Best Profound Alternatives (2026): 10+ options compared
The table lists tools that share a category with Profound, picked from the highest scoring and listed closest matches first: most shared categories, then the most of Profound's features in those categories, then the most audiences both suit, then our score. Each score is for the category that alternative shares with Profound. The tools ranked just above and below Profound in AI Software are listed further down. Costs are estimates for monthly billing based on each tool's listed plans. Our methodology
| # | Tool | Score | Free tier | Starting price | Est. monthly cost | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.6/10in AI Software | Yes | Contact sales | FreeTrial | ||
| 1 |  Qualified sells Piper, an AI SDR agent. Piper talks with B2B website visitors and inbound leads over chat, voice, video and email, qualifies them, and books sales meetings.
| 6.5/10in AI Software | No | Contact sales | Contact for pricing | |
| 2 |  Zapier is a no-code automation platform that connects thousands of business apps and adds AI steps, agents, and chatbots to workflows for teams of any size.
| 7.2/10in AI Software | Yes | $29.99/mo | $104/moTeam | |
| 3 |  Enterprise agentic AI platform that combines its own Palmyra models, a Knowledge Graph, brand controls and no-code playbooks to automate governed business work.
| 6.6/10in AI Software | No | Contact sales | Contact for pricing | |
| 4 |  Enterprise customer experience platform that uses AI agents, a copilot, and generative AI across customer service, social media, marketing, and consumer insights.
| 6.4/10in AI Software | No | Contact sales | Contact for pricing | |
| 5 |  Tidio is a customer service platform that combines live chat, a help desk, no-code Flows automation, and the Lyro AI agent, aimed at small and mid-sized ecommerce businesses.
| 6.6/10in AI Software | Yes | $29/mo | FreeFree | |
| 6 |  Chili Piper is a B2B demand conversion platform. It routes inbound leads, books meetings straight from forms and chat, and uses AI agents and a website Chat AI.
| 6.4/10in AI Software | No | $12/user/mo | Contact for pricing | |
| 7 |  Peec AI shows marketing teams and agencies how often their brand appears, ranks, and is cited in AI answer engines such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.
| 6.5/10in AI Software | No | $95/mo | $95/moStarter | |
| 8 |  Enterprise experience management suite that gathers customer feedback across channels and uses AI analytics and agents to predict churn and trigger follow-up actions.
| 6.5/10in AI Software | No | Contact sales | Contact for pricing | |
| 9 | Z Zoho SalesIQLive chat, visitor tracking and AI chatbot platform from Zoho that helps sales and support teams engage website and app visitors.
| 6.6/10in AI Software | Yes | $7/user/mo | $200/moEnterprise | |
| 10 |  OtterlyAI tracks how brands, competitors, and cited URLs appear in AI search answers from engines such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot.
| 6.7/10in AI Software | No | €29/mo | €29/moLite | |
| 11 |  AI decision engine for online retailers that combines product search, recommendations, personalization, merchandising, pricing and retail media monetization.
| 6.4/10in AI Software | No | Contact sales | Contact for pricing | |
| 12 |  SE Visible by SE Ranking tracks how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews mention and cite a brand compared with its competitors.
| 6.4/10in AI Software | No | $89/mo | $89/moBasic | |
| 13 |  Luigi's Box is an AI product search and discovery suite for online stores. It covers site search, autocomplete, recommendations, product listings, a shopping assistant and analytics.
| 6.9/10in AI Software | No | Contact sales | Contact for pricing | |
| 14 |  Local SEO platform for agencies and multi-location businesses covering rank tracking, AI visibility tracking, citations, listings sync, Google Business Profile tools and review management.
| 6.4/10in AI Software | No | $41/mo | $41/moTrack | |
| 15 |  Clay is a go-to-market data platform that enriches leads and accounts from many data providers and automates prospecting workflows for B2B sales and marketing teams.
| 6.4/10in AI Software | Yes | $185/mo | FreeFree |
Prices from each vendor's published plans, last updated November 2026. How we collect prices
Free alternatives to Profound
- ZapierFree for 1 userZapier pricing
- Tidio (Lyro AI)Free for up to 10 usersTidio (Lyro AI) pricing
- ZZoho SalesIQFree for up to 3 usersZoho SalesIQ pricing
- ClayFree plan, no user limit listedClay pricing
Ranked near Profound in AI Software
Profound is #252 in AI Software by our score. These are the tools ranked just above and below it that the table above does not list. See Profound in the AI Software list
| Rank | Tool | Score | Starting price | Cost for 10 users |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #249 |  | 6.6/10in AI Software | Contact sales | Contact for pricing |
| #250 |  | 6.6/10in AI Software | Contact sales | Contact for pricing |
| #253 |  | 6.6/10in AI Software | $39/mo | Contact for pricing |
| #254 |  | 6.6/10in AI Software | Contact sales | Contact for pricing |
| #255 |  | 6.6/10in AI Software | $2.50/mo | FreeKubernetes Engine |
Profound alternatives FAQs
Qualified is the closest match to Profound on our list, with a score of 6.5/10 on our AI Software criteria. Where it beats Profound: higher Support score (9/10 vs 7/10).
Yes. The closest matches with a free plan are Zapier, Tidio (Lyro AI) and Zoho SalesIQ.
Profound is the cheapest of the tools listed here priced in USD for 10 users: free on its Trial plan. The cheapest alternative, Tidio (Lyro AI), costs the same.
Zapier, OtterlyAI and Luigi's Box score higher than Profound, each in the category it shares with Profound: Zapier 7.2/10 against 6.6/10 in AI Software; OtterlyAI 6.7/10 against 6.6/10 in AI Software; Luigi's Box 6.9/10 against 6.6/10 in AI Software.