Profound

What it does

Monitors AI answers

YesCore product: Profound queries answer engines on a stored prompt set and reports where the brand surfaces, on every plan.Profound runs structured prompts across AI platforms daily, analyzing where and how your brand appears in responses, tracking citations, sentiment,…tryprofound.com/pricing ↗

Optimises your content

YesAgent templates analyse a page you already have and return ranked AEO changes; running them consumes the plan's monthly Agent credits.Analyze a given article to produce clear, high-impact Answer Engine Optimization suggestions by leveraging our Content Optimization algorithm and…tryprofound.com/agent-templates ↗

Generates content

YesAgents draft whole articles, FAQs and translations from a topic input, metered at 100 credits monthly on Starter and 400 on Growth.Generate complete articles from a topic prompt, structured to the citation format AI engines reward in your category.tryprofound.com/features/agents ↗

Publishes to your site

YesAgents can push finished drafts into a connected CMS; WordPress, Contentful, Sanity, Drupal, Framer and Adobe Experience Manager each have connection docs.Once connected, the WordPress site will appear as an available integration and can be selected inside Agents.docs.tryprofound.com/integrations/wordp… ↗

Technical AEO

PartlyCrawler-side work is limited to verified bot logging and pushing new URLs at AI crawlers; I found no schema markup, llms.txt or robots directive management for your own site.Submit new content directly to AI crawlers for faster discovery.tryprofound.com/features/agent-analytics ↗

Done-for-you service

NoProfound sells the platform to agencies rather than doing the work; its in-house agency team is partner support, not campaign delivery.Profound empowers agencies to rapidly evolve the AEO strategy of their brand partners.tryprofound.com/solutions/agencies ↗

Answer engines

ChatGPT

YesChatGPT is the one engine present on every tier, and it is the only engine the $99 Starter plan tracks at all.ChatGPT tracking onlytryprofound.com/pricing ↗

Perplexity

PartlyPerplexity starts at the $399 Growth plan, which covers three engines; the Starter plan is restricted to ChatGPT only.3 Answer Engines trackedtryprofound.com/pricing ↗

Gemini

PartlyGoogle Gemini appears only in the Enterprise column's nine-engine list; the self-serve Starter and Growth plans do not track it.Up to 9 Answer Engines trackedtryprofound.com/pricing ↗

Google AI Overviews

PartlyGoogle AI Overviews is one of Growth's three tracked engines and is absent from Starter, which covers ChatGPT alone.3 Answer Engines trackedtryprofound.com/pricing ↗

Google AI Mode

PartlyGoogle AI Mode appears only in the Enterprise column's nine-engine list; the self-serve Starter and Growth plans do not track it.Up to 9 Answer Engines trackedtryprofound.com/pricing ↗

Claude

PartlyAnthropic Claude appears only in the Enterprise column's nine-engine list; the self-serve Starter and Growth plans do not track it.Up to 9 Answer Engines trackedtryprofound.com/pricing ↗

Microsoft Copilot

PartlyMicrosoft Copilot appears only in the Enterprise column's nine-engine list; the self-serve Starter and Growth plans do not track it.Up to 9 Answer Engines trackedtryprofound.com/pricing ↗

Grok

PartlyGrok appears only in the Enterprise column's nine-engine list; the self-serve Starter and Growth plans do not track it.Up to 9 Answer Engines trackedtryprofound.com/pricing ↗

DeepSeek

PartlyDeepSeek appears only in the Enterprise column's nine-engine list; the self-serve Starter and Growth plans do not track it.Up to 9 Answer Engines trackedtryprofound.com/pricing ↗

Meta AI

NoThe Enterprise column caps coverage at nine named engines and Meta AI is not among them, so no plan tracks it.Up to 9 Answer Engines trackedtryprofound.com/pricing ↗

Coverage in the vendor’s words

PartlyCoverage is stated but heavily tiered: one engine on Starter, three on Growth, and all nine only on the custom-quoted Enterprise plan.Up to 9 Answer Engines trackedtryprofound.com/pricing ↗

What it reports

Names the cited sources

YesCitation reporting names the domains and pages feeding answers about your brand and scores their authority over time.See which websites influence AI-generated answers about your brand and track their authority.tryprofound.com/features/answer-engine-… ↗

Competitor tracking

YesRival brands sit in the same view for share-of-voice comparison, and the daily prompt runs cover competitors as well as you.Compare your presence against industry leaders and competitors.tryprofound.com/features/answer-engine-… ↗

Brand sentiment

YesSentiment reporting extracts the themes and narratives AI attaches to the brand rather than only counting mentions.Analyze how AI describes your brand. Identify key themes, topics, and recurring narratives.tryprofound.com/features/answer-engine-… ↗

Recommendations

YesIt names the gaps and hands them to Agents to act on; the Aim-powered Projects work plan, however, is Enterprise-only.Find the topics and prompts where competitors get more visibility and citations than you.tryprofound.com/features/answer-engine-… ↗

AI crawler analytics

YesAgent Analytics reads server or CDN logs to show verified AI bot hits, with unlimited tracked domains on every plan.Track when, how often, and which AI bots access your content.tryprofound.com/features/agent-analytics ↗

Wrong answers about you

YesFactCheck flags false claims AI makes about the brand and points at the sources producing them, with follow-up agent templates.FactCheck shows you inaccurate claims and their sources, so your team can correct the narrativetryprofound.com/features/answer-engine-… ↗

Plans and signing up

Prompt or credit allowance

YesAllowances are published per tier: 50 prompts and 1,500 responses monthly on Starter, 100 and 9,000 on Growth, custom on Enterprise.50 prompts trackedtryprofound.com/pricing ↗

Projects or brands

PartlySelf-serve tiers are built around one brand; tracking several companies is listed only under the custom-quoted Enterprise plan.Multiple companies trackedtryprofound.com/pricing ↗

Countries

PartlyRegion and language are real reporting dimensions, but Starter and Growth each include one region and one language; more is Enterprise-only.Break a single asset's Visibility Score down by which AI model, region, or persona generated the answer.docs.tryprofound.com/cookbook/visibilit… ↗

How often it checks

YesEvery tracked prompt reruns daily on all three tiers, which the vendor justifies by answer variance between runs.We run every tracked prompt daily so your visibility score reflects your true average across all responses.tryprofound.com/features/answer-engine-… ↗

Self-serve signup

YesTwo published tiers are explicitly self-serve with sign-up by email, and the vendor puts setup time at instant.The self-serve Starter plan comes with 100 credits per month. The self-serve Growth plan comes with 400 credits per month.tryprofound.com/pricing ↗

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Access and integrations

API

PartlyA 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.This feature is only available upon request. To request access, please contact support.docs.tryprofound.com/rest-api/introduct… ↗

MCP server

YesA hosted MCP server exposes reports, prompts and Agents to any MCP client over OAuth; the API-key route additionally needs an enterprise plan.Profound MCP uses OAuth 2.1. When your client prompts for authentication, complete the browser sign-in with your Profound account.docs.tryprofound.com/mcp/authentication ↗

BI export

PartlyStarter gets no exports at all; Growth and Enterprise get CSV and JSON, while the Tableau connector and Looker integration run through the Enterprise-gated API.CSV, JSONtryprofound.com/pricing ↗