The same 4 criteria for both
every figure carries the page it was read off| Criterion |  Profound |  Peec AI |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | Custom (Enterprise); no self-serve paid price publishedProfound restructured its pricing after this row was read on 9 September 2026. The page now carries two plans, Trial at Free and Enterprise at Custom, described as "tailored packages for companies operationalizing AI search insights and running marketing agents at scale". The $99/month Starter and $399/month Growth this row recorded are both off the page, so there is no self-serve paid price left to compare.read 2026-09-18 | $95/mo (Starter)Pro is $245 /mo and Advanced $495 /mo. Starter was $80 /mo, Pro $205 and Advanced $420 when this row was read on 9 September 2026. Read from a US connection, where the page prints dollars and the euro sign appears nowhere on it; a European buyer may be shown euros.read 2026-09-18 |
| Free tierwhat the vendor gives you at $0, in its own words, and whether it is a plan that keeps running or a metered trial | Free (Trial)Profound now publishes a free plan called Trial, "for companies who want to trial Profound before getting a demo". It is capped rather than open ended: limited AI Marketer credits, 10 prompts run once, ChatGPT only, and no history, exports or API. This row read "Not published" on 9 September 2026, when the page carried no free plan.read 2026-09-18 | Not publishedNo free tier on the page. The calls to action are "Get started" and "Start free trial", and a trial is not a plan.read 2026-09-18 |
| Engines at that pricethe row none of these vendors puts next to its headline price, and the one that decides the comparison: fifty prompts on one engine and fifteen on four are sold within thirty dollars of each other and are not the same product | 1 on the free Trial (ChatGPT); up to 9 on EnterpriseTrial tracks ChatGPT and nothing else. Enterprise is "Up to 9 Answer Engines tracked", listed as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek, Anthropic Claude, Google AI Overviews and Exa Search. The Starter and Growth tiers this row compared on 9 September 2026 no longer exist.read 2026-09-18 | 3 on Starter, chosen from 6The choice is between ChatGPT, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity and Gemini, and the same "Choose 3 models" line sits on Pro and Advanced too. A fourth is buyable rather than blocked: "Additional Models, Track more AI models without switching plans", at $30 /mo on Starter, $70 on Pro, $140 on Advanced.read 2026-09-18 |
| Prompts at that price | 10 on the free Trial, run onceTrial is "10 unique prompts" at a prompt frequency of "one time". Enterprise is a "Tailored prompt tracking plan" with daily frequency and no number on the page. The 50 prompts on Starter this row recorded on 9 September 2026 went with the Starter plan.read 2026-09-18 | 50 on Starter150 on Pro, 350 on Advanced. The second ladder, and the one that decides an agency's bill, is projects: 1 / 2 / 5 / unlimited.read 2026-09-18 |
Every page these figures were read off
Profoundwww.tryprofound.comCheapest paid plan, Free tier, Engines at that price, Prompts at that price. Read 2026-09-18.https://www.tryprofound.com/pricingPeec AIpeec.aiCheapest paid plan, Free tier, Engines at that price, Prompts at that price. Read 2026-09-18.https://peec.ai/pricingWhat the table says
read off the cells aboveOn cheapest paid plan, Profound is Custom (Enterprise); no self-serve paid price published and Peec AI is $95/mo (Starter). On free tier, Profound is Free (Trial) and Peec AI does not publish it. On engines at that price, Profound is 1 on the free Trial (ChatGPT); up to 9 on Enterprise and Peec AI is 3 on Starter, chosen from 6. On prompts at that price, Profound is 10 on the free Trial, run once and Peec AI is 50 on Starter. CiteRank publishes this table and is one of the things in it, so read the case for the other side below rather than taking the table's word for it. Every figure was read off the named company's own page on or since 2026-09-18; the URLs and the dates are at the foot of this page, and a job re-fetches each one on a schedule and fails when a figure is no longer on the page it came from.
The questions this pair raises
4 answeredProfound vs Peec AI, cheapest paid plan?
Profound: Custom (Enterprise); no self-serve paid price published. Profound restructured its pricing after this row was read on 9 September 2026. The page now carries two plans, Trial at Free and Enterprise at Custom, described as "tailored packages for companies operationalizing AI search insights and running marketing agents at scale". The $99/month Starter and $399/month Growth this row recorded are both off the page, so there is no self-serve paid price left to compare. Peec AI: $95/mo (Starter). Pro is $245 /mo and Advanced $495 /mo. Starter was $80 /mo, Pro $205 and Advanced $420 when this row was read on 9 September 2026. Read from a US connection, where the page prints dollars and the euro sign appears nowhere on it; a European buyer may be shown euros. Read from tryprofound.com and peec.ai on 2026-09-18.
Profound vs Peec AI, free tier?
Profound: Free (Trial). Profound now publishes a free plan called Trial, "for companies who want to trial Profound before getting a demo". It is capped rather than open ended: limited AI Marketer credits, 10 prompts run once, ChatGPT only, and no history, exports or API. This row read "Not published" on 9 September 2026, when the page carried no free plan. Peec AI does not state it on peec.ai. No free tier on the page. The calls to action are "Get started" and "Start free trial", and a trial is not a plan. Read from tryprofound.com and peec.ai on 2026-09-18. Free tier here means what the vendor gives you at $0, in its own words, and whether it is a plan that keeps running or a metered trial.
Profound vs Peec AI, engines at that price?
Profound: 1 on the free Trial (ChatGPT); up to 9 on Enterprise. Trial tracks ChatGPT and nothing else. Enterprise is "Up to 9 Answer Engines tracked", listed as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek, Anthropic Claude, Google AI Overviews and Exa Search. The Starter and Growth tiers this row compared on 9 September 2026 no longer exist. Peec AI: 3 on Starter, chosen from 6. The choice is between ChatGPT, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity and Gemini, and the same "Choose 3 models" line sits on Pro and Advanced too. A fourth is buyable rather than blocked: "Additional Models, Track more AI models without switching plans", at $30 /mo on Starter, $70 on Pro, $140 on Advanced. Read from tryprofound.com and peec.ai on 2026-09-18. Engines at that price here means the row none of these vendors puts next to its headline price, and the one that decides the comparison: fifty prompts on one engine and fifteen on four are sold within thirty dollars of each other and are not the same product.
When should I pick Profound, and when Peec AI?
Profound, You are a marketing team at a company large enough that the answer has to survive a procurement review, and you need agents, attribution and AI-sourced traffic analytics rather than a weekly report. Profound is the category leader by funding and headcount, its Enterprise tier tracks up to nine answer engines including Gemini, Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek and Claude, and nothing smaller in this table does agent-driven content generation at all. Peec AI, You are a marketing team that wants to see who is winning your prompts rather than only how you are doing, and you want daily rather than weekly tracking. Peec's comparison views are the clearest in this table, every tier tracks daily, and it is the only tool here that lets you track any supported country or language at no extra cost, "Pricing remains tied to usage of prompts, not the number of regions or languages".