Profound vs Aergos: Enterprise Capabilities and Agency Pricing, Compared Separately
Profound runs daily, unattended monitoring and, on Enterprise, covers up to 9 engines with SSO, SOC 2 and API access. Aergos publishes one price for agencies that want monitoring, content and audits together, with 6 engines and white-label on Agency.1,2,3,4,5,6
Aergos is our product. We've kept this fair and linked every claim about Profound to its source. Prices checked October 1, 2026.
Which should you choose?
Choose Profound if you need:
- Daily, unattended monitoring: Profound uses scheduled monitoring that runs every tracked prompt daily, and it captures answers from the browser rather than an API.1,2,3
- More engines than Aergos scans: Profound Enterprise tracks up to 9, adding Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek and Exa Search to the 6 engines Aergos covers, with custom languages and regions.7,6
- SSO, security certification or an API: Profound Enterprise includes SSO using SAML or OIDC, SOC 2 Type II compliance and API access on request. Aergos Enterprise does not currently offer SSO, a public API or a security certification.3,4,5,6
- Teams that want AI demand data, crawler analytics and automation in one platform: Prompt Volumes draws on 1.5 billion+ AI conversations, Agent Analytics reads server logs to show which AI systems crawl a site, and Agents run content refresh, FAQ generation and net-new article workflows.8,9,10,3
- Agencies with one client or a pitch-heavy pipeline: the Agency Growth base of $99/month includes 10 pitch workspaces a month, and with one client workspace the plan costs at most $498/month, against $499/mo for Aergos Agency. How long a pitch stays active is not publicly consistent (7 days with an option to extend on the pricing page, typically 30 days in the help center).11,12,13,6
Choose Aergos if you want:
- A published agency price: Aergos Agency is $499/mo for 3 client sites, with extra clients at $119/mo each. On Profound Agency Growth, 3 clients cost $897/month or $1,296/month depending on whether the $99 base includes a client workspace, which Profound does not state.6,11,12
- Google AI Mode, Gemini and Claude without an enterprise contract: every Aergos scan can cover Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, ChatGPT (OpenAI API proxy), Gemini, Claude, Perplexity at no extra charge, while Profound Agency Growth workspaces track ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews and keep Google AI Mode, Gemini and Claude to Agency Enterprise.6,14
- Delivery under your own brand: Aergos Agency includes client portals where clients view and approve work, client invitations and white-label. Profound shares results through read-only dashboard links, PDF export and shared Documents (viewers need a Profound account), and white-label is not publicly documented.6,15,16,17
- Monitoring, content and audits in one subscription: Aergos Agency's scans, content pages and site audits are separate, stated allowances, while Profound does not publish how many Agent credits an article uses. Enterprise teams that can do without SSO or a public API get no usage limits on Aergos Enterprise, under an Order Form.6,18
Profound vs Aergos at a glance
| Topic | Profound | Aergos |
|---|---|---|
| How it's priced | Brands: Enterprise by quote. Agencies: Agency Growth at $99/month base plus $399/month per client workspace3,12 | Published plans: Business $99, Pro $299, Agency $499 per month; Enterprise by quote6 |
| 3-client agency, monthly | $897 or $1,296/month; Profound does not state whether the base includes a client workspace11,12 | $499/mo on Aergos Agency6 |
| AI engines | Agency Growth: 3 (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews). Enterprise: up to 914,7 | 6 on every plan, including Google AI Mode, Gemini and Claude6 |
| Monitoring | Scheduled: every tracked prompt runs daily, answers captured from the browser1,2 | User-triggered scans from a pooled allowance; no scheduled refresh6 |
| Content | The pricing table lists 400 Agent credits/month per client workspace, used by workflow complexity; the help center says Workflows and Content are only available on Enterprise plans12,18,13 (why this is unclear) | Content pages: 75/month on Agency6 |
| Client delivery | Read-only dashboard links, PDF export and shared Documents; white-label not publicly documented15,16,17 | Client portals with approvals; white-label on Agency6 |
| Enterprise controls | SSO (SAML or OIDC), SOC 2 Type II, REST API on request4,5 | No SSO, public API or certification today; the Aergos MCP server is on every paid plan6 |
Aergos tests OpenAI web-search responses; these are not direct measurements of the consumer ChatGPT application.
Profound Enterprise vs Aergos Enterprise
Both enterprise plans are sold by quote, so this compares what each includes rather than price. Aergos Agency at $499/mo is a lower-tier option for buyers who do not need enterprise features; it is not the matching enterprise plan.
| Capability | Profound Enterprise | Aergos Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Contact sales3 | Contact sales; set in a separate Order Form6 |
| Seats | No seat limit3 | No seat limit6 |
| Websites or clients | Set by contract3,4 | No website or client limit6 |
| AI engines | Up to 9, including Google AI Mode, Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek and Exa Search7,19 | 6: Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, ChatGPT (OpenAI API proxy), Gemini, Claude, Perplexity6 |
| Monitoring | Scheduled monitoring: every tracked prompt runs daily, answers captured from the browser1,2,20 | User-triggered scans with no monthly scan limit; up to 50 keywords per scan, with coverage varying by engine6 |
| Content | Agents for content creation and refresh, credit-based10,18 | No monthly limit on content pages6 |
| Single sign-on | SSO with SAML or OIDC4 | Not currently offered6 |
| Security documentation | SOC 2 Type II4 | DPA and Transfer Impact Assessment on request; no certification claimed6 |
| API | REST API, available on request5 | No public REST API; the Aergos MCP server lets AI agents use the platform6 |
| Client delivery | Read-only dashboard links, PDF exports and shared Documents; white-label not publicly documented15,21,16 | Client portals with client invitations and approvals; white-label is included on Agency, not on Enterprise today6 |
| Support | Priority support via email or Slack4 | Account management, priority support and any service levels set in the Order Form6 |
Profound Enterprise also lists role-based access control and server-log Agent Analytics. Aergos Enterprise does not currently include API keys, webhooks, BI connectors, BAAs or data residency; it includes client portals and the Aergos MCP server, and a DPA and Transfer Impact Assessment are available on request.3,4,9,6
Profound Agency Growth vs Aergos Agency
An agency with 3 client websites and 3 users, monthly billing, monitoring ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity for each client, producing some content, and sharing results with clients. These are the engines both products include on their self-serve agency plans.
| Cost line | Profound Agency Growth | Aergos Agency |
|---|---|---|
| Base plan | Agency Growth: $99/month11,12 | Aergos Agency: $4996 |
| 3 client websites | Client workspaces: $399/month each; whether the $99 base includes one is not publicly documented11,12 | Included (3 client sites)6 |
| 3 users | Included (5 agency seats)12 | Included (3 users)6 |
| ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity | Included on each client workspace12 | Included6 |
| Google AI Mode, Gemini and Claude | Not on Agency Growth; Agency Enterprise (custom price)14 | Included6 |
| Prospect audits | 10 pitch workspaces/month included11,12 | 10 prospect reports/month included6 |
| Sharing with clients | Read-only dashboard links and PDF export; white-label not publicly documented15,21 | Client portals, client invitations; white-label included6 |
| Monthly total | Total cannot be verified11,12 | $499/mo6 |
Profound lists client workspaces at $399/month each and does not state whether the $99 Agency Growth base includes one, so the workload check below prices it both ways.11,12
Aergos tests OpenAI web-search responses; these are not direct measurements of the consumer ChatGPT application.
Does one workload fit each plan?
- 3 client websites: 3 Profound client workspaces (one per client); 3 client sites included on Aergos Agency
- 3 users: within Profound Agency Growth's 5 agency seats and Aergos Agency's 3 users
- The same 3 engines selected on both sides for this workload: ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity (each Aergos scan can also cover Google AI Mode, Gemini and Claude at no extra charge)
- AI visibility checked at least twice a month per website: Profound by scheduled monitoring of up to 100 prompts per client workspace daily; Aergos by 2 user-triggered scans per website, each covering up to 50 keywords, from the pooled allowance
- Profound counts tracked prompts and Aergos counts scans. Prompts and scans are different units and are not directly comparable
- Content and pitching are left out of the arithmetic: Agent credits and content pages are not directly comparable units (see the note)
| Workload | Profound Agency Growth | Aergos Agency |
|---|---|---|
| This workload | Fits on Agency Growth with 3 client workspaces: each runs up to 100 unique prompts daily on the 3 engines, so each prompt is observed about 30 times in a 30-day month, 15 times the twice-a-month requirement (30 ÷ 2). Price: $99 + 3 × $399 = $1,296/month if the base includes no client workspace, or $99 + 2 × $399 = $897/month if it includes one; Profound does not state which.11,12,1,2 | Fits within Aergos Agency: 3 websites × 2 scans = 6 of the 8 pooled AI Visibility scans/month, each covering up to 50 keywords on the selected engines for one scan credit. No scan packs needed; $499/mo.6 |
Profound records far more observations for this workload, which suits buyers who need unattended updates and more frequent historical observations; Aergos scans run when you start them, timed around client priorities and changes. Content sits outside this workload: Aergos Agency's 75 content pages/month are a separate allowance, while Profound lists 400 Agent credits/month per client workspace, used according to workflow complexity, and credits per article are not publicly documented.1,2,12,18,6
What each subscription covers
Monitoring is one part of the job. This is what the plans in the scenario include across the rest of the workflow.
| Workflow area | Profound Agency Growth | Aergos Agency |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring | 100 unique prompts per client workspace, run daily (scheduled monitoring, answers captured from the browser) on ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews in 1 language; visibility, citations, sentiment, share of voice, average position and FactCheck; Gemini and Claude need Agency Enterprise12,1,2 | 8 AI Visibility scans/month, user-triggered and pooled across your websites, scan evidence included; 6 engines included (Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, ChatGPT (OpenAI API proxy), Gemini, Claude, Perplexity); analytics scans: 12 pooled (+4/client)6 |
| Content creation | 400 Agent credits/month per client workspace and Profound Sheets; credits per run depend on workflow complexity, and Agent templates include content refresh, FAQ generation and net-new articles. The help center says Workflows and Content are only available on Enterprise plans, so this is not publicly consistent12,18,13,10 | 75 content pages/month (AI Content Studio); WordPress, Wix or Shopify integration; approval workflows and team roles6 |
| Optimization | 4 opportunities/week per client workspace; other optimization tools on Agency Growth not publicly documented12 | Site audits: 15 pooled (+5/client); striking distance: 50 per client; White Space scans: 12 pooled (+4/client); technical SEO crawler; Site Audit schema checks flag missing or untyped JSON-LD (Aergos does not install schema)6 |
| Reporting | Custom dashboards with PDF export; all-time history; CSV and JSON exports for client workspaces; Google Analytics integration; no API on Agency Growth15,12 | Unified analytics (Google Search Console + GA4); PDF exports: 1006 |
| Client delivery | Agency Mode with separate client and pitch workspaces and consolidated billing; 10 pitch workspaces/month for prospect audits; 5 agency seats; clients see read-only dashboard links, PDFs or shared Documents (viewers need a Profound account); white-label not publicly documented11,12,13,15,16,17 | Client portals (view and approve), client invitations, 10 prospect reports; white-label included6 |
How each product charges
Profound plans
| Plan detail | Agency Growth | Agency Enterprise | Enterprise (brands) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $99/mo base; client workspaces $399/mo each (whether the base includes one is not publicly documented)11 | Custom (contact sales)11 | Custom (contact sales)3 |
| Billed annually (per month) | Not publicly documented11 | Not publicly documented11 | Not publicly documented3 |
| Websites/projects/brands | One client workspace per client at $399/mo (some clients need several); 10 pitch workspaces/mo for prospect audits, +5 for $199/mo11,12,22 | Tailored client and trial workspaces11 | Tailored prompt tracking plan3 |
| Seats | 5 agency seats; extra seat price not publicly documented12 | Custom12 | No seat limit3,20 |
| AI engines | ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, included in each workspace; other engines need Agency Enterprise12 | Up to 9 in a custom package: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek, Anthropic Claude, Google AI Overviews, Exa Search12 | Up to 9 in a custom package: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek, Anthropic Claude, Google AI Overviews, Exa Search3 |
| Monitoring allowance | 100 unique prompts per client workspace and 25 per pitch workspace, run daily (scheduled), 1 language12 | Custom prompts, run daily12 | Custom prompts, run daily; custom languages and regions3 |
| Content | 400 Agent credits/mo per client workspace, Profound Sheets, 4 opportunities/week (the help center says content workflows are Enterprise-only; not publicly consistent)12,13 | Custom Agent credits12 | AI Marketer credits for the whole team (custom)3 |
| White-label / client portal | White-label not publicly documented; read-only dashboard links, PDF export and shared Documents (viewers need a Profound account)17,15,16 | Not publicly documented11 | Not publicly documented3,4 |
Aergos plans
| Plan detail | Business | Pro | Agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $99/mo6 | $299/mo6 | $499/mo6 |
| Billed annually (per month) | $82.50/mo6 | $249.17/mo6 | $415.83/mo6 |
| Websites | 16 | 3 (+$99/mo each)6 | 3 (+$119/mo each)6 |
| Seats | 1 (+$25/mo each)6 | 2 (+$25/mo each)6 | 3 (+$25/mo each)6 |
| AI engines | All 6 included6 | All 6 included6 | All 6 included6 |
| AI Visibility | 2 AI Visibility scans/month6 | 6 AI Visibility scans/month, pooled across your websites, +1 per extra website6 | 8 AI Visibility scans/month, pooled across your websites, +2 per extra client6 |
| Content | 20 pages/month6 | 60 pages/month6 | 75 pages/month6 |
| White-label client portal | Not included6 | Not included6 | White-label included6 |
Aergos AI engines: Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, ChatGPT (OpenAI API proxy), Gemini, Claude, Perplexity. Aergos tests OpenAI web-search responses; these are not direct measurements of the consumer ChatGPT application.
Which engines Profound Agency Growth and Aergos Agency cover
| Engine | Profound Agency Growth | Aergos Agency |
|---|---|---|
| Google AI Overviews | Included$0; per workspace12 | Included, no per-engine charge6 |
| Google AI Mode | Not on this planAgency Enterprise only (custom price)14 | Included6 |
| ChatGPT | Included$0; per workspace12 | Included as ChatGPT (OpenAI API proxy), no per-engine charge6 |
| Gemini | Not on this planAgency Enterprise only (custom price)12 | Included6 |
| Claude | Not on this planAgency Enterprise only (custom price)12 | Included6 |
| Perplexity | Included$0; per workspace12 | Included, no per-engine charge6 |
| Microsoft Copilot | Not on this planAgency Enterprise only (custom price)12 | Not scanned6 |
| DeepSeek | Not on this planAgency Enterprise only (custom price)12 | Not scanned6 |
| Exa Search | Not on this planAgency Enterprise only (custom price)12 | Not scanned6 |
Aergos tests OpenAI web-search responses; these are not direct measurements of the consumer ChatGPT application.
Scheduled monitoring vs user-triggered scans with a pooled allowance
Each product counts usage in its own unit (Profound: unique prompt per client workspace (Agency Growth); Aergos: AI Visibility scan), so the units are not directly comparable.
| Usage measure | Profound Agency Growth | Aergos Agency |
|---|---|---|
| Allowance | 100 unique prompts per client workspace and 25 per pitch workspace, plus 400 Agent credits/month per client workspace; every client needs its own workspace, and some clients need several (lines of business, product categories or countries)12,18,22 | 8 AI Visibility scans/month, pooled across your websites, +2 per extra client6 |
| Other allowances | Agent runs: 400 credits/month per client workspace, used by workflow complexity, including scheduled runs, Sheets runs and Agents called from AI Marketer chat. Pitch workspaces: 10/month, 25 prompts each; creating or extending a pitch uses one, and 5 more are $199/month. Seats: 5 agency seats; extra seat price not publicly documented12,18,11,22 | Content pages: 75/month; site audits: 15 pooled (+5/client); analytics scans: 12 pooled (+4/client); PDF exports: 1006 |
| Does one allowance reduce another? | No: tracked prompts and Agent credits are separate allowances, so Agent runs do not reduce monitoring18,12 | No: allowances are separate; using one does not reduce another6 |
| Refresh | Daily12,2 | You start each scan from the dashboard or through MCP; there is no scheduled refresh6 |
| Scheduled or user-triggered | Scheduled monitoring2,1 | User-triggered scans with a pooled allowance6 |
| What one run covers | Each tracked prompt sent to ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews in 1 language, with answers captured from the browser12,1 | Up to 50 keywords on the engines you select (all 6 preselected in a dashboard scan)6 |
| Results included | Visibility score, citations, sentiment, share of voice, average position and FactCheck, with all-time history and CSV or JSON exports for client workspaces; no API on Agency Growth2,12 | Scan evidence included: one entry per keyword, question and engine (about 325 for a full 6-engine scan), with no cap6 |
| Buying more capacity | Another client workspace is $399/month and 5 more pitch workspaces are $199/month; Growth customers can ask support for more workspace volume, and more prompts, engines or Agent credits need Agency Enterprise (custom price)11,13,23,18 | One-time scan packs: 5 for $99, 10 for $179, 20 for $329, 50 for $749 (valid 12 months)6 |
Profound documents credits as used by Agent runs, and tracked prompts are a separate per-workspace allowance, so Agent runs do not reduce monitoring. Higher credit thresholds need an Enterprise package; an account can be configured to continue with overage billing or to pause at the credit allotment, and the overage rate is not publicly documented.18,20
Prompts and scans are not directly comparable. "Prompts are the queries Profound sends to answer engines daily": a Profound prompt is one question re-sent to each engine every day, while an Aergos scan is a batch of keywords and questions across the selected engines, run when you start it. Aergos Agency's 8 scans a month work out to 2 to 3 per site for 3 sites; we recommend 1–2 scans per website each month, timed around client priorities and changes such as a launch, a content push or a ranking drop. Scheduled monitoring suits buyers who need unattended updates and more frequent historical observations; it does not by itself produce better SEO outcomes.2,1,6
About Profound
Profound is an enterprise-led AI search platform built around an "AI Marketer": it runs structured prompts on AI engines every day, captures the answers from the browser and tracks how a brand appears, with citations, sentiment, ranking and share of voice. It sells to two buyers: brands, through a quote-priced Enterprise plan with up to 9 engines, custom languages and regions, Prompt Volumes demand data and credit-based Agents, and agencies, through a self-serve Agency Growth plan with per-client workspaces (or a custom Agency Enterprise plan). Brands can also start with a free 7-day Trial.19,3,20,1,2,8,18,11
Where Profound's documentation is inconsistent
Some Agency Growth details are not publicly documented or not publicly consistent. The pricing page does not say what an extra agency seat costs. It lists Agents at 400 credits/month per client workspace, while the help center says Workflows, Content and Agent Analytics are only available on Enterprise plans. It gives pitch workspaces 7 days with an option to extend, while the help center says they typically expire after 30 days.11,12,13
Profound vs Aergos: common questions
Sources
- 1. https://www.tryprofound.com/features/answer-engine-insights, checked October 1, 2026
- 2. https://help.tryprofound.com/articles/3443229936-answer-engine-insights-overview, checked October 1, 2026
- 3. https://www.tryprofound.com/pricing, checked October 1, 2026
- 4. https://www.tryprofound.com/enterprise, checked October 1, 2026
- 5. https://docs.tryprofound.com/rest-api/introduction, checked October 1, 2026
- 6. Aergos plans and product documentation
- 7. https://www.tryprofound.com/pricing, checked October 7, 2026
- 8. https://www.tryprofound.com/features/prompt-volumes, checked October 1, 2026
- 9. https://www.tryprofound.com/features/agent-analytics, checked October 1, 2026
- 10. https://www.tryprofound.com/features/agents, checked October 1, 2026
- 11. https://www.tryprofound.com/pricing?tier=agencies, checked October 1, 2026
- 12. https://www.tryprofound.com/pricing?tier=agencies, checked October 1, 2026
- 13. https://help.tryprofound.com/articles/8593548222-agency-mode-overview, checked October 1, 2026
- 14. https://www.tryprofound.com/pricing?tier=agencies, checked October 7, 2026
- 15. https://help.tryprofound.com/articles/6324319245-about-dashboards, checked October 1, 2026
- 16. https://help.tryprofound.com/articles/9532516916-about-documents, checked October 1, 2026
- 17. https://www.tryprofound.com/solutions/agencies, checked October 1, 2026
- 18. https://help.tryprofound.com/articles/9359511602-profound-agents-credits, checked October 1, 2026
- 19. https://www.tryprofound.com/, checked October 1, 2026
- 20. https://www.tryprofound.com/pricing, checked October 1, 2026
- 21. https://help.tryprofound.com/articles/2196290081-faq, checked October 1, 2026
- 22. https://help.tryprofound.com/articles/8146866865-manage-your-agency-s-brands, checked October 1, 2026
- 23. https://www.tryprofound.com/pricing?tier=agencies, checked October 1, 2026