Livesov vs Profound

Profound is the best-funded enterprise platform in AI visibility. Livesov is the self-serve tool that gives you the same core measurement - all five LLMs, citations, sentiment, evidence - starting free, without a sales call.

Try Livesov free - no card

Livesov entry price /mo

$99

Profound entry price /mo

LLMs on every Livesov plan

Sales calls needed to start

Side-by-side comparison

What each platform actually offers

Honest comparison from public materials as of June 2026 - including the real enterprise capabilities where Profound is far ahead.

Capability	Livesov	Profound
Self-serve signup (no sales call)	✓	✗ Demo-led
Free trial without a credit card	✓ 7 days	✗ No self-serve trial
Entry price	$9/mo	$99/mo (ChatGPT-only)
All major LLMs on entry plan	✓ All 5	✗ Single engine
Multi-engine plan price	$29-$89/mo	$399/mo (Growth)
Hallucination / fact-drift detection	✓	✗ Not advertised
Full AI response stored as evidence	✓	Partial
Content generation / CMS publishing	✗	✓ Growth plan
Automation agents	✗	✓ GEO Agents
Enterprise SSO / procurement support	Contact us	✓ Core motion
Contract	Monthly or annual, cancel anytime	Sales-negotiated

Competitor details from Profound’s public site and third-party pricing reports, June 2026. Verify on tryprofound.com before deciding.

Where Livesov leads

Why self-serve teams pick Livesov

Self-serve from minute one

SMB-honest pricing

Plans from $9-$89/mo with a 7-day no-card trial. Profound’s entry plan lists at $99/mo (ChatGPT-only) and its multi-engine plan at $399/mo as of June 2026.

All 5 LLMs at every price

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Grok included on every plan - the entry tier is not locked to a single engine.

Hallucination detection

Canonical facts store flags AI answers that contradict your verified brand facts, with the evidence attached.

Evidence-first reporting

Full AI responses stored per run, so every metric traces back to the actual answer a buyer would have seen.

Free GEO audit + free tools

Eleven free tools and a URL-level GEO audit let you act on findings without buying anything.

Where Profound leads

What the enterprise platform buys you

Enterprise depth

700+ enterprise customers including Fortune 500 brands; built for security reviews, SSO, and procurement.

Content generation loop

Growth plans bundle optimized article production and CMS publishing (WordPress, Sanity, Contentful).

GEO Agents

Drag-and-drop agent builder for automated optimization workflows on top of the monitoring data.

Best-funded vendor

$96M Series C at a $1B valuation (Feb 2026) - deep resources for R&D and platform coverage.

Original research

Publishes widely-cited citation research (e.g. most-cited domains by platform) from its dataset.

Managed onboarding

White-glove onboarding and CS for large brand and agency teams.

The honest segmentation

This category has split into two motions. Enterprise platforms (Profound, BrandLight, Evertune) sell six-figure-lifetime contracts with content production and managed service attached. Self-serve tools (Livesov, Otterly, Trakkr, Peec) let a marketer start measuring today for the price of a lunch.

The measurement core - does ChatGPT mention you, who does Perplexity cite, what does Claude actually say - is remarkably similar across both motions. What you pay for at the enterprise tier is everything around the measurement: content factories, automation, procurement compatibility, and a CSM.

A practical path

Many teams start self-serve to prove the channel (does AI visibility move pipeline?), then take that evidence into an enterprise procurement cycle if they outgrow self-serve. Starting at $399+/mo to answer "do we even have an AI visibility problem?" is backwards - measure first, commit later.

Livesov vs Profound - FAQ

Is Livesov a good Profound alternative?

For SMBs, startups, and agencies that want self-serve AI visibility tracking across all five major LLMs without a demo call or a $399+/mo commitment, yes. For Fortune 500 teams that need bundled content production, automation agents, SSO, and managed onboarding, Profound is built for that buyer and Livesov is not.

How does pricing compare between Livesov and Profound?

Livesov: $9 (Starter), $29 (Pro), $89 (Agency) per month, each with a 7-day free trial, no credit card. Profound: public reporting as of June 2026 lists Starter at $99/mo limited to ChatGPT, Growth at $399/mo for multi-engine coverage, and custom enterprise pricing, with no self-serve trial. Verify current pricing on tryprofound.com.

Why is Profound so much more expensive?

Profound sells an enterprise platform: monitoring plus content generation, automation agents, CMS integrations, and managed service. If you need those, the price can be justified. If you primarily need accurate multi-LLM visibility measurement with evidence, that is the part Livesov delivers at a fraction of the cost.

Can a small team get value from Profound?

Profound’s entry plan is ChatGPT-only and sales-led, which makes it a heavy lift for small teams. Most SMBs in this category start with a self-serve tool (Livesov, Otterly, Trakkr and similar) and graduate to enterprise platforms if procurement, SSO, or managed service become requirements.

Does Livesov offer enterprise features?

Livesov has an Enterprise plan with custom credit limits, dedicated support, and custom integrations - reach out via the contact page. The difference is the default motion: Livesov is self-serve first; Profound is enterprise-sales first.