Otterly AI ChatGPT and Perplexity Tracking
Otterly really does track ChatGPT and Perplexity in the base four engines. We still run Promptwatch when the retainer needs daily, not weekly, numbers.
Otterly AI ChatGPT and Perplexity tracking is the honest part of the $29 plan. Both engines sit in the base four (ChatGPT, Overviews, Perplexity, Copilot). Gemini and Claude do not. Clients buy Otterly because setup is fast and the trial does not ask for a card. We will not take that away from them. We also will not report a launch week from a log that can lag seven days.
The daily ChatGPT and Perplexity log we run is Promptwatch. Essential is $95/mo. Explore is free, ChatGPT only, 10 prompts.
Lite is 15 prompts. Extra packs are $99 per 100. No PDF. No traffic attribution. Unlimited seats, which is nice, and still not a citation ledger. Standard is $189 (100 prompts, API, Looker) if they already live in Looker. That still is not crawler logs.
How we use Otterly on an account
If they already paid: keep it as a second glance. Label it weekly-ish. Do not chart it against Promptwatch as if the timestamps match. Stop screenshotting it for QBRs.
If they have never measured AI mentions: Otterly's trial is a cheap proof for a skeptical founder. Then we move the real prompt list to Promptwatch.
Peec is the other daily tracker they will compare ($95, three models, screenshots). Profound Starter is ChatGPT only, so it is not a Perplexity tool.
Citation analytics, crawler logs, and visitor analytics sit on Promptwatch. How to get cited by ChatGPT after a miss.
ChatGPT has 820M+ weekly active users. Perplexity has 22M+ monthly. Tracking both is right. Tracking them weekly is a different product. Rewrite a page on Monday. We want to know by Wednesday whether Perplexity noticed. A seven-day lag makes that test useless.
Perplexity is not an Otterly add-on. Gemini is. People mix that up because the $29 row "includes AI." It includes four engines. The two this title cares about are in the base. Claude is not.
Allow OAI-SearchBot if ChatGPT Search is in scope. Otterly will not log that fetch. Agent Analytics will, once we connect the CDN.
Kick-off at $199/mo if we hold more than one brand. We do not put a roster on Essential.
The first weekly after we load Essential is a citation check, not a mention check. Perplexity footnotes more often than ChatGPT. If the cited URL is a listicle, that is the ticket. Otterly will not give us that field in a form we can brief writers from. We still might leave Otterly on the card so the founder can open a familiar screen. We just stop treating it as the SOW number.
FAQ
Is Perplexity an Otterly add-on?
No. Gemini is.
Should we cancel Otterly?
Not on day one. Stop using it as the SOW number.
Does Explore cover ChatGPT and Perplexity?
No. ChatGPT only. Essential is the daily two-engine row.
What to do this week
- If Otterly is already on the card, leave it. Stop screenshotting it for QBRs.
- Write 15 ChatGPT and Perplexity prompts from sales.
- Load Promptwatch Essential.
- Compare one rewrite after two days.
- Email hello@1001seomedia.com if you want us to run both without mixing dates.