Monitoring suites vs. an analyzer that fixes things
Otterly AI and Peec AI are excellent AI-search monitoring platforms. SEO Evolution Analyzer takes a different angle: it scores your pages, grounds research in real keyword data, and hands you ready-to-paste fixes — at a price small teams can actually afford.
SEO Evolution Analyzer
Free / $27 / $57
Real free tier (no card), monthly billing, hard monthly caps.
Otterly AI
from $29 /mo
7-day free trial, then per-feature usage plans.
Peec AI
Annual plans
Starter / Pro / Advanced tiers; pricing via sales.
Monitoring & analytics
| Capability | SEO Evolution Analyzer | Otterly AI | Peec AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI engines covered | GPT-4o + Claude by default; any engine via config | ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Claude | ChatGPT, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Copilot, Perplexity, Gemini |
| Live AI citation testing | Yes — real LLM queries with buyer-intent prompts | ||
| Brand visibility & mentions | |||
| Share of voice vs competitors | Yes — bulk compare + multi-engine matrix | ||
| Mention position (early / mid / late) | Yes — inside citation tests | ||
| Sentiment analysis | |||
| Automated monitoring & trend charts | On-demand + watchlist with scheduled refresh & digest | Daily tracking |
Research
| Capability | SEO Evolution Analyzer | Otterly AI | Peec AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt / keyword research | LLM-discovered keyword clusters tagged by intent | AI-suggested prompts | |
| Real search-volume data | DataForSEO Google Ads volumes + competition | Prompt-level research | Search volumes included |
| Keyword difficulty | |||
| Keyword-scoped citation tests | |||
| Saved keyword lists | Prompt library | Tagged prompt lists | |
| Source / citation analysis | Cited sources reported per engine |
Optimization & fixes
| Capability | SEO Evolution Analyzer | Otterly AI | Peec AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEO / AIO / GEO site scores | Transparent per-signal scoring (0–100) | Content audit & prediction | Analytics-led recommendations |
| Crawlability & AI-bot checks | Including critical-bot block score cap | ||
| AI fix plan | Strategy recommendations | ||
| Ready-to-paste fixes (schema, llms.txt, meta) | Fix Pack — JSON-LD, llms.txt, meta tags | Content briefs | |
| Snippet optimization | |||
| Link building planner | |||
| AI Overview previews |
Workflow, plans & pricing
| Capability | SEO Evolution Analyzer | Otterly AI | Peec AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Yes — no card required | 7-day trial | Free trial |
| Entry price | $27 / mo (Pro) | from $29 / mo | Annual plans, pricing on request |
| Top plan | $57 / mo (Business) | Usage-based, higher tiers | Enterprise — custom |
| Plan model | Hard monthly caps — predictable, no surprise bills | Per-feature usage | Annual subscription |
| Country / market tracking | US-focused (more soon) | Multi-country | Multi-country per project |
| Team workspaces | Business (up to 5 members) | ||
| Reports & exports | PDF report + share links | Brand reports | CSV, Looker Studio, API |
| API / MCP | REST API + hosted MCP (Pro+) | API + MCP | API + MCP |
Where SEO Evolution Analyzer goes further
Fix, don't just report
Competitors surface recommendations; we hand you the artifacts. The Fix Pack produces ready-to-paste JSON-LD schema, llms.txt, and improved meta tags, and snippet fixes rewrite the tags themselves.
Real keyword data
Keyword research is grounded in DataForSEO Google Ads volumes and competition, tagged by intent and AI relevance — so you prioritize actual demand, not guesses.
Research-to-results workflow
Go from keyword discovery to citation test to multi-engine matrix to link building plan to watchlist tracking — the whole AI-search motion in one place.
Predictable pricing
Hard monthly caps mean no surprise usage bills. Agencies can resell with confidence, and the free tier needs no credit card.
Fair trade-offs: where they go further
Engine coverage. Otterly ships seven pre-connected engines (including Google AI Mode and Copilot) and Peec six. We default to GPT-4o and Claude and let you add engines through configuration.
Sentiment analysis. Both competitors classify whether AI mentions are positive, neutral, or negative. We report citations and position but not sentiment yet.
Always-on dashboards. Otterly and Peec run continuous monitored prompt libraries with trend charts and alerting. We combine on-demand tests with a watchlist, scheduled refresh, and email digests.
Platform depth. ChatGPT Ads tracking and Agent Analytics (Otterly), plus MCP, Looker Studio, and API access (both) are beyond our current scope.
Otterly and Peec details are compiled from their public websites — otterly.ai and peec.ai — as of August 2026. AI-search tools move fast — verify current plans before deciding.
Which AI-search tool is right for you?
If you run always-on, panel-style AI-search monitoring with sentiment alerts and every pre-connected engine, a dashboard product like Otterly AI is the natural fit. If you want automated GEO fixes and keyword research bundled with continuous tracking, Peec AI covers that ground.
SEO Evolution Analyzer suits teams that want a fast, free, rule-based read on any URL plus multi-engine citation tests on demand, without paying for a monitoring seat. Because the full report is free, you can validate the methodology on your own pages before deciding whether to subscribe for quota and API access.
A pragmatic path is to pair this analyzer with your existing stack: use it for one-off citations checks and GEO remediation, and keep a traditional tool for backlinks and keyword volume. Most teams end up running both, because AI citation data answers a question that click-based keyword tools cannot.
A helpful way to think about the three categories: dashboards measure continuously but cost a monthly seat per domain; classic SEO suites like Ahrefs measure clicks and backlinks but not AI answers; and a rule-based analyzer like this one is best for fast, repeated, no-cost checks that pinpoint the exact fix needed on a page. None of them is a complete substitute for the others — they answer different questions about different surfaces of search.
The deciding factor is usually workflow, not price. If your team already lives in a monitoring dashboard and needs alerts on every engine, the premium platforms are worth their cost. If you mostly need a trustworthy second opinion on a specific page before a content update, or a repeatable check you can run in CI, the analyzer's free tier and API slot into that flow without a seat-based commitment. Prices, engine line-ups, and monitoring features change frequently across all three tools, so treat any single comparison as a point-in-time snapshot rather than a permanent verdict. Re-run the free analyzer on your own pages to see exactly which fixes each tool class would address before you spend anything.
Finally, consider who owns the insight. A dashboard tells you a metric moved and alerts you when it does; a traditional suite tells you where backlinks and rankings stand; this analyzer tells you why a page scores the way it does, with a checklist of concrete fixes ordered by impact. Teams that pair the free analyzer with their existing tooling tend to get more value from both, because the analyzer surfaces page-level reasons (missing schema, blocked bots, thin answers) that the other categories do not explain.
Feature counts and pricing in this comparison are point-in-time observations from each product's public website and marketing material; verify anything that materially affects a purchase decision.
Honest answers to the questions that come up most when teams evaluate an AI-search visibility tool. Feature counts and pricing in this comparison are point-in-time observations from each product's public site and marketing material; verify anything that materially affects a purchase decision.
Is SEO Evolution Analyzer really free?
The analyzer is free for single on-demand scans, including the rule-based AEO, AIO, GEO, and crawlability report plus your first citation tests. Pro and Business plans add unlimited watchlist monitoring, higher AI quota, and API access.
How is it different from Otterly AI?
Otterly focuses on always-on dashboards across seven pre-connected engines with sentiment and trend charts. We combine on-demand multi-engine citation tests with a free rule-based analyzer and a persistent watchlist that refreshes on a schedule.
Does it replace a traditional SEO tool like Ahrefs or Semrush?
No, it complements them. Those tools excel at keyword research, backlinks, and technical crawls. SEO Evolution Analyzer answers a different question: how often your content is actually cited and ranked when real people prompt AI engines.
How many AI engines does it test?
It defaults to GPT-4o and Claude and lets you add engines through configuration. Each citation test uses n=4 to 6 realistic buyer-intent prompts per engine, and the multi-engine endpoint reports share of voice as a 0-100% matrix.
Is my domain or content shared with the AI engines?
Only when you run a live citation test, the target URL is sent to the selected engine exactly like a user visit. Rule-based analyzes never call an LLM and process your page entirely with deterministic checks.
Do I need technical skills to use it?
No. The web app gives you a one-click report, an explanation of every failure, and copy-paste fixes. The API and MCP server are optional extras for developers who want to automate the same tests.
How is this priced compared to Peec AI?
Our free tier covers the full rule-based report. Pro and Business plans are priced in line with Peec's entry tiers, with quota metered per feature so you pay for the AI tests you actually run.
Can I track improvements over time?
Yes. The watchlist snapshots dated scan history per domain, shows score trends, and emails weekly digests. You can re-run any past scan from the saved history at any time.
Keep exploring
Run a free scan on the home page, see how citation testing works on the learn page, review plans and quota on the pricing page, or automate tests with the API and MCP reference. For a machine-readable site index, see llms.txt.