Peec AI vs Profound: which fits your team? (2026)

Choose Peec AI if you want a published price, daily tracking from $95/mo and a self-serve start. Choose Profound if you are an enterprise that needs up to 9 engines, a dedicated team, SSO and full data exports, and you are happy to buy through sales. Budget, engines and how you buy decide it.

Key takeaways🔗

• As of October 2026, Peec AI lists self-serve plans at $95, $245 and $495 per month in USD. Profound lists a free 7-day trial and a custom-priced Enterprise plan, with no public price.

• Peec AI's self-serve plans track 3 active models at a time, chosen from ChatGPT, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Copilot, Gemini and Naver AI. Perplexity is a paid add-on.

• Profound's trial covers ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. Enterprise tracks up to 9 engines, including Perplexity, Claude, Copilot and DeepSeek.

• The feature gap is smaller than it used to be: both list prompt-demand data, AI crawler analytics, AI agents that run on credits, SOC 2 and unlimited seats.

• SSO is Enterprise-only on both. Peec AI includes API access from its $245 Pro plan; Profound keeps API for Enterprise.

What is the difference between Peec AI and Profound?🔗

The core difference between Peec AI and Profound is how you buy them: Peec AI is a self-serve platform with three published price tiers, while Profound is an enterprise platform you buy through a sales team after a free trial.

Peec AI (peec.ai) runs your chosen prompts daily across AI engines and reports your visibility, position, sentiment and share of voice against competitors, plus which sources the engines cite. Its pricing page also lists gap analysis, recommended actions, AI shopping tracking, AI crawler analytics and a "Peec agent" that runs reports and diagnostics on credits. Unlimited users are included on every plan.

Profound (tryprofound.com) tracks the same core signals, mentions, citations, sentiment and competitive presence. Its pricing page lists Prompt Volumes (what users are asking AI engines), Agent Analytics (AI-sourced traffic and attribution across your domains), ChatGPT Shopping on Enterprise, and an "AI Marketer" with agents that research, write and report on credits.

Peec AI vs Profound at a glance🔗

This table compares the two tools on what each vendor's own pricing page shows, as of October 2026. Sources: Peec AI pricing and Profound pricing.

How do Peec AI and Profound compare on price?🔗

Peec AI publishes its prices and Profound does not, so Peec AI is the only one of the two you can budget for without a sales call.

Peec AI's plans, as of October 2026, in USD per month:

• Starter, $95/mo: 50 prompts, 3 active models, 1 project, 1 country, daily tracking, about 4,500 AI answers a month, chat support.

• Pro, $245/mo: 150 prompts, 3 active models, 2 projects, 3 countries, about 13,500 AI answers a month, API access, chat and email support.

• Advanced, $495/mo: 350 prompts, 3 active models, 5 projects, 3 countries, Looker Studio (Data Studio) connector, about 31,500 AI answers a month.

• Enterprise, custom: unlimited prompts, projects and models (up to 13), daily or weekly tracking, SSO and dedicated support.

Peec AI also sells extra models as add-ons from your dashboard, priced per plan, and has a separate agency pricing page for managing multiple client brands.

Profound's pricing page lists two plans for brands:

• Trial, free: 50 prompts run daily for 7 days on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, limited AI Marketer credits, 5 Prompt Volumes searches, unlimited seats. No data history, exports, API or SSO.

• Enterprise, custom: a tailored prompt plan, up to 9 engines, AI Marketer credits for the whole team, full data history, CSV and JSON exports, API, SSO/SAML, SOC 2 compliance and dedicated support.

Profound's FAQ also mentions a self-serve "Agency Growth" plan with 400 agent credits per month per client workspace. Its price is not shown in the brand view of the pricing page, so ask Profound directly if you are an agency.

Which AI engines does each tool cover?🔗

Peec AI gives you a choice of 3 engines on self-serve plans, and Profound gives you its full engine list only on Enterprise.

On Peec AI's Starter, Pro and Advanced plans, you choose 3 active models from ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini and Naver AI. Perplexity is listed as an add-on model. Enterprise unlocks unlimited models, including Claude Sonnet 4, GPT 5 Search, Grok, DeepSeek, Qwen, Mistral and Meta Spark (via API), plus Perplexity.

Profound's trial runs on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. Enterprise is listed as tracking up to 9 engines, with capability for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek, Claude, Google AI Overviews and Exa Search.

In short: if you need Perplexity, Peec AI sells it as an add-on while Profound keeps it for Enterprise. Both keep Claude for Enterprise. For a closer look at which engines matter for which buyers, see how to track brand mentions in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google.

Where does Profound go further than Peec AI?🔗

Profound goes further on engine count, data access and support for large organizations, which is where its Enterprise plan earns its price.

• Up to 9 engines on one plan, including Perplexity, Claude, Copilot, DeepSeek and Exa Search, without picking 3 at a time.

• Prompt Volumes: a dataset of what users ask AI engines, which works like keyword research for AI search. Peec AI's prompt volume is a relative score from 1 to 5 for the topic behind each tracked prompt, which is simpler.

• Full data history with CSV and JSON exports, API access and custom integrations on Enterprise.

• AI Marketer for the whole team: an assistant with reusable agent workflows and a context manager for your brand.

• ChatGPT Shopping tracking on Enterprise.

• Dedicated support, SSO/SAML and SOC 2 compliance.

Where does Peec AI go further than Profound?🔗

Peec AI's main advantage is that a small team can buy it today, at a known price, and get most of the same feature types on a self-serve plan.

• Published pricing from $95/mo, so you can compare it with other tools and get budget approval without a sales cycle.

• Choice of engines: you pick which 3 models matter to you, including Naver AI, which Profound does not list.

• Features on every plan: prompt volume scores, gap analysis, recommended actions, AI shopping (SKU-level tracking), crawlability audits, AI referral tracking, shareable dashboards and CSV exports, per its pricing page.

• API from Pro and MCP on all plans, while Profound keeps API for Enterprise.

• SOC 2 listed on every plan, not only the top tier.

• Agency pricing on a separate page for multi-brand work.

If you mainly want to know "are we named in ChatGPT and Google AI answers, who is named instead, and which sources should we work on?", Peec AI answers that without an enterprise contract. Our Peec AI alternative page covers its limits.

Which should you choose?🔗

Neither tool is better in general. Match it to your team:

• Choose Peec AI if you are an in-house marketing team or a small agency, you need a price you can see today, and daily tracking on 3 engines covers your buyers.

• Choose Profound if you are an enterprise brand that needs up to 9 engines at once, full exports and history, dedicated support and SSO, and you are used to buying through sales.

• Start with Profound's trial if you are unsure. 50 prompts daily for 7 days on ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews is enough to judge the data before a sales call.

For the bigger picture, our Profound vs Peec vs Otterly comparison adds Otterly.AI to the mix, and our Profound alternative guide covers options for smaller teams. You can also start from the GEO hub.

Is there a third option for small teams?🔗

Yes, and to be clear about it: we build TrendlyAI, so weigh that. It is a smaller, cheaper tool than either Peec AI or Profound, and it is not a like-for-like replacement.

TrendlyAI checks ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Overviews on every plan, so Perplexity and Claude are included without an add-on or an Enterprise contract. It finds prompts where a competitor is recommended and you are not, and drafts a fix for each gap: a comparison page, an FAQ page with schema, a Reddit answer, an llms.txt file, a best-of list or a product page rewrite. It also includes white-label PDF reports and pitch audits for prospect domains. Plans are $19/mo (Solo, 1 brand, 25 prompts), $49/mo (Pro, 3 brands) and $149/mo (Agency, 10 client brands), with a 7-day free trial and no card.

Its weak points, stated plainly: TrendlyAI tracks only 4 engines, with no Gemini, Grok, Copilot or Google AI Mode. It scans weekly with 1 sample per prompt, not daily. It has 25 prompts per brand and no prompt-volume data, and it is a young product from a small team with few public reviews. If you need daily data, Gemini or enterprise features, Peec AI or Profound is the better buy. Our side-by-side page for TrendlyAI vs Peec has the details.

To see where your brand stands before you choose any tool, the free TrendlyAI check runs 5 prompts on ChatGPT and Perplexity in about 30 seconds, with no signup.

Frequently asked questions🔗

Is Peec AI cheaper than Profound?🔗

Peec AI is the only one with a public price, from $95/mo as of October 2026. Profound lists a free 7-day trial and a custom-priced Enterprise plan, so you need a sales conversation to compare costs. For most small teams, Peec AI will be the lower bill.

Does Peec AI or Profound track Perplexity?🔗

Both can, but not on their entry options. Peec AI lists Perplexity as a paid add-on model and on Enterprise. Profound lists Perplexity among the engines it can track on Enterprise; its free trial covers ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews only.

Does Profound have a free trial?🔗

Yes. As of October 2026, Profound's free trial runs 50 prompts daily for 7 days on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, with limited AI Marketer credits and 5 Prompt Volumes searches. It has no data history, exports or API.

Which is better for agencies, Peec AI or Profound?🔗

Both have agency options. Peec AI has a separate agency pricing page for managing multiple brands, and its self-serve plans include unlimited users. Profound's FAQ mentions a self-serve Agency Growth plan with 400 credits per client workspace a month, but its price is not shown on the brand pricing view.

How often do Peec AI and Profound update data?🔗

Both track daily. Peec AI runs daily on Starter, Pro and Advanced, with daily or weekly options on Enterprise. Profound's trial runs prompts daily for 7 days and Enterprise includes ongoing daily tracking.

Related reading🔗

• Profound vs Peec vs Otterly: which to buy in 2026?

• The best Peec AI alternative

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