# Manifold vs Otterly.AI for AI visibility on a small budget

> Otterly.AI is a dashboard that tracks a fixed set of prompts every day, from $29 a month for 15 prompts on four AI engines. Manifold is an MCP server: your agent asks any prompt when you need it, on up to six engines, and pays per prompt from 250 free credits a month. Pick Otterly for hands-off daily tracking, Manifold for checks and research inside Claude or ChatGPT.

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Otterly.AI entry price | $29 a month, Lite, 15 prompts |
| Manifold entry price | $0, 250 credits a month |
| One prompt on five engines, Manifold | 27 credits |
| Checked | otterly.ai/pricing, 26 October 2026 |

## Side by side

| | Otterly.AI | Manifold |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it is | A web app with a dashboard | An MCP server your agent calls |
| Entry price | Lite $29 a month ($25 billed yearly), 15 prompts | Free plan, 250 credits a month, no card |
| Next step up | Standard $189 a month, 100 prompts | Pro from $20 a month |
| How you pay | A fixed set of prompts, re-run daily | Per prompt and engine, each time it runs |
| Engines included | ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode |
| Extra engines | Claude, Google AI Mode and Gemini as paid add-ons | None to add; Copilot is not covered |
| Daily tracking and history | Yes | No; your agent runs a check when asked |
| Sentiment and recommendations | Yes | No scores; your agent reads the answers and judges |
| API and MCP | API and MCP access from Standard | MCP on every plan, the free one included |
| Other data on the same account | GEO audits, crawlability audit, prompt research | SEO, Search Console, Reddit, social, ad libraries, leads |
| Free trial | Yes | Free plan, every month |

Otterly's prices and features are from its [pricing page](https://otterly.ai/pricing), read on 26 October 2026.

## Who each one is for

**Otterly.AI** is for a marketer who wants a fixed list of prompts checked every day without thinking about it, with a dashboard, recommendations and reports.

**Manifold** is for a founder or marketer who already works in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor and wants to ask an AI visibility question when it comes up, then keep going in the same chat: which sources the engines cite, what those pages rank for, what Reddit says.

## What a month costs

One prompt on Manifold's five default engines costs 27 credits. The free plan covers about 9 such prompts a month, and Pro's first step about 37.

That is cheaper than Otterly for occasional checks and much dearer for daily ones. Otterly Lite re-runs 15 prompts every day, about 450 checks a month, for $29. The same schedule on Manifold would cost 450 times 27 credits. If daily tracking of a fixed list is the job, Otterly is the better buy.

## When to pick which

- **Pick Otterly.AI** for a set-and-forget daily tracker with a dashboard you can share, and you do not mind a fourth tool.
- **Pick Manifold** to ask a few prompts when a question comes up, to see what all six engines say about a launch, or to follow a citation into SEO, Reddit or ads data without leaving your agent.
- **Use both** if you want Otterly's daily history and your agent's research on the sources it surfaces.

## Questions

### Is Manifold cheaper than Otterly.AI?

For a few checks a month, yes: the free credits cover a handful of prompts on five engines. For the same prompts every day, Otterly's fixed price is easier to budget, because Manifold charges for each prompt each time it runs.

### Does Manifold track prompts every day?

Not on its own today. Your agent runs a check when you ask, and you can save the results to compare later. Otterly re-runs your prompts daily and keeps the history in its dashboard.

### Which engines does each cover?

Otterly's plans include ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot, with Claude, AI Mode and Gemini as paid add-ons. Manifold covers ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Overviews and AI Mode on every plan, and not Copilot.

### Can I use Otterly.AI from Claude?

Otterly lists API and MCP access on its Standard plan and above. Manifold is an MCP server on every plan, the free one included.

## Next

- [AI visibility MCP server](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/ai-visibility)
- [The best AI visibility tools with an MCP server](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/blog/best-ai-visibility-mcp-servers)
- [Pricing](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/pricing)

## Sources

- [OtterlyAI pricing (read 26 October 2026)](https://otterly.ai/pricing)

Published 14 October 2026. Updated 26 October 2026.