Agent C vs Profound
Profound: Enterprise AI search analytics with an “AI Marketer” agent. Agent C: an AI SEO team that tracks ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, finds gaps in your Search Console and drafts each fix as a pull request you approve.
Side by side
| Agent C | Profound | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | AI SEO team that tracks AI answers and drafts the fixes | Enterprise AI search analytics with an “AI Marketer” agent |
| AI engines | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini | ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews on the trial; up to 9 answer engines on Enterprise |
| How changes reach your site | Drafts each change and opens it as a GitHub pull request; nothing ships until you approve | Insights, suggestions and AI Marketer workflows; publishing is up to your team |
| Data it reads | Google Search Console (required), GitHub (optional) | Prompt tracking, prompt volumes and AI-sourced traffic from your CDN or analytics |
| Where you use it | Mac and iPhone apps | Web dashboard |
| Starting price | $39/month (Professional); $149/month (Enterprise, many sites) | Free 7-day trial (50 prompts); paid plans are custom Enterprise pricing |
| Best for | Businesses and agencies that want the work done, with a yes or no on every change | Enterprise brands that want broad engine coverage, prompt volumes and AI traffic attribution |
Choose Profound if
- You need up to 9 answer engines, many regions and languages
- You want AI-sourced traffic attribution from Cloudflare, Akamai or Vercel logs
- You need SSO, SOC 2 and dedicated support
Choose Agent C if
- You want a published price you can start today, from $39 a month
- You want the fix drafted and opened as a pull request, not only a report
- You run one business or a set of client sites without an enterprise contract
FAQ
Questions people ask
How much does Profound cost compared with Agent C?
Profound offers a free 7-day trial and sells paid plans as custom Enterprise packages. Agent C is $39 a month for one business or $149 a month for many sites, as of November 7, 2026.
What does Agent C do that Profound does not?
Agent C reads your Google Search Console, finds the topics with demand and no page, drafts the page or section and opens it as a pull request. Profound focuses on measuring how your brand appears across answer engines.