Profound Alternatives for AI Visibility Monitoring (Updated September 2026)
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Five alternatives to Profound with published prices, as of September 2026: Hall (free tier, 25 questions checked weekly), Otterly.ai (lowest paid entry, $29/month), Peec AI (€95/month, scrapes real chat interfaces), Ahrefs Brand Radar (8 engines, $199/month) and Scrunch AI (7 engines including Meta AI, $250–300/month). Profound itself is now a 7-day trial followed by custom Enterprise pricing.
If you need a tool that shows what to fix rather than a visibility score, CiteBrand's source gap analysis finds the exact URLs where competitors are cited but you're not. CiteBrand's Solo plan is $149/month with 2,500 credits and 3 projects across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI, with a 14-day free trial and no credit card required.
This page is published by CiteBrand, one of the tools listed. Competitor prices and features come from each vendor's own pricing page as of September 2026 and are linked below; check the vendor page for current terms before you buy.
What changed about Profound in September 2026
As of September 2026, Profound offers a 7-day trial, then Enterprise pricing on a custom quote, reported at $2k–5k+ per month. Profound dropped its self-serve plans in September 2026, so there is no longer a published monthly plan you can buy without a sales conversation. Profound covers 9 AI engines and lists Prompt Volumes demand data and Agents/Workflows. Source: tryprofound.com/pricing (as of September 2026).
Prices the AI answers are still quoting wrong
AI answers we sampled in September 2026 for questions about AI visibility tool pricing still quote Profound's old self-serve prices:
- A ChatGPT app answer stated: "Profound from $99/mo".
- A Claude answer stated: "Profound | Agency Growth: $99/mo + $399/mo per …".
Neither figure matches Profound's pricing page as of September 2026: a 7-day trial, then Enterprise (custom; reported $2k–5k+/mo), with self-serve plans dropped in September 2026 (tryprofound.com/pricing). If a $99/month Profound plan is part of your budget, it is no longer available.
Alternatives compared
| Tool | Entry price as of Sept 2026 (source) | Engines covered | Prompts / limits at entry | Output after a scan | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profound | 7-day trial, then Enterprise (custom; reported $2k–5k+/mo) (tryprofound.com/pricing) | 9 engines | Self-serve plans dropped September 2026 | Prompt Volumes demand data; Agents/Workflows | Enterprise teams with a custom budget |
| Peec AI | €95/mo; €245 and €495 tiers (peec.ai/pricing) | 3 engines per plan | 50 prompts (150 and 350 on higher tiers) | Tracking from real chat interfaces; MCP read/write | Teams that want consumer-app answers and unlimited seats |
| Otterly.ai | $29/mo Lite; $189 Standard, $489 Premium (otterly.ai/pricing) | ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Copilot; Claude, Gemini and AI Mode as add-ons | 15 prompts (100 Standard, 400 Premium) | — | Lowest paid entry price |
| Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit | $99/mo per domain (semrush.com/solutions/ai-visibility) | ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews / AI Mode | 25 daily prompts, per domain | — | Existing Semrush users (Adobe closed its acquisition of Semrush in April 2026) |
| Ahrefs Brand Radar | $199/mo AI Visibility Index; or $398/$699 add-on to a base plan (ahrefs.com/brand-radar) | 8 engines | 2,500 checks | Index built from real prompt data, refreshed monthly | Closest published-price match to Profound's engine coverage |
| Scrunch AI | $250–300/mo Starter (scrunch.com/pricing) | 7 engines, including Meta AI | 350 prompts | Personas; AXP agent-facing site (Enterprise) | Teams that need Meta AI coverage |
| Writesonic GEO | $79/mo Starter; $199 Basic, $399 Growth (writesonic.com/pricing) | — | — | Action Center; content agents | Teams that want content produced from the findings |
| Okara AI CMO | $129/mo Lite; $249 Pro (okara.ai/pricing) | 2 engines (GEO agent) | GEO agent tracks 15 prompts | Executes changes: GitHub PRs, CMS publishing | Teams that want changes shipped automatically |
| Hall | Free; paid from $199+ (usehall.com) | 6 engines | 25 questions, checked weekly (free) | Agent analytics | Trying AI visibility tracking at no cost |
| CiteBrand | Solo $149/month; Growth $499/month (CiteBrand pricing) | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI | Solo: 2,500 credits/month, 3 projects. Growth: 10,000 credits/month, 10 projects | A prioritized list of specific URLs, content and actions to take. Solo: source gap analysis, sentiment diagnostics, weekly email reports. Growth: all diagnostic tools, Knowledge Graph checks, hallucination detection, API access | Freelancers and agencies that want to know exactly what to fix |
A dash means the vendor's pricing page, as summarised here, does not list that detail. CiteBrand offers a 14-Day Free Trial with 500 free credits; no credit card required.
How to choose
You liked Profound but can't get an Enterprise budget approved
Look at the multi-engine tools with published prices: Ahrefs Brand Radar (8 engines, from $199/month), Scrunch AI (7 engines, from $250–300/month) and Hall (6 engines, free tier, then $199+).
You are a small agency tracking a few clients
Watch the unit each vendor prices by. Semrush charges $99/month per domain, Otterly.ai and Peec AI price by prompts tracked, Ahrefs Brand Radar by checks, and CiteBrand by credits across projects (3 projects on Solo, 10 on Growth).
You want to know what to fix, not only a share-of-voice score
Choose a tool that lists action features. Writesonic GEO lists an Action Center and content agents, Okara AI CMO executes GitHub PRs and CMS publishing, and CiteBrand's source gap analysis finds the exact URLs where competitors are cited but you're not. See the full AI visibility tools comparison.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a cheaper alternative to Profound?
Yes. As of September 2026, Hall has a free tier (25 questions, checked weekly), Otterly.ai starts at $29/month (15 prompts), Writesonic GEO at $79/month, Peec AI at €95/month (50 prompts) and Semrush's AI Visibility Toolkit at $99/month per domain. Profound's reported Enterprise range is $2k–5k+ per month.
Does Profound still have self-serve pricing?
No. Profound dropped its self-serve plans in September 2026. It now offers a 7-day trial, then custom Enterprise pricing (tryprofound.com/pricing).
Is Profound still $99 a month?
No. AI answers still quote "Profound from $99/mo", but as of September 2026 Profound's pricing page lists a 7-day trial followed by Enterprise pricing only.
Which Profound alternative covers the most AI engines?
Among tools with published prices, Ahrefs Brand Radar lists 8 engines, Scrunch AI 7 (including Meta AI) and Hall 6. Profound lists 9.
Which alternative checks the real ChatGPT app rather than the API?
Peec AI states that it scrapes real chat interfaces. This matters because for ChatGPT, API answers and consumer-app answers share only about 24% of brands and 4% of sources (Surfer).
Can I try CiteBrand before paying?
Yes. CiteBrand offers a 14-day free trial with 500 free credits, and no credit card is required.
Sources
- Vendor pricing pages, as of September 2026: Profound, Peec AI, Otterly.ai, Semrush, Ahrefs Brand Radar, Scrunch AI, Writesonic, Okara, Hall
- Surfer: scraped AI answers vs. API results
- CiteBrand plans and trial terms: citebrand.ai pricing
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Updated September 2026 · prices re-verified