Ahrefs vs Profound

Both are ai visibility monitoringtools, and both have been checked field by field against their own sites. Below is where they actually differ — and where we couldn't establish a difference.

From
$129/mo
AI engines
7
Capabilities confirmed
7 of 18 answered
Based in
Singapore, Singapore
From
$99/mo
AI engines
9
Capabilities confirmed
16 of 19 answered
Based in
New York City, New York, United States

Where they differ

7 capabilitieswhere one offers it and the other states it doesn't.

  • Writes contentNoYes
  • Publishes contentNoYes
  • Builds off-site citationsNoYes
  • AI crawler analyticsNoYes
  • Traffic attributionNoYes
  • AI advertisingNoYes
  • Product catalogue optimisationNoYes

left column Ahrefs · right column Profound

Every capability, side by side

CapabilityAhrefsProfound
Monitors brand mentionsYesYes
Tracks citationsYesYes
Sentiment analysisYesYes
Competitor benchmarkingYesYes
Prompt discoveryYesYes
Share of voiceYesYes
Recommends fixesNot publishedYes
Writes contentNoYes
Publishes contentNoYes
Builds off-site citationsNoYes
Does outreachNoNot published
Generates schema / llms.txtNoNo
Technical auditYesYes
AI crawler analyticsNoYes
Traffic attributionNoYes
Revenue attributionNoNo
A/B testingNoNo
Geo segmentationNot publishedYes
AI advertisingNoYes
Product catalogue optimisationNoYes

Not published is not a no.Where a vendor never states whether it does something, we say so rather than printing a verdict we can't source — so an empty-looking row is a gap in their documentation, not a missing feature.

Pricing

Ahrefs

  • Ahrefs Free$0/mo
  • Starter$29/mo
  • Lite$129/mo
  • Standard$249/mo
  • Advanced$449/mo
  • Enterprise$1499/mo

Profound

  • Starter$99/mo
  • Growth$399/mo
  • EnterpriseCustom

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