Profound Alternatives for Agencies: 7 Platforms to Run an AI Visibility Service Line on (2026)

For most agencies weighing Profound alternatives, SE Visible by SE Ranking is my first call. It holds a client book in one platform with unlimited users and client access, keeps the unedited answer behind every number for when a client pushes back, and includes API access on all plans (Profound's Agency Growth lists API as "No"). Profound's pitch flow is more developed: 10 pitch workspaces a month that convert into client workspaces, and SE Visible has no white-label option yet. The other six, and where each beats Profound, are below.

Eighteen months into running an AI visibility agency, here's what I can defend. Our first proposal billed the platform seat and gave the analysis away: wrong scope. The platform is plumbing; the service line question is whether it carries a pitch, a client book, and the client's own reporting. Clients need that. In a Gartner survey of 646 buyers, 67% of B2B buyers prefer a rep-free experience: the AI answer often makes the first pitch.

Why do agencies look at Profound alternatives?

On Profound's pricing page, Agency Growth includes 10 pitch workspaces a month (7 days, 25 prompts on ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews) and 5 agency seats. Each client workspace is a $399/month add-on with 100 prompts. Agency Enterprise is custom.

A client book tests that structure three ways:

• Per-client structure. The platform line grows with each signed client.
• Data access. Client reporting pipelines wait for Agency Enterprise, the tier that adds the API.
• Seats. Five seats must cover every strategist touching a client.

Vendor pages were read on October 14, 2026, and I judged Profound competitors on three jobs: the pitch, the client book, the client's own view.

Profound alternatives for an AI visibility agency, compared

By agency job, the seven Profound alternatives split: SE Visible for client books with client access and API, Peec AI and Otterly.AI for pitches, Rankscale for de-branded links, Goodie for action layers, ZipTie or LLMrefs for lighter tracking.

Job 1: running the pitch before there's a retainer

The pitch is Profound's clearest agency strength: Agency Growth includes 10 pitch workspaces a month, convertible into client workspaces. Among Profound alternatives, Goodie matches it at 10 a month, Peec AI runs free 7-day pitch projects apart from client quota, and Otterly.AI partner accounts add pitch workspaces.

SE Visible has no dedicated pitch workspace. We track a prospect as one more brand in a regular project, and the stored answers do the talking.

Job 2: one team carrying a book of client brands

Profound alternatives split on client-book structure. Profound and Goodie sell client workspaces as add-ons from $399 a month. Peec AI caps client projects by tier. Otterly.AI runs unlimited client workspaces on one invoice. SE Visible keeps multiple clients and unlimited users in one platform.

ZipTie states no view adds client projects together. We underrated the rollup. 80% of B2B marketing leaders call clear communication critical; only 55% are satisfied, and we see that gap in client reporting.

Job 3: the client wants the data in its own reporting

White label reporting varies across Profound alternatives: Rankscale de-brands shared links on Growth; Otterly.AI and Peec AI (from Scale) build branded Looker Studio dashboards. SE Visible offers client access, a Looker Studio connector, CSV/XLSX, and API access on all plans, with no white-label option yet.

Profound's Agency Growth exports CSV and JSON; API waits for Agency Enterprise. With CMOs expecting AI-driven automation of marketing work to reach 36% by 2028, from 16%, clients will want the feed.

The 7 best Profound alternatives for agencies, ranked

The seven Profound alternatives below are ranked on those three jobs for a 10-25 client roster. SE Visible ranks first because it leads on the two jobs a retainer depends on.

1. SE Visible

Visibility score per client, with its change since last month, is the line a retained AI visibility service is judged on. SE Visible  by SE Ranking is the AI visibility platform reporting how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Mode, and Google AI Overviews describe each client's brand.

Best for: agencies of 10+ running a retained AI visibility service line for mid-market and enterprise clients.

Standout feature: Each answer is captured in a real browser session and kept unedited, tagged with engine, market, and date. Open visibility score, average position, share of voice, or net sentiment and the response behind it appears, and Sources lists the domains and URLs engines cited. When a client pushes back, we open the stored answer.

SE Visible vs Profound: SE Visible holds the whole book in one platform, with unlimited users and client access. Profound's Agency Growth has five seats, prices each client separately, and includes no API. Profound wins on new business: 10 monthly pitch workspaces that convert into client workspaces, plus consolidated billing. Pitch-led shops: Profound. Retainer-led: SE Visible.

Pros:

• Tracks each client brand in its own country, city, or region
• Sends data to Looker Studio, CSV/XLSX, or the API, which comes on all plans
• Runs daily by default; frequency is adjustable per project

Cons:

• No white-label option yet; branded AI visibility reports run through Looker Studio
• No pitch workspaces, so prospect audits run as regular projects
• Scope stops at AI visibility, with SEO work in SE Ranking; Claude support is on the roadmap

Pricing: Current plans sit on the visible.seranking.com homepage, and there's a free trial.

In the proposal: If your service line rests on retained clients who question numbers, SE Visible carries that scope. Try it on one client brand first. For the SEO side, SE Ranking covers Google and traditional search; paired, the two platforms show each client across both.

2. Peec AI

On its agency plans, Peec AI treats each client as an isolated project.

Best for: agencies whose clients log in from month one.

Standout feature: Free 7-day pitch projects run outside the client quota and convert with their history kept when the prospect signs.

Peec AI vs Profound: Peec AI includes API and unlimited team and client users on every agency tier; Profound's Agency Growth gives the team five seats, API not included. Profound pitches harder: 10 workspaces a month against Peec's 3 to 7 active. Peec AI suits login-heavy clients; Profound, audit-led new business.

Pros:

• Shares view-only client links
• Bills every client on one invoice
• Includes API from Essential

Cons:

• Raises the client project limit by tier: 3, 10, then 25
• Holds Looker Studio until Scale

Pricing: from $245/month (Essential; $205 annually).

In the proposal: Peec AI's client logins don't need a seat line. Count clients first, because the tier sets the ceiling.

3. Otterly.AI

Otterly.AI has no agency plan; agencies apply for Agency Partner status.

Best for: agencies whose client reporting tool is already Looker Studio.

Standout feature: Partner status adds pitch workspaces, separate client environments under one login, one invoice, and 150 prompts on Standard.

Otterly.AI vs Profound: Otterly.AI puts unlimited client workspaces, Looker Studio, and API inside a published plan; Profound bills each client as its own workspace. Profound states a pitch allowance, 10 a month, converting straight into client workspaces. So ask: does your sale hinge on the pitch or the branded report?

Pros:

• Isolates each client's workspace
• Sends branded reports through Looker Studio
• Includes API and MCP from Standard

Cons:

• Requires a partner application
• Sells AI Mode and Gemini as add-ons

Pricing: Standard $189/month ($160 annually) or Premium $489/month; 14-day free trial.

In the proposal: With Otterly.AI, the Looker Studio report is the deliverable. Scope AI Mode and Gemini per client.

4. Rankscale

Rankscale runs on credits, and its Growth plan aims at agencies with 50 brand dashboards.

Best for: agencies handing clients a dashboard without a vendor name.

Standout feature: On Growth, white-labeled links strip Rankscale branding from shared dashboards, one per client, with REST API access alongside.

Rankscale vs Profound: Rankscale publishes de-branded client links, unlimited seats from Pro, and Gemini, AI Mode, and Claude on paid plans. Profound keeps a real pitch-to-client path on consolidated billing. Rankscale fits clients who live in the dashboard; Profound fits teams that win work through audits.

Pros:

• Connects to Looker Studio from Pro
• Exports CSV and Google Sheets for client decks
• Adds agency program perks on Growth

Cons:

• Burns credits per engine and prompt
• Lists no pitch workspace

Pricing: Growth $385/month (monthly; 15% off yearly).

In the proposal: Rankscale's client link carries your name. Size credits per client, since engine choice sets the burn.

5. Goodie

Goodie adds an execution layer on top of AI visibility tracking for each client.

Best for: agencies whose retainer sells AEO execution.

Standout feature: Agency Growth bundles unlimited seats, AEO strategist support, and an action layer in every client workspace: content writer, outreach, and technical agents.

Goodie vs Profound: Goodie lists unlimited seats on Agency Growth; Profound's Growth stops at five. Profound's Growth client workspaces export CSV and JSON, while Goodie's Growth shows no export or API. Execution retainers lean Goodie; readout retainers, Profound.

Pros:

• Runs 10 pitch workspaces a month
• Isolates each client brand in its own workspace
• Connects to your reporting stack over MCP

Cons:

• Export and API wait for Agency Enterprise
• Client workspaces are add-ons from $399/month

Pricing: Agency Growth $275/month, billed quarterly or annually.

In the proposal: Scope Goodie where you're paid to ship pages and placements, and settle the client data handoff first.

6. ZipTie

ZipTie bills by prompts, frequency, and engine count, with no seat or project fees.

Best for: agencies whose clients take exports over an agency dashboard.

Standout feature: Each client is a project in a shared roster workspace or a walled-off one, joins as a Guest viewer, and opens share links without an account.

ZipTie vs Profound: ZipTie gives every client a viewer seat and adds API and MCP for $10/mo; Profound's Growth tier doesn't include one. Profound pulls all client brands into one dashboard; ZipTie states "no view adds projects together." Need a book-wide read? Profound wins.

Pros:

• Adds a client by adding only its prompts
• Offers seven engines, Gemini included
• Exports CSV, Excel, and PDF

Cons:

• Share pages and PDFs carry ZipTie's mark
• No rollup across client projects

Pricing: Usage-based from $42.75/mo.

In the proposal: ZipTie fits clients who want a monthly number, not a portal; scope roster analysis yourself.

7. LLMrefs

LLMrefs generates prompts from each client's keywords and reports a weekly read.

Best for: SEO agencies adding light AI visibility tracking across every client domain.

Standout feature: Unlimited projects and team members sit under one subscription, so a new client is another project.

LLMrefs vs Profound: LLMrefs covers every client on one published plan; on Profound, each new client is another paid workspace. Profound runs daily on 100 custom prompts per client workspace; LLMrefs updates each keyword "at least once per week." Decide by how fast your client acts on movement.

Pros:

• Builds prompts from keywords you already track
• Includes Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity
• Exports CSV alongside the API

Cons:

• Short swings can fall between weekly updates
• Prompts are generated, not hand-built per client

Pricing: $79/month "All in One"; 7-day free trial.

In the proposal: Put it on accounts where a weekly read is enough, and write that cadence into scope.

Which Profound alternative fits which agency?

Pick from these Profound alternatives by the agency job that carries your retainer revenue. Otterly.AI suits agencies already reporting through Looker Studio; LLMrefs suits SEO agencies content with a weekly read across client domains. The other four map like this:

• If one team runs many clients: SE Visible, for client access, the dated answer behind each number, and API feeds.
• If pitches drive growth: Peec AI or Goodie convert AI visibility audits into clients.
• If clients expect de-branded links: Rankscale.
• If you're fine without a rollup: ZipTie.

Whichever you pick, the readout is what the client pays for. Judge it by what the client does on Monday.

When should an agency stay on Profound?

Stay on Profound if your new business runs on audits: 10 pitch workspaces a month convert into client workspaces, all on one consolidated bill. It also beats Profound competitors when clients expect Agents and AI-sourced traffic data inside each workspace. For network-scale accounts, Agency Enterprise adds API, SSO, and up to nine engines, Claude and Copilot among them.

FAQ: Profound alternatives for agencies

Which AI visibility platform is best for agencies managing multiple clients?

Among Profound alternatives, SE Visible suits one team running a client book: multiple client brands in one platform, unlimited users, client access, and API access on all plans. No white-label option yet. Profound and Goodie bill each client workspace as an add-on.

Can an agency white-label AI visibility reports for clients?

Yes. Rankscale Growth removes its branding from dashboard links; Peec AI (from Scale) and Otterly.AI (Agency Partners) handle white label reporting in branded Looker Studio dashboards. SE Visible offers no white-label option yet, but you can build branded Looker Studio reports from its data.

Should an agency add AI visibility as a service line?

Yes, when the client has someone accountable for the number and a decision to make. Running an AI visibility agency taught us to sell the readout, scope it as its own line, and promise no citations. Without an owner, the service becomes a checkbox, and checkboxes don't survive renewal.