The short version:
- Adacity is a pay-per-report alternative to Profound: one report, from $5, no subscription and no sales call.
- Profound is strong software for enterprise teams who need continuous monitoring and a seat for every analyst. That power comes with a monthly price and a setup.
- If you are a founder or operator who wants to know where you stand and what to fix, without buying a platform, the report model fits better.
What is Profound?
Profound is an AI visibility platform built for marketing teams. It tracks how AI assistants describe your brand across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI Overviews (Gemini and Claude are on its roadmap), updates continuously, and reports trends over time. Plans run from about $99 to $399 or more per month, billed on a subscription. It is a capable tool, aimed at teams with an analyst to run it.
How Adacity compares to Profound
| Adacity | Profound | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5–39 per report | $99–$399+ / month |
| Subscription required | No | Yes |
| Account or sales call | No | Yes |
| Best for | Small businesses, founders | Enterprise teams |
| Discovers your real buyer questions | Yes | Starter set |
| Visibility by buying stage | Yes | No |
| Your claims vs. what AI says | Yes | No |
| Continuous monitoring | No | Yes |
| Trends over time | Snapshot only | Yes |
| ChatGPT | Yes | Yes |
| Gemini and Claude | Yes | Roadmap |
| Perplexity | No | Yes |
Profound pricing and features from its public pricing page, current as of this writing. Check their site for the latest.
What is different about Adacity
Pay per report, not per month
Profound bills monthly. Adacity charges per report. Run one now, run another in three months to see if the work moved the needle. Nothing recurring, and nothing to cancel.
Built for the owner, not the analyst
Profound produces dashboards for a team that watches them. Adacity produces a plain-English report with a short list of actions in priority order. The analysis runs across hundreds of questions on all three major AI platforms, but you get the conclusion, not the spreadsheet.
We figure out the questions
Most monitoring tools ask you to bring the prompts you want to track. Adacity does the opposite. We look at your site, what communities say about you, and what authoritative sources publish in your category, then figure out the real questions buyers ask and run them for you.
When Profound is the better choice
We are honest about the fit. Profound is the stronger pick when:
- You have a team that will watch AI visibility every day and act on daily or weekly alerts.
- You need continuous monitoring of dozens or hundreds of prompts, with trends tracked over months.
- You want Perplexity coverage, or a multi-seat workspace for several people.
If instead you want one clear answer about where you stand and what to fix, without a subscription, that is what Adacity is for. See how Adacity compares to every tool in this space, not just Profound.
See where you stand in AI answers
Paste your website. We'll run the questions across ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude and email your report. From $5, full refund within 30 days.