Profound alternatives with prices you can see

By Michael Nefedov, noetio · Updated 21 October 2026

Profound alternatives that show a price start free: AthenaHQ Essential is free, and Rankscale Essentials is $17 a month. Profound itself shows no public price for brands, only a free 7-day trial and a custom Enterprise quote.

Entry prices at a glance

  • Profoundthis pageNo brand priceTracks AI answers; AI Marketer agents on creditsBrands: Trial (free) and Enterprise (custom). Agencies: $99/mo + add-ons.
  • AthenaHQFreeTracks AI answers; content optimization agentEssential, 300 credits. Starter $295/mo, monthly toggle ($245 annual).
  • Rankscale$17 a monthTracks AI answers on a credit budgetEssentials, yearly billing only ($20 shown struck through)
  • Otterly.AI€29 a monthTracks AI answers; GEO audits and recommendationsLite, monthly toggle, 15 prompts
  • Ahrefs Brand Radar€47 a monthTracks AI answers inside the Ahrefs platformCustom prompts, "starts at" (ahrefs.com/pricing: €46.70)
  • Peec AI€85 a monthTracks AI answers; recommended actionsStarter, monthly toggle, 50 prompts

Each vendor's pricing page, read 21 October 2026 from a German IP (see Sources below). Currencies and billing bases differ, so this is not a ranking.

Short answer

  • Profound's brands tab shows a free 7-day trial and a custom Enterprise plan, with no price.
  • AthenaHQ Essential is free (300 credits). Paid entry: Rankscale $17/mo (yearly billing only), Otterly Lite €29/mo (monthly).
  • Profound's agencies tab shows Agency Growth at $99/mo + add-ons, with client workspaces at $399/mo each.

Which one to pick

Start free with AthenaHQ, or pay from $17 a month with Rankscale.

  • You want a free planAthenaHQ Essential lists 300 credits.
  • You want the lowest paid priceRankscale Essentials is $17 a month with yearly billing only. Otterly Lite is €29 on monthly billing.
  • You need exports, an API, SSO or SOC 2Profound Enterprise lists them, with a custom quote.
  • You want a plain prompt count to comparePeec AI Starter is €85 a month for 50 prompts.
  • You already pay for AhrefsAhrefs Brand Radar custom prompts are tied to your Ahrefs plan.
  • You work for clientsProfound agency tab shows Agency Growth at $99 a month plus add-ons, with client workspaces at $399 a month each.

Profound vs the alternatives

Profound (for brands), GetMint and AirOps show no plan price; the other six alternatives do.

Prices: each vendor's own pricing page (linked in the Tool column), read 21 October 2026 from a German IP. Currency and billing basis are in each cell. Otterly.AI and Rankscale list the same numbers in USD and EUR; a browser in Europe shows euro signs.

ToolJobEntry priceTrial
ProfoundTracks AI answers; AI Marketer agents on creditsBrands: Trial (free) and Enterprise (custom). Agencies: Agency Growth $99/mo + add-ons; each client workspace add-on is $399/mo.Free 7-day trial for brands
Peec AITracks AI answers; recommended actionsStarter €85/mo, monthly toggle (50 prompts)"Start free trial" button. Length not stated.
Otterly.AITracks AI answers; GEO audits and recommendationsLite €29/mo, monthly toggle (15 prompts). Annual toggle: €25/mo (15% off).Free trial, length not stated
RankscaleTracks AI answers on a credit budgetPro $99/mo billed monthly (1,200 credits), $84/mo on the yearly toggle. Essentials $17/mo (shown as $20 struck through), yearly billing only.7-day Pro trial
ScrunchTracks AI answers; site auditsCore $250/mo (125 prompts). The page does not say whether this is monthly or annual billing.7-day free trial
AthenaHQTracks AI answers; content optimization agentEssential free (300 credits). Starter $295/mo, monthly toggle; $245/mo billed annually (17% off).Free Essential plan
Ahrefs Brand RadarTracks AI answers inside the Ahrefs platformCustom prompts from €47/mo (Basic package on ahrefs.com/pricing: €46.70). AI Visibility Index from €179/mo with AI Overviews and AI Mode; €654/mo with all five platforms ticked."Preview your AI visibility for free" on its page. No trial length listed.
GetMintTracks AI answers; content studioNo public price. Plans are sized on a call.Free scan (FAQ)
AirOpsContent and AI search platform with agentsNo plan prices shown (Solo, Pro, Enterprise)14-day free trial
Profound pricing page, For brands tab: Trial, free, with limited AI Marketer credits, 50 prompts run daily for 7 days and ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews; Enterprise, custom, with up to 9 Answer Engines tracked, dedicated support and SSO/SAML plus SOC 2 compliance.
Profound pricing page, For brands tab, 21 October 2026: Trial is free, Enterprise is custom, no price. Source: tryprofound.com/pricing. Open full size.

Prompts, engines and limits

Prompts, credits and engines are counted in different units, so read this table before you compare prices.

ToolPlanPromptsEnginesAlso on the plan
ProfoundTrial (Enterprise)50 prompts a day for 7 days (custom)ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews (up to 9)Trial: no exports, no API, no history. Enterprise: CSV and JSON export, API, SSO/SAML, SOC 2.
Peec AIStarter50 prompts, dailyChoose 3 of ChatGPT, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Copilot, Gemini, Naver AI1 project, unlimited users
Otterly.AILite15 prompts, dailyChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Copilot (Claude, AI Mode, Gemini as add-ons)Unlimited team members, 1,000 GEO audits a month
RankscaleProUnlimited search terms, run on credits17+ engines on every plan, including ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, DeepSeek, Mistral, Grok and Copilot1,200 credits, up to 4,800 answers, 10 brand dashboards
ScrunchCore125 unique prompts, 5,000 responses a monthChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AIO, Copilot (Enterprise: 9)5 site audits a month, 5 user licenses, 1 brand workspace, 1 page optimization a month
AthenaHQStarter (Essential)Unlimited topics and prompts; 3,600 credits (Essential: 300)11 models (Essential: ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, Gemini, Copilot)1 credit = 1 AI response. API access and extra credits are paid add-ons.
Ahrefs Brand RadarCustom prompts / AI Visibility IndexIncluded with paid Ahrefs plans: 5, 10 or 20 prompts on Lite, Standard, Advanced. Basic package: e.g. 80 prompts daily on 1 platformAI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot, Gemini (Claude available on custom prompts)Basic package: +2,500 checks a month, overage €0.0187 per check
GetMintAdvanced300+ prompts, 5 topics3 AI models in the compare table, 5 model icons on the card (premium models as an add-on)Unlimited users, 10 briefs or articles, 12-month commitment
AirOpsProNot statedInsights across 7+ answer engines (Solo: ChatGPT only)100,000 tasks, unlimited seats

Source: the plan comparison tables and cards on each vendor's pricing page (links in the Sources section), read 21 October 2026.

What Profound offers today

The Profound pricing page has two tabs: a free Trial and custom Enterprise for brands, Agency Growth ($99 a month plus add-ons) and custom Agency Enterprise for agencies.

7 days

free brand trial: 50 prompts a day on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. No exports, API or history.

Profound pricing. Source

9

engines at most, on Enterprise, with CSV and JSON export, API, SSO/SAML and SOC 2.

Profound pricing. Source

$99

a month for Agency Growth, plus add-ons: $399 a month for each client workspace, $199 a month for five trial workspaces.

Profound pricing, agencies tab. Source

On the agency tab:

  • Agency Growth ($99/month + add-ons) includes 10 pitch workspaces a month (25 prompts each, 7 days, with an option to extend), agency mode and consolidated billing.
  • A client workspace tracks 100 prompts a day on ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews.
  • The FAQ says the agency plan comes with 400 agent credits a month per client workspace. Agents run on credits.
Profound pricing page, For agencies tab: Agency Growth at 99 dollars a month plus add-ons, with 10 pitch workspaces a month and full client workspaces as an add-on for 399 dollars a month; Agency Enterprise is custom.
Profound pricing page, For agencies tab, 21 October 2026. The $99 figure is drawn by an animated number; the page's accessible label reads "$99/month + add-ons". Source: tryprofound.com/pricing. Open full size.

SE Ranking's listshows Profound at $99 a month and says its figures are current as of December 2025. It does not say which plan that is. On 21 October 2026 the only $99 on Profound's pricing page is Agency Growth, for agencies.

Where Profound wins

Profound wins if you need enterprise controls and data depth.

  • On Enterprise: up to 9 engines, CSV and JSON export, an API, all-time history, SSO/SAML and SOC 2.
  • Agent traffic analytics with unlimited domains.
  • Integrations for Akamai, AWS, Cloudflare, Fastly, Google Analytics, Netlify, Vercel and WordPress.

If you need those, the cheaper plans above list fewer of them on their pricing pages.

Where Profound falls short

Profound hides its brand price and limits what the trial can do.

  • No public price on the brands tab. You start the trial or book a demo. The only listed base price is the $99 a month Agency Growth plan on the agencies tab.
  • The trial gives you a recommended prompt set and you cannot customize prompts. Customizing is listed for Enterprise.
  • The trial lasts 7 days. History, exports and the API are listed as none on the trial and are included on Enterprise.

The alternatives, one by one

Each section ends with a limit shown on the vendor's own pages, read 21 October 2026.

Peec AI

Best for: a plain prompt count with daily tracking and unlimited users.

  • Peec AI sells tracking by prompt count. Starter is €85 a month with the monthly toggle: 50 prompts, 3 models of your choice, daily tracking, 1 project and unlimited users.
  • Pro is €205 (150 prompts, 2 projects). Advanced is €425 (350 prompts, 5 projects, multi-country, Looker Studio integration).
  • Enterprise is custom, annual, and tracks up to 13 models.
  • Its feature list includes ranked recommended actions, gap analysis, AI referral and crawler analytics, and an API and MCP.
  • Adding a model on Starter is listed at €25 a month, labeled annual.
  • The page links to separate agency pricing.

Limit: Starter tracks 3 models, and the page shows no free trial length.

Otterly.AI

Best for: the lowest monthly price with four engines included.

  • Lite is €29 a month, Standard €189 and Premium €489 on the monthly toggle (euros in a German browser), with 15, 100 and 400 prompts.
  • Annual billing takes 15% off (Lite €25, Standard €160).
  • Every plan tracks ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Copilot daily, with unlimited team members.
  • Lite includes brand sentiment, citation tracking, 3 recommendations a week and 1,000 GEO audits a month.
  • API and MCP access start on Standard.
  • The FAQ says there is a free trial and that you can cancel from account settings.

Limit: Claude, Google AI Mode and Gemini are add-ons, and Lite has no API or MCP access.

Rankscale

Best for: a credit budget you control, with yearly billing.

  • Rankscale bills in credits. A query to an AI engine uses a fraction of a credit (its page says typically 0.25).
  • Pro is $99 a month billed monthly with 1,200 credits and up to 4,800 tracked answers, with a 7-day free trial.
  • Pro+ is $229, Growth $385 (described as for growing agencies, with white-label options) and Enterprise $780. A German-IP browser shows these with euro signs; the page's structured data lists the same numbers in both USD and EUR.
  • On the yearly toggle Pro is $84, Pro+ $195, Growth $327 and Enterprise $663 a month.
  • Essentials is listed as yearly billing only, at $17 a month with $20 struck through. Yearly billing takes 15% off.
  • Its FAQ says there are no long-term contracts and you can cancel any time from account settings, with access until the end of the billing period.
  • Its comparison table says unused credits roll over to the next billing cycle, up to a multiple of your monthly credits (2x or 3x depending on the plan).

Limit: A credit budget makes the prompt count depend on how many engines and how often you check. Essentials lists 120 credits and up to 480 answers.

Rankscale pricing page with the Yearly toggle on: Pro 84, Pro+ 195, Growth 327 and Enterprise 663 euros a month, with the monthly prices 99, 229, 385 and 780 struck through, and 1,200, 3,000, 5,500 and 12,000 credits.
Rankscale pricing page, Yearly toggle, captured 21 October 2026 from a German IP (euro signs; the page's structured data lists the same numbers in USD). Source: rankscale.ai/pricing. Open full size.

Scrunch

Best for: teams that want site audits next to tracking.

  • Core is $250 a month with 125 unique prompts, 5,000 responses a month, 5 site audits a month, 1 brand workspace, 5 user licenses and 4 LLMs (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AIO, Copilot). The button says Start 7-day free trial.
  • The page does not say if $250 is monthly or annual billing, and its FAQ answer on annual pricing is empty when opened.
  • The compare table also lists sentiment analysis, insights and recommendations and 1 page optimization a month on Core. Looker Studio and API access are Enterprise only.
  • Enterprise is custom, with 9 LLMs, SSO (SAML, OIDC), API access and a dedicated account team.

Limit: Core covers 4 LLMs. Claude, Gemini, Meta AI, Google AI Mode and Grok are listed only for Enterprise.

Scrunch pricing page: Core at 250 dollars a month with 125 unique prompts, 5,000 responses a month, 5 site audits, 1 brand workspace, 5 user licenses and 4 LLMs, with a Start 7-day free trial button; Enterprise is custom with 9 LLMs.
Scrunch pricing page, 21 October 2026. Source: scrunch.com/pricing. Open full size.

AthenaHQ

Best for: a free start and content recommendations.

  • Essential is free: 300 credits across 5 engines, unlimited users and content recommendations.
  • Starter is $295 a month on the monthly toggle with 3,600 credits and 11 models. One credit is one AI response.
  • Starter lists a content optimization agent and Shopify and Webflow integrations.
  • The Annual toggle shows Starter at $245 a month, billed annually (17% off). Enterprise is custom, with SSO, an audit log and a 2-hour SLA.
  • API access and extra credits are paid add-ons on top of Starter.

Limit: On Starter, the credit cap limits how many responses you can collect.

AthenaHQ pricing page, Monthly toggle: Essential is Free with a 25 dollar free credit; Starter is 295 dollars a month with a 300 dollar a month free credit and visibility across 11 models; Enterprise is custom.
AthenaHQ plans page, Monthly toggle, 21 October 2026. Source: athenahq.ai/pricing (redirects to /plans). Open full size.

Ahrefs Brand Radar

Best for: teams that already pay for Ahrefs.

  • Brand Radar has two ways to pay: Custom prompts ("Starts at €47/mo") and the AI Visibility Index ("Starts at €179/mo").
  • Custom prompts: the page lists 83 prompts a day, +2,500 checks a month, overage of €0.0187 per check, all platforms (Claude available) and a custom refresh cadence. On ahrefs.com/pricing the same package is called Basic: €46.7/mo, "e.g. 80 prompts daily on 1 platform". Growth is €93/mo (+7,000 checks) and Scale €234/mo (+25,000 checks).
  • The page says custom prompts are free for every paid Ahrefs Lite plan and above: 5 prompts on Lite, 10 on Standard, 20 on Advanced, each checked daily.
  • AI Visibility Index: €179/mo with AI Overviews and AI Mode ticked. Ticking ChatGPT, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot and Gemini as well raises the price shown to €654/mo (the page labels it "€654/mo for all models"). It maps visibility across 495 million prompts.

Limit: It lives inside Ahrefs. The page ties custom prompts to Ahrefs plans.

Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing: Custom prompts starts at 47 euros a month with 83 prompts a day, 2,500 checks a month and overage of 0.0187 euros per check; AI Visibility Index shows 654 euros a month with all five platforms ticked, labelled 654 euros a month for all models.
Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing section with all five Index platforms ticked, 21 October 2026, German IP (euros). With only AI Overviews and AI Mode ticked the Index shows €179. Source: ahrefs.com/brand-radar and ahrefs.com/pricing. Open full size.

GetMint

Best for: enterprise brands and agencies that buy on a call.

  • GetMint shows two plans for enterprise brands and their agencies, sized on a call, with a Book a Call button and no price.
  • Advanced lists +300 prompts, 5 topics, unlimited users, 10 contents from 3,500 credits a month, multi-country tracking and, in the compare table, 3 AI models and a 12-month commitment. The card shows 5 model icons.
  • Enterprise and Agency is custom.
  • The FAQ says: "Start with a free scan to see where your brand stands across the major AI engines before committing to anything."

Limit: No public price, and Advanced lists a 12-month commitment.

AirOps

Best for: teams that want content workflows with human review.

  • AirOps shows no plan prices.
  • Solo has 35,000 tasks and ChatGPT insights only. Pro has 100,000 tasks, unlimited seats and insights across 7+ answer engines.
  • The FAQ describes a 14-day free trial with no payment details until the end, and says extra Solo tasks cost $0.025 each.
  • It is a content platform first. Its plan table lists workflows, playbooks, content review, human review and approvals (ticked on Solo, Pro and Enterprise), and CMS and social integrations.

Limit: No prompt count is stated, and you cannot see a price without contacting the vendor.

Tracking only, or tracking plus work

Every tool above measures how AI answers mention you; a few list work beyond tracking on their plan pages.

  • AthenaHQ: a content optimization agent.
  • Scrunch: site audits and page optimizations.
  • GetMint: a content studio.
  • AirOps: content workflows. It ticks Human Review & Approvals on all three plans.
  • Peec AI and Otterly: recommendations.

Whatever you pick, check how it measures: see the 8 questions in how LLM SEO tools measure. For what moves your brand into AI answers in the first place, read how to get cited by ChatGPT and SEO vs GEO.

Two of these tools have their own pages: Peec AI alternatives and AirOps alternatives. More tools: AI SEO tools by the job they do and the alternatives hub.

Where Compass fits

Compass is the AI SEO agent we are building, and it is not open yet.

It is designed to do SEO and AI search work on your own site and to wait for your approval before a change goes live.

Sources

All read on 21 October 2026 from a German IP. Prices appear in the currency each page showed.

  1. Profound, "Pricing" (brands and agencies tabs), tryprofound.com. tryprofound.com/pricing
  2. Peec AI, "Pricing", peec.ai (Monthly and Annual toggles). peec.ai/pricing
  3. Otterly.AI, "Pricing", otterly.ai (Monthly and Annually toggles, FAQ). otterly.ai/pricing
  4. Rankscale, "Plans that scale with your ambition", rankscale.ai (Monthly and Yearly toggles, FAQ, structured data). rankscale.ai/pricing
  5. Scrunch, "Pricing that scales with you", scrunch.com. scrunch.com/pricing
  6. AthenaHQ, "Plans & Pricing", athenahq.ai (Monthly and Annual toggles). athenahq.ai/pricing
  7. Ahrefs, "Brand Radar", ahrefs.com. ahrefs.com/brand-radar
  8. Ahrefs, "Pricing" (Custom prompt packages), ahrefs.com. ahrefs.com/pricing
  9. GetMint, "Pricing", getmint.ai (compare table, FAQ). getmint.ai/pricing
  10. AirOps, "Platform Pricing", airops.com (plan cards, comparison table, FAQ). airops.com/pricing
  11. SE Ranking, "Profound alternatives" blog list, data stated as current as of December 2025. seranking.com/blog/profound-alternatives

Questions

For brands, Profound has a free 7-day trial: limited AI Marketer credits and 50 prompts run daily on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, with no exports, API or history. Beyond the trial its brands tab shows Enterprise at a custom price.

Not for brands. The agencies tab shows Agency Growth at $99 a month plus add-ons (the price sits in the page's accessible label for the animated number), with each client workspace as an add-on at $399 a month and 5 trial workspaces at $199 a month.

The trial tracks 3: ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. Enterprise is listed as up to 9, including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek, Claude, Google AI Overviews and Exa Search.

AthenaHQ has a free Essential plan with 300 credits. In euros: Ahrefs Brand Radar custom prompts from €47 a month, Peec AI Starter €85 a month and Otterly Lite €29 a month (15 prompts; €25 on the yearly toggle), all on the monthly toggle. In dollars: Rankscale Essentials $17 a month (yearly billing only), Scrunch Core $250 a month (the page does not state the billing basis), and AthenaHQ Starter $295 a month on the monthly toggle ($245 on the annual toggle). Billing basis, prompts and engines differ, so this list is not a ranking.

For agencies, yes: the agencies tab of Profound's pricing page shows Agency Growth at $99 a month plus add-ons (read 21 October 2026). For brands there is no $99 plan: the brands tab shows Trial and Enterprise. SE Ranking's list shows Profound at $99 a month and says its data is current as of December 2025; it does not say which plan that is.

AthenaHQ lists a content optimization agent and Shopify and Webflow integrations. Scrunch lists site audits and a page optimization a month on Core. GetMint lists a content studio. AirOps is a content platform. Peec AI and Otterly list recommendations.

Profound has a separate agency tab with client workspaces. Rankscale describes its Growth plan as for growing agencies, and Scrunch has a For agencies tab on its pricing page. Peec AI links to agency pricing.

Several vendors show currency by location. Read from a German IP on 21 October 2026, Peec AI and Ahrefs showed euros; Otterly and Rankscale showed euro signs with the same numbers they list in USD (Otterly's add-on note says its displayed prices are US dollars; Rankscale's structured data lists both). Profound, Scrunch and AthenaHQ showed dollars. Your view may differ.

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Written by Michael Nefedov, founder of noetio. Updated 21 October 2026.