Who is Profound built for?
What Profound says about itself, checked on its own pricing and home pages on 21 October 2026.
Profound's pricing page lists two plans. Trial is free and is described as "For companies who want to trial Profound before getting a demo". Enterprise has a custom price and is described as "For companies operationalizing AI Search insights and running marketing agents at scale". Its home page says "Enterprise capabilities trusted by a third of the Fortune 100" and shows named results from Plaid, MongoDB, Ramp and Zoom. The same page lists solutions for agencies and a Profound Partners program, and the pricing FAQ mentions a self serve Agency Growth plan.
Profound's paid plan is sold as Enterprise, through a demo with its accounts team, with no price in the table. mentionedin.ai is a smaller tool with one plan and a published price: $99 a month, or $79 a month billed yearly, for one brand and its competitors. If you are searching for a Profound alternative, the question is usually whether you need the platform or just need to know what the AI answers say about you and what to change.
How does mentionedin.ai compare to Profound?
Only what each company states. Where Profound's pages are silent, the cell says not stated.
| Profound | mentionedin.ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Paid price | Enterprise, custom price; the pricing table shows no self serve paid plan | Founder, $99 a month or $79 a month billed yearly; extra consistency pack $19 for 99 engine runs |
| Free trial | Free, 50 prompts from a recommended set by industry (not editable), daily for 7 days | 14 days on the full Founder plan with your own prompts; card required, nothing charged before the trial ends, one trial per account |
| Engines | Trial: ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini. Enterprise: up to 9, including Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek, Claude and Exa Search | ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI Overviews and Gemini, all four on the one plan. Perplexity is not tracked |
| Prompts | Trial 50 unique prompts; Enterprise tailored and editable | 15 tracked prompts plus 2 control prompts; 204 consistency engine runs a month, enough to test all 17 once on every engine |
| How often a prompt is asked | Daily on both plans; repeat count per prompt not stated | 3 runs per prompt on every engine in each consistency test, plus an optional weekly spot check of 1 run |
| Result per prompt | Visibility scores by platform, citation analytics, sentiment and benchmarking | A label per prompt and engine: Strong 3 of 3, Moderate 2 of 3, Weak 1 of 3, Invisible 0 of 3, or Inconclusive when a zero cannot be trusted (errors, or no web search); Error when every run failed |
| Fixing pages | Agents that create, optimize and influence the pages behind AI answers; its agents rewrite pages and stage them in your CMS and build pages for unanswered questions (home page); its AI Marketer drafts the work and asks for approval | A grader for your own pages and a First 50 Words rewrite on demand; you copy the rewrite and ship it |
| Seats, exports, API | Unlimited seats on both plans; CSV and JSON exports, API, SSO/SAML and SOC 2 on Enterprise | One owner per account; a shareable report link and its JSON, no API or CSV export |
| Public proof | Home page: "Enterprise capabilities trusted by a third of the Fortune 100"; named results from Plaid, MongoDB, Ramp and Zoom | Its own four brands tracked publicly as case studies; three measured so far, each shown with its measurement date |
Profound's pricing FAQ also mentions an "Agency Growth" self serve option with 400 credits per month per client workspace. It is not in the plan table and no price is shown, so it is not in the row above. Checked 21 October 2026.
When is Profound the better choice?
A comparison that never admits a loss is an advert. These are the cases we would send you there.
- You need Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, Google AI Mode or DeepSeek tracked. Profound lists them on Enterprise; mentionedin.ai tracks four engines and Perplexity is not one of them.
- You need a whole team in the tool. Profound lists unlimited seats on both plans; a mentionedin.ai account has one owner today.
- You need SSO, SAML, SOC 2, an API or CSV and JSON exports. Profound lists them on Enterprise; mentionedin.ai has no API and no export beyond the report.
- You want agents that draft and create content for you. Profound describes that as its AI Marketer, and its home page says its agents rewrite pages and stage them in your CMS and build pages for unanswered questions; mentionedin.ai rewrites the opening of your own pages and lists what to create, but does not write full pages.
- You track many brands or many markets. Profound's Enterprise plan lists custom languages and regions, and its FAQ prices Agency Growth per client workspace. mentionedin.ai covers one brand per account; agency workspaces and white label reports are planned, not on sale.
When is mentionedin.ai the better Profound alternative?
One brand, a known price, and a number you can trust before you act on it.
A price without a call
$99 a month, on the page. Start with a 14 day trial on the full plan.
Three runs before any score
AI answers change between runs. Each engine answers every prompt 3 times per test, and the label says how often you were named.
Claude included
All four engines, Claude included, on the one $99 plan. At Profound, Claude is on the Enterprise plan at a custom price; the free trial covers ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Gemini.
Page grading and rewrites
Grade a page for First 50 Words, JSON-LD, AI crawler rules, llms.txt and readable HTML, then rewrite its opening from your own facts, one click per page, and ship it yourself.
How does mentionedin.ai measure AI visibility?
The method behind every number, so you can judge it instead of trusting it.
- 1
Ask every engine
ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are asked through their official APIs with web search on. Google AI Overviews is read from a live Google results page. Every answer keeps the full text, the cited links, whether the engine searched and the model version.
- 2
Repeat every prompt
Each prompt runs 3 times on every engine. One fully tested prompt is 12 engine runs.
- 3
Count only real mentions
A run counts as a mention only when your brand is named and confirmed as your company. A name that means someone else shows up as a mix up, not a mention. A zero only reads as Invisible when every run completed and the engine did not answer purely from memory.
- 4
List the source gaps
Cited pages that name your competitors but not you are listed as source gaps, ranked by how often the engines cite them. Nothing is sent to those sites.
How much does mentionedin.ai cost?
One plan, priced in public, with the run budget written out.
Founder plan
$99a month
or $79 a month billed yearly ($948 a year). Prices exclude VAT.
Start free trial14 days free. A card is required at checkout; nothing is charged before the trial ends. Cancel anytime.
- 1 brand with its competitors
- 15 tracked prompts plus 2 control prompts
- 4 engines: ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI Overviews and Gemini
- A weekly spot check of every prompt on every engine, switched on in one click
- 204 consistency engine runs a month: enough to test all 17 once on every engine
- Page grader and First 50 Words rewrites for your own pages
- Playbook of pages to create, pages to fix and source gaps
- Intervention log and a shareable web report
Consistency pack
$19per pack, only when you need it
$19 for 99 more consistency engine runs, about 8 more prompts tested 3 times on every engine. Buy one for a month you want to test more, such as right after a batch of fixes. Packs are the only add on.
One prompt, fully tested
The plan's 204 runs test all 17 prompts, tracked plus controls, once a month this way. A pack adds about 8 more.
204 consistency engine runs a month are enough to test all 17 prompts, 15 tracked plus 2 controls, once on every engine. A weekly spot check is included and switches on in one click; it does not draw from the 204. If a spot check misses twice in a row on a prompt that was Strong or Moderate, a 3 run confirmation test runs automatically (at most 2 per prompt a month), and those runs do count toward the 204. Need more in a month? A $19 pack adds 99 engine runs, about 8 more prompts, for that month only.
Questions people ask
What is a good Profound alternative for a single brand?
mentionedin.ai is an AI visibility tool for one brand at $99 a month with a 14 day trial. It tests ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI Overviews and Gemini with 3 runs per prompt on every engine, labels how often you are named, and grades and rewrites your own pages.
How much does Profound cost?
Profound's pricing page lists a free Trial (50 prompts, daily for 7 days) and an Enterprise plan at a custom price, with no self serve paid plan in the table, as checked on 21 October 2026. mentionedin.ai costs $99 a month, or $79 a month billed yearly.
Is Profound only for enterprise companies?
Not only. Its paid plan is called Enterprise, but its pricing FAQ mentions a self serve Agency Growth plan and its home page lists solutions for agencies and partners. The Enterprise plan is described as "For companies operationalizing AI Search insights and running marketing agents at scale". Agency Growth is not in the plan table. Checked 21 October 2026.
Which AI engines does each tool track?
mentionedin.ai tracks ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI Overviews and Gemini on its one plan. Profound's trial covers ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Gemini, and Enterprise covers up to 9 engines, including Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek, Claude and Exa Search.
Does mentionedin.ai track Perplexity?
No. mentionedin.ai tracks ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI Overviews and Gemini. If Perplexity coverage is a must, Profound lists it on Enterprise.
How many times is each prompt asked?
mentionedin.ai asks every engine each prompt 3 times per consistency test and labels the result Strong 3 of 3, Moderate 2 of 3, Weak 1 of 3 or Invisible 0 of 3, and Inconclusive when a zero cannot be trusted because runs errored or the engine never searched. Profound states that it tracks daily; its pages do not state a repeat count per prompt.
Does mentionedin.ai have a free trial?
Yes, 14 days on the full Founder plan with your own prompts. A card is required at checkout and nothing is charged before the trial ends. One trial per account.