CiteCue vs Profound (2026): which should you pick?

Pick CiteCue if

• Fits if you want fixes drafted for you rather than a list of problems, from Pro at $89
• Works for online stores that want to see whether an AI agent can find prices and check out, on Agency

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if Perplexity, Claude or Copilot matter, as they're tracked only on the custom Enterprise plan
• Tight if you stay free or on Starter: Free is Gemini only with 5 manual scans a month, and Starter is ChatGPT only
• Pricey if you need AI Overviews, brand risk alerts, the API or MCP, which all need Agency at $299 a month
• Watch out: Auto-Fix works only on sites that run through Cloudflare
• Not for you if you want yearly billing or a refund, as prices are monthly and fees aren't refunded

Pick Profound if

• Fits if you're a large brand that wants answers tracked on up to 9 engines and can sign a custom contract
• Works for agencies running pitch audits for prospects, at $99 a month for 10 short workspaces

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want to sign up and pay without a sales call, as brands can't
• Pricey if you're an agency with several clients, at $399 a month per client workspace on top of $99
• Tight if you want to test your own questions, since the trial's prompts are fixed
• Watch out: custom prompts, the API, exports and SSO all come only with Enterprise
• Watch out: agents spend credits, and extra credits need an Enterprise package with overage billing or a pause

CiteCue

• Free covers only Gemini and Starter only ChatGPT; Perplexity, Claude, Copilot, Grok and DeepSeek are tracked only on the custom Enterprise plan.
• Drafted fixes and Auto-Fix start at Pro; Brand Risk, Autopilot, agent testing and API and MCP access need Agency at $299 a month.
• AI Auto-Fix needs the site to run through Cloudflare.
• Prices are monthly only, and the terms say fees are non-refundable except where the law requires.

Profound

• Brands have no self-serve paid plan: after the 7-day trial, ongoing tracking needs a custom-priced Enterprise contract.
• Trial users get a recommended prompt set and cannot edit it; custom prompts, API access, exports and SSO come with Enterprise.
• On Agency Growth, each full client workspace is a $399-a-month add-on and 5 more trial workspaces cost $199 a month.
• Agent runs use credits; extra credits beyond the plan need an Enterprise package, with overage billing or a pause set by the account team.

CiteCue

Prompt monitoring

Generates buying questions from your site, which can be grounded in Search Console demand, and tracks mention rate, citation share and position.

Citations and competitors

Shows which sites AI cites in your market and for each competitor, and why rivals are picked, using a 13-factor analysis.

Sentiment and brand risk

Reports how positively AI describes the brand and flags outdated or false claims, such as a wrong refund policy, to correct.

Daily site audit and fix queue

Checks crawlability and AI referrals every day on every plan and ranks the gaps; drafted fix kits and page rewrites start at Pro.

AI Auto-Fix

For sites on Cloudflare, serves approved AI-optimized page versions and llms.txt to AI crawlers at the edge, with no change to the CMS or visitors.

Agent Usability

On Agency, an AI agent tries real tasks on your site, such as signing up, finding pricing and checking out, and reports where it gets stuck.

Profound

Answer Engine Insights

Runs set prompts daily and reports where a brand appears in the answers, which sources are cited, sentiment and how it ranks against competitors.

Wide engine coverage

Enterprise can track ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek, Claude, Google AI Overviews and Exa Search.

AI Marketer and agents

An assistant that finds gaps in AI answers and drafts or rewrites pages, plus reusable agents for recurring work. Agents run on credits.

Agent Analytics

Tracks AI crawler visits and AI-referred traffic across unlimited domains by connecting to CDNs and hosts such as Cloudflare, Fastly, AWS and Vercel.

Prompt Volumes

Estimates what people ask AI answer engines about a topic; the trial allows 5 searches.

Agency workspaces

Agency plans manage short pitch workspaces for prospects and full client workspaces from one dashboard with consolidated billing.

CiteCue

• Free$0

  1 brand, 10 prompts, 5 manual scans a month on Gemini only, the daily site audit and a shareable audit report.

• Starter$29

  per month for 50 prompts on ChatGPT, checked daily, billed monthly

  1 brand and 1 seat, 30 assistant messages and the full ranked fix queue, without drafted fixes.

• Pro$89

  per month for 100 prompts on 2 engines, daily, billed monthly

  ChatGPT and Gemini, 3 brands, 3 seats, 25 AI fix kits and 10 page rewrites a month, AI answer pages and one-click Auto-Fix.

• Agency$299

  per month for 250 prompts on 4 engines, daily, billed monthly

  Adds AI Overviews and AI Mode, 10 brands, 20 seats, 200 fix kits, 100 rewrites, Brand Risk, Autopilot, agent testing, API and MCP.

• EnterpriseCustom

  All 9 supported engines, unlimited projects, continuous monitoring, SSO, white-label reports and dedicated onboarding. Sold through sales.

Profound

• Agency Growth$99

  per month for up to 10 pitch workspaces a month

  For agencies: 10 seven-day pitch audits a month on ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews, 5 agency seats. Each full client workspace is $399 a month extra.

• EnterpriseCustom

  For brands: tailored prompt tracking on up to 9 answer engines, AI Marketer credits, all-time history, CSV and JSON exports, API, SSO and dedicated support.

• Agency EnterpriseCustom

  For large agencies and networks: tailored client and trial workspaces, a dedicated agency partner, go-to-market help and Slack support.