Profound pricing checked on October 22, 2026 at tryprofound.com/pricing.
Profound alternatives for one small tool that will never book a demo
Profound is an enterprise AI search platform: up to nine answer engines tracked daily, citations and sentiment, AI marketing agents, agent analytics and SSO. It does not publish a price — after a free 7-day trial, ongoing tracking is a custom Enterprise plan sold through a demo. If you run marketing for a brand with that budget, it is a strong choice and you should stay on it.
If you are a solo maker with one product, the trial probably answered a smaller question — does ChatGPT name me? — and what you need next is that answer again next month, without a sales call. That is the only job the AISO Tools monitor does, and it costs $19 a month.
Recurring AI visibility for your tool (ChatGPT, plus Claude on every re-scan): a full report today, re-scans on trial days 1, 3 and 5, then every 30 days. 7-day free trial, no card to start, then $19/mo. Cancel in one click.
Start the 7-day free trial →Profound vs the AISO Tools monitor
| Profound | AISO Tools monitor | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Trial Free; Enterprise custom (get a demo), no published price | $19/mo, or $190/yr |
| How you buy | Self-serve trial, then a demo with sales | Self-serve; cancel in one click |
| Prompts | 50 prompts on the trial (a recommended set); a tailored plan on Enterprise | 12 prompts for your category (8 never name you, 4 do) |
| AI engines | Trial: ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews; Enterprise: up to 9 answer engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek, Claude, Google AI Overviews, Exa Search) | ChatGPT; Claude too on every re-scan (no web search) |
| Frequency | Trial: 50 prompts run daily for 7 days; Enterprise: ongoing daily tracking | Re-scans on trial days 1, 3 and 5, then every 30 days |
| Trial | Free trial: 50 prompts, daily, for 7 days | 7-day free trial, no card to start |
| Seats | Unlimited on both plans | One email address per tool |
| Beyond tracking | AI Marketer agents, agent analytics, prompt volumes; history, exports and API on Enterprise | Emailed report and a change email after each re-scan |
Profound column read from its own pricing page on October 22, 2026. Vendors change plans often; check the source before you buy.
Stay on Profound if…
- you need Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Copilot or DeepSeek tracked alongside ChatGPT;
- you want daily data, citations and sentiment to see the effect of content you ship every week;
- your team will use the AI Marketer agents for research, writing and reporting, not just tracking;
- you need SSO/SAML, exports, an API or a dedicated specialist — and a demo is not a hurdle.
Use the $19 monitor if…
- you have one product and ChatGPT is the assistant your buyers use;
- you want tracking that continues after day 7 at a price you can expense without asking anyone;
- a monthly reading is enough, because you ship a few changes a month, not a day;
- you want an honest number: eight of the twelve prompts never say your name, and the report keeps them apart from the four that do, so a familiar brand name cannot inflate the score.
What we measured: how rarely assistants name small tools
- Claude named 675 of the 5,623 tools listed on AISO Tools (12.0%) anywhere in 1,660 answers to buyer questions, as of October 21, 2026.
- On the 647 tools where our ChatGPT scan asked the exact same category questions, ChatGPT named 4 (0.6%) and Claude named 22 (3.4%).
- Across all 2,396 tools with a stored ChatGPT scan, ChatGPT named 12 (0.5%) in the questions that never say the tool's name.
So for most small tools the honest first reading is zero, and two assistants can disagree about the same product. That is why a tracker should keep the questions that name you apart from the ones that do not, and why the trend matters more than any single score.
Method: Claude (claude-sonnet-5-5) answered from its own knowledge with no web search; ChatGPT scans used gpt-4o-mini. The two engines were asked identical questions only on the 647-tool line. Census run claude-2026-10-21-mvim670b, 2026-10-21.
Other Profound alternatives
If you want several engines and a published price, Otterly.AI Lite was $29/mo for 15 prompts tracked daily and Peec AI Starter $95/mo for 50 prompts across 3 models when we checked on October 20, 2026.
Peec AI alternatives for small budgets →
Compare seven AI visibility tools on published pricing →Questions
How much does Profound cost?
Profound does not publish a price. Its pricing page (checked October 22, 2026) lists a free Trial — 50 prompts run daily for 7 days across ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews — and a custom Enterprise plan you reach through a demo. The AISO Tools monitor is $19/mo, or $190/yr.
Is the AISO Tools monitor a full replacement for Profound?
No. Profound Enterprise tracks up to 9 answer engines daily, with citations, sentiment, AI marketing agents, agent analytics, exports, an API and SSO. Our monitor runs 12 prompts against ChatGPT, asks Claude the 8 blind ones on each re-scan (from its own knowledge, no web search), and emails you the result. It replaces Profound only if all you needed was a recurring answer to “do ChatGPT and Claude recommend my tool?”.
What happens after Profound's 7-day trial?
Profound's own FAQ says to choose Enterprise for ongoing daily tracking, more answer engines and dedicated support. The trial uses a recommended prompt set you cannot edit and keeps no history, exports or API access. If what you wanted from the trial was a reading that keeps coming, that is the gap a $19 monthly check fills.
How often does the $19 monitor re-check?
Your first full report arrives the day you start. Re-scans land on trial days 1, 3 and 5, then every 30 days, each with a change email. Profound Enterprise tracks daily.
Are there self-serve Profound alternatives with more engines?
Yes. When we checked on October 20, 2026, Otterly.AI Lite was $29/mo for 15 prompts tracked daily, and Peec AI Starter was $95/mo for 50 prompts across 3 models of your choice. Both publish prices and sell without a demo.
Will it get my tool cited by ChatGPT?
No tracker can promise that, us included. The monitor measures whether you are mentioned and who is named instead; the report suggests fixes, and the re-scans tell you whether they moved anything.