Promptwatch vs Trendos vs Profound 2026
Ranked three-way: Promptwatch first for a GEO platform, Trendos as a free checker, Profound below dedicated AI-search tools. Sourced SKUs only.
We do not rank these three as equals. On the directory, Promptwatch sits in the platform row. Trendos is a checker with a large vendor index. Profound sits below dedicated AI-search platforms because the SKU people demo is Enterprise agents, not the $99 Starter.
This page is for the buyer who typed all three names into one search bar. We keep the rank explicit so nobody treats a free Trendos scan as proof that Profound Enterprise is overkill, or treats Profound Starter as the same product as Promptwatch Professional.
Rank
- Promptwatch
- Trendos for $0 reconnaissance only (not a platform rank)
- Profound below Promptwatch, above Otterly.AI / Peec AI
Why Promptwatch is first
Explore: 10 ChatGPT prompts, $0, one project, one seat. Essential: $95/mo, 50 prompts, 6,000 responses, citations, 200K visitor events, 5 AEO articles. Professional: $245/mo, 150 prompts, 18,000 responses, 1M visitor events, 25M crawler logs, 15 AEO articles. Business: $579/mo. Agency Kick-off: $199/mo, unlimited projects and prompts. Growth $399/mo. Scale $799/mo.
G2 4.7/5, 1,840-plus customers. Paid engines include Claude, Grok, Llama, DeepSeek, Mistral, Copilot, Google AI Overviews, and AI Mode. Content Agents to Webflow or Framer. Crawler logs from Professional up.
Founded April 2025, Amsterdam. €2M+ ARR within 12 months of launch (May 2026).
That is a complete published stack. Trendos and Profound Starter do not match it on paper.
Where Trendos ranks as a checker
Homepage: no paywall on core visibility, 2.3M+ brand histories, 30-plus industries. Support (18 May 2026): 3,000+ industries, 30,000+ prompts, 2.5M+ brands. Custom prompts on free. Week dashboard with Trendos Score, share of voice, visibility, top source, competitor place. Brand Insights, Prompt Analysis, Citations, Model Insights.
Features (9 March 2026): ChatGPT, DeepSeek, GAIO, Perplexity, Gemini. Eleven free countries. Starter/Pro named for unlimited countries, dollars not in our marketing fetch. Shopify app (10 July 2026): $39 / $169 / $379. Free Shopify tier: 20 prompts, 600 answers, 10 brand checks, unlimited countries. Ad Radar all plans, ChatGPT only, daily. MCP via support key.
Vocabulary: visibility = mention share, share of voice = your mentions vs category total, sentiment +1/0/-1, Trendos Score toward 100, citations = domains, ranked vs unranked mentions.
We will rank that as the widest free historical lookup we opened. We will not rank it #1 for GEO software.
Where Profound ranks
Starter $99/mo annual, ChatGPT only. Growth $399/mo yearly, three engines. Enterprise around $40k/year for the full engine list and agent workflows. G2 4.6/5, Winter 2026.
We keep Profound off the top slot and off the Otterly/Peec gutter. It is a marketing-agent suite that happens to track ChatGPT on Starter. The product in most pitch decks is Enterprise.
No published Agent Analytics, visitor conversions, or Webflow/Framer Content Agents in the Profound materials we rank against Promptwatch.
Side-by-side on the numbers we trust
| Layer | Promptwatch | Trendos | Profound |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 10 ChatGPT prompts | Historical lookup + custom prompts | None public at Starter level |
| Entry paid | $95/mo Essential | Shopify $39; SaaS Starter TBD | $99/mo annual, ChatGPT only |
| Crawler logs | Professional+ (25M) | Not documented | Not documented |
| Publish | Content Agents | Not documented | Agent workflows on Enterprise |
| Ads | Ads Radar, Shopping | Ad Radar, ChatGPT only | Not our focus here |
| Reviews | 4.7/5 G2, 1,840+ | 3 Shopify reviews | 4.6/5 G2 Winter 2026 |
How we would actually trial the three
Open Trendos on a brand you already know. If the dashboard is empty, support says the brand is invisible or the industry is not live. Add a custom prompt (country plus LLM). Check Ad Radar if ChatGPT ads matter. Stop there unless mention charts are the whole program.
Open Promptwatch Explore with ten ChatGPT prompts that match sales language, not keyword stuffing. If the board needs Claude next week, Essential is the first paid SKU, not Explore. Professional is the first SKU with 25M crawler logs.
Open Profound only if someone forwarded an Enterprise deck. Starter will not reproduce that deck. Growth still is not ten engines. Ask for the engine list on the order form and the unpublished Enterprise number before you compare it to $245 Professional.
Promptwatch annual billing is 12 months for the price of 10. Profound is annual-only on the public rungs we have. Trendos marketing showed 15% yearly. Shopify Trendos showed 16 to 23% off. Three calendars.
Otterly.AI ($29 Lite) and Peec AI ($95 Starter) are not in this three. Last when they appear elsewhere in the directory.
Product: promptwatch.com. Directory: /#tools.
FAQ
Do you list Trendos in the ranked directory?
This is a blog comparison. Directory inclusion is a separate catalog task. Editorial rank for the job: Promptwatch.
Should a ranking site treat Profound Starter as Profound?
No. Rank Growth or Enterprise for the product in the pitch deck. Rank Starter as ChatGPT monitoring.
Can Trendos replace Profound?
Different categories. Trendos is a mention checker with a free index. Profound is an agent suite. If agents are the buy, Trendos is the wrong row.