Mentioned vs Profound
Both Mentioned and Profound measure how often AI assistants mention and recommend a brand. This page sticks to what we can state accurately — and tells you what to ask both of us.
We don’t quote Profound’s pricing, features or customer numbers here — they change, and you should get them from the source: tryprofound.com (opens in a new tab).
The facts on our side.
Everything below is verifiable in a Mentioned trial. Hold Profound to the same list.
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Four engines, live web search
ChatGPT (OpenAI web search), Perplexity (Sonar), Claude (web search) and Gemini (Google Search grounding), queried through their official APIs.
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A score with error bars
A 0–100 visibility score — mention rate weighted by list position — per engine and overall, with a 95% margin of error.
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Share of voice
Your mentions against the competitors you choose, plus competitors discovered automatically from the answers.
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Citation analysis
A leaderboard of the domains each engine cites, with “competitors only” gap domains flagged.
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A weekly action plan
Specific recommendations written from your answers and sources, with impact measured after you complete them.
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Reports for anyone
PDF reports and share links; scheduled reports on Growth and Agency; white-label reports and a client portal on Agency.
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More than a tracker
Articles written, fact-checked and published to your CMS, a weekly technical SEO audit and a fix plan for every AI answer you lose.
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Published, self-serve pricing
Starter $49, Growth $99, Agency $249 per month, 2 months free yearly, 3-day trial.
Eight questions for your shortlist.
Put these to Mentioned and Profound side by side during a trial or demo.
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Which engines are queried, and is live web search on — the way real users have it?
Mentioned
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Gemini via official APIs, with web search enabled on every call. Starter covers ChatGPT and Perplexity.
Ask Profound the same question in a demo or trial.
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How many prompts and brands does each plan include, and how often are they re-run?
Mentioned
25 prompts on Starter and 100 on Growth (one site each); 25 per site on Agency, which covers 5 sites. Starter: every prompt checked weekly + 2 on-demand checks per brand/month. Growth: 25 priority prompts weekly · every prompt at least every 14 days + 2 on-demand checks per brand/month.
Ask Profound the same question in a demo or trial.
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Does the score come with a margin of error — or will normal answer variance look like a trend?
Mentioned
Every score ships with a 95% margin of error, and alerts only fire when a change is bigger than the noise.
Ask Profound the same question in a demo or trial.
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Can you see the full raw answer behind every data point?
Mentioned
Yes — every cell in the prompt × engine matrix opens the full answer with your brand and competitors highlighted.
Ask Profound the same question in a demo or trial.
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Does it show which sources drive competitors’ visibility?
Mentioned
Yes — cited domains per engine, and the sites that mention your competitors but never you.
Ask Profound the same question in a demo or trial.
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Does it turn data into specific actions, or only report metrics?
Mentioned
A weekly plan of concrete actions, each with the reason behind it and its measured impact after you check it off.
Ask Profound the same question in a demo or trial.
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Can you share client-ready reports, and are they white-label?
Mentioned
PDFs and share links on every paid plan, scheduled reports on Growth and Agency, white-label and client logins on Agency.
Ask Profound the same question in a demo or trial.
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What is the total monthly price at the volume you actually need?
Mentioned
Published on the pricing page: from $49/month, with prompt packs for extra coverage and no overage charges.
Ask Profound the same question in a demo or trial.
Which one suits you?
When Mentioned is a good fit
- You want transparent, self-serve pricing and to be tracking within minutes.
- You want recommendations alongside the metrics, not just dashboards.
- You care about measurement honesty: full answers, error bars, alerts that ignore noise.
- You’re an agency that needs white-label reports and client logins across several brands.
When Profound may be the better choice
- You need a capability Mentioned doesn’t list here — check Profound’s current feature list.
- You need enterprise procurement, contracts or integrations beyond a self-serve product.
- Your team already uses Profound and the switching cost outweighs the difference.
Compare on your own prompts.
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Run the free audit
Five buyer questions on two engines, in about a minute. Note the score, the competitors and the sources.
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Start a 3-day trial
Add the prompts that matter to you and let the first full run complete across your plan’s engines.
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Put Profound on the same prompts
Same questions, same week. Compare the answers you can read, the error bars, and what each tool tells you to do.
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Your website
- 01Where you appear across AI answers
- 02Who AI recommends instead of you
- 03Every answer, with the sources cited
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