Profound alternatives
Profound is one of the most complete AI visibility tools. People looking for another one usually do so because of plan size, language, or wanting to try before talking to sales. These are the options by reason.
Conflict of interest: vilnux is the tool I build and it competes with every tool on this page. So there are no prices from anyone, every third-party figure carries the date I read it on their site, and I say where Profound or any other tool fits better.
What Profound offers today
Profound advertises up to nine engines on its Enterprise plan: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek, Claude, Google AI Overviews and Exa Search. It also has a self-serve trial plan covering ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews (read 14 Oct 2026).
It is built for large companies: its site mentions SOC 2, SCIM and role-based access, and says it works with a third of the Fortune 100. If that is what you need, the honest alternative is to stay with Profound.
If you want even more coverage
Rankscale advertises 17+ engines across 240+ countries, and AthenaHQ 11+ platforms with a free plan with credits (read 14 Sep 2026).
They are the two that go beyond Profound in engine count. AthenaHQ places multi-language support on its Enterprise plan, so if you measure in Spanish, ask which language the questions are written in on the plan you are buying.
If you want something smaller or to try first
Peec AI and Otterly advertise a free trial, and with vilnux you can audit any URL free and without signing up.
Peec AI names ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini on its site, with dedicated trackers for Google AI Mode, and says it works with 3,000+ brands and agencies (read 14 Oct 2026). Otterly advertises seven engines: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, AI Overview, AI Mode and Claude (read 3 Sep 2026).
If you measure a Spanish-speaking market
This is where vilnux makes sense: questions are written in Spanish from the start, measured on ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Perplexity and Copilot, and every figure carries its confidence interval and number of observations.
These engines are noisy: across 269 questions asked three times in a row to the same engine, in 12 of the 27 cases where the brand appeared at all it did not appear all three times. A tool that does not give the margin of error cannot tell a real rise from a coincidence. The full methodology is published in how we measure.
Where we do not fit: we do not measure Claude, DeepSeek or Exa Search, and we do not have the certifications a large corporate purchase asks for. If you need that, Profound is still the better choice.
Summary
| Tool | Engines advertised | Trial or free plan | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Profound | Up to 9 (Enterprise); 3 on the trial plan | Yes, trial plan | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Peec AI | ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, plus AI Mode | Yes, free trial | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Otterly.ai | 7 | Yes, free trial | 3 Sep 2026 |
| Rankscale | 17+ | Not advertised | 14 Sep 2026 |
| AthenaHQ | 11+ | Free plan with credits | 14 Sep 2026 |
| vilnux | 4 (ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Perplexity, Copilot) | Free audit, no signup | Ours |
The comparison with more tools is in alternatives to AI visibility tools, and the criteria for choosing, without brand names, in how to choose an AI visibility tool.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best alternative to Profound?
It depends why you are looking. If you need more engines, Rankscale and AthenaHQ advertise more than Profound (read 14 Sep 2026). If you want something smaller or to try first, Peec AI and Otterly have a free trial. If you measure a Spanish-speaking market and want the margin of error on every figure, vilnux, and we say that as an interested party.
Does Profound have a free trial?
Yes. Its site advertises a self-serve trial plan covering ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews; the Enterprise plan reaches nine engines and is bought through sales (read 14 Oct 2026).
Profound feels expensive, what similar tool is there?
The ones that advertise a free trial are Peec AI and Otterly, and AthenaHQ has a free plan with credits. With vilnux you can audit a URL free and without signing up. We do not publish other tools’ prices because they change every few weeks: check them on each site.
Which Profound alternative measures in Spanish?
The useful question is which language the questions sent to the engine are written in, not whether the interface is translated. In vilnux they are written in Spanish from the start; in AthenaHQ multi-language support is on the Enterprise plan (read 14 Sep 2026).
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