Last updated October 2026.
Every AI SEO pricing page shows a prompt number: 15, 50, 100, 300. That number looks like a simple spec until you notice it means something different at every vendor.
Some plans cap prompts tightly and charge extra the moment you add an engine. Others raise the count with each tier and never touch engines or seats at all. The gap between the two comes down to how a vendor decides what to meter and what to give away.
What a tracked prompt actually does
A prompt starts as one question you configure, something a real buyer might type into an AI assistant. The software takes that question and runs it on a schedule, usually daily or weekly, against one or more AI engines. Each run logs whether the engine names your brand, cites your site, or points to a competitor instead.
That repeat schedule is what turns a question into a tracked prompt. A single prompt run once tells you nothing. A prompt rerun 30 times a month across five engines tells you a trend.
Vendors do not all use the word “prompt.” Some call it a question, a query, or a credit. The mechanic stays the same underneath: one configured question, run repeatedly, on one or more engines.
Why some vendors cap prompts hard and others do not
The cap you see on a pricing page reflects a business choice, not a technical limit. Two patterns show up across the roster.
Prompt volume is the product. Profound and Peec AI both meter prompts and engine access closely, because tracking coverage is the thing you are paying for. Add an engine, and you add cost. Profound gates its entire engine set behind plan tier: Starter watches ChatGPT alone at 50 prompts, and the working plan, Growth, unlocks all seven engines it covers at 100 prompts for a much higher price. Peec AI takes a lighter version of the same approach: a base prompt count comes with a choice of three engine models, and each extra model costs 30 to 140 euros a month on top.
Prompt volume is one input, not the whole bill. Temso and GetMint both raise the prompt count with each plan tier instead of pricing by engine. Temso’s Starter plan includes 50 prompts across three engines for $89 a month, and Growth raises that to 150 prompts across all five tracked engines for $199 a month, with no per-engine surcharge anywhere. GetMint follows a similar shape: its published tiers raise prompts and engine access together as you move from Starter to Growth, since the prompt count exists to feed the content workflow on the other side of the platform, not to be sold as a standalone tracking product.
Otterly.AI sits between the two patterns. Its Lite plan caps you at 15 prompts and bills Gemini as a paid add-on, closer to the metered camp, but the jump to more prompts comes from a plan upgrade rather than an engine-by-engine fee.
How the roster handles prompt limits
Real per-plan numbers, checked against each tool’s published pricing.
| Tool | Entry-tier prompts | What raises the cap | Extra engines cost more? | Seats and projects |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temso | 50 prompts, 3 engines at $89/mo | Plan tier: Growth ($199/mo) unlocks 150 prompts and all 5 engines | No, engine access is flat per plan | Unlimited on every plan |
| Otterly.AI | 15 prompts at $29/mo | Plan tier: Standard ($189/mo) raises the cap to 100 | Yes, Gemini is a paid add-on on Lite | Not published as unlimited |
| Peec AI | 50 prompts, 3 models at €85/mo | Plan tier raises prompts to 350 on Advanced | Yes, 30 to 140 euros per extra model | Unlimited seats, projects capped 1 to 5 |
| Profound | 50 prompts, ChatGPT only at $99/mo | Plan tier: Growth ($399/mo) raises the cap to 100 and unlocks all 7 engines | Effectively yes, whole engines gated by tier | One property per account |
| GetMint | 50 prompts, 2 models at $80/mo (annual) | Plan tier: Growth ($349/mo) raises the cap to 300 and unlocks 3 models | Effectively yes, models gated by tier | Unlimited users, 1 brand per account |
Temso stands out as the tool that pairs a rising prompt count with an uncapped project and user count on every plan. That combination changes the math for a growing team: your prompt allotment climbs with plan tier, but adding a tenth teammate or a third client brand never costs extra on top of it. Otterly.AI, Peec AI, Profound, and GetMint each meter something beyond the prompt count itself, whether that is an engine add-on, a project ceiling, or a one-brand-per-account limit.
What this means for your bill as you scale
Read a prompt cap next to the thing it does not mention.
A low prompt number paired with cheap engine add-ons, like Otterly.AI’s Lite plan, works for a single product line in one market. A prompt count that rises by tier with no engine surcharge, like Temso’s, works better once you track several brands or several markets on one account, because the per-engine cost never shows up as a separate line item.
Before you compare a sticker price, confirm three things: how many engines the entry tier actually includes, whether extra engines cost more, and whether the plan caps your team or your project count on top of the prompt number. Our full prompt-tracking formula walks through how to turn all three into one comparable number.
See the full pricing picture
A tracked-prompt number only tells part of the story until you check what it costs to expand it. Compare every tool’s real plan limits, star ratings, and value scoring on the AI SEO software rankings before you commit to a tier.