Otterly.AI alternative for small businesses
Get named in AI answers, not only measured: Rankli writes and publishes the answers, from $99 a month.
7 days free, then your plan. Cancel before day 8 and nothing is charged.
Rankli and Otterly.AI, side by side
Otterly.AI monitors AI search daily, from $29 a month on its Lite plan. Rankli costs more because it does the work after the report: it finds the questions where AI names another business, writes and publishes the answer pages, and asks again after they go live. Every Otterly.AI figure below was read off its own pages on 16 October 2026.
| Row | Rankli | Otterly.AI |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistants asked | ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini on every plan, with Perplexity added on Scale and Agency. | ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and MS Copilot on every plan. Google AI Mode and Gemini are add-ons from $9/month each on Lite, Claude from $29/month on Lite; add-on prices rise with the plan. |
| Questions tracked | 50 on Growth, 150 on Scale, 400 on Agency, asked every week. | 15 search prompts on Lite, 100 on Standard, 400 on Premium, tracked daily; Enterprise starts from 1,000. Extra 100 prompts are $99/month on Standard and Premium. |
| Questions you are losing, and who wins them | Each round lists the questions where AI recommends someone else, and who it picks instead. | Brand Visibility Index, Domain Ranking and Link Citations Analysis on every plan, with 3 recommendations a week on Lite. |
| Writes the answer pages | About 30% of each month's articles are planned at the questions you are losing, and Rankli writes them. | Not listed on the pages we read. |
| Publishes to your CMS | 10 connections: WordPress, WordPress.com, Webflow, Shopify, Wix, Ghost, Notion, Framer, Webhook and Next.js Blog. Live or as a draft. | Not listed on the pages we read. |
| Re-asks the question after publishing | Each article's question is asked again 7 and 14 days after it goes live. | Not listed on the pages we read. |
| Before and after, per article | On every article: named in how many answers before and after, and whether AI cited the page. | Not listed on the pages we read. |
| Price | Growth $99, Scale $249, Agency $499, billed monthly. | Lite $29/month, Standard $189, Premium $489, billed monthly, with 15% off billed annually. Enterprise is custom. |
| Free trial | 7 days free on every plan. A card starts it; cancel during the trial and nothing is charged. | A free trial with no payment details, per their help centre. The length is not stated on the pages we read. |
Every Otterly.AI cell was read on from otterly.ai/pricing and help.otterly.ai/pricing-of-otterlyai. Every Rankli figure on this page is a rule, a limit or a price in the running product; every figure about the other product was read off their own live page on the date stamped above.
- Writing and publishing articles, and re-asking a prompt after a page goes live: not listed on the pricing or help-centre pages we read.
Why teams switch
- Rankli starts each month's plan with the questions you are losing and publishes the articles to your CMS.
- Gemini and Claude are asked on every plan, with no add-on: ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini from Growth up.
- Each article's question is asked again 7 and 14 days after it goes live, and the article shows before and after.
When Otterly.AI fits better
- You want monitoring only, at the lowest price: Otterly.AI Lite is $29 a month for 15 prompts, against $99 for Rankli Growth.
- You want daily numbers. Otterly.AI lists daily tracking on every plan; Rankli asks weekly and re-asks after each article.
- You want Microsoft Copilot and Google AI Overviews tracked, which Otterly.AI lists on every plan.
- You will write the pages yourself and want to try first without a card: their help centre says the trial needs no payment details.
Questions
Is Rankli a good Otterly.AI alternative for a small business?
If the goal is for AI assistants to start naming you, yes: Rankli writes and publishes the pages for the questions you are losing, 30 a month on Growth. If you only want to watch your visibility, Otterly.AI Lite at $29 a month costs less.
Why is Rankli $99 when Otterly.AI starts at $29?
Growth includes 50 questions asked every week, 30 articles written and published to your CMS, and a re-ask of each article's question 7 and 14 days after it goes live. Otterly.AI Lite is 15 prompts tracked daily.
Which AI assistants answer in Rankli today?
Every plan lists ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, with Perplexity added on Scale and Agency. ChatGPT access is unavailable at the moment, so answers currently come from Claude and Gemini, plus Perplexity on Scale and Agency. On the free checker, when ChatGPT is unavailable, Claude answers and the report says so.
How do I switch from Otterly.AI to Rankli?
Add the questions your customers ask, connect your CMS, and start the 7-day free trial. Rankli asks ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini that week, lists the questions you are losing and plans articles at them. It publishes to any of 10 connections and re-asks each one 7 and 14 days after it goes live.
See which questions you are losing this week.
Start with the free check: ask an AI assistant the questions your buyers ask and see who it names. Then start the trial to get the answers written.
7 days free, then your plan. Cancel before day 8 and nothing is charged.