If you want a Profound alternative you can buy today without a sales call, the short list is Otterly (from $29/mo), Peekaboo (from $29/mo; against Otterly here), Writesonic ($79/mo billed yearly), Peec AI ($95 or €85/mo), the Semrush AI Visibility toolkit ($99/mo per domain) and CueScout ($49/mo). All six publish their prices. We read every one on 22 September 2026.
The reason people are looking changed recently. Profound’s pricing page for brands now offers a free 7-day trial (50 prompts, daily, on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews) and then Enterprise, priced by conversation. The $99 and $399 brand plans that most comparison posts still quote are gone. The only published figure left is for agencies: Agency Growth at $99/mo, plus $399/mo for each client workspace.
So the real question is whether you need what Enterprise buys: up to nine engines, SSO, SOC 2, an API and exports. If you do, talk to Profound. If you need to know whether ChatGPT and Google name you and what to fix, one of the six below will do it, and you can see the price before you talk to anyone.
We asked the engines this page’s question
We tracked four brands in the answer: CueScout, Profound, Peec AI and Otterly. The table shows which of the four each engine named, and what it cited.
“What are the best alternatives to Profound for AI search visibility tracking?”
Engine
Named in the answer
Worth knowing
Perplexity
Profound, Peec AI, Otterly
15 sources, mostly “best Profound alternatives” and “best AI visibility tools” roundups, several written by other trackers.
ChatGPT
No tools named
Named none of the four. Its 8 sources were mostly the homepages of small trackers.
Gemini
Profound
One source, a small tracker’s site.
Run on 22 September 2026 with CueScout’s free visibility checkers. One run per engine; answers change from day to day.
CueScout was not named by any of the three. The answers to this question lean on roundups, and many of those are written by trackers listing themselves. Treat any single roundup, including this page, as one vendor’s view.
Pricing read on 22 September 2026 from each vendor’s own page unless the tool’s entry says otherwise. Verify before buying.
1. CueScout
AI visibility + To-dos
Pricing:
$49/mo for 20 prompts, $189/mo for 100
Best for:
Small marketing teams that want the cited pages and a work queue, not only a score
20 prompts on ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews, or 100 on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, and Google AI Mode with Growth, tracked daily, and any answer that moves is asked again the next day. Every answer is stored with the URLs it cited, and the gaps turn into To-dos with the evidence attached. This is our product, so weigh this entry accordingly.
Pros
Tracked daily from the entry plan; steady answers re-asked at least weekly
Shows which cited pages rank nowhere in search (Brave Search, 100 results deep)
Claude from $19/mo, Grok pack $19/mo
Cons
Gemini and Google AI Mode need Growth; Profound Enterprise runs up to nine engines
No Copilot, DeepSeek or Exa; no SSO, SOC 2 report or API
2. Otterly.AI
AI search monitoring
Pricing:
$29/mo Lite (15 prompts); $189/mo Standard (100)
Best for:
The cheapest daily check on four engines, including Copilot
Lite covers ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot daily for 15 prompts. Gemini and Google AI Mode are $9/mo add-ons on Lite; Claude is $29.
From $29/mo; $30 for 40 prompts on 3 models every 2 days
Best for:
Buyers who want to set prompts, engines and frequency themselves
One plan with sliders. The default quote is 1 brand, 40 prompts, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews every two days for $30/mo. All five engines at the same cadence quoted $50.
Pros
You pay for exactly the shape you pick
Share of voice, sentiment and citations on every plan
Cons
Claude and Copilot only through a sales call
Daily checks roughly double the price
4. Writesonic
Content platform with GEO tracking
Pricing:
$79/mo billed yearly, $99 monthly (50 prompts)
Best for:
Teams that want articles written in the same tool
Starter tracks 50 prompts daily on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews and includes 15 articles a month. Perplexity and the other seven platforms are Enterprise.
You pick three models per plan from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Copilot and Naver. A fourth is $35/mo on Starter. Unlimited seats.
25 custom prompts tracked daily for one domain, with mentions from ChatGPT, Google AI, Gemini and Perplexity. The Semrush One Starter bundle is $199/mo with 50 prompts and the SEO tools.
Pros
Sits next to your keyword and backlink data
7-day free trial
Cons
25 prompts per domain at the base price
Verdict
Which one replaces Profound for you
Start from what you were going to use Profound for. If it was board reporting across every engine with a security review, none of these is a real replacement and Enterprise is worth the call.
If it was “are we in the answer, and what do we change”, pick on two things: which engines your buyers use, and whether you want a number or a list of work. Otterly and Peekaboo are the cheapest numbers. Peec gives the cleanest daily charts. CueScout is the one built around what to do next.
Buy Profound if
You need Perplexity and Google AI Overviews on the entry plan
You want the pages behind each answer, not only a share-of-voice line
Weekly data is enough to make decisions
Look elsewhere if
You need daily numbers for reporting
You need Copilot, DeepSeek or an API
Procurement requires SSO or a SOC 2 report
Where CueScout is the wrong choice
Profound checks up to nine engines; CueScout checks five, and three on Starter.
Profound Enterprise has SSO, SOC 2, an API and exports. CueScout has none of those.
Why this list has six tools and not fourteen
Most “Profound alternatives” posts list a dozen tools with prices copied from each other. We only listed tools whose pricing page we could read ourselves on the date above. AthenaHQ, Scrunch and a few others were left out because we could not confirm their current prices, not because they are bad.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Profound cost now?+
For brands, Profound’s pricing page shows a free 7-day trial and then Enterprise at a custom price. For agencies it lists Agency Growth at $99/mo plus $399/mo per client workspace. Checked 22 September 2026.
Did Profound drop its Starter and Growth plans?+
They are no longer on the brands tab of its pricing page. Many comparison posts still quote $99 and $399, so check the date on whatever you are reading.
What is the cheapest Profound alternative?+
Otterly Lite and Peekaboo both start at $29/mo. Otterly gives 15 prompts daily on four engines; Peekaboo’s default is 40 prompts on three engines every two days.
Which alternative covers the most engines at the entry price?+
Otterly Lite covers four for $29, Copilot included. Peekaboo can do five for about $50/mo. CueScout’s $49 Starter covers three (ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews); Gemini and Google AI Mode come with Growth at $189.
Try the live demo with no signup, or run the free ChatGPT Visibility Checker to see whether ChatGPT already recommends you. The rest of the free tools check whether those engines can read your site in the first place.