Profound alternatives
Profound is built for large enterprises on a custom contract. If you want an AI visibility tool with a published price, a self-serve start or a lower cost per client, these five are worth comparing.
Competitor details checked on from their public pages.
- Best at
- Enterprise programs: up to 9 engines, SSO, SOC 2 Type II, an API, Prompt Volumes data and ChatGPT Shopping tracking
- Paid plans from
- Custom (free 7-day trial with 50 prompts)
- AI engines
- Trial: ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews. Enterprise: up to 9, adding Perplexity, AI Mode, Copilot, Claude, DeepSeek and Exa Search
What are the best Profound alternatives?
The closest Profound alternatives are Gensiv, Peec AI, Otterly.AI, AthenaHQ and Searchable. All five are generative engine optimization tools that publish their prices and let you start without a demo. Gensiv includes six engines from $99 a month. Otterly.AI is the cheapest at $29, AthenaHQ covers the most engines with 11, Peec AI is strong on source analysis and Searchable adds site audits and content.
Why teams look for a Profound alternative
What Profound's own pricing page shows, and why some teams compare other tools.
Brand pricing is custom
Beyond a free 7-day trial, Profound's brand plans are Enterprise with custom pricing, sold through a demo. Teams with a fixed tool budget often want to see a price first.
The trial covers three engines
The trial runs 50 prompts daily for 7 days on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. Perplexity, AI Mode and Claude come with Enterprise.
Agencies pay per client
Agency Growth charges $399 a month for each client workspace of 100 prompts. Agencies with many small clients may pay less on a plan priced by prompts.
5 Profound alternatives compared
Every competitor detail comes from their public pages, linked below. Each tool gets an honest line on when it is the right pick.
01Gensiv
- Good at
- All six major AI engines tracked daily from the first plan, with citation analysis, an article writer and the Reddit threads AI cites with drafted replies
- Paid plans from
- $99/mo (Pro 25: 25 prompts, up to 100 brands)
- AI engines
- 6 included: ChatGPT, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude
Pick Gensiv if you want ChatGPT, Google's AI surfaces, Perplexity and Claude covered at a published price, and Reddit is part of how you plan to earn AI mentions.
02Peec AI
- Good at
- Source analysis at a low entry price, with agency bundles and Looker Studio on Advanced
- Paid plans from
- $95/mo (Starter: 50 prompts, 1 project)
- AI engines
- Choose 3 of ChatGPT, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Copilot, Gemini and Naver; more engines, Perplexity included, are paid add-ons
Pick Peec AI if three engines cover your buyers, or you need Copilot or Naver, and you want to start under $100 a month.
03Otterly.AI
- Good at
- The lowest entry price, unlimited brands and countries, and an API, MCP and Looker Studio connector from Standard
- Paid plans from
- $29/mo (Lite: 15 prompts)
- AI engines
- ChatGPT, AI Overviews, Perplexity and Copilot; AI Mode, Gemini and Claude as paid add-ons
Pick Otterly.AI if budget is the main constraint and a small prompt set is enough, or you report to clients in Looker Studio.
04AthenaHQ
- Good at
- The longest engine list on a self-serve plan, with content and outreach agents and a free tier
- Paid plans from
- $295/mo (Starter: 3,600 AI responses); free plan with 300
- AI engines
- 11 on Starter, including Claude, Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI and Mistral
Pick AthenaHQ if you need Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI or Mistral, and tracking one country per plan is enough.
05Searchable
- Good at
- Tracking, site audits and an AI content agent in one tool, with unlimited countries
- Paid plans from
- $125/mo (Pro: 100 prompts per engine)
- AI engines
- ChatGPT, AI Overviews and Perplexity included; Copilot, DeepSeek, AI Mode, Gemini, Grok and Claude as paid add-ons
Pick Searchable if you want audits and content next to tracking, and the three included engines cover your buyers.
Sources: Profound pricing, Profound Answer Engine Insights, Peec AI pricing, Otterly.AI pricing, Otterly.AI features, AthenaHQ pricing, Searchable pricing, Searchable features. Checked October 22, 2026.
How Gensiv compares with Profound
Gensiv is the closest match if you want Profound's core tracking of answers, citations, sentiment and share of voice at a published price. It covers six engines on every tier, against up to nine on Profound Enterprise. It also shows the Reddit threads AI cites and drafts replies, which Profound does not list.
Start today, without a sales call
Published pricing from $99 a month and a free visibility report. Profound's brand plans beyond the trial are custom and sold through a demo.
Reddit built into the workflow
See the Reddit threads AI cites for your prompts and get drafted replies for new posts. Profound does not list a Reddit feature.
A lower cost per client for agencies
Gensiv Pro 100 covers up to 100 client brands and 100 tracked prompts, with white-label reports, for $349 a month. Profound Agency Growth charges $399 a month for each client workspace.
Stay with Profound if
you are an enterprise that needs more than six engines, SSO and an API, and a custom contract is not a blocker.
What you get with Gensiv
The real product, filled with demo data for a fictional project management brand, Cadence.
Frequently asked questions
Last updated
It depends on what you need. For six engines at a published price, Gensiv. For the lowest cost, Otterly.AI from $29 a month. For the most engines on a self-serve plan, AthenaHQ with 11. For source analysis on three engines you choose, Peec AI. For audits and content in the same tool, Searchable.