Profound vs PromptSignal (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Profound grades higher than PromptSignal: 2.2 against 1.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Profound grades higher on the free plan, features and platforms. PromptSignal grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Profound
AI search visibility tracking with an AI marketing agent built in
PromptSignal
Daily brand tracking across nine AI model families, from Dynamiq
Which one is for you
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
Pick PromptSignal if
- Fits if you want Mistral and Llama answers checked as well as ChatGPT's
- Works for companies that need SSO or an on-premise setup, on Enterprise
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to try before paying, with no trial and fees the terms call non-refundable
- Skip it if cited sources are what you're after, as the listing doesn't show them
- Tight if you track more than 50 prompts, since the next step is a custom plan
- Watch out: it's still onboarding early users, and even Starter's button books a demo
- Watch out: only a monthly price is shown, and no integrations or API are listed
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAProfoundFair | 1.6GPAPromptSignalWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | CStarter is $99 a month for 50 prompts with unlimited users, at the start of this category's dearer quarter. Only the monthly price is shown, and more prompts means the custom Enterprise plan. |
| Free plan and 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. | FNothing free: no free plan, no trial, and the terms say fees are non-refundable. |
| Features | 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. | CDaily runs in models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Perplexity, xAI, DeepSeek, Mistral and Meta, with list position, rivals, sentiment and drafted content. But the listing shows nothing on which sources answers cite, which most rivals report, and it's still in early access. |
| Ease of use | 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. | CNo rating on record. Getting started means booking a demo, even for Starter, and then choosing the prompts to track. |
| Platforms and integrations | 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. | CWeb only, and the listing names no integrations or API. SSO and an on-premise option come with Enterprise. |
| Best for | big brands tracking AI answers on many engines | covering many AI model families on one plan |
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: Profound and PromptSignal. How we grade
Price against what you get
Profound starts at $99 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. PromptSignal starts at $99 a month and scores 2.0.
Profound scores higher for the same starting price. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than Profound for less, and 80 score higher than PromptSignal 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
- Profound also covers AI agents, web analytics and content optimization.
- PromptSignal also covers reports.
At a glance
| Profound | PromptSignal | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Paid |
| Starts at | $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies) | $99 per month for 50 prompts |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial: 50 preset prompts run daily on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, with limited AI Marketer credits | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Profound | Dynamiq |
| Price read from | tryprofound.com | promptsignal.ai |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
PromptSignal
- The site says PromptSignal is onboarding early users, and the Starter plan's button books a demo.
- Starter is capped at 50 prompts; more prompts and hourly updates need the custom Enterprise plan.
- No free trial or free plan is shown, and the terms say fees are non-refundable.
- Only the monthly price is shown, although the terms allow monthly or annual billing.
Key features
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.
PromptSignal
- Nine model providers
- Queries models from OpenAI, Gemini, Perplexity, Anthropic, Google, xAI, DeepSeek, Mistral and Llama, every day on Starter.
- Visibility and ranking position
- Reports how often your brand appears in answers and where it is placed in AI-generated lists and comparisons.
- Competitor benchmarks
- Compares your visibility with direct competitors and category leaders, prompt by prompt.
- Sentiment score
- Rates the tone of each mention so you can see whether answers help or hurt how the brand is seen.
- Prompt suggestions
- Suggests prompts to track based on your business, and shows which ones you are winning or losing.
- Recommendations and drafts
- Gives technical recommendations to raise visibility and writes briefs and drafts aimed at answer engines.
Plans
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.
PromptSignal
Starter$99
per month for 50 prompts
Unlimited users, daily updates and email support across models from nine AI providers.
EnterpriseCustom
Unlimited prompts, hourly updates, SSO and an on-premise deployment option.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Profound or PromptSignal?
As of Oct 23, 2026, they start at the same price. Profound starts at $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies), and PromptSignal starts at $99 per month for 50 prompts.
Which has a free plan, Profound or PromptSignal?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Profound nor PromptSignal 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.