Loudmink vs Profound (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, Profound grades higher than Loudmink: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA
Loudmink 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.
Loudmink
AI search tracking that drafts articles, Reddit replies and outreach
Profound
AI search visibility tracking with an AI marketing agent built in
Which one is for you
Pick Loudmink if
- Fits if you want articles and Reddit replies drafted from what AI answers already cite
- Works for small teams that publish through WordPress, Shopify, Webflow or HubSpot
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to try it first, as there's no free plan or trial, only a free scan and a 28-day refund
- Tight if you need daily checks: Starter is weekly, Pro every 2 days, and daily needs the custom Scale plan
- Skip it if Google's AI Overviews or Copilot matter, as the five engines it checks don't include them
- Pricey if you need outreach, which starts on Pro at $319 a month, or the API, MCP and more than one brand, all on Scale
- Watch out: extras add up, at $49 a month for 10 more articles, $29 for 50 more queries and $39 for 10 more Reddit drafts
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
| 2.0GPALoudminkFair | 2.2GPAProfoundFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStarter is $99 a month billed yearly, or $129 monthly, for 50 queries checked weekly plus 10 drafted articles and 10 Reddit replies. That's in this category's dearer quarter, which starts at $95, and the drafting is what lifts the price. | 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 | DNo free plan and no trial, only a free scan. The terms give a full refund on request within 28 days of a charge, but that's not a trial. | 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 | CFive engines on every plan, the pages, Reddit threads and videos answers cite, drafted articles and replies, and outreach on Pro. The gaps are in the listing: Starter checks weekly, daily checks need Scale, and Google's AI Overviews aren't tracked. | 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 connect your CMS and approve each article, reply and outreach email before anything goes out. | 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 publishes to WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Wix, Ghost, HubSpot, Contentful, Medium and Framer, and connects to Claude Code. The API and MCP need 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 | AI search tracking with drafted articles and Reddit replies | 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: Loudmink and Profound. How we grade
Price against what you get
Loudmink starts at $99 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 for the same starting price. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, 20 score higher than Loudmink 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
- Loudmink also covers long-form writing and link outreach.
- Profound also covers AI agents, web analytics and content optimization.
At a glance
| Loudmink | Profound | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | $99 per month, billed annually ($129 billed monthly) | $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 7-day free trial: 50 preset prompts run daily on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, with limited AI Marketer credits |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Loudmink Pty Ltd | Profound |
| Price read from | loudmink.ai | tryprofound.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Loudmink
- There is no free plan or trial, only a free scan; the terms give a full refund on request within 28 days of any charge on self-serve plans.
- Starter checks queries only weekly and includes no outreach; daily checks come only with the custom-priced Scale plan.
- Self-serve plans cover one brand, and API and MCP access, SSO and multiple brands need Scale.
- Add-on packs cost $49 a month for 10 more articles, $29 for 50 more queries and $39 for 10 more Reddit opportunities.
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
Loudmink
- Tracking on five AI engines
- Every plan checks ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and Grok for the tracked queries: weekly on Starter, every 2 days on Pro and daily on Scale.
- Source intelligence
- Shows which pages, Reddit threads and, from Pro, YouTube videos the answers draw on, and from Pro how often people ask AI engines about a keyword.
- Article drafts
- The agent writes fact-checked articles built from the sources the engines already cite; you approve each one, and auto-publishing is off by default.
- Reddit opportunities
- Finds the Reddit threads AI answers cite and drafts a reply for each; drafted replies are counted against the plan's monthly allowance.
- Outreach to cited sources
- On Pro, emails up to 15 sites a month that AI engines cite, sent from your own mailbox after you approve each message.
- Publishing integrations
- Connects to WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Wix, Ghost, HubSpot, Contentful, Medium and Framer, and to Claude Code.
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
Loudmink
Starter$99
per month for 50 queries, billed annually ($129 billed monthly)
All 5 engines checked weekly, 3 competitors, 10 optimized articles and 10 Reddit opportunities a month, and email support.
Pro$319
per month for 200 queries, billed annually ($399 billed monthly)
Checks every 2 days, 10 competitors, 30 articles, 30 Reddit opportunities and outreach to 15 cited sources a month, plus YouTube insights.
ScaleCustom
Daily checks, custom content volume, multiple brands, unlimited competitors, a strategist, SLA, SSO and API and MCP access. 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.
Ways to pay less
Loudmink
- Annual discount
Save 20% or more with annual billing
Loudmink's pricing page lists Starter at $99 a month billed annually against $129 monthly, and Pro at $319 against $399.
Profound
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Loudmink or Profound?
As of Oct 23, 2026, they start at the same price. Loudmink starts at $99 per month, billed annually ($129 billed monthly), and Profound starts at $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies).
Which has a free plan, Loudmink or Profound?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Loudmink nor Profound has a free plan. Profound has 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.