Nimt.ai vs Profound (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Nimt.ai and Profound share a 2.2 GPA, neither has a free plan, and Nimt.ai starts cheaper, at $89 a month against $99 a month.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Nimt.ai grades higher on value for money. Profound grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Nimt.ai
AI search tracker with an agent that works in the app and Slack
Profound
AI search visibility tracking with an AI marketing agent built in
Which one is for you
Pick Nimt.ai if
- Fits if your team works in Slack and wants to ask an agent for content, pitches and reports
- Works for agencies tracking several brands, since Flex allows unlimited brands and users
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if your credits run low, as tracking and agent work stop until the plan renews or you top up
- Not for you if you want to start without a card, as the one-time $45 of free credits needs one
- Skip it if you need an API on a self-serve plan, as it's on the sales-led Enterprise plan only
- Too light for wide coverage on Flex: up to 72 prompts on 3 of 8 models, with all models on Enterprise
- Watch out: the pricing page doesn't show the yearly-billed price
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
| 2.2GPANimt.aiFair | 2.2GPAProfoundFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CFlex is $89 a month for 10,000 credits, a bit above this category's middle. That covers up to 72 prompts daily on 3 of 8 models, with unlimited users and brands. All models need Enterprise. | 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. You start with $45 of free credits, once, and a credit card is required. | 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 | BDaily visibility, share of voice, ranking and sentiment, citation and fan-out analysis, and an agent that writes content, drafts PR pitches and Reddit replies, adds schema and runs recurring jobs. Flex picks 3 models of 8. | 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. The agent can set up tracking for you, but the credits need watching, since work pauses when they run 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 and Slack, connected to WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, HubSpot, Search Console, Google Analytics and Data Studio, with MCP. The API is Enterprise only. | 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 | an AI search agent that works in Slack | 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: Nimt.ai and Profound. How we grade
Price against what you get
Nimt.ai starts at $89 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Profound starts at $99 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and Nimt.ai starts $10 a month lower. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than Nimt.ai 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
- Nimt.ai also covers link outreach and schema markup.
- Profound also covers web analytics.
At a glance
| Nimt.ai | Profound | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $89 per month for 10,000 credits, billed monthly | $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | $45 in free credits to start; a credit card is required | 7-day free trial: 50 preset prompts run daily on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, with limited AI Marketer credits |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Nimt.ai | Profound |
| Price read from | nimt.ai | tryprofound.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Nimt.ai
- All tracking and agent work spends credits; when they run out, work pauses until the plan renews or you top up.
- Flex tracks up to 72 prompts on 3 models of your choice; all models and unlimited prompts need Enterprise.
- API access is only on the sales-led Enterprise plan.
- The free start is a one-time $45 of credits and needs a card; the pricing page does not show the yearly-billed price.
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
Nimt.ai
- Daily AI search tracking
- Tracks AI visibility, share of voice, ranking, sentiment and a brand strength score against competitors, in 230 countries and any language.
- Model coverage
- Flex picks from ChatGPT, ChatGPT Search, Copilot, Google AI Mode, AI Overviews, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude; Enterprise adds DeepSeek, Grok, Qwen, Mistral and Meta.
- Citation tracking
- Lists the pages AI answers cite most, compares domains and shows query fan-out, with the gaps competitors win.
- AI agent in the app and Slack
- Ask it to write content, draft PR pitches and Reddit replies, add schema or audit pages, or schedule recurring jobs such as weekly gap reports.
- MCP and tool connections
- Use Nimt data from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or n8n through MCP; the agent connects to WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, HubSpot and other tools.
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
Nimt.ai
Flex$89
per month for 10,000 credits, billed monthly
Up to 72 prompts tracked daily on 3 of 8 models, the AI agent in the app and Slack, MCP, unlimited users and brands. Credit tiers go up to 1,000,000.
EnterpriseCustom
Annual contract with unlimited prompts, up to 13 models, the API, custom credits, invoicing and onboarding, and dedicated support.
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.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Nimt.ai or Profound?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Nimt.ai is cheaper to start with: $89 a month, against $99 a month for Profound. Nimt.ai starts at $89 per month for 10,000 credits, billed monthly, and Profound starts at $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies).
Which has a free plan, Nimt.ai or Profound?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Nimt.ai 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.