MentionX vs Profound
Profound built a cathedral: answer-engine analytics, autonomous content agents, Prompt Volumes, nine engines on Enterprise, annual contracts on self-serve. Powerful — if you have procurement time and $4,788/year before you export one board deck. MentionX is David: smaller, faster, $49.99 Orbit with Mentionie and Boardroom this week. You do not need to slay Profound. You need to win the meeting on Monday.
Official pricing snapshot
Source: tryprofound.com/pricing (USD, billed yearly on self-serve) · verified August 2026. Starter and Growth display monthly equivalents but bill annually ($1,188 / $4,788 upfront). Growth includes a 7-day trial. Enterprise is custom — typically multi-thousand/month for full engine + API + SSO stack.
| Profound plan | Price | Prompts | Engines | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $99/mo · billed yearly ($1,188/yr) | 50 | ChatGPT only | 1 seat |
| Growth | $399/mo · billed yearly ($4,788/yr) | 100 | ChatGPT + Perplexity + Google AI Overviews | 3 seats |
| Enterprise | Custom · tailored | Custom | Up to 9 answer engines | Custom |
MentionX founding plans
| Plan | Founding price | Prompts | Engines | Mentionie | Boardroom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signal | $29.99/mo · $24.99 annual equiv. | 15/mo | ChatGPT + Gemini | — | — |
| Orbit | $49.99/mo · $41.66 annual equiv. | 40/mo | ChatGPT + Gemini | 30 msgs / day | Unlimited PPTX |
| Constellation | $79.99/mo · $66.66 annual equiv. | 100/mo | All 5 (ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity, Claude) | 60 msgs / day | Unlimited PPTX |
Plan-to-plan ROI
We match on marketing job, not logo tier names — so Signal is not compared to Enterprise. Savings assume monthly list; your competitor may require annual prepay (especially Profound).
Entry monitoring job. Profound gives 50 prompts on one engine with $1,188/year commitment. MentionX: 15 prompts on ChatGPT + Gemini, monthly billing, 7-day no-card trial.
- Two engines on day one (Gemini + ChatGPT) vs ChatGPT-only on Starter.
- Trial before annual lock — Profound Starter has no published trial.
- Keep ~$828/yr in flexible budget vs paying Profound yearly on day one.
Orbit is the marketing desk: Mentionie + Boardroom. Profound Starter has agents credits but no Mentionie-style evidence chat or PPTX board export on the public tier card.
- Ask Mentionie ‘what should I tell the board?’ from stored scan evidence.
- Download unlimited Boardroom decks — Profound exports CSV/JSON only on Growth+.
- ~$588/yr saved vs Starter annual — fund Orbit annual ($499.90) and keep change.
Same 100-prompt band. Constellation runs five engines + Mentionie 60/day + Boardroom; Growth runs three engines, no API, annual $4,788 commitment.
- Grok, Perplexity, Claude included — Growth stops at three engines.
- $3,828/yr back into headcount or media vs Growth’s annual invoice.
- Same 100-prompt band with five engines vs Profound Growth’s three.
Full feature comparison
| Category | Feature | MentionX | Profound |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Self-serve entry | $29.99/mo · monthly available | $99/mo · annual only on Starter |
| Pricing | 100-prompt tier | Constellation $79.99/mo | Growth $399/mo (annual $4,788) |
| Coverage | Engines on matched tier | 5 on Constellation | 3 on Growth · 1 on Starter |
| Coverage | Daily prompt frequency | Per scan run · weekly monitoring ready | Daily on Growth (9,000 responses/mo) |
| Agents | Autonomous content agents | — | 100–400 credits/mo by tier Not our focus — Mentionie advises; you execute |
| Agents | Prompt Volumes (demand data) | Coming soon | Enterprise / Growth keywords |
| Outputs | Mentionie analyst | Orbit+ on scan evidence | Profound Agents (different job) |
| Outputs | Boardroom PPTX | Orbit+ unlimited | Not on public tier cards |
| Data | CSV/JSON export | Boardroom + evidence in app | Growth+ exports |
| Enterprise | SSO / SOC 2 / API | Enterprise scoped | Enterprise tier |
| Analytics | Agent Analytics (web traffic) | Coming soon | Unlimited domains tracked Roadmap — citation intel live today |
Where MentionX is honest about gaps
- Profound Agents (autonomous content workers) — Not planned on self-serve — Mentionie advises from evidence
- Prompt Volumes / demand-side prompt research — Coming soon
- 9-engine Enterprise coverage — 5 engines live · Enterprise for custom breadth
- Agent Analytics (GA/Cloudflare integrations) — Coming soon
FAQ
Is Profound ‘better’ because it costs more?
Profound Growth buys daily response volume, agent credits, and three engines on an annual contract. MentionX Constellation buys five engines, Mentionie, and Boardroom at $79.99/mo — different giant, different fight.
Why call it Goliath vs David?
Profound’s stack targets enterprise AEO programs ($399–custom/mo, agents, SOC2). MentionX targets the marketing lead who needs proof and a deck before the quarterly business review — without a procurement cycle.
Can I try before annual billing?
MentionX: 7-day Signal/Orbit trial, no card. Profound Growth: 7-day trial but still yearly product. Starter: no trial on the public card.
No card · founding from $29.99/mo · pricing · how it works
Profound is a trademark of its respective owner. Pricing from tryprofound.com/pricing (USD, billed yearly on self-serve) as of August 2026. Confirm current rates before purchase.