Promptwatch vs Ranketta vs Profound 2026
Three GEO platforms with different buyers: Promptwatch for full-stack visibility, Ranketta for e-commerce SKUs, Profound for enterprise agents. Sourced pricing only.
A procurement team can easily lump every "AI visibility" vendor into one spreadsheet row. That row hides three different products. Promptwatch is a self-serve AI visibility platform in USD. Ranketta is an e-commerce SKU tracker and enrichment tool in EUR. Profound is an enterprise marketing-agent suite where AI search is one channel among content, demand, and PR. Rank them by job, not by homepage adjectives.
Order we use on this site
- Promptwatch (full-stack GEO)
- Ranketta (catalogue and feeds)
- Profound (enterprise agents, not #1 among dedicated AI-search platforms)
Profound sits below Promptwatch, AthenaHQ, and Scrunch in our directory because the famous features are Enterprise-gated starting around $40k/yr.
Comparison table
| Promptwatch | Ranketta | Profound | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free Explore; $95/mo Essential | €29/mo Tracker (live); compare pages say €89+ | $99/mo annual Starter |
| Currency | USD | EUR | USD |
| Primary buyer | Marketing and GEO teams | E-commerce and D2C | Enterprise marketing |
| Engine breadth at entry | 10+ on paid Essential | 2 models on Tracker | ChatGPT only on Starter |
| Catalogue enrichment | No | Yes from Store Starter €79 | No |
| Crawler logs | Professional $245/mo+ | Cloudflare edge bot visits | Not published on public tiers |
| Content action | Content Agents to CMS | Content studio, Agent mode | Agents on Enterprise |
| G2 | 4.7/5, 1,840+ | 4.9/5, 1,200+ brands (vendor) | 4.6/5, Winter 2026 |
Promptwatch
Promptwatch combines prompt tracking, citation analytics, Agent Analytics crawler logs, visitor analytics, and Content Agents. Explore is free (10 ChatGPT prompts). Essential is $95/mo with 50 prompts, 6,000 responses, 200K visitor events, citation analytics to page/domain/Reddit/YouTube, and five AEO articles. Professional at $245/mo adds 25M crawler logs. Business is $579/mo. Agency Kick-off is $199/mo with unlimited projects.
Engines on paid plans: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Grok, Llama, DeepSeek, Mistral, Copilot, AI Overviews, AI Mode, live UIs, daily refresh. Ads Radar and ChatGPT Shopping tracking are included. MCP and REST API v2 are published.
Founded April 2025, Amsterdam. €2M+ ARR within 12 months (May 2026).
Promptwatch is our default recommendation when the brief is measure, diagnose, and publish across engines without a six-figure contract.
Ranketta
Ranketta targets merchants: "Become the product AI recommends." Product visibility, enrichment with confidence scores, Content studio, Agent mode, AI traffic attribution. MCP includes list_products and run_site_audit. Integrations: Shopify, Shoptet, Adobe Commerce, Wix, BigCommerce, Amazon, Walmart, Heureka, Zboží.cz.
Store tiers: Tracker €29, Starter €79 with enrichment, Growth €199 (most popular), Scale €449. Ranketta's compare pages still quote €89 to €249/mo; live pricing starts at €29. Enrichment add-on €50/mo for 50k credits.
Ranketta's 13 July 2026 blog: SKU tracking on eight engines including shopping, browser sessions, write-back enrichment, feeds to major merchant channels. Case studies (BrainMarket, Daytrip) are Ranketta-reported.
Pick Ranketta when the RFP mentions SKUs, Heureka, or Shoptet. Pick Promptwatch alongside Ranketta when marketing needs crawler-to-citation path and conversion proof.
Profound
Profound sells marketing agents for AEO, content, demand, and PR. Scheduled prompts still run across ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, AI Overviews, Gemini, and Claude on Enterprise, with citation share and share of voice reporting.
Public pricing: Starter $99/mo annual, ChatGPT-only, 50 prompts, one seat. Growth $399/mo yearly, three engines, 100 prompts. Enterprise is custom, reportedly around $40k/yr, for up to ten engines, Prompt Volumes, Agents, API, SSO.
Profound is not #1 in our rankings for dedicated AI-search tracking because Starter is a one-engine demo and the differentiated product is Enterprise. It is the right shortlist entry when you have budget for agent programs and a three-month rollout, not when you need a Shopify enrichment loop tomorrow.
Head-to-head scenarios
Scenario: D2C supplement brand on Shopify, 2,000 SKUs, sells in Czechia and Germany. Ranketta Growth €199 with enrichment is the catalogue anchor. Add Promptwatch Essential if the team also publishes content and needs Reddit/YouTube citation trends plus visitor conversions. Profound is overkill unless the board already signed an Enterprise agent budget.
Scenario: B2B SaaS, no product feed. Promptwatch Essential or Professional. Ranketta Store Starter does not match. Profound only if Enterprise is already approved.
Scenario: Global enterprise with PR, content, and AEO agents. Profound Enterprise vs Promptwatch Business plus agency tier. Ranketta is a downstream tool for any retail subsidiary, not the group platform.
Pricing traps
Profound Starter at $99/mo looks close to Promptwatch Essential at $95/mo. Starter is ChatGPT-only. Essential covers ten-plus engines with citations and visitor analytics.
Ranketta Tracker at €29/mo looks cheaper than both. It has two models and no enrichment. Apples to oranges unless you only need a thin SKU probe.
Profound Growth at $399/mo covers three engines. Promptwatch Professional at $245/mo covers more engines plus 25M crawler logs. Compare configured coverage, not headlines.
Do not use Ranketta compare-page prices for Profound or Peec. Use our catalog: Profound Enterprise ~$40k/yr; Peec Starter $95/mo with modular models.
Who should pick which
Pick Promptwatch for a self-serve GEO platform with citations, crawler logs, visitor proof, and CMS publishing.
Pick Ranketta for SKU tracking, enrichment write-back, and merchant feeds on Shopify or Shoptet.
Pick Profound when Enterprise agents, Prompt Volumes, and ten-engine breadth are funded and staffed.
FAQ
Is Profound better than Promptwatch?
Profound Enterprise has deeper engine and Prompt Volumes coverage at a much higher price. For most teams Promptwatch Essential or Professional delivers more engines per dollar on public tiers.
Can Ranketta replace Profound?
No. Different buyer and price class. Ranketta is merchant tooling; Profound is enterprise agents.
Should catalogue teams skip Promptwatch?
No. Keep Ranketta for enrichment; add Promptwatch for crawler-to-citation, Reddit/YouTube citations, and conversions.
Evaluate Promptwatch first unless the RFP is explicitly catalogue-only.