The best Profound alternative
Profound is the enterprise-priced category leader; citepath is the self-serve platform that goes past measurement — generating the fix, applying it, and verifying it landed by re-crawl.
| Feature | citepath | Profound |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started | Free instant scan, no signup — then self-serve plans from $49/mo with a 14-day trial | Free trial: 50 prompts daily for 7 days — paid tracking is a custom-quoted Enterprise plan |
| Engines tracked | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Grok on every plan | 3 engines on trial (ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overviews); up to 9 on Enterprise |
| Fix generation | Fix feed generates the artifact — llms.txt, JSON-LD, robots.txt diffs — with per-item instructions | AI Marketer + Agents (credit-based) draft content and workflows |
| Applying the fix | One-click GitHub fix PRs, or a shareable instructions link for a developer | Not offered — insight stays inside the platform |
| Verifying it worked | Re-crawls the published artifact server-side and rescans to show the delta — pending → applied → verified | Not offered — measurement-only |
| Technical readiness audit | robots.txt, llms.txt, JSON-LD, sitemap, feed, and JS-shell audit on every scan | AI-crawler analytics via CDN log integrations; pre-publish readiness audit not listed |
| Prompt demand data | Not offered — we measure real answers, not modeled volumes | Prompt Volumes dataset (1.3B+ real AI conversations) |
| API access | REST API + per-brand MCP endpoint on every plan | API on Enterprise only; agent calls metered by credits |
| Enterprise compliance | Not offered | SSO/SAML + SOC 2 on Enterprise |
| Pricing | Public: $49 / $199 / $499 per month, cancel anytime | Free trial, then custom Enterprise quote — self-serve paid tiers removed Sept 2026 |
The verdict
Pick Profound if you need SOC 2, SSO, and the prompt-volumes dataset at enterprise scale. Pick citepath if you want to start today on a public plan — and close the loop: not just see the gap, but generate the fix, ship it, and watch the rescan prove it worked.
See for yourself — every plan starts with a 14-day free trial.