Otterly vs Profound
Gane, the publisher, sells software in this category. Every product here is measured by the same method as in every other category. How the conflict is handled.
Zero of fourteen models named Otterly first on the direct prompt; two named Profound. Both were named by all fourteen models and Otterly carries 46 labels and Profound 42, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in four categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the AI visibility and answer engine tracking tools page.
By framing
OtterlyFirst choices, of fourteen modelsProfound
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Otterly and Profound were named in the same answer fifty-seven times, of the 124 answers naming Otterly and the 143 naming Profound. In those answers Profound took the first choice twelve times and Otterly twelve.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | ||
| Mistral Small | | | | | ||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | | | ||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | |||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
Otterly Profound first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Otterly on the left and Profound on the right.The direct prompt
Profound first, Otterly not the choice
2 of 14 modelsOtterly was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Otterly51%#1 of 8Profound0%#8 of 8Profound49%#1 of 11Otterly2%#9 of 11What the models said about Otterly
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“some tools to be cautious about or avoid include Otterly, HubSpot AEO Grader, and Peec AI” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“Some tools marketed broadly (like Otterly.AI, Peec AI, Rankscale) were flagged as "highly problematic for enterprise" use” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Monitoring-only tools (Otterly, SE Visible, Nightwatch) reveal visibility is low but don't tell you how to fix it.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“The best AI visibility and answer engine tracking tool for a company with a limited budget is Otterly.AI, which costs $29 a month.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“the best AI‑visibility and answer‑engine tracking tool for a company with a limited budget is Otterly.ai” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“the best AI visibility and answer engine tracking tool is Otterly.ai (starting at ~$29/month)” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Profound
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid enterprise options like Meltwater, Talkwalker/Lumen, or full Profound (~$99+/mo or custom $10k+/year)” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“$30,000+/year — built for enterprise with high-volume prompt needs” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · hard negative
“Avoid enterprise-focused tools like Profound ($99+/month)” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Profound | Enterprise AEO intelligence | Tracks 10+ engines, SOC 2 Type II, Agency Mode, SSO, synthetic personas, used by ~10% of Fortune 500” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Choose Profound or Conductor if you have a large budget and need comprehensive, multi-language, multi-engine data for enterprise reporting.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Enterprise | Profound, Scrunch AI, Conductor, Botify | 500+ person orgs needing compliance, scale, and dedicated support” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.