🔍 Overview

OTTO is Search Atlas's OTTO SEO automation engine. Each website you activate OTTO on consumes one OTTO site seat. If you want to reduce the number of active OTTO sites — for example, to cut costs — you may be able to deactivate seats without necessarily changing your subscription plan.

The number of OTTO site seats available to you is tied directly to your plan tier. This article explains the general relationship between seats and plan tiers, how deactivating OTTO on a site differs from downgrading your plan, and how to get help making the right change for your account.

📋 OTTO Site Seats and Plan Tiers

Each Search Atlas plan includes a set number of OTTO site seats at no extra charge. Adding seats beyond your plan's included amount incurs an additional per-seat fee. The exact seat allocations per plan tier may vary — contact our support team to confirm what is included in your specific subscription.

If you are currently on the Growth Plan and added extra OTTO site seats beyond your plan's included amount, you can remove those extra seats without downgrading your plan. This means your Growth Plan subscription remains unchanged — only the additional paid seats are removed.

✅ Staying on Your Current Plan While Reducing Active Sites

If you added extra OTTO site seats on top of your plan's included seats and now want to return to just the included seats, you can deactivate OTTO on the additional sites. Your plan subscription will remain unchanged — only the additional paid seats will be removed.

To make this change, please reach out to our support team with the following information ready:

• Your account name or registered email address
• The names of the specific sites you want to deactivate OTTO on
• Confirmation that you want to remove only the extra seats and keep your current plan

Once the extra seats are deactivated, the additional per-seat charges will be removed from your next billing cycle. Your plan pricing and all other plan features remain intact.

⚠️ Important: Downgrading Your Plan vs. Removing Seats

These are two different actions with different outcomes. It is important to understand the distinction before making any changes.

• Removing extra OTTO seats: Deactivates OTTO on selected sites. Your current plan stays the same. You lose access to OTTO on those specific sites only.
• Downgrading your plan: Moves you to a lower-tier subscription (e.g., Growth → Starter). This reduces your included OTTO seats, keyword limits, user seats, and other plan-level features. This is a more significant change and may affect capabilities beyond just OTTO sites.

If you are unsure which option is right for you, our support team can review your account and recommend the best path based on your current usage and goals.

If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.