Linkafella vs. Profound
Profound is the enterprise leader in AI-search monitoring — deep, powerful and priced for big teams. Linkafella gives you a free, instant GA Score and the core citation insights, without a sales call or a $400+/mo commitment.
Profound is the most established AI-visibility platform: it re-runs your prompts daily across 10+ engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek), stores every answer, maps brand perception, and even drafts content. Backed by a large 2026 funding round, it's built for enterprises and agencies with budget and a dedicated team.
Linkafella is the accessible end of the same idea. You get a single 0–100 GA Score, live multi-engine citation scans, and a prompt-level view of who gets cited instead of you — free to start, in your browser, in about 30 seconds. It's the tool you reach for before you're ready to commit to enterprise pricing.
Feature comparison
| Capability | Linkafella | Profound |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose-built for AI search (GEO) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Single 0–100 GA Score benchmark | ✓ | — |
| Free, instant public score check | ✓ | ~(trial/audit) |
| Free forever tier | ✓ | ~(varies) |
| AI engines tracked | ✓(6) | ✓(6–11) |
| Scheduled daily tracking | ~(on-demand) | ✓ |
| Live citation & source-authority scan | ✓ | ✓ |
| Prompt-level competitor citations | ✓ | ✓ |
| Embeddable public GA badge | ✓ | — |
| Public visibility leaderboard | ✓ | — |
| Honest data labelling (measured / proxy / estimated) | ✓ | ~ |
✓ full · ~ partial/emerging · — not offered. Competitor capabilities evolve; this reflects each tool's core focus, not a feature-by-feature audit. Pricing & features verified June 2026.
Where Linkafella wins
- ✓Free GA Score — no sales call, no $400+/mo commitment
- ✓A single 0–100 benchmark anyone can check and share
- ✓Public score checker, leaderboard and embeddable badge
Where Profound wins
- ✓Daily tracking across 10+ AI engines incl. ChatGPT & Claude
- ✓Perception mapping and automated content workflows
- ✓Enterprise-grade scale, integrations and support
Which should you use?
Choose Linkafella if: You're an SMB, founder or agency who wants a fast, free read on your AI visibility without enterprise pricing.
Choose Profound if: You're an enterprise or large agency that needs daily tracking across every engine, with deep workflows and support.
If you have the budget and a team, Profound is more powerful — it re-runs prompts daily across even more engines, with perception mapping and workflows we won't pretend to match. But Linkafella now covers six AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Perplexity, Gemini and Google), and if you just want to understand your AI visibility today, for free, it gets you there in seconds. Profound starts around $399–$499/mo (enterprise tiers higher); Linkafella is free to start with one affordable Pro plan.
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