Profound Alternative Under $100/mo for AI Visibility (2026) | Mentionable
Best Profound Alternative for AI Visibility Tracking
Enterprise AI visibility platform with real-time tracking across 10+ AI engines, SOC 2 Type II compliance, and API-first integrations. Profound raised $20M in seed funding and is the G2 Leader in AEO for Winter 2026.
Key Takeaways
- Profound's Starter plan costs $99/month for 50 prompts with ChatGPT only. Perplexity and AI Overviews require the $399/month Growth plan. Claude, Grok, Gemini, and other LLMs require Enterprise pricing.
- Mentionable Growth starts at €79/month for up to 115 prompts across all 7 AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overview). No add-ons needed.
- Profound is built for Fortune 500 brands with SOC 2 compliance, API-first integrations, and real-time tracking. Mentionable fits consultants, founders, in-house teams, and agencies with automatic prompt generation, competitor intelligence, source tracking, content opportunities, MCP integration, and a one-shot white-label GEO audit on Agency.
- Mentionable is an AI visibility tracker with an MCP server, letting users query their visibility data directly from Claude Desktop, Cursor, or ChatGPT.
- At comparable prompt counts, Mentionable Growth (€79/month, up to 115 prompts, all 7 AI engines) costs a fraction of Profound Growth ($399/month, 100 prompts, 3 platforms).
This article is part of our guide on how to track AI mentions.
Profound is an enterprise [AI visibility](/content/glossary/ai-visibility "AI Visibility"/index.html) platform that raised $20M in seed funding and was named the G2 Leader in [AEO](/content/glossary/aeo "Answer Engine Optimization"/index.html) for Winter 2026. Founded in 2023, Profound is positioned for Fortune 500 brands and large organizations that need SOC 2 compliance, real-time tracking, and API-first integrations. Profound supports up to 10 AI platforms on its Enterprise tier.
If you're evaluating [AI visibility tools](/content/blog/best-ai-visibility-tools "AI Visibility Tools"/index.html), here's a detailed breakdown of how Profound works, what Profound costs, and how Profound compares to Mentionable.
How does Profound track AI visibility?
Profound tracks brand visibility across [AI search](/content/glossary/ai-search "AI Search"/index.html) engines and shows where a brand is mentioned, how it's positioned, and which websites are driving AI answers. Profound monitors near real-time changes, allowing brands to catch visibility shifts quickly.
On the Starter plan, Profound covers ChatGPT only. The Growth plan adds Perplexity and Google [AI Overviews](/content/glossary/ai-overview "AI Overview"/index.html). On the Enterprise tier, Profound supports up to 10 AI platforms including ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI, and ChatGPT Shopping.
Notably, Profound's Starter plan ($99/month) only includes ChatGPT. Claude (Anthropic), Grok (xAI), Gemini (Google), and other platforms require the Growth ($399/month) or Enterprise tier.
Profound also offers technical integrations with Akamai, AWS, Cloudflare, GA4, Vercel, and Netlify. For teams running enterprise infrastructure, Profound is built to plug into existing analytics stacks.
How much does Profound cost in 2026?
Profound is priced for enterprise. According to market research, Profound is 48% more expensive than the average AI visibility tool.
| Plan | Price | Prompts | LLMs included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $99/month | 50 | 1 (ChatGPT only) |
| Growth | $399/month | 100 | 3 (ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews) |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | 10 platforms, API access, SSO |
Profound's Growth plan includes a 4-day free trial. On the Starter plan, you only get ChatGPT. To track Perplexity and AI Overviews, you need to pay $399/month. For Claude, Gemini, Grok, and other platforms, you need Enterprise with custom pricing.
What does Profound do well?
- Profound's near real-time tracking is a meaningful advantage. Most AI visibility tools update daily or weekly. Profound catches visibility shifts faster, which matters for brands that need to react quickly to changes.
- Profound's enterprise compliance is thorough. SOC 2 Type II certified, SSO with SAML/OIDC, priority support via Slack. For Fortune 500 companies with security requirements, Profound checks all the boxes.
- Profound's platform coverage on Enterprise is wide. 10 AI platforms including newer ones like DeepSeek and ChatGPT Shopping. For brands that need to track every AI surface, Profound has the breadth.
- Profound's API-first approach with CSV exports lets teams build custom reports and integrate with existing analytics stacks. The G2 Leader recognition for Winter 2026 in the AEO category validates Profound's position in the enterprise segment.
Profound vs Mentionable: full feature comparison
Profound and Mentionable both track AI visibility, but Profound targets Fortune 500 brands with enterprise compliance while Mentionable fits consultants, founders and in-house teams who want all LLMs included at an affordable price.
| Feature | Profound | Mentionable |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $99/month | €79/month (Growth) |
| LLMs covered (base plan) | 1 (ChatGPT only) | All 8 (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overview), included on every plan |
| Copilot tracking | Enterprise only | Available on all plans |
| Google AI Mode tracking | Enterprise only | Available on all plans |
| Gemini tracking | Enterprise only | Available on all plans |
| Prompt generation | Manual entry | AI auto-generates 15-20 prompts from URL |
| Competitor intelligence | Brand positioning data | Auto-extracted, normalized, ranked per LLM and per prompt |
| Source/citation tracking | Yes (which websites drive AI answers) | Tracks all cited domains, highlights your site vs competitors |
| Content opportunities | Not specified | AI-powered gap analysis with clustered content recommendations |
| AI traffic analytics | GA4 integration | Tracking pixel identifies traffic from ChatGPT, Perplexity, etc. |
| Sentiment analysis | Not specified | Positive/neutral/negative per prompt per LLM |
| MCP integration | Not available | Available (Claude Desktop, Cursor, ChatGPT via public MCP server) |
| One-shot white-label [GEO](/content/glossary/geo "Generative Engine Optimization"/index.html) audit | Not available | Available on Agency plan (6-section client-ready report) |
| Real-time tracking | Yes (near real-time) | 2x per week |
| SOC 2 compliance | Yes (Type II) | Not available |
| API access | Yes (Enterprise) | Not available |
| Free trial | 7-day (Growth plan) | 7 days, no credit card |
| Best for | Fortune 500 brands | Solopreneurs, growing brands, and agencies needing client-ready deliverables |
Why choose Mentionable over Profound?
Profound is the enterprise leader in AI visibility with SOC 2 compliance and $20M in funding. But Profound locks LLM coverage behind expensive tiers: $99/month gets you ChatGPT only, and Claude, Grok, and Gemini require Enterprise pricing. Mentionable includes all 7 major LLMs from day one.
- Multi-LLM access at every price point. Profound Starter ($99/month) only tracks ChatGPT. Mentionable Growth (€79/month) includes all 7 AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overview) on every plan (Claude included).
- Lower price, broader stack. Profound charges $99/month for 50 prompts on 1 LLM. Mentionable Growth costs €79/month for up to 115 prompts across all 7 AI engines with competitor intelligence, source tracking, and content opportunities included.
- Automatic prompt generation. Profound requires manual prompt entry. Mentionable scans the user's URL and auto-generates 15-20 relevant prompts based on content and competitive landscape.
- No sales process for multi-LLM tracking on Growth and Pro. Getting Claude, Grok, or Gemini on Profound requires custom Enterprise pricing. Mentionable Growth and Pro are self-serve with user-chosen LLMs from signup.
- MCP integration. Mentionable is an AI visibility tracker with an MCP server. Users can query their visibility data directly from Claude Desktop, Cursor, ChatGPT, or Claude Code.
- One-shot white-label [GEO audit](/content/free-tools/free-geo-audit "Free GEO Audit Tool"/index.html) (Agency). Mentionable Agency includes a 6-section client-ready GEO audit: competitor podium, prompt coverage heatmap, top citation sources, quality backlinks, AI-generated diagnostic, and recommended content plan. A packaged deliverable for consultants and agencies.
Start tracking your AI visibility across 7 AI engines with Mentionable's 7-day free trial, no credit card required.
Which tool fits your needs?
Profound makes sense if:
- You work for a Fortune 500 brand or large enterprise
- You need SOC 2 Type II compliance and SSO for security requirements
- You have budget for $399+/month to get multi-platform coverage
- You want API access and custom integrations with your analytics stack
- You need near real-time tracking and priority support via Slack
- You want the broadest LLM coverage (10 platforms on Enterprise)
Mentionable makes sense if:
- You want to pick from 7 major LLMs with no add-on costs
- You want AI-generated relevant prompts instead of manual entry
- You need competitor intelligence, source tracking, and content opportunities in one tool
- You want AI traffic analytics to see which LLMs actually send visitors
- You want MCP access to query your AI visibility data from Claude Desktop, Cursor, or ChatGPT
- You are an agency or consultant needing a one-shot white-label GEO audit
- You are a solopreneur or growing brand looking for a complete AI visibility stack starting at €79/month
Profound and Mentionable both help brands understand their AI visibility. Profound is the enterprise leader with SOC 2 compliance, API-first integrations, real-time tracking, and up to 10 AI platforms for organizations with the budget to match. Mentionable provides a complete AI visibility stack with all 7 AI engines to pick from (Claude included), automatic prompt generation, competitor intelligence, source tracking, content opportunities, AI traffic analytics, MCP integration, and a one-shot white-label GEO audit on Agency, at a price point built for solopreneurs, growing brands, and agencies.
Alexandre Rastello
Founder & CEO, Mentionable
Alexandre is a fullstack developer with 5+ years building SaaS products. He created Mentionable after realizing no tool could answer a simple question: is AI recommending your brand, or your competitors'? He now helps solopreneurs and small businesses track their visibility across the major LLMs.