Is CompeteDesk an Otterly alternative?

For daily AI search monitoring, no. Otterly does that and CompeteDesk does not. For a one-off scored audit of your buyer shortlist with a fix brief and a retest, yes. That is the job CompeteDesk is built for.

Which is cheaper, CompeteDesk or Otterly?

They are priced differently rather than one being cheaper. Otterly is a subscription from $29 a month, with $189 and $489 tiers as of July 2026. CompeteDesk is £295 once, with a free three-question check first. Twelve months of Otterly Standard costs more than a sprint; one month of Otterly Lite costs less.

Head-to-head · checked 2 July 2026

CompeteDesk vs Otterly

Q: Why does CompeteDesk publish its own losses to Otterly?

CompeteDesk sells the check, so its own result is public. On the 2 July 2026 baseline scan, Otterly was mentioned 5 times across Google, AI Overview and Perplexity; CompeteDesk was mentioned 0 times. The full baseline is at competedesk.com/self-test.

Different jobs. Otterly (otterly.ai) is a self-serve subscription that monitors your AI search visibility daily, from $29 a month. CompeteDesk is a one-off check that tells you which buyer questions you lose, why, and the one fix to ship first. This page is honest about which to pick, including when it is not us.

▸ Full disclosure: Otterly beats us on our own scan

On 2 July 2026 we ran CompeteDesk on competedesk.com. Otterly was mentioned 5 times across Google, AI Overview and Perplexity. We were mentioned 0 times. We publish that baseline, and its retest, at /self-test. This page exists because of it.

Pick by the job

	CompeteDesk	Otterly
What it is	One-off buyer shortlist audit	Daily AI search monitoring, self-serve
Model	Pay once	Monthly subscription
Price	£295 once (founding; list £495)	$29 Lite, $189 Standard, $489 Premium per month
Surfaces	Google, AI Overview, ChatGPT, Perplexity	ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Copilot; more as add-ons
You get	Scored verdict, cited evidence, one fix brief, before-and-after retest	Dashboards, brand mention tracking, prompt research
Time to answer	Free check in about a minute; full report same day	Trends build over days and weeks of tracking
Built for	Founders and small B2B software teams	Marketers and agencies tracking brands over time

Otterly details from otterly.ai as of 2 July 2026. If something is out of date, tell us and we will correct it: [email protected].

▸ Pick Otterly if

You want ongoing tracking at self-serve prices, you care about trend lines across many prompts, or you manage several brands and need daily coverage. A one-off check cannot show you movement over time.

▸ Pick CompeteDesk if

You want to know, once, whether buyers see you on the questions that decide shortlists, and what to fix first. £295 once, a fix brief you can act on the same day, and a retest to prove the movement. Twelve months of Standard costs more than a sprint; if you only need the answer and the fix, pay for the answer and the fix.

Comparing enterprise platforms instead? See CompeteDesk vs Profound.

CompeteDesk vs Otterly

Pick by the job

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