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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Profound

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AProfound offers an analytics platform to help enterprise brands understand and improve how they show up in AI Search.

    $99

    per month

    SE Ranking

    Score9 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    An SEO toolset for agency and in-house pros.

    $65

    per month

    Pricing
    ProfoundSE Ranking
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $99
    per month
    Growth
    $399
    per month
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Essential
    $65
    per month
    Pro
    $119
    per month
    Business
    $259
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ProfoundSE Ranking
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing.SE Ranking’s subscription plans are available at a 20% discount for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    ProfoundSE Ranking
    Considered Both Products
    Profound
    No answer on this topic
    SE Ranking
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    ProfoundSE Ranking
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of Profound and SE Ranking
    Feature
    Profound
    7.1
    5 Ratings
    8% below category average
    SE Ranking
    7.9
    16 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Keyword analysis6.34 Ratings7.99 Ratings
    Backlink management6.73 Ratings7.316 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking8.02 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Page grader6.84 Ratings7.611 Ratings
    Competitive analysis8.85 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics5.33 Ratings7.916 Ratings
    Site recommendations7.25 Ratings8.412 Ratings
    Task management8.02 Ratings7.910 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of Profound and SE Ranking
    Feature
    Profound
    8.0
    3 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SE Ranking
    8.1
    14 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Local SEO7.02 Ratings8.111 Ratings
    Social SEO10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global SEO7.03 Ratings8.213 Ratings
    Mobile SEO00 Ratings8.112 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Profound and SE Ranking
    Feature
    Profound
    7.0
    4 Ratings
    18% below category average
    SE Ranking
    8.4
    14 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Multi-domain support8.33 Ratings8.512 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools5.84 Ratings8.413 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    ProfoundSE Ranking
    Small Businesses
    Serpstat
    Score10 out of 10
    Serpstat
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Yoast
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Yoast
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ProfoundSE Ranking
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (7 ratings)
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (6 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ProfoundSE Ranking
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Profound
    Profound is a great AEO platform, with so much information and insights available around what competitors are doing and what prospects are searching for, and how we are cited. The down side is also just too much information and without enough resources or a full time person using the platform, it's difficult to know what to prioritize
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    SE Ranking
    SE Ranking is a fantastic tool if you are a marketing agency or freelancer looking for a single tool for the majority of your SEO work. It also includes B2B tools like their lead generation widget and white label reports that can help you generate new leads for your business. It would get 10 stars if their database was larger to accommodate research for small geographic areas, but they are always expanding their database so it may just be a matter of time. Research SE Ranking has pricing plans available for every budget.
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    Pros
    Profound
    No answers on this topic
    SE Ranking
    • Rank racking. It’s really important for us that the ranks are tracked accurately.
    • Monitoring of changes made on the website. We’ve found this feature really useful.
    • Reports. This includes auto reports and manuals. We can easily and quickly create reports to check our SEO progress month by month.
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    Cons
    Profound
    No answers on this topic
    SE Ranking
    • I really don't think SE Ranking has many flaws. They are also rolling out an app at the moment - SE Ranking Pro - need to test that one.
    • Some more video tutorials on the site on how to use some tools would be helpful.
    • More in-system popups would be more helpful too.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Profound
    Profound tracks A LOT of data, which is great, but it can also be overwhelming to look at/digest all the raw data without their internal measurements.
    Incentivized
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    SE Ranking
    They had a huge update recently and the platform is now even better. Although not all the tools are yet in the new design.
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    Support Rating
    Profound
    No answers on this topic
    SE Ranking
    The support is great but they don't have 24/7 support. And time zones can also be an issue sometimes. On the other hand there are plenty of guides and videos around to get yourself started. I never really needed support for "big" issues. And the help I got was good enough.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Profound
    Semrush is much more mature for SEO but lacks the focus needed to be effective for AEO. Because Profound is build for AEO from the ground up, all of the associated features are optimized to be useful for AEO (for example focusing purely on topic visibility). SEMRush's AI Search tools feel a bit muddled in the system they have set up for SEO
    Incentivized
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    SE Ranking
    SE Ranking is better than Serpstat or MOZ or Ahrefs when it comes to tracking keyword rankings, but it lacks in every other SEO category, such as onsite and offsite SEO metrics, content analysis, etc... It's a good choice for agencies that are interested in tracking keywords for their clients, but other than that it underperforms in every other SEO category.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Profound
    No answers on this topic
    SE Ranking
    • The website "health" report has allowed us to fix things that Google might find strange or cause us to lose rankings, which has been very helpful.
    • It's given us more visibility into what exactly our SEO management company is doing and how they are performing, and if things are changing or not. It's very easy to see right from the dashboard.
    • Being able to see how our competitors stack up against us has helped us know where to improve, what to focus on, and how to be even better.
    Incentivized
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