AI RanklyAI Rankly vs Profound: Which AI Visibility Platform Fits Your Team?
August 30, 2026 · By the AI Rankly team · AEO & GEO research
A head-to-head comparison of AI Rankly and Profound for teams tracking brand visibility in AI answers — engine coverage, prompt volume, pricing tiers and where each one fits.
Profound is the best-known name in AI visibility monitoring, and the one most teams shortlist first. It raised a $96M Series C in early 2026 and sells hard into enterprise. So the honest question isn't which tool is better in the abstract — it's which tier gives your team the coverage it needs at a price you can defend.
Quick Verdict
The two products start at exactly the same price and diverge from there. Both entry plans are $99/mo and track ChatGPT only; AI Rankly includes 100 tracked prompts at that tier against Profound's 50.
The mid tier is where most teams actually land, and it's the clearest comparison on the page: AI Rankly Professional is $449/mo for five engines and 150 prompts, Profound Growth is $399/mo for three engines and 100 prompts. You are paying $50/mo more for two additional engines and half again as many prompts.
Above that, both quote per deal. Profound's Enterprise tier advertises up to nine answer engines to AI Rankly's seven, and Profound carries the enterprise apparatus — SSO, SOC 2 — that a large procurement process will ask for.
Tier-by-Tier Comparison
| Feature | AI Rankly | Profound |
|---|---|---|
| Entry plan | $99/mo — ChatGPT, 100 prompts | $99/mo — ChatGPT, 50 prompts |
| Mid plan | $449/mo — 5 engines, 150 prompts | $399/mo — 3 engines, 100 prompts |
| Top plan | Custom — all 7 engines | Custom — up to 9 engines |
| Tracking cadence | Daily on every plan | Not stated on pricing page |
| Team seats | Unlimited on every plan | Not stated on pricing page |
| Drafts the fix, not just the finding | Yes — supervised agent | Agent credits by tier |
Profound figures were taken from their public pricing page in August 2026 and may have changed since — check www.tryprofound.com/pricing before making a decision. AI Rankly's own pricing is on our pricing page.
Where Profound Is Stronger
- Breadth of engines at the top tier — up to nine answer engines, including surfaces like Meta AI and DeepSeek that AI Rankly does not cover.
- Enterprise readiness: SSO and SOC 2 are named on its pricing page, which shortens security review at larger companies.
- Scale and staying power — roughly $155M raised means a large team and a fast release cadence.
- Prompt Volume data, its estimate of real demand behind AI queries, is a genuinely distinct dataset.
Where AI Rankly Is Stronger
- More tracked prompts at the same entry price — 100 versus 50 for $99/mo.
- More engines at the tier most teams buy — five versus three, for $50/mo more.
- A supervised agent that drafts the content and citation fixes rather than handing back a diagnosis, so findings turn into shipped work.
- Unlimited team seats on every plan, stated on the pricing page — no per-user math as the team grows.
- Daily re-runs of every tracked prompt on every plan, including the $99 tier.
Who Each Tool Is Best For
Choose Profound if you:
- Need engines beyond the seven AI Rankly covers, such as Meta AI or DeepSeek.
- Are buying through an enterprise procurement process that requires SOC 2 and SSO up front.
- Want prompt-demand estimates as a first-class dataset alongside visibility.
Choose AI Rankly if you:
- Want the widest engine coverage per dollar at the mid tier.
- Need the tool to produce the fix — drafted content and citation work — not just the report.
- Are an agency or in-house team that will add collaborators and refuses to pay per seat.
Bottom Line
Profound is the safer enterprise purchase and covers more surfaces at the top end. AI Rankly gives you more engines and more prompts at the tier most teams actually buy, and closes the loop from finding to shipped fix. Compare the plans or see the results customers got.