Profound vs Peec AI — or pay per check instead?
Profound is the enterprise pick and Peec AI is the mid-market pick. Both are subscriptions. AuditAE tracks brand citations across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews for 5–12¢ per check, with $5 free credit and no monthly plan.
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Pick by how often you look.
Profound re-runs every tracked prompt daily, stores full answer snapshots, and reads your server logs to show which AI crawlers hit which pages. It fits large brands with a dedicated team and budget for SSO, SOC 2 and a sales contract.
Peec AI gives mid-market teams daily tracking from the entry tier, up to three countries from the Pro plan and clean share-of-voice reporting, without enterprise pricing.
AuditAE is for teams that check in bursts: a monthly client report, a launch, a quarterly review. You pay only for the checks you run, all four engines are included on every run, and each gap comes with a fix plan. If you need the same prompts refreshed every day, a subscription will usually cost less.
Pricing compared.
A 5-prompt audit across all four engines is 20 checks and costs $1.65 on AuditAE (Perplexity 5¢, ChatGPT 7¢, AI Overviews 9¢, Gemini 12¢). Profound and Peec AI charge the same monthly rate whether you run one audit or thirty.
| Feature | Profound | Peec AI | AuditAE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Enterprise contract (agencies: self-serve plan) | Subscription | Pay per check, no subscription |
| Entry price | Custom after a free 7-day trial (agencies: $99/month + $399 per client) | $95/month (Starter) | 5–12¢ per check |
| Entry-tier engines | Trial: ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overviews | 3 models you choose from 6, Perplexity included | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, AI Overviews |
| Entry-tier prompts | 50 on the trial, custom after | 50 | No limit — pay for what you run |
| Refresh cadence | Daily | Daily | On demand or scheduled |
| Free to start | Free 7-day trial, then a demo | Free trial | $5 free credit, no card |
| What to fix next | Analytics-led | Lighter on fixes | Fix plan per page, applied via WordPress plugin or code |
| Best for | Enterprise brands with a dedicated team | Mid-market teams wanting daily tracking | Startups, agencies, audits in bursts |
Sources: tryprofound.com/pricing and peec.ai/pricing, checked October 2026. Vendors change plans often, so verify current pricing before you buy.
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Questions worth asking.
Direct answers on Profound, Peec AI and pay-per-check pricing.
Yes. AuditAE charges 5–12¢ per check (one prompt on one engine) with no monthly subscription, compared with Peec AI's $95/month Starter plan and Profound's custom Enterprise pricing. You buy checks as you need them, and $5 of free credit lands on signup with no card.
Profound is built for enterprise: daily tracking and Agent Analytics, which shows AI crawler and AI-referred traffic through your CDN or host. Brands get a free 7-day trial and then custom Enterprise pricing; agencies have a $99/month plan plus $399/month per client workspace. Peec AI is the mid-market pick: daily tracking from the entry tier and a Starter plan at $95/month for 50 prompts on three models in one country, with up to three countries from the Pro plan. Pick Profound for enterprise depth and governance, Peec AI for daily tracking at a mid-market price.
For brands, Profound lists a free 7-day trial (50 prompts run daily on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews) and then Enterprise, which is custom-priced through a demo. The only listed paid price is for agencies: Agency Growth at $99/month for 10 pitch workspaces a month (7-day audits of prospects), plus $399/month for each full client workspace (100 prompts tracked daily on ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews). Prices as listed on tryprofound.com in October 2026; they change often.
Peec AI's Starter plan is $95/month, or about $80/month billed annually, for 50 prompts tracked daily on three models you choose from six defaults. Pro is $245/month for 150 prompts and Advanced $495/month for 350 prompts; Enterprise is custom. Each extra model, such as Claude or Grok, costs $35 to $165/month depending on the plan, and there is a free trial. Prices as listed on peec.ai in October 2026.
When you check the same prompts every day. One prompt across all four engines costs 33¢ on AuditAE, so 50 prompts checked daily adds up to far more than Peec AI's $95/month Starter plan. If you check monthly, weekly or around launches, pay-per-check is usually cheaper.
Profound tracks up to nine engines on Enterprise, including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Copilot and Claude; its free trial covers ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. Peec AI's Starter plan tracks three models you choose from six defaults: ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Perplexity, Gemini and Microsoft Copilot; extra models such as Claude, Grok and DeepSeek are paid add-ons. AuditAE checks ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews on every run, with Google AI Mode as an opt-in at 10¢ per check.
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