KIME vs Profound (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, KIME and Profound share a 2.2 GPA, neither has a free plan, and Profound starts cheaper, at $99 a month against $109 a month.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
KIME grades higher on value for money. Profound grades higher on features. They get the same grade on the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
KIME
AI visibility tracking with an agent that carries out fixes
Profound
AI search visibility tracking with an AI marketing agent built in
Which one is for you
Pick KIME if
- Fits if you want an agent to carry out some fixes, within 10 actions a month on Explorer
- Works for teams starting to run ChatGPT ads, as the campaign builder is on every plan
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you need Perplexity too, as a third engine means Core at $459 a month
- Skip it if Claude tracking matters, as KIME prices it well above the other engines
- Tight if you want lots of agent work, with 10 actions a month on Explorer and 30 on Core
- Watch out: quarterly and annual plans keep running to the end of the term when you cancel
- Watch out: Grok, DeepSeek, Copilot and Meta AI are only on Enterprise, and prices show in euros by default
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
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAKIMEFair | 2.2GPAProfoundFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CExplorer is $109 a month (€99) for 50 prompts on 2 engines, 10 agent actions, 5 seats, MCP and the API. That's above this category's dearer quarter, short of its dearest tenth. Yearly billing saves 15%. | DBrands get no published price: past the trial it's a custom Enterprise quote, given only on a sales call. Agency Growth is $99 a month, but that buys 10 short pitch audits, and each real client workspace is $399 a month on top. |
| Free plan and trial | CA 7-day free trial of Explorer or Core with the full features, started from the pricing page with no sales call. There's no free plan. | CNo free plan, but a 7-day trial runs 50 preset prompts daily on ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews. You can't edit those prompts, so you see the questions Profound picks, not your own. |
| Features | CDaily tracking by country and language, sentiment, citations, prompt volume estimates, an agent that writes content or outreach, ChatGPT ads and a site check. The gaps: Explorer covers 2 engines, Core 3, and agent actions are capped monthly. | BDaily answers with citations, sentiment and competitor ranking on up to 9 engines, Claude, Copilot and DeepSeek among them, plus an AI Marketer, reusable agents, Prompt Volumes and crawler analytics across unlimited domains. It covers the whole job; the agents run on credits. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. It suggests prompts, but you still pick engines, countries and competitors, and decide what the 10 agent actions go on. | CNo rating on record. Brands are onboarded through sales, and custom prompts, exports and the API only arrive with Enterprise, so there's set-up before it's really yours. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. Every plan has MCP for ChatGPT and Claude, an API and a Looker Studio connection. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It connects to Google Analytics, Search Console, Cloudflare, Vercel, WordPress, Webflow, Slack and G2, and the API comes with Enterprise. |
| Best for | AI visibility tracking with an agent that does the fixes | big brands tracking AI answers on many engines |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: KIME and Profound. How we grade
Price against what you get
KIME starts at $109 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Profound starts at $99 a month and scores 2.7.
Profound scores higher and starts $10 a month lower. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, 22 score higher than KIME for less, and 1 scores higher than Profound for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- KIME also covers site audit and dashboards.
- Profound also covers web analytics and content optimization.
At a glance
| KIME | Profound | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $109 per month for 50 prompts on 2 AI engines, billed monthly | $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of Explorer or Core with the plan's full features | 7-day free trial: 50 preset prompts run daily on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, with limited AI Marketer credits |
| Web | ||
| Made by | KIME | Profound |
| Price read from | kime.ai | tryprofound.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
KIME
- Prices show in euros by default; the dollar figures here come from the page's currency switcher data.
- Explorer covers 2 AI engines and Core 3; each extra engine raises the price, with Claude priced well above the others.
- Agent executions are capped each month: 10 on Explorer, 30 on Core, 40 to 100 on Enterprise.
- Quarterly and annual plans run to the end of the committed term when cancelled.
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.
Key features
KIME
- Prompt tracking
- Runs chosen prompts daily by country and language and reports visibility, placement, share of voice, sentiment and citations against competitors.
- AI Perception
- Shows how AI models describe and perceive a brand, with a prompt volume estimator and prompt suggestions.
- AWX agentic execution
- An action center ranks opportunities, and the agent carries some out: writing content, drafting outreach or fixing structure. 10 a month on Explorer, 30 on Core.
- ChatGPT ads
- A campaign builder and ads manager for ChatGPT ads, and a library of ads seen across AI search engines, on every plan.
- AI website health check
- Scores how ready a website is for AI crawlers and answer engines.
- MCP, API and Data Studio
- Every plan can connect KIME's data to AI agents through MCP, query it by API, or pull it into Data Studio.
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.
Plans
KIME
Explorer$109
per month for 50 prompts on 2 AI engines, billed monthly
ChatGPT and Google AI Mode included, 3,000 AI responses and 10 agent executions a month, 5 seats, MCP and API access. €99 in euros.
Core$459
per month for 200 prompts on 3 AI engines, billed monthly
Adds Perplexity, 18,000 AI responses and 30 agent executions a month, 10 seats and onboarding. €399 in euros.
Agency starter$569
per month for 200 prompts, billed monthly
For agencies: 10 seats, unlimited client and pitch workspaces, and view-only access for clients. €499 in euros.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom prompt volume, all engines including Grok, DeepSeek, Copilot and Meta AI, 30 to 50 seats, Slack support and quarterly workshops.
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.
Ways to pay less
KIME
- Annual discount
Save 15% with annual billing
KIME's pricing page says annual billing saves 15% and quarterly billing 5% compared with paying monthly.
Profound
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, KIME or Profound?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Profound is cheaper to start with: $99 a month, against $109 a month for KIME. KIME starts at $109 per month for 50 prompts on 2 AI engines, billed monthly, and Profound starts at $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies).
Which has a free plan, KIME or Profound?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither KIME nor Profound has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.