Profound Alternatives in 2026: 8 Options With Public Pricing
Profound is the enterprise benchmark for AI visibility, but it has no public paid price. Eight alternatives with listed prices, compared on engines, prompts and trials.
What are the best Profound alternatives?
TL;DR: The best Profound alternatives with public pricing are Yozigo ($39/month (Solo); $349/month Authority with 200 prompts on six engines), Peec AI (€89/month), Scrunch ($250/month), Otterly.ai ($29/month), the Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit ($99/month), Ahrefs Brand Radar (from $50/month) and AthenaHQ (free plan, Starter $295). Profound’s paid plans are custom-priced.
Key takeaways
- Profound is an enterprise generative engine optimization (GEO) and LLM visibility platform.
- It offers a free 7-day trial (50 preset prompts on ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews) and a custom-priced Enterprise plan.
- ChatGPT typed “Profound” into 1,075 of its own searches in our tracking, so it is on most shortlists.
- Mid-market teams usually want a listed price, editable prompts and a monthly contract.
- Yozigo and Scrunch are the closest feature matches with public prices.
Disclosure
Yozigo publishes this guide and is one of the alternatives.
Why do teams look for Profound alternatives?
Profound is one of the names ChatGPT reaches for first: it typed “Profound” into 1,075 of its own searches in our tracking (Yozigo fan-out data, September–October 2026). Popularity puts it on most shortlists, which is why buyers also look for alternatives with public prices.
Profound is built for large brands. Enterprise tracks up to nine answer engines, adds AI Marketer agents that run on credits, and includes SSO, SAML and SOC 2. Agencies get a self-serve Agency Growth plan with 400 credits per client workspace.
The trade-off is buying friction. The trial runs a recommended prompt set that you cannot edit, and paid plans need a sales conversation. Teams with a fixed budget, or that want to test their own prompts first, usually look for a listed price.
Which AI visibility tracking platforms are the best Profound alternatives?
| Tool | Best for | Entry price | AI engines | Where it falls short |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profound | Enterprise teams that want agents and the widest answer-engine data | Custom (Enterprise) | Trial: ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overviews; up to 9 engines on Enterprise | No public paid price; trial prompts are preset and cannot be edited |
| Yozigo | Brands that want a done-for-you service on an end-to-end platform that handles implementation, feedback and impact | $39/month (Solo) | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini on Solo; all 6 incl. AI Mode and Copilot from $149 (Momentum); Claude as a paid add-on | Tracks 7 LLMs only |
| Peec AI | SEO and marketing teams that want clean benchmarking dashboards | €89/month (Starter) | 3 chosen models per plan; up to 13 on Enterprise | Only 3 models per plan below Enterprise; priced in euros |
| Scrunch | Brands that also want an AI-agent version of their site | $250/month (Core) | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Copilot; 9 on Enterprise | Gemini and AI Mode only on Enterprise |
| Otterly.ai | Low-cost daily monitoring | $29/month (Lite) | ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Copilot; Gemini, AI Mode and Claude are paid add-ons | Gemini and AI Mode cost extra on every plan; 15 prompts on Lite |
| Rankscale | Pay-as-you-go tracking | From $20/month (credits) | Many engines, paid in credits | Daily multi-engine tracking uses credits quickly |
| Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit | Teams already paying for Semrush | $99/month | ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and others (full list not published) | Each extra domain or seat costs another $99/month |
| Ahrefs Brand Radar | Researching any brand across a 470M-prompt database | Custom prompts from $50/month; AI Visibility Index from $199/month | AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot (Claude uses 8 checks per update) | Index figures are modelled from search data; own-prompt tracking is billed per check |
| AthenaHQ | Trying many engines on free credits | Free (Essential); Starter $295/month | Wide model list on Starter | Nothing between the free plan and $295 |
Prices and plan limits were checked on each vendor’s pricing page on 11 October 2026 unless a row says otherwise.
Which Profound alternative fits your team?
Every alternative in this table publishes a price, unlike Profound’s custom Enterprise plan. Entry prices run from free (AthenaHQ) to $250 a month (Scrunch Core), checked on vendor pages on 11 October 2026. The closest feature match to Profound’s coverage on a self-serve plan is Yozigo Authority, at $349 a month for 200 prompts on six engines.
Mid-market brand that wants Profound-level coverage
Yozigo Authority is $349/month for 200 prompts on six engines, with AI-referred visit tracking and the Growth Centre. Enterprise adds SSO, SAML and a dedicated CSM.
Brand that wants AI-agent site features
Scrunch Core is $250/month for 125 prompts and adds an agent-ready version of your site.
SEO team with euro budgets
Peec AI Starter is €89/month for 50 prompts on three models.
Researcher who wants market-wide data
Ahrefs Brand Radar models AI visibility across a 470-million-prompt index, from $199/month for the AI Visibility Index.
Team on a tight budget
Otterly Lite at $29/month or AthenaHQ’s free plan.
When is Profound still worth it?
Profound fits large teams best
its Enterprise plan tracks up to nine answer engines and includes SSO, SAML and SOC 2 compliance, according to its pricing page checked on 11 October 2026. If those are requirements rather than nice-to-haves, the custom contract is usually worth the sales process.
Choose Profound if you need nine engines, AI agents that produce content at scale, or an enterprise security review with SOC 2. For a feature-by-feature view, read Yozigo vs Profound.
Before signing any annual AI visibility contract, run your own prompts for two weeks. The enterprise GEO platforms guide lists the questions to ask in procurement.
How much does each Profound alternative cost per prompt?
| Tool and plan | Monthly price | Prompts | Engines | Per prompt per engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yozigo Solo | $39 | 30 | 4 | $0.33 |
| Yozigo Momentum | $149 | 100 | 6 | $0.25 |
| Yozigo Authority | $349 | 200 | 6 | $0.29 |
| Otterly.ai Lite | $29 | 15 | 4 | $0.48 |
| Otterly.ai Standard | $189 | 100 | 4 | $0.47 |
| Otterly.ai Premium | $489 | 400 | 4 | $0.31 |
| Peec AI Starter | €89 | 50 | 3 | €0.59 |
| Peec AI Pro | €199 | 150 | 3 | €0.44 |
| Scrunch Core | $250 | 125 | 4 | $0.50 |
Profound does not publish a paid price, so it cannot be placed in this table. Among the alternatives that do, Yozigo Momentum is the lowest at $0.25 per prompt per engine, Yozigo Authority $0.29, and Peec Pro €0.44. Scrunch Core works out at $0.50. Ask Profound for the same figure during your sales call so you compare like with like.
Per prompt per engine = monthly price ÷ (prompts × engines included). It is a fairer comparison than the headline price, because cheap plans usually cut prompts or engines first.
Two caveats apply to any per-prompt comparison. Some vendors sell extra engines or extra checks as add-ons, which changes the real cost, and AI-tool prices change often, so re-check each vendor’s page before you buy. Every figure here was checked on the vendor’s pricing page on 11 October 2026.
How did we pick these Profound alternatives?
We started from the tools AI engines themselves name when buyers ask about Profound. In our tracking of 87 unbranded buyer prompts from 11 September to 10 October 2026, ChatGPT searched for vendor names before answering, so the tools on its shortlist are the ones most buyers end up comparing.
We then kept tools that publish a price or a free tier, track at least three AI engines, and run prompts on a schedule rather than once. Each price and plan limit comes from the vendor’s own pricing page on the date shown in the table. Where a vendor does not publish a figure, we say so instead of estimating it. How Yozigo collects its own data is on our methodology page.
What should you test before switching from Profound?
Run the same prompts in both tools for at least two weeks. AI answers change between sessions and days: in our tracking, ChatGPT named about 14 brands per answer and Perplexity about 16, and the lists shifted daily, so a single run proves nothing. On Profound’s trial the prompt set is preset, so run your own prompts in the alternative and compare the overlap.
Your real buyer questions
Use 15 to 30 questions your customers actually ask, not questions that already name you. Our prompt discovery framework shows how to pick them.
Branded and unbranded separately
Questions that contain your name are mentioned almost every time and inflate visibility. Check that the tool reports them apart, as explained in branded vs unbranded AI visibility.
The engines your buyers use
Confirm Google AI Overviews and AI Mode for Google-heavy markets, and Copilot for B2B buyers on Microsoft 365.
The sources behind each answer
A tool should show which pages each engine cited, so you know where to get mentioned. See how to track your brand in ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity for the manual version of this check.
Exports and history
Make sure you can export prompts, answers and citations, so a future switch does not cost you your trend lines.
Frequently asked questions: Profound alternatives
Profound lists a free 7-day trial and a custom-priced Enterprise plan on 11 October 2026. It does not publish a paid monthly price.
Yozigo, with plans from $39/month (Solo) and six engines from $149/month, and Scrunch from $250/month. Both list prices and offer trials.
No. Profound’s pricing page says trial users get a recommended prompt set and cannot customise it. Enterprise lets you edit, disable and add prompts.
Yozigo’s agency plans start at $125/month for three client brands. Profound has a self-serve Agency Growth plan priced through its site.
