CiteRadar vs Profound

CiteRadar

CiteRadar answers a specific, newer question — does ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, or Gemini actually recommend your brand — and turns the answer into a prioritized action list rather than just a score. At $29/month for up to 20 reports every 30 days across unlimited brands, it's positioned for agencies as much as single-brand owners.

Pros

• +Checks visibility across four major AI assistants (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini) in one report
• +Names which competitors get recommended instead of your brand, not just a raw score
• +Unlimited tracked brands even on the single paid plan
• +White-label reporting is included for agency use

Cons

• −20 reports per 30-day cycle could be limiting for an agency tracking many clients closely
• −Single $29/month plan with no ongoing free tier, only a 7-day trial

Profound

Profound is the enterprise end of AI-visibility measurement: it covers more answer engines than most rivals, adds crawler analytics and ChatGPT Shopping that the cheaper trackers lack, and has the funding and customer list to still exist next year. The price is the reason to hesitate - there is no published figure, the free trial is seven days of fifty prompts, and the self-serve agency plan exists only as a line in the FAQ. Mid-market teams will get most of the signal from a tracker with a public price; brands with real budget and a procurement team are the audience here.

Pros

• +Tracks up to nine answer engines, including AI Overviews, Copilot and DeepSeek, not just ChatGPT
• +Agent Analytics shows which AI crawlers visit and cite the site, a layer most trackers skip
• +Prompt Volumes estimates real user questions rather than relying on your own prompt list
• +SOC 2 Type II, SSO and an API, so it passes enterprise review

Cons

• −No published price; the only listed plans are a free trial and a custom Enterprise contract
• −Trial is 7 days, 50 prompts and three engines, with no exports or history
• −No legal entity, address or terms page found on the site
• −The agency plan is named in the FAQ but not in the plan table

Is CiteRadar cheaper than Profound?

CiteRadar starts at $29/mo; Profound prices on request, so a quote is the only way to compare.

Which has a public API, CiteRadar or Profound?

Profound ships a public API, as of our last verification. A public API for CiteRadar is not confirmed by us — check its developer docs before you plan an integration.