Citably vs Profound

Citably vs Profound, compared side by side on the action layer, monitoring, pricing, and white label. We are honest about where each one fits.

Interactive Tool Deployment
AI Ad Placement
Full Platform White-Label
Transparent pricing

Our verdict

Profound is a serious enterprise AI visibility platform. Its measurement is deep, its analytics are detailed, and large teams with the budget and the headcount to act on a report will get real value from it. If you are a brand with an in-house team that just needs to read what AI engines are saying, Profound is a credible choice. But Profound reads, benchmarks, and recommends, then hands your team a to-do list. If you are an SMB, solo founder, or agency that needs to act on visibility data on the same screen, Citably gives you the action layer Profound does not have: interactive tool deployment, AEO article deployment, AI ad placement, and full platform white-label with a free scan and no card.

Feature
CitablyCitably
Profound

Action Layer
Deploy interactive tools to your site
✓Live
✗Not available

Deploy AEO articles to your site
✓Live
✗Measurement only, no deployment

AI ad placement (Boost)
Soon
✗Not available

Callable API action endpoints
✓Deploy + Boost as endpoints
✗Read-only API

Monitoring
AI engines tracked
ChatGPT Gemini Perplexity Claude Copilot
ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityCopilotenterprise engine coverage

Prompts tracked per month
Unlimited with subscription
Enterprise prompt volume

Citation source breakdown
✓Full domain-level
Available

Reputation monitoring (good/bad mentions)
✓Built-in Reputation tab
✗Not available

Pricing & Access
Entry price
See pricing
Enterprise pricing

Free scan
✓Yes, no card required
Contact vendor

Token wallet model
✓Pay-per-action from one wallet
✗Enterprise subscription only

Lifetime deal
✓Available
✗Not available

White Label
White-label offering
Full platform white-label (subdomain, branding, client accounts)
Limited

Agency pricing
Single token wallet for all actions
No dedicated agency reseller model

Action Layer

Act on the Data, Not Just Read It

Profound measures where AI engines mention you and your competitors, then surfaces recommendations for your team to work through. Citably measures the same gaps and then deploys the fix from the same screen.

Citably ships interactive tools and AEO articles straight to your site, so visibility work turns into shipped pages instead of a backlog.

Pricing Model

One Wallet, Every Action

Profound runs on enterprise pricing built for larger teams and budgets. Citably runs on one token wallet instead, on a single shared wallet.

There is no per-seat pricing and no tier-gating on the actions that move your visibility. You pay per action, from one pool that funds both Deploy and Boost.

White Label

Full White-Label, Not Just Measurement

Profound is built for in-house measurement, not for reselling under your own brand. Citably hands agencies the whole platform: a branded subdomain, your colors, your logo, and client accounts.

Agencies set their own markup and resell AI visibility as their own product, on the same token model, with no separate agency tier to buy.

10+
AI Engines
Free
Scan to start
300+
Brands Scanning
60 sec
Scan Time
★★★★★

We switched from a report-only tool. Being able to deploy a calculator and watch it pull citations within a week changed how we pitch clients.

RM
Rachel Moss
Founder, Northbeam Studio
★★★★★

One wallet for everything finally made the budget make sense. No more guessing which tier unlocks the feature I actually need this month.

DK
Devin Kraus
Growth Lead, Pieface
★★★★★

The full white-label let us run visibility as our own product. Clients log into our brand, and the margin stays with us. That was the deciding factor.

AL
Ana Lima
Director, Vist Agency

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Citably vs Profound: common questions

Profound measures AI visibility at enterprise depth and hands your team a report. Citably tracks the same signals and acts on them from the same screen: it deploys interactive tools and AEO articles to your site and layers AI ad intercepts on top, all funded by one token wallet. Profound reads and recommends. Citably closes the loop.

Profound is built for enterprise teams with the budget and headcount to action a report. Citably is transparent and self-serve with a free scan and no card, and it does the acting for you: deploy a tool or an AEO article straight from the dashboard. For an SMB, founder, or agency, Citably is the action layer Profound does not offer at that price.

Visit our pricing page for current plans and token wallet details. Both tools list pricing publicly, so you can compare them there.

Profound is measurement only. Citably deploys. Interactive tools, AEO articles, and the llms.txt generator all ship to your site from the dashboard, so the fix does not land back on your team as a to-do list.

If you are an enterprise brand with an in-house team that needs deep measurement and the budget for it, Profound is a credible choice. If you are an SMB, agency, or founder who needs to act on the gaps, deploy tools and articles, and run AI ads from one screen, Citably is built for that.

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