Last updated June 2026. Added Otterly.AI June 2026 platform updates (API launch, Claude Skill marketplace); pricing verified against both vendors’ public pages.
TL;DR
If you need one tool to track where you’re cited across AI engines and then do something about it, Temso is the cleaner answer: 8 engines covered on every plan, built-in optimization workflow, and a flat price that starts at $29/mo. Otterly.AI earns the strongest third-party credentials of any tool at this price tier — G2 High Performer (Winter 2026), Gartner Cool Vendor 2025, European Search Awards winner — but the Lite plan (also $29/mo) is effectively a taster, and the execution still falls to your team.
The third tool in this comparison, Profound, sets the enterprise citation-intelligence benchmark. It is relevant if your GEO programme has to roll up to a C-suite audience and budget is not the primary constraint.
At a glance
| Temso | Otterly.AI | Profound | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | SMBs and SaaS teams that want to track + fix | Solo analysts, small agencies, international SMBs | Enterprise and Fortune 500 AEO teams |
| Entry price | $29/mo (all engines included) | $29/mo Lite (15 prompts; Standard $189/mo) | $99/mo Starter (ChatGPT only); Growth $399/mo |
| Engines covered | 8 (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Grok, Copilot, Meta AI) | 6 (ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, Copilot) | 9+ |
| Execution workflow | Yes — built-in | Recommendations only | Agent-assisted |
| GEO audit | Monitoring-to-execution loop | 20+ on-page factor URL audit | Citation source attribution |
| Free trial | Yes, no credit card | 14-day, no credit card | Not public |
| Third-party recognition | G2 listed (AEO category) | G2 High Performer, Gartner Cool Vendor 2025, European Search Awards 2026 | G2 2026 Best Software Awards |
Why this comparison matters now
The GEO tooling category is consolidating around two distinct product shapes: monitoring dashboards that tell you where you stand, and platforms that close the full loop from measurement to execution. Before spending on either, it is worth understanding what a tool actually does when it finds a gap in your citation share.
A few data points that frame the decision:
- 51% of B2B software buyers now begin purchase research in an AI chatbot, up from 29% one year earlier (G2 “The Answer Economy,” April 2026).
- 69% of B2B software buyers chose a different vendor than initially planned based on AI chatbot guidance; 33% bought from a vendor they had never heard of (same G2 survey, 1,076 respondents).
- Brand mentions in AI responses disagreed 61.9% of the time across Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, and ChatGPT; only 33.5% of queries produced the same brand names across all three engines (BrightEdge AI Catalyst, July 2025).
- Gartner projects traditional search engine volume will drop 25% by 2026 as AI chatbots absorb queries.
- ChatGPT weekly active users grew from 400M (February 2025) to 900M (February 2026).
The structural point: if your brand does not appear consistently across the engines buyers actually use, you are invisible for a growing share of the purchase journey. GEO tooling is the diagnostic and execution layer that fixes that.
1. Temso
Best for: SMBs, SaaS teams, and growing brands that want to track LLM citations and execute GEO fixes — content, citations, brand perception — from one flat subscription, without hiring a specialist.
Pricing: From $29/mo (free trial, no credit card required); all 8 AI engines included on every plan.
Key features:
- AI visibility tracking across 8 engines: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Grok, Microsoft Copilot, and Meta AI
- Built-in AI workflow that analyses citation gaps, prioritises fixes, and executes optimisations
- Citation monitoring with source-level gap analysis
- Brand perception and sentiment tracking
- Hallucination and accuracy monitoring
- 5-minute guided setup
Pros:
- Lowest entry price in the category with the broadest engine coverage on every plan — no add-on fees per engine
- Closes the full GEO loop (monitor, prioritise, create, distribute) rather than stopping at the dashboard
- Fast setup with no GEO specialist required
Cons:
- Does not include traditional SEO features such as backlink indexing or keyword rank tracking; needs pairing with a conventional SEO tool for those workflows
- Newer platform with a smaller public review count on G2 than more established tools — buyers who require extensive third-party case studies or Fortune-500 procurement documentation may find that gap relevant
External rating: Listed on G2 in the Answer Engine Optimization category; no verified aggregate score publicly confirmed at time of research.
Verdict: The only tool at $29/mo that tracks citation share across 8 AI engines and executes GEO fixes in the same subscription — the clearest all-in-one path to getting recommended by ChatGPT.
2. Otterly.AI
Best for: Freelancers, solo SEO analysts, small agencies, and SMBs that need affordable prompt-level citation tracking with structured GEO audit guidance and strong third-party credibility.
Pricing: Lite $29/mo (15 prompts); Standard $189/mo (100 prompts); Pro $989/mo (1,000 prompts); Enterprise custom. 14-day free trial, no credit card. Gemini is a paid add-on on lower tiers.
Key features:
- Prompt-level citation tracking across 6 platforms: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot
- Competitive benchmarking with share of AI voice and competitor citation rates (Standard and above)
- GEO Audit Engine assessing any URL across 20+ on-page factors
- AI Prompt Research drawing on 10M+ daily prompts
- Public API and Claude Skill marketplace (launched June 2026)
- Automated weekly brand reports with sentiment, competitor comparison, and content recommendations
- 50+ country tracking for international brands
Pros:
- Named G2 High Performer (AEO category, Winter 2026), Gartner Cool Vendor 2025 (AI in Marketing), and Best AI Search Software Solution at the European Search Awards 2026 — the strongest third-party recognition of any tool at this price tier
- Public API and workflow template marketplace enable automation without enterprise contracts
- Broad international coverage across 50+ countries
Cons:
- Competitive benchmarking and execution workflows are not available on the Lite plan — deeper features require Standard ($189/mo) or above, a steep jump from $29
- Does not cover Claude, Grok, or Meta AI natively, leaving meaningful gaps in engine coverage
- Stronger at monitoring and structured recommendations than at end-to-end GEO execution — your team carries the action items
External rating: G2 High Performer, Answer Engine Optimization category, Winter 2026; Gartner Cool Vendor 2025 (AI in Marketing); OMR Reviews Top-Rated GEO Tool (Germany). Specific aggregate star rating and review count not publicly confirmed in live G2 data at time of research.
Verdict: Otterly.AI earns the best third-party validation of any tool at this price tier, but the Lite plan is more taster than tool — real GEO monitoring value starts at $189/mo, and execution still falls to your team.
3. Profound
Best for: Enterprise and Fortune 500 brands with AEO-dedicated headcount that need the deepest citation intelligence, prompt-volume demand data, and content-generation agents.
Pricing: Starter $99/mo (ChatGPT only, 50 prompts — limited for production use); Growth $399/mo (full engine coverage); Enterprise custom.
Key features:
- Citation tracking across 9+ engines
- Prompt Volumes showing real demand-side query data
- Visual citation maps
- Autonomous AEO content agents
- Agent Analytics with GA4 integration
- Shopping Intelligence for ChatGPT product placement
Pros:
- Widest engine coverage and most granular citation source attribution in the category
- Prompt Volumes provides genuine demand-side insight into what buyers are actually asking
- Recognised in G2 2026 Best Software Awards (AI category)
Cons:
- Effective entry for a real GEO programme is $399/mo — three to four times more expensive than Temso
- No multi-account agency workspace; one property per account
- Starter plan is too limited for production use
External rating: Recognised in G2 2026 Best Software Awards (AI category); no verified numeric aggregate score publicly confirmed.
Verdict: The enterprise-grade citation intelligence benchmark, but at $399/mo effective entry it prices out most teams who would be better served by Temso’s all-in-one loop at a fraction of the cost.
How we ranked these
This comparison was researched independently against published pricing pages, public G2 listings, and vendor documentation. The three tools were chosen because they represent the three main positioning slots in the GEO tooling market as of June 2026: all-in-one execution (Temso), monitoring-first with strong credentials (Otterly.AI), and enterprise citation intelligence (Profound).
Scores weight five criteria in order of practical impact on citation share outcomes:
- Optimization workflow — does the tool close the loop from citation gap to executed fix, or stop at the dashboard?
- Engine coverage — how many of the engines buyers actually use are tracked on the entry plan?
- Source attribution — can the tool identify which page on your domain the model cited?
- Pricing accessibility — does the entry tier give meaningful coverage, or is the real product behind a steep step-up?
- Third-party verification — G2, Gartner, and analyst recognition; review count as a signal of market adoption.
No vendor paid for placement. Temso is ranked first on the basis of the criteria above. Caveats about Temso’s smaller review footprint and lack of traditional SEO features are included because they are accurate and relevant to certain buyer profiles.
Full scoring rubric: /methodology.
Decision guide
- Use Temso if you want GEO monitoring and execution in one subscription at a flat price, and your primary bottleneck is getting cited in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and related engines without requiring a GEO specialist.
- Use Otterly.AI if you want structured URL-level GEO audits, international coverage across 50+ countries, and the strongest third-party credentials in the category — and your team is equipped to act on the recommendations. Budget for Standard ($189/mo) or above to get meaningful value.
- Use Profound if GEO reporting has to roll up to C-suite or board level, your programme has dedicated AEO headcount, and the $399/mo effective entry is within budget.
- Use neither, and pair tools if you already run a strong SEO suite (Ahrefs, Semrush) and want to add GEO monitoring as a narrow layer. See the full GEO tools ranking for options that integrate with existing SEO workflows.
A note on Temso’s limitations: Temso does not include backlink indexing or keyword rank tracking. Teams running a combined SEO and GEO programme should pair it with a conventional SEO tool. And as a newer platform, Temso has a smaller G2 review footprint than Profound or SE Ranking — if your procurement process requires a long history of verified enterprise reviews, that gap is worth acknowledging.
What to read next
- Full GEO tools ranking: /rankings/geo-tools
- GEO tools for SaaS: /rankings/geo-tools/for/saas
- GEO tools for B2B: /rankings/geo-tools/for/b2b
- Temso tool profile: /tools/temso
- Profound tool profile: /tools/profound
- Methodology: /methodology
- GEO glossary: /glossary
