Multi-engine monitoringVerified
Tracks brand presence across selected AI answer engines on a repeatable prompt set.
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Profound
Enterprise AEO intelligence, AI traffic analytics, and execution in one system.
Product overview
What is Profound?
Profound is a AI-search visibility platform built to measure where a brand appears in answer engines and turn citation gaps into an action plan. Enterprise-grade AI answer engine monitoring and analytics In practical use, the product brings together multi-engine monitoring, share-of-voice benchmarking, and citation source analysis so a team can move from raw signals to a clearer decision without stitching together an ad hoc spreadsheet workflow. It is most useful when the team defines the audience, market, and reporting question before collecting data. MaximusLabs evaluates the product on the job it is designed to do—not on the number of features in its menu—and checks pricing against the official source linked below.
Multi-engine monitoringShare-of-voice benchmarkingCitation source analysisSentiment and positionTrend reportingActionable content gaps
Best fit
Who is Profound for?
Best for SEO, brand, content, and growth teams that already invest in discoverability and need a defensible way to measure visibility inside AI answers.
Capabilities
Key features
Share-of-voice benchmarkingVerified
Compares visibility against named competitors by topic, market, or prompt group.
Citation source analysisVerified
Shows the domains and pages that answer engines use to support their responses.
Sentiment and positionVerified
Surfaces how a brand is described and where it appears inside generated answers.
Trend reportingVerified
Makes changes in visibility, mentions, and citations easier to report over time.
Actionable content gapsVerified
Connects missed prompts and competitor wins to pages or topics worth improving.
Decision support
Benefits and trade-offs
Where Profound is strongest
- Makes an unfamiliar AI-search channel measurable
- Combines brand, competitor, and citation context
- Creates repeatable reporting for GEO/AEO work
What to validate first
- Results depend on the prompts, regions, and engines included
- AI answers vary naturally, so trend direction matters more than one reading
MaximusLabs analysis
How complete is the evidence for Profound?
A weighted source audit of feature traceability, pricing evidence, decision-support depth, source breadth, and recency. It is not a product-quality score.
Evidence audit
Deterministic source auditProfound evidence coverage
This score measures how much of the profile is supported by traceable and recent evidence. It does not rate product quality, predict results, or mean that a higher-scoring tool is the better choice.
73%evidence coverage
Good evidence coverage. The profile earned 73 of 100 available evidence points across the weighted rubric below.
It means: more claims can be checked from recorded sources.It does not mean: Profound is 73% good or best in its category.
Feature evidence75%
Capabilities are described and checked against official product and publisher-owned video sources. Claim-level citations are not recorded yet, so this dimension is capped at 75%.
30% of total scorePricing evidence90%
3 of 3 plans link to a source, 3 use a plan-specific or permanent-free source, and 0 have a separately recorded corroboration link. A 100% score requires all three.
25% of total scoreDecision-support depth55%
The profile includes buyer guidance, trade-offs, alternatives, and FAQs, but receives no independent-evidence points because no third-party research source is linked.
25% of total scoreSource breadth and recency70%
3 traceable sources recorded; profile and pricing checks lose points as they age.
20% of total scoreRecorded sources
Open the exact product, pricing, and publisher-owned video pages used by this profile.
Method: Deterministic MaximusLabs evidence audit. Weights: feature evidence 30%, pricing evidence 25%, decision-support depth 25%, and source breadth plus recency 20%. Missing claim-level or independent citations reduce the score. This is not a product-quality rating and not a live AI-engine recommendation measurement.
Plans and inclusions
Checked August 4, 2026Profound pricing
Free, paid, usage-based, and enterprise options are shown separately. Prices can vary by billing term, currency, usage, and region.
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Starter
$99/mo, billed yearly
Best for: Small companies monitoring ChatGPT
- 50 prompts
- ChatGPT tracking
- 100 Agent credits/month
Growth
$399/mo, billed yearly
Best for: Growing AEO and content teams
- 3 answer engines
- 100 prompts
- 400 Agent credits/month
Enterprise
Custom
Best for: Large brands and agencies
- Up to 9 answer engines
- Custom prompts and companies
- SSO, SOC 2, dedicated support
Implementation
Setup and onboarding
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Start with one real workflow
Create a workspace, add the brand and competitors, then approve a representative prompt set. The first dashboard is quick; the higher-value work is refining prompts, regions, and reporting cadence with stakeholders.
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Plain answers
Frequently asked questions
What is Profound?
Profound is a AI-search visibility platform built to measure where a brand appears in answer engines and turn citation gaps into an action plan. Enterprise-grade AI answer engine monitoring and analytics In practical use, the product brings together multi-engine monitoring, share-of-voice benchmarking, and citation source analysis so a team can move from raw signals to a clearer decision without stitching together an ad hoc spreadsheet workflow. It is most useful when the team defines the audience, market, and reporting question before collecting data. MaximusLabs evaluates the product on the job it is designed to do—not on the number of features in its menu—and checks pricing against the official source linked below.
Who is Profound best for?
Best for SEO, brand, content, and growth teams that already invest in discoverability and need a defensible way to measure visibility inside AI answers.
Does Profound have a free plan?
Profound does not currently advertise a permanent free plan. A time-limited trial is available.
How much does Profound cost?
The first paid option shown in the official inventory is Starter at $99/mo, billed yearly. Pricing was checked on 2026-08-04; confirm the live page before purchase.
How do you set up Profound?
Create a workspace, add the brand and competitors, then approve a representative prompt set. The first dashboard is quick; the higher-value work is refining prompts, regions, and reporting cadence with stakeholders.
What should I check before choosing Profound?
Validate engine, region, project, user, and usage limits against your real workflow. The main trade-offs are: Results depend on the prompts, regions, and engines included; AI answers vary naturally, so trend direction matters more than one reading.
Community notes
Switched our reporting to this for tracking ChatGPT mentions. The per-engine breakdown is what sold my team.
Solid value for mid-market clients. I do wish the white-label support was actually confirmed though.
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