Comparison
Glossy Data vs Profound
How Glossy Data and Profound compare on buying, engines, countries, pricing and method. Every Profound detail links to its source, and we say where Profound is ahead.
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The short version
Glossy Data gives your team AI answer tracking, competitor comparisons and cited sources at a published price. Start with a monthly plan, track 6 engines across 49 countries and invite your whole team. Profound combines AI visibility with content agents and enterprise services; the table below compares the scope of each product.
Why choose Glossy Data?
- You want every number shown with its sample size and interval, and alerts when a change exceeds the statistical threshold.
- You want to see prices, try a live workspace and buy without a sales process.
- You need many markets and unlimited seats without a custom contract.
- You're an agency, a growth team or a startup as well as, or instead of, an enterprise.
See the product first
Explore answers, sources and reporting in the demo workspace. Then choose a plan for the questions, markets and clients you want to track.
Compare our plansSide by side
Buying
- How you buy
Glossy Data:Self-serve on every plan, including Enterprise
Profound:Free trial, then Enterprise through “Get a Demo”[2]
- Public pricing
Glossy Data:Yes: £25 to £2,299/month; Enterprise from £1,916.67/month, billed annually
Profound:Trial free; Enterprise custom. AWS Marketplace lists $100,000 for 12 months[2],[5]
- Free option
Glossy Data:Free limited report after email verification
Profound:7-day trial: 50 prompts, 3 engines, 1 language, 1 region, no exports or API[2]
- Enterprise quote and order form online
Glossy Data:Yes
Profound:Not offered; sales-led[2]
Measurement
- Engines
Glossy Data:ChatGPT, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude; Copilot coming soon
Profound:Up to 9 on Enterprise, including Copilot, DeepSeek and Exa; 3 on the trial[2],[3]
- Countries and languages
Glossy Data:49 countries on every plan; 7 native languages
Profound:Multiple regions and languages on Enterprise[2]
- Sampling
Glossy Data:Repeated samples over weeks and paraphrases
Profound:One capture per prompt per engine per day, defended for aggregates[4]
Insight & action
- AI content agents
Glossy Data:No. We find the gaps and write evidence-backed fix briefs; you make the changes
Profound:Yes (“AI Marketer”, Agents)[6]
- ChatGPT Shopping
Glossy Data:No
Profound:Yes, Enterprise[7]
- Agent and crawler analytics
Glossy Data:Yes: AI crawler and agent visits from your own Cloudflare logs
Profound:Yes, from 10+ CDN and log sources, including on the trial[8]
Agency
- Agency plans
Glossy Data:Pooled credits, white-label PDFs, Report Studio, from £149/month
Profound:Agency Mode with pitch workspaces; we couldn't find white-label reports[9]
Enterprise & security
- SSO
Glossy Data:Self-serve OIDC; SAML in beta
Profound:SAML and OIDC on Enterprise[2]
- SCIM
Glossy Data:Not yetComing soon
Profound:Yes[9]
- SOC 2
Glossy Data:Not yet
Profound:SOC 2 Type II, per its pricing page[2]
- API and exports
Glossy Data:Read API + MCP (live); scheduled exports Coming soon
Profound:CSV/JSON exports and full API on Enterprise[2]
- Seats
Glossy Data:Unlimited on every plan
Profound:Unlimited[2]
- Support
Glossy Data:Written support by email (usually within one working day); AI assistant Coming soon
Profound:Email, Slack and a dedicated specialist with a 24-hour SLA on Enterprise[2]
The main differences
Evidence for your next action.
Glossy Data connects AI visibility to the original answers, cited pages and suggested actions. Your team can use that evidence to decide which content to update and which questions to track.
How sure the numbers are.
Sample sizes and estimated ranges help you judge each result. Alerts require a change to exceed the configured statistical threshold.
How you buy.
Profound's paid plan starts with a demo. Ours starts with a free check, and Enterprise is quoted and bought online.
What Glossy Data does better
Glossy Data makes it easier to start with a clear budget: published monthly plans, unlimited seats and an interactive demo you can explore yourself. Follow a visibility change through to the original answers and cited pages, then use that evidence to plan content updates or a client report. Enterprise teams can also build a quote and order online.
How you buy
Glossy Data
- 1Run the free check on your website
- 2Explore the live demo workspace
- 3Start a monthly plan by card, or build an Enterprise quote online
- 4Download the security pack; pay by card or annual invoice
Profound
- 1Start the 7-day trial, or use “Get a Demo”
- 2Scope the Enterprise plan with their team
- 3Negotiate a custom contract
Pricing compared
Glossy Data: £25–£2,299/month self-serve; Enterprise from £1,916.67/month (£23,000/year), quoted online. Profound: Enterprise custom; its AWS Marketplace listing is $100,000 for 12 months.
See Glossy Data pricingSwitching
Export your prompt list from Profound as CSV and paste it into Glossy Data. We can't import Profound's historical scores.
How Glossy Data shows every number
Each score comes with the number of answers behind it, its confidence range, and a note when an engine update may affect the results.
ChatGPT names you in about 1 in 3 answers
Mention rate · weekly · 90% interval
Hollow = fewer than 20 answers Engine model change, alerts paused
Try it on your own website
Enter your website and verify your email to see a limited report, or try the demo workspace first.
Free website check · No card needed · Full AI tracking on paid plans
Sources (checked 18 Oct 2026)
- tryprofound.com (home page)
- tryprofound.com/pricing
- Profound: Answer Engine Insights
- Profound blog: Is once a day enough?
- AWS Marketplace: Profound listing
- Profound: Agents
- Profound: Shopping
- Profound: Agent Analytics
- Profound changelog
- CMSWire: Profound raises $180M (Sep 2026)
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