Head to head
Peec AI vs Profound (2026)
Mid-market teams wanting self-serve control and per-engine analytics → Peec.
Mid-market self-serve analytics versus enterprise depth: the AI-visibility platform choice that depends on team size and budget. Peec sells the same 6-engine pool at every price, while Profound sells no paid plan below a custom Enterprise contract.
Both checked against their own sites 18–20 October 2026 · October AI answer share: Peec AI 44%, Profound 45%
Reviewed by the CitedIndex editorial team.
How Peec AI and Profound compare
| Question | ||
|---|---|---|
| The basics | ||
| Price | Peec AI: from about $95/month | Profound: Not stated |
| API | Peec AI: YesA documented REST API covers reports, prompts and projects, but the entry Starter plan is marked with a dash and gets no API. | Profound: YesA documented REST API with Python and JavaScript SDKs exists, but the plan table marks API No on both self-serve tiers and access is granted on request. |
| Category | Peec AI: AI visibility monitoring, AI rank tracking | Profound: AI visibility monitoring |
| Pricing model | Peec AI: subscription | Profound: subscription |
| Free tier | Peec AI: No | Profound: No |
| Limitations | Peec AI: API access and the MCP server are both reserved for the custom Enterprise plan; no self-serve tier (Starter / Pro / Advanced) includes either. Claude Sonnet 4, GPT 5 Search, Deepseek, Qwen and Mistral are Enterprise-only. Self-serve customers who need Claude pay full Enterprise pricing to get it. The Read API is documented as beta; endpoints and payload shapes are subject to change. | Profound: No paid plan has a published price: after the free 7-day trial (ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews), every plan is a custom Enterprise contract. The trial cannot be extended into a self-serve paid plan, so a small team has no way to buy without a sales call. The trial has no exports and no API; both come with Enterprise only. |
| Tags | Peec AI: For agencies, AI Overviews, Brand monitoring, ChatGPT, Copilot, Free trial, Gemini, Perplexity | Profound: AI Overviews, Brand monitoring, ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Enterprise, Free trial, Gemini, Perplexity |
| What it does | ||
| Monitors AI answers | Peec AI: Yesdocs.peec.ai | Profound: Yestryprofound.com |
| Optimises your content | Peec AI: Yesdocs.peec.ai | Profound: Yestryprofound.com |
| Generates content | Peec AI: Partlydocs.peec.ai | Profound: Yestryprofound.com |
| Publishes to your site | Peec AI: Nodocs.peec.ai | Profound: Yesdocs.tryprofound.com |
| Technical AEO | Peec AI: Partlydocs.peec.ai | Profound: Partlytryprofound.com |
| Done-for-you service | Peec AI: Nopeec.ai | Profound: Notryprofound.com |
| Answer engines | ||
| ChatGPT | Peec AI: Yespeec.ai | Profound: Yestryprofound.com |
| Perplexity | Peec AI: PartlyAdditional Models add-on (Enterprise includes Perplexity) add-onpeec.ai | Profound: PartlyEnterprise plan and uptryprofound.com |
| Gemini | Peec AI: Yespeec.ai | Profound: Yestryprofound.com |
| Google AI Overviews | Peec AI: Yespeec.ai | Profound: Yestryprofound.com |
| Google AI Mode | Peec AI: Yespeec.ai | Profound: PartlyEnterprise plan and uptryprofound.com |
| Claude | Peec AI: PartlyEnterprise plan and uppeec.ai | Profound: PartlyEnterprise plan and uptryprofound.com |
| Microsoft Copilot | Peec AI: Yespeec.ai | Profound: PartlyEnterprise plan and uptryprofound.com |
| Grok | Peec AI: PartlyEnterprise plan and uppeec.ai | Profound: Notryprofound.com |
| DeepSeek | Peec AI: PartlyEnterprise plan and uppeec.ai | Profound: PartlyEnterprise plan and uptryprofound.com |
| Meta AI | Peec AI: PartlyEnterprise plan and uppeec.ai | Profound: Notryprofound.com |
| Coverage in the vendor’s words | Peec AI: Yespeec.ai | Profound: Partlytryprofound.com |
| What it reports | ||
| Names the cited sources | Peec AI: Yespeec.ai | Profound: Yestryprofound.com |
| Competitor tracking | Peec AI: Yespeec.ai | Profound: Yestryprofound.com |
| Brand sentiment | Peec AI: Yespeec.ai | Profound: Yestryprofound.com |
| Recommendations | Peec AI: Yespeec.ai | Profound: Yestryprofound.com |
| AI crawler analytics | Peec AI: Yespeec.ai | Profound: Yestryprofound.com |
| Wrong answers about you | Peec AI: Yespeec.ai | Profound: Yestryprofound.com |
| Plans and signing up | ||
| Prompt or credit allowance | Peec AI: Yespeec.ai | Profound: Yestryprofound.com |
| Projects or brands | Peec AI: Partlypeec.ai | Profound: PartlyEnterprise plan and uptryprofound.com |
| Countries | Peec AI: Partlypeec.ai | Profound: PartlyEnterprise plan and uptryprofound.com |
| How often it checks | Peec AI: Yespeec.ai | Profound: Yestryprofound.com |
| Card required to start | Peec AI: Nopeec.ai | Profound: Not stated |
| Self-serve signup | Peec AI: Yespeec.ai | Profound: Partlytryprofound.com |
| Access and integrations | ||
| API | Peec AI: PartlyPro (and above) plan and uppeec.ai | Profound: PartlyEnterprise plan and updocs.tryprofound.com |
| MCP server | Peec AI: Yespeec.ai | Profound: Yesdocs.tryprofound.com |
Peec AI and Profound both measure how AI answer engines cite your brand, but they sit at different points on the market.
Peec is a self-serve platform aimed at mid-market teams and agencies, with published tiers from €85/month (about $95) (Starter) to €425/month (about $476) (Advanced) plus a custom Enterprise plan: it offers per-engine breakdowns across a 6-engine pool (pick 3 per project), a source-level view that doubles as a GEO target list, and multi-brand workspaces built for running several clients side by side. Profound offers a free 7-day trial (ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews, 50 prompts a day), then a custom, sales-led Enterprise plan with up to 9 engines.
Both track the major answer engines and both surface which sources the models cite. At the entry tier, Peec's transparent per-engine pricing and broader default coverage make it the simpler self-serve pick; Profound is worth it once you need its enterprise-scale query volume, benchmarking or dedicated account support.
They also differ in what they do with the sources they surface, which decides more evaluations than the engine counts do. Peec's source view is built to be actioned: the domains already cited for your topics become a target list for outreach and placement. Profound's source data sits inside a broader aggregate that also reports sentiment and framing, the more useful shape when the question is how a brand is being characterised across a large query volume rather than which handful of domains to go and pitch. One practical difference closes it: Peec prices in euros with a one-week trial and no perpetual free tier, while Profound's only paid plan is a custom Enterprise contract.
Who each one is for
Peec AI
mid-market marketing teams and agencies running AI-visibility programs
From about $95/month
Watch for: The pricing page does not say how long the free trial lasts.
Profound
enterprise comms, brand and content teams that need multi-engine depth and a sales-led Enterprise contract
Watch for: The full 9-engine breadth and SSO/SAML stay behind a sales-led Enterprise contract and cannot be evaluated self-serve.
Verdict: Peec AI or Profound?
Mid-market teams wanting self-serve control and per-engine analytics → Peec. Enterprise teams needing breadth, benchmarks and a dedicated account team → Profound Enterprise. If engine coverage decides it rather than analytical depth, read what each tier actually unlocks before comparing prices: Peec's cheapest plan already reaches the pool, where Profound's free trial covers three engines and every paid plan is quoted.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is the main difference between Peec and Profound?
- Peec is self-serve mid-market (€85 (about $95)-€425/mo (about $476) published tiers, per-engine breakdowns, multi-brand workspaces); Profound offers a free 7-day trial, then a custom, sales-led Enterprise plan for full multi-engine depth.
- Can a startup use either?
- Peec's Starter tier (€85/mo (about $95), 50 prompts) is accessible for smaller budgets. Profound's free 7-day trial is self-serve, but after it the only plan is a custom Enterprise contract.
- Which shows which sources AI engines cite?
- Both do. Peec calls it the citation-source view and positions it as a GEO target list; Profound includes source-level analysis in its dashboards at every tier.
- Do both work for agencies?
- Peec has multi-brand workspaces purpose-built for agencies; Profound is designed more for in-house enterprise teams, though it serves agencies at scale via its Enterprise plan.
Sources and method
We read every price on the tool's own pricing page.
- Peec AI: peec.ai/pricing, checked 20 October 2026
- Profound: tryprofound.com/pricing, checked 18 October 2026
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