Profound alternatives · AI Visibility
Free alternatives to Profound
Profound has no free plan. 35 of the 157 other AI search visibility tools in this directory are free or have a free plan.
Profound is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies). 2 of them have no paid plan at all; the rest pair a free plan with paid ones.
35 tools · Listings checked up to Oct 23, 2026 · Where the facts come from
The 12 closest to Profound
- Free plan · from $245/mo
AthenaHQ
Credit-based AI search tracking with content optimization agents
What is free: Essential plan: $25 of credit (300 credits, 1 credit = 1 AI response) across ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, Gemini and Copilot, with unlimited users.
- AthenaHQ starts at $245 per month, billed annually ($295 billed monthly). Profound starts at $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies).
- AthenaHQ has a free plan. Profound does not, though it has a free trial.
- Profound also covers web analytics.
- Free plan
Agentrail
Shows how AI agents use your docs, APIs and MCPs, and where they fail
What is free: Free every month: 100 agent journeys, 10 simulation runs, weekly Agent Readiness scans and recommendations, on 1 product surface. No card needed.
- Agentrail has a free plan. Profound does not, though it has a free trial.
- Profound also covers content optimization.
- Free plan · from $99/mo
Indexly
AI search visibility tracking with content, social and forum agents
What is free: Analytics module: free for 2 sites, with Google and Bing search performance, AI referral traffic, citation performance and lead analytics.
- Indexly starts at $99 per month for 100 prompts on 3 AI models, billed monthly. Profound starts at $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies).
- Indexly has a free plan. Profound does not, though it has a free trial.
- Indexly also covers site audit.
- Free plan · from $79/mo
Siftly
AI search visibility tracking with content, outreach and an agent
What is free: 10 prompts and 100 tracked AI answers a month on 2 engines, refreshed weekly, with competitor tracking and 30 days of history.
- Siftly starts at $79 per month for 50 prompts on 3 AI engines, billed monthly. Profound starts at $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies).
- Siftly has a free plan. Profound does not, though it has a free trial.
- Siftly also covers link outreach.
- Free plan · from €49/mo
Promvia
AI answer tracking that shows the sample size behind every rate
What is free: Free: 1 website, 5 tracked questions checked on Perplexity once a month, 3 GEO readiness audits a day and AI traffic and revenue attribution. No card needed.
- Promvia starts at €49 per month, billed monthly, excluding VAT. Profound starts at $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies).
- Promvia has a free plan. Profound does not, though it has a free trial.
- Promvia also covers site audit.
- Profound also covers AI agents.
- Free plan · from $25/mo
Known Agents
Analytics and access control for the AI bots that visit your site
What is free: 1 project and 100,000 events a month with the basic features; the event limit is a hard cap. No credit card needed.
- Known Agents starts at $25 per month for 1M events, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly). Profound starts at $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies).
- Known Agents has a free plan. Profound does not, though it has a free trial.
- Profound also covers AI agents and content optimization.
- Free plan · from $49/mo
Siteline
AI agent traffic analytics with brand visibility tracking in AI chats
What is free: 1 website integration and 50,000 agent analytics events a month. No credit card required.
- Siteline starts at $49 per month for 500 prompt runs. Profound starts at $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies).
- Siteline has a free plan. Profound does not, though it has a free trial.
- Siteline also covers reports.
- Profound also covers AI agents and content optimization.
- Free plan · from $40/mo
Atomic AGI
SEO analytics and AI search tracking with AI agents that act on it
What is free: Free per project: SEO analytics, basic AI search analytics, questions tracking, opportunities for 5 pages, site audit and referring domains; 1 member, 7 days of history.
- Atomic AGI starts at $40 per project / month for 75 prompts. Profound starts at $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies).
- Atomic AGI has a free plan. Profound does not, though it has a free trial.
- Atomic AGI also covers reports and site audit.
- Profound also covers content optimization.
- Free
TollBit
AI bot analytics, paywall and agent-ready sites for publishers
What is free: Everything. There is no paid plan.
- TollBit is free. Profound starts at $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies).
- TollBit has a free plan. Profound does not, though it has a free trial.
- Profound also covers AI agents and content optimization.
- Free plan · from €69/mo
Hikoo
GEO platform that tracks AI answers and then fixes, writes and pitches
What is free: 10 questions tracked daily on ChatGPT, 2 competitors, 50 AI answers analyzed and 100 pages audited a month.
- Hikoo starts at €69 per month for 30 questions, billed monthly, excluding VAT. Profound starts at $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies).
- Hikoo has a free plan. Profound does not, though it has a free trial.
- Hikoo also covers reports, site audit, link outreach and schema markup.
- Profound also covers AI agents and web analytics.
- Free plan · from $29/mo
CiteCue
AI visibility tracking with drafted fixes it can serve to AI crawlers
What is free: 1 brand project, 10 tracked prompts, 5 manual scans a month on Gemini, 10 assistant messages and the daily site audit. No card needed.
- CiteCue starts at $29 per month, billed monthly. Profound starts at $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies).
- CiteCue has a free plan. Profound does not, though it has a free trial.
- CiteCue also covers site audit.
- Profound also covers AI agents and web analytics.
- Free plan · from $39/mo
Citation Radar
Low-cost AI citation tracker for five AI assistants
What is free: 1 website, 5 generated questions checked on ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini. No card needed.
- Citation Radar starts at $39 per month for 1 site and 50 questions. Profound starts at $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies).
- Citation Radar has a free plan. Profound does not, though it has a free trial.
- Citation Radar also covers schema markup.
- Profound also covers AI agents and web analytics.
Common questions
Is there a free alternative to Profound?
Yes. AthenaHQ, Agentrail, Indexly, Siftly, Promvia, Known Agents, Siteline, Atomic AGI and 27 more are free or have a free plan.
Does Profound have a free plan?
Profound has no free plan. Profound is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies).
When was this checked?
Every listing on this page was checked on Oct 23, 2026, against the pages it cites. Vendors change prices and plans without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.
This page is built from the listings. A tool is here because its listing says so, and the order is how close each is to Profound: the alternatives its listing names first, then the tools that share the most features with it.