LLM Pulse vs Profound (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Profound grades higher than LLM Pulse: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
LLM Pulse grades higher on value for money. Profound grades higher on the free plan and features. They get the same grade on ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
LLM Pulse
AI search visibility tracker with weekly or daily prompt checks
Profound
AI search visibility tracking with an AI marketing agent built in
Which one is for you
Pick LLM Pulse if
- Fits if weekly checks on 5 models are enough and you track around 50 prompts
- Works for online shops that want ChatGPT Shopping picks and ads tracked, on Scale at $294
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to try before handing over payment details, as the 14-day trial needs them
- Pricey if you need daily checks, which cost 50 to 60% more than weekly and start with no trial
- Tight if Claude, Grok or Copilot matter to you, as each is an add-on from $10 a month
- Watch out: extra prompts are $2 a month each and extra projects $59, and sentiment waits for Growth
- Watch out: prices are set in euros and converted, and the API, Looker Studio and CLI start at Scale
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
| 2.0GPALLM PulseFair | 2.2GPAProfoundFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStarter is $49 a month billed yearly, or $58 monthly, for 50 prompts checked weekly on 5 models. That's right on this category's middle of $49, but daily checks take it to $78, and Claude or Copilot are from $10 a month per model on top. | 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 | DA 14-day trial on the weekly plans, but it needs a payment method. Daily plans start at once with no trial, and 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 | CVisibility, share of voice, citations, 10 to 25 competitors per project, recommendations, a GEO Writer and AI bot logs. The gaps: Starter checks weekly, Claude, Grok and Copilot are paid add-ons, and sentiment waits for Growth. | 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. You set up a project, prompts and competitors, choose weekly or daily, and decide which extra models to pay for. | 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. It has MCP on every plan and links to Looker Studio, Power BI, Zapier, Make and n8n, with the API and CLI on Scale. | 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 | weekly AI visibility checks on a smaller budget | 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: LLM Pulse and Profound. How we grade
Price against what you get
LLM Pulse starts at $49 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 $50 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, 10 score higher than LLM Pulse 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
- LLM Pulse also covers reports.
- Profound also covers AI agents.
At a glance
| LLM Pulse | Profound | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $49 per month for 50 prompts tracked weekly, billed annually ($58 monthly) | $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial on weekly Starter, Growth and Scale; a payment method is needed | 7-day free trial: 50 preset prompts run daily on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, with limited AI Marketer credits |
| Web | ||
| Made by | LLM Pulse | Profound |
| Price read from | llmpulse.ai | tryprofound.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
LLM Pulse
- Plans include 5 AI models; Claude, Grok, Copilot, DeepSeek and others cost extra, from $10 a month per model.
- Daily tracking costs 50 to 60% more than weekly, and daily plans start right away with no trial.
- Prices are set in euros and shown in dollars at a converted rate when US dollars are chosen.
- Extra prompts cost $2 a month each and extra projects $59; Scale+ and Partner plans go up to 10,000 prompts.
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
LLM Pulse
- Prompt tracking
- Each prompt runs on every model in your plan: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, AI Overviews and Gemini, plus paid add-ons such as Claude, Grok and Copilot.
- Citations and competitors
- Visibility, share of voice, mentions and the sources cited, benchmarked against 10 to 25 competitors per project.
- Sentiment and reputation
- Sentiment analysis from Growth and reputation tools from Scale show how AI describes the brand and which sources drive it.
- AI traffic and agent analytics
- Connects web analytics to measure visits and sales from AI, and shows which AI bots crawl the site.
- ChatGPT Shopping and AI ads
- On Scale, tracks product recommendations in ChatGPT Shopping and ads shown in ChatGPT.
- GEO Writer and recommendations
- Suggests fixes and drafts content aimed at the prompts you track; prompt research suggests new prompts.
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
LLM Pulse
Starter$49
per month for 50 prompts weekly, billed annually ($58 monthly)
1 project and 5 AI models, recommendations, GEO Writer and MCP. Daily tracking costs $78 a month billed annually ($93 monthly).
Growth$98
per month for 150 prompts weekly, billed annually ($117 monthly)
2 projects, adding sentiment, owned media, AI traffic analytics and the LLM Pulse agent. Daily tracking: $147 billed annually ($176 monthly).
Scale$294
per month for 450 prompts weekly, billed annually ($352 monthly)
5 projects, ChatGPT Shopping and ad tracking, reputation, GEO testing, custom reports, API, Looker Studio and CLI. Daily: $441 annually ($529 monthly).
EnterpriseCustom
Custom volume, white label on your own domain, embedded dashboards, invoice billing and a dedicated account manager.
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
LLM Pulse
- Annual discount
Two months free with the annual plan
LLM Pulse's pricing page says the annual plan gives 2 months free, a 17% saving.
Profound
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, LLM Pulse or Profound?
As of Oct 23, 2026, LLM Pulse is cheaper to start with: $49 a month, against $99 a month for Profound. LLM Pulse starts at $49 per month for 50 prompts tracked weekly, billed annually ($58 monthly), and Profound starts at $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies).
Which has a free plan, LLM Pulse or Profound?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither LLM Pulse 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.