BrandVisibility.ai vs Profound
An AI marketing platform built around answer engine monitoring, prompt volume data, AI agent analytics and an AI Marketer that drafts and stages content.
Profound is an enterprise platform. It tracks nine answer engines, sells prompt volume data from real user conversations, and reports on how AI bots crawl and cite your site. Its REST API and MCP server are on the Enterprise plan, and the site publishes no prices beyond a free 7-day trial. BrandVisibility tracks three engines, shows the arithmetic behind its visibility rate, and starts at $99/month with white-label on agency plans. If you need prompt volumes or bot analytics and have the budget, Profound covers more ground. If you want a self-serve price and a clear metric, BrandVisibility is the simpler buy.
Checked on October 22, 2026. Facts about Profound come from its own site and docs; each has a source link.
Side by side
“Not listed” means nothing on Profound's site or docs showed the capability on October 22, 2026. It doesn't mean the product lacks it.
| Capability | Profound | BrandVisibility.ai |
|---|---|---|
| AI engines tracked | Yes Nine engines: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Grok and DeepSeek. The trial runs three; Enterprise runs up to nine. Source | Yes ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude, run daily. |
| How visibility is measured | Partial A visibility score and share of voice, with prompts run daily to average out response variation. No formula is published as of 2026-10-22. Source | Yes Visibility rate = mentions ÷ (queries × days × providers). The same number on every page, plus rank within the answer and sentiment. |
| Citations and references | Yes Citation Analytics shows the sources cited across answers and a Citation Authority measure per domain. The API returns citations per answer. Source | Yes Every URL and domain AI cites per query and provider, with whether your brand was mentioned in that same answer. Link-building opportunities and competitor content lists come from the same data. |
| Competitor tracking | Yes Compare visibility, accuracy and representation against competitors, and see prompts where competitors get more citations than you. Source | Yes Competitors are detected from the answers themselves, then verified, pinned or hidden. Share of voice uses the same visibility rate. |
| Content tools | Yes AI Marketer agents rewrite and stage pages for your CMS, draft social posts, ad creative and launch kits. Credit-metered per agent run. Source | Yes Content recommendations: idea, approve, generate, edit, share with a client for comments, export. Credit-metered. |
| Keyword or prompt research | Yes Prompt Volumes gives monthly volume for AI prompts from real user conversations. The trial includes 5 searches; Enterprise is custom. Source | Yes Keyword research with search volume data, plus an ROI calculator. |
| White-label | Not listed Not listed on their site as of 2026-10-22. Agency Mode gives each client its own workspace and consolidated billing. Source | Yes Agency plans include white-label and multiple client brands in one account. |
| API and MCP | Yes Reporting API and a remote MCP server (beta) so Claude, Cursor and other AI clients can read rankings, visibility, competitors and citations. | |
| Reporting and exports | Yes AEO dashboards and CSV export of raw data. The pricing page lists CSV/JSON exports and all-time history on Enterprise; the trial has no exports or history. Source | Yes Dashboards per brand, CSV export of rankings, and client share links on content. |
| Starting price | Not listed Not published; the site says to contact sales as of 2026-10-22. The pricing page shows a free trial and a custom Enterprise plan, and mentions a self-serve Agency Growth plan without a price. Source | |
| Free trial | Yes Free 7-day trial: 50 prompts run daily on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, one language and region, no exports. Source |
AI engines tracked
- Profound
- Yes
Nine engines: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Grok and DeepSeek. The trial runs three; Enterprise runs up to nine.
Source - BrandVisibility.ai
- Yes
ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude, run daily.
How visibility is measured
- Profound
- Partial
A visibility score and share of voice, with prompts run daily to average out response variation. No formula is published as of 2026-10-22.
Source - BrandVisibility.ai
- Yes
Visibility rate = mentions ÷ (queries × days × providers). The same number on every page, plus rank within the answer and sentiment.
Citations and references
- Profound
- Yes
Citation Analytics shows the sources cited across answers and a Citation Authority measure per domain. The API returns citations per answer.
Source - BrandVisibility.ai
- Yes
Every URL and domain AI cites per query and provider, with whether your brand was mentioned in that same answer. Link-building opportunities and competitor content lists come from the same data.
Competitor tracking
- Profound
- Yes
Compare visibility, accuracy and representation against competitors, and see prompts where competitors get more citations than you.
Source - BrandVisibility.ai
- Yes
Competitors are detected from the answers themselves, then verified, pinned or hidden. Share of voice uses the same visibility rate.
Content tools
- Profound
- Yes
AI Marketer agents rewrite and stage pages for your CMS, draft social posts, ad creative and launch kits. Credit-metered per agent run.
Source - BrandVisibility.ai
- Yes
Content recommendations: idea, approve, generate, edit, share with a client for comments, export. Credit-metered.
Keyword or prompt research
- Profound
- Yes
Prompt Volumes gives monthly volume for AI prompts from real user conversations. The trial includes 5 searches; Enterprise is custom.
Source - BrandVisibility.ai
- Yes
Keyword research with search volume data, plus an ROI calculator.
White-label
- Profound
- Not listed
Not listed on their site as of 2026-10-22. Agency Mode gives each client its own workspace and consolidated billing.
Source - BrandVisibility.ai
- Yes
Agency plans include white-label and multiple client brands in one account.
API and MCP
- Profound
- BrandVisibility.ai
- Yes
Reporting API and a remote MCP server (beta) so Claude, Cursor and other AI clients can read rankings, visibility, competitors and citations.
Reporting and exports
- Profound
- Yes
AEO dashboards and CSV export of raw data. The pricing page lists CSV/JSON exports and all-time history on Enterprise; the trial has no exports or history.
Source - BrandVisibility.ai
- Yes
Dashboards per brand, CSV export of rankings, and client share links on content.
Starting price
- Profound
- Not listed
Not published; the site says to contact sales as of 2026-10-22. The pricing page shows a free trial and a custom Enterprise plan, and mentions a self-serve Agency Growth plan without a price.
Source - BrandVisibility.ai
Where Profound wins
- Nine answer engines, including Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Copilot, Grok and DeepSeek. BrandVisibility tracks three.
- Prompt Volumes: monthly volume data for AI prompts. BrandVisibility doesn't have prompt volume data.
- Agent Analytics reports how AI bots crawl, cite and refer to your pages, fed by CDN log integrations. BrandVisibility doesn't track AI crawlers.
- Results segmented by audience persona and region, with 30+ languages and 150+ regions.
- 200+ integrations listed, including Google Analytics, Search Console, Looker, Slack and major CMSs.
Where BrandVisibility wins
- A published price: $99/month for 1,000 credits, with agency plans quoted. Profound's site publishes no prices as of 2026-10-22.
- A visibility rate you can check: mentions ÷ (queries × days × providers), the same number on every page. Profound publishes no formula.
- Reporting API and MCP server on the self-serve product. Profound's API and MCP are listed on Enterprise only.
- White-label and multiple client brands on agency plans. Profound lists no white-label as of 2026-10-22.
- Every cited URL and domain per query and provider, with whether your brand was in the same answer, plus link-building and competitor-content lists from that data.
Pricing as listed
Profound
| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Trial | Free (7 days) | 50 prompts run daily, 3 answer engines, 1 language, 1 region, 5 Prompt Volumes searches, limited AI Marketer credits, unlimited seats. No history, exports or API. |
| Enterprise | Custom (contact sales) | Tailored prompt plan, up to 9 answer engines, ChatGPT Shopping, Agent Analytics, CSV/JSON exports, API access, all-time history, SSO/SAML, dedicated support. |
| Agency Growth | Not shown on the pricing page | Self-serve agency plan with 400 credits per month per client workspace and billing consolidated under one account. |
Trial
Free (7 days)
50 prompts run daily, 3 answer engines, 1 language, 1 region, 5 Prompt Volumes searches, limited AI Marketer credits, unlimited seats. No history, exports or API.
Enterprise
Custom (contact sales)
Tailored prompt plan, up to 9 answer engines, ChatGPT Shopping, Agent Analytics, CSV/JSON exports, API access, all-time history, SSO/SAML, dedicated support.
Agency Growth
Not shown on the pricing page
Self-serve agency plan with 400 credits per month per client workspace and billing consolidated under one account.
No dollar figures appear on Profound's pricing page as of 2026-10-22. Credits are consumed each time an agent runs, and additional credit thresholds require an Enterprise package.
Checked October 22, 2026 on tryprofound.com.
BrandVisibility.ai
$99/month
1,000 credits on a slider. Add credits as you add queries. Agency plans are quoted.
7-day free trial.
Open the pricing sliderWho each is for
Profound
- Enterprise brand, content and PR teams with a procurement process
- Teams that need prompt volume data to prioritize topics
- Sites that want to measure AI bot traffic from CDN logs
- Large agencies that run client workspaces on an enterprise contract
BrandVisibility.ai
- Agencies that need white-label dashboards for several client brands
- Marketing teams that want to start at $99/month without a sales call
- Teams that want the content workflow and keyword research in the same tool
- Anyone who wants to read rankings from Claude or Cursor through MCP
Questions people ask
Sources
Checked on October 22, 2026. If something here is out of date, email support@brandvisibility.ai and we'll fix it.
- Profound homepagetryprofound.com, checked October 22, 2026
- Profound pricingtryprofound.com, checked October 22, 2026
- Answer Engine Insightstryprofound.com, checked October 22, 2026
- Profound integrationstryprofound.com, checked October 22, 2026
- Profound developer docsdocs.tryprofound.com, checked October 22, 2026
- Profound REST API introductiondocs.tryprofound.com, checked October 22, 2026
- Profound MCP overviewdocs.tryprofound.com, checked October 22, 2026
- Agency Mode overviewdocs.tryprofound.com, checked October 22, 2026
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