Profound vs Semji (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Semji grades higher than Profound: 2.4 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Semji grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
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
Free trial · from $99/mo
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 Semji if
- Fits if you're a large marketing team running content in several markets
- Works for brands that want briefs, drafts and publishing in one workflow
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a price up front, as Semji quotes only after a demo
- Watch out: there's a free sign-up, but nothing says what it includes or for how long
- Too light for teams that need technical SEO or link building, which Semji sells as separate managed services
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAProfoundFair | 2.4GPASemjiFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CNo price is published. Semji quotes by workspaces, markets and AI usage after a demo, so the price is only given on a sales call. Seats are part of the quote rather than charged per head. |
| 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. | CNo free plan on record. The pricing page links a free sign-up, but doesn't say what it includes or for how long. |
| 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. | BAI visibility on six answer engines, Google opportunity data, agents that prepare briefs and drafts, a Content Score editor, brand voice training and publishing to six CMSs with traffic and revenue per page. The content job, without technical SEO or link building. |
| 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. Brand voice, a knowledge base and CMS publishing all take setting up first. |
| 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. | BWeb, publishing to WordPress, Drupal, Magento, Shopify, Contentful and Strapi, with Search Console, Analytics 4 and Claude. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | big brands tracking AI answers on many engines | large teams running SEO and GEO content |
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 Semji. How we grade
Where they differ
- Profound also covers web analytics.
- Semji also covers reports.
In commonWebPublic APIAI agentsAI search visibilityContent optimization
At a glance
| Profound | Semji | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Paid |
| Starts at | $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies) | Not published |
| 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 | SEMJI SAS |
| Price read from | tryprofound.com | Not confirmed |
| 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.
Semji
- No prices are published; Semji quotes by workspaces, markets and AI usage after a demo, with seats included rather than charged per head.
- The platform does not do technical SEO or link building; Semji sells those as managed services.
- The pricing page links a free sign-up, but it does not state what the free access includes or for how long.
- Semji says it is SOC 2 Type II audited and hosts customer data on AWS in the EU.
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.
Semji
- AI visibility tracking
- The Intelligence Hub reports mention rate, citation rate and average position on ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude and DeepSeek.
- SEO opportunities
- Data Explorer sets your Google position, a competitor's and the focus keyword side by side, and sends a chosen topic to Planning.
- AI agents and briefs
- Agents such as GEO Expert and Content Master prepare briefs and drafts; every proposed change is reviewed before it is applied.
- Content Score editor
- A score that rises as the draft meets SEO, readability and brand rules, so a team can agree when a page is ready.
- Brand Voice and Knowledge Base
- Train the AI on a style guide and your own pages, and store product facts and rules for the agents to read before they write.
- CMS Publisher and measurement
- Sends drafts to WordPress, Drupal, Magento, Shopify, Contentful or Strapi, then reports traffic, conversions and revenue per page.
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.
Semji
Pricing could not be confirmed. See semji.com.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Profound or Semji?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Profound starts at $99 per month (Agency Growth, the self-serve plan for agencies), and Semji has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Profound or Semji?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Profound nor Semji 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.