOlens has the same visibility loop, but also asks the harder question: WHY isn't this model citing you? The 48-check structural audit answers it — missing FAQ schema, robots blocking GPTBot, no llms.txt, weak entity density, soft-404s — and ships the fix code alongside the diagnosis.

Model coverage in the base plan

Otterly's pricing structure is honest but adds up: $29/mo for 15 prompts, then $9–149/mo per model for AI Mode (Google) and Gemini access. Across a year of tracking 100 prompts on ChatGPT + AIO + Perplexity + Copilot + Gemini + AI Mode, you're at $189 + add-ons. AEOlens Growth at $99/mo includes all 5 models — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Grok — in the AI Buyer Simulation by default, no add-ons.

When Otterly is the right pick

Honestly: if you've already shipped the structural fundamentals, your AEO score is already 80+, and what you actually need is a cheap daily tracker for 15–30 specific prompts, Otterly's $29 entry plan is excellent. AEOlens shines earlier in the journey — when you don't yet know which signals are dragging you down and you want a fix list, not just a chart of mentions.

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FAQ

Common questions, answered

Does AEOlens replace Otterly AI?

For most buyers, yes — AEOlens has prompt-style buyer simulation, share-of-voice, citation tracking, and a per-URL structural audit with a fix list, all in one tool. The exception is if you're already heavy on Otterly's Looker Studio workflow or need very large prompt volumes; in that case Otterly's Scale plan and integrations may keep you there.

Is AEOlens cheaper than Otterly?

At the very lowest tier, Otterly's $29/mo is cheaper than AEOlens Starter ($35/mo). At every higher tier, AEOlens is cheaper for the same model coverage — Otterly charges $9–149/mo on top of the plan price for AI Mode and Gemini access, and AEOlens includes all 5 major models by default.

How does AEOlens handle Google AI Overviews?

AI Agent Analytics tracks the Google-Extended crawler and AI Overviews bot specifically. The structural audit checks Google-Extended access in robots.txt as one of its 48 signals. AI Mode itself isn't part of the AI Buyer Simulation today — that's a roadmap item.

Can I move from Otterly to AEOlens easily?

Both tools take a domain and a list of prompts. AEOlens auto-generates 25 buyer-intent queries per scan and lets you add your own. If you have an existing Otterly prompt list, you can paste it into your AEOlens Project's prompt set — no export/import format friction.

Do AEOlens and Otterly cover the same AI engines?

Substantially the same set — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Copilot — with two differences. AEOlens includes Claude and Grok by default in the AI Buyer Simulation; Otterly does not cover Claude or Grok. Otterly covers Google AI Mode as a first-class feature with paid add-ons; AEOlens AI Buyer Simulation does not yet.