Enterprise platform or transparent pricing for mid-sized brands and agencies?
Both Profound and growResonance track how AI assistants talk about your brand. The difference is who they are built for. Profound is an enterprise platform: pricing is available on request, and in return you get SOC 2, SCIM, up to nine answer engines and shopping tracking. growResonance is built for mid-sized brands and agencies: public prices from €20 a month, self-serve sign-up and hosting in Frankfurt, Germany. It is also open source: self-host it with your own API keys, or use the hosted version.
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Key takeaways
- Choose Profound if you are a large company with procurement requirements such as SOC 2, SCIM or RBAC, need to monitor many AI platforms, or want SKU-level tracking in ChatGPT Shopping. Pricing is negotiated individually.
- Choose growResonance if you want fixed, published prices. Plans cost between €20 and €195 per month, excluding VAT.
- growResonance is open source: the code is public on GitHub. Self-hosted, there is no license fee; you only pay for your own API usage and server.
- growResonance measures ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode daily through each model's user interface, the same way your customers ask.
- Agencies get white-label reports, a cross-client overview and a GDPR data processing agreement (Art. 28) as standard.
Why teams choose growResonance over Profound
Most teams don't need the tool with the longest feature list. They need the one that fits their budget, their headcount and how they work. These are the five reasons brands and agencies give for choosing growResonance:
- Open: both the code and the prices are public.
- Predictable: you know the price before the first call.
- Fast: no sales cycle to get started.
- European: data in Frankfurt, contracts under GDPR.
- Agency-ready: white-label reports and a cross-client overview.
1. Open source: the most transparent option there is
Public pricing is a good start. Public code goes further. The growResonance source code is on GitHub under AGPL-3.0, so you can read exactly how answers are collected and metrics are calculated instead of trusting a black box.
Self-hosting costs no license fee: you pay only for your own API usage and your own server. Your data stays on your infrastructure, and there is no lock-in, because you can switch or adapt the code whenever you like. If you would rather not run a server, the hosted version runs in the EU, in Frankfurt. The documentation lists what the self-hosted edition includes.
2. You know the price before the first call
Profound does not publish prices for its enterprise plan; you book a demo to get a quote. Its Agency Growth plan is described as self-serve, but the pricing page shows no amount (Profound pricing).
Every growResonance price is on the website. The Start plan costs €20 per month on a 12-month term, or €25 if you prefer to cancel monthly. That makes internal sign-off possible before anyone talks to sales.
3. Up and running without a sales cycle
With growResonance you create your account, add your brand and competitors, and move prompts from prompt research into tracking with one click. If you only want a first read on where you stand, the free visibility check needs no sign-up.
Profound offers a free trial: 50 prompts, run daily for seven days on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. After that, the path continues through an enterprise contract or the agency plan.
4. Data in Frankfurt, contracts under GDPR
growResonance is hosted in the EU, in Frankfurt am Main. Agency plans include a data processing agreement under Art. 28 GDPR by default, and support is available in German.
Profound lists RBAC, SCIM and SOC 2 among its enterprise capabilities. If your procurement team requires SOC 2, that is a point in Profound's favor, and growResonance does not offer it.
5. Built for agency workflows
Agencies need more than metrics. They need reports they can send under their own name. growResonance builds reports as slides, PDF or a shared link with your logo and colors; on agency plans the growResonance notice is removed. An account overview puts every client's visibility, change and rank side by side.
Must-haves: growResonance and Profound side by side
| Criterion | growResonance | Profound |
|---|---|---|
| Open and predictable | ||
| Open source / self-hosting | Yes, source code on GitHub (AGPL-3.0), self-hosting free | No open source offering mentioned on the website |
| Public pricing | Yes, from €20/month excl. VAT | No, enterprise on request |
| Try before you buy | Free check without sign-up, free trial | Trial with 50 prompts for 7 days |
| Measurement and analysis | ||
| AI platforms | ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Mode; Claude and Perplexity coming soon | Up to 9 engines on Enterprise, incl. ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, DeepSeek, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Exa |
| Measurement | Daily, through each model's user interface | Daily tracking on Enterprise |
| Sentiment | 0–100 score with the original sentences | Not described in detail on the website |
| Product tracking | Visibility of individual products | ChatGPT Shopping at SKU level |
| Bot analysis | Technical audit for AI bot access, llms.txt, structured data | Agent Analytics: how bots view, cite and refer to pages |
| Content | Article assistant with fact check and content score | AI Marketer agents rewrite pages and stage them in your CMS |
| Security and privacy | ||
| Enterprise security | EU hosting in Frankfurt, GDPR DPA | RBAC, SCIM, SOC 2, SSO/SAML |
| API / export | MCP connector for Claude and ChatGPT | API, CSV and JSON export on Enterprise |
| Agencies and teams | ||
| White-label reports | Yes, on agency plans | Not listed on the pricing page |
| Seats | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Sources: growresonance.ai, tryprofound.com, tryprofound.com/pricing, accessed October 29, 2026.
growResonance vs. Profound: Feature comparison
Measurement: where the answers come from
Every day, growResonance asks ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode the questions your customers ask. It measures through the models' user interface, not the API, and keeps every answer readable with its position and sources. Core metrics are visibility, share of voice, average position, sentiment and rank, shown over 7, 30 or 90 days and filterable by location.
Profound covers up to nine answer engines on its enterprise plan and provides a category-wide visibility baseline, citation analytics and a visibility score per platform. If you also need to watch DeepSeek, Copilot or Exa, Profound offers the broader coverage.
Competitors and sources
Analyze competitors and sources
growResonance shows, per prompt and model, which competitors get mentioned instead of you. Source analysis lists cited domains and individual pages and classifies them as trade press, user-generated, reference, your own site or competitor, so you can see where you are missing. It also shows query fan-out: the sub-searches ChatGPT runs for a single question.
Profound also offers citation analytics across answers, plus Prompt Volumes. According to its website, it analyzes billions of real user conversations to show the intent and demand behind questions. growResonance estimates demand in prompt research from Google search volume (via DataForSEO).
From metric to task
In growResonance, every measurement produces prioritized tasks. The agent knows your workspace data, suggests prompts, tasks, articles and reports, and only creates them once you approve. After a task is done, growResonance shows how the affected prompts develop. The technical audit checks whether AI bots may read your site, whether an llms.txt exists, where structured data is missing and how fast pages load, with a fix prompt for every finding.
Profound relies on AI Marketer agents. They rewrite pages whose citations are declining and stage them in your CMS for approval, and they also cover social, PR and brand tasks. Agent Analytics shows how bots view, cite and refer to your pages.
Content for AI search
Article assistant and content audit
The growResonance article assistant writes articles based on AI answers and the Google top 10, with a fact check and a content score for both Google and AI search. Existing pages can be improved in the same area through auto-optimization. Any article can be turned into a social media carousel and exported as HTML or Markdown.
Profound ties content to its Context Manager, which keeps your brand positioning current so its agents write with the right context.
Reports and integrations
growResonance reports come as slides, PDF or a shared link with password protection and expiry after 7, 30 or 90 days. You can connect Google Search Console; Google Analytics 4 for visits from AI services is coming soon. Through the MCP connector, your AI assistant reads a workspace's data directly.
Profound's enterprise plan includes API access, CSV and JSON export, SSO/SAML and dedicated support.
growResonance vs. Profound: Pricing
What to know before you buy
The biggest difference is not a single feature. It is how you buy.
| Question | growResonance | Profound |
|---|---|---|
| Is pricing public? | Yes | No, Enterprise and Agency Growth have no published price |
| Can I test first? | Free check without sign-up, free trial | Trial with 50 prompts for 7 days |
| How do I get a contract? | Self-serve or book a demo | Demo request for Enterprise; Agency Growth is self-serve |
| Contract type | Monthly cancellable, or 12-month term paid monthly | Individual, according to the website |
| Hosting and privacy | EU hosting in Frankfurt, DPA on agency plans | SOC 2, RBAC, SCIM, SSO/SAML |
growResonance pricing (per month, excl. VAT)
| Plan | 12-month term | Monthly | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-hosting | €0 | €0 | your own API keys and server, cost depends on usage |
| Start | €20 | €25 | 1 brand, 50 prompts, up to 4,650 answers |
| Growth | €60 | €70 | 1 brand, 150 prompts, up to 13,950 answers, 3 locations |
| Scale | €115 | €135 | 3 brands, 350 prompts, up to 32,550 answers, all markets |
| Studio | €90 | €105 | 5 clients, 225 pooled prompts, white-label |
| Agency | €165 | €195 | 10 clients, 450 pooled prompts, white-label, priority support |
All prices in euros excluding VAT. Profound does not publish prices for Enterprise or Agency Growth. Sources: growResonance pricing, agency pricing, Profound pricing, accessed October 29, 2026.
What customers say about growResonance
"Finally, we can see in black and white whether ChatGPT and Gemini mention our clients." – Maximilian Boos, Managing Director, visseo medical (translated from German)
Measured for our customers: BOS Tuning, visseo medical, DUNE47.
Which tool fits which team?
Profound is the better fit if you
- need SOC 2, SCIM, RBAC or SSO/SAML to pass procurement,
- have to track more than three AI platforms, such as DeepSeek, Copilot or Exa,
- want SKU-level product tracking in ChatGPT Shopping,
- have budget for an individually negotiated enterprise contract.
growResonance is the better fit if you
- want to know the cost up front and start without a sales call,
- focus on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode,
- care about EU hosting in Frankfurt and German-language support,
- run an agency with several clients and need white-label reports.
FAQ
Is growResonance better than Profound?
It depends on what you need. For large companies with SOC 2 requirements, many engines and shopping tracking, Profound is often the better fit. For mid-sized brands and agencies, growResonance offers:
- public pricing from €20 per month excluding VAT
- open source code with free self-hosting
- EU hosting in Frankfurt and a GDPR data processing agreement
- white-label reports for agencies
Why do teams choose growResonance over Profound?
Usually for predictability and workflow:
- costs are clear before the first conversation
- self-serve start, plus a free check without sign-up
- inspectable code and no vendor lock-in
- agency plans with a cross-client overview
What are the differences between Profound and growResonance?
The main differences are in scope and buying model:
- Profound: up to 9 engines, SOC 2, SCIM, SKU-level shopping, pricing on request
- growResonance: ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode measured through the user interface, public pricing
- growResonance is open source; Profound mentions no open source offering
- both track mentions, sources and competitors
How much does Profound cost?
Profound does not publish a price for its enterprise plan; you get a quote after a demo. The pricing page also shows no amount for the Agency Growth plan. The free option is a seven-day trial with 50 prompts. growResonance publishes all prices, starting at €20 per month excluding VAT.
Is growResonance open source?
Yes. The growResonance source code is published on GitHub under AGPL-3.0. That means every measurement and calculation can be inspected, and you decide where your data lives. If you'd rather not run anything yourself, the hosted version has public pricing starting at €20 per month excluding VAT.
How much does self-hosting cost?
The software itself is free. You pay only for what you run yourself: API keys from the AI providers and a server. The total depends on how many prompts you track and how often you measure them. The documentation covers setup and what the self-hosted edition includes.
What about security and GDPR?
growResonance is hosted in Frankfurt am Main and operates under the GDPR; agency plans include a data processing agreement under Art. 28 GDPR. Profound lists RBAC, SCIM and SOC 2 among its enterprise capabilities. Which matters more depends on your internal requirements.
How fast can I get started?
With growResonance you create the account yourself; the website says setup takes about 15 minutes. The free check gives you a first result without sign-up. With Profound, the path to an enterprise contract runs through a demo, and you can use the trial on your own beforehand.
Which tool works better for agencies?
growResonance has dedicated agency plans, Studio (5 clients) and Agency (10 clients), with a shared prompt pool, white-label reports, a cross-client overview and a DPA, from €90 per month excluding VAT. Profound's self-serve Agency Growth plan includes 400 credits per client workspace; its price is not published.
growResonance helps teams get seen in AI answers
Profound and growResonance solve the same problem for different companies. Profound is an enterprise platform with broad engine coverage, shopping tracking and security features such as SOC 2, sold through a sales process. growResonance focuses on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode, with public prices from €20, hosting in Frankfurt and features built for agencies. As an open source tool, it publishes not only its prices but its code, and you can run it entirely on your own infrastructure.
Want to know where your brand stands in AI answers today? Run the free visibility check.
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Related reading
- Agency guide: GEO in 14 days: How agencies can turn AI visibility into a service without starting an enterprise project.
- Documentation: how we measure: How growResonance collects answers through the user interface and calculates its metrics.
- MCP server: How Claude or ChatGPT read your workspace data directly.
Make your brand visible in AI answers
Sources
- Profound, website: https://www.tryprofound.com (accessed October 29, 2026)
- Profound, pricing: https://www.tryprofound.com/pricing (accessed October 29, 2026)
- growResonance, website: growresonance.ai (accessed October 29, 2026)
- growResonance, AI visibility: growresonance.ai/ai-visibility (accessed October 29, 2026)
- growResonance, agency pricing: growresonance.ai/pricing/agencies (accessed October 29, 2026)
