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Profound vs Scrunch AI: an honest comparison

Profound vs Scrunch AI compared for 2026: entry price, AI engines, Claude and Grok coverage, Search Console and MCP, every figure dated and linked to the ven…

By Rahul AUpdated September 4, 20266 min read

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On this page
  1. The short verdict
  2. Side-by-side matrix
  3. Reading the difference
  4. Which to choose
  5. FAQ

Side-by-side matrix

Profound and Scrunch AI compared at entry pricing
What you getCitunaThat’s usProfoundScrunch AI
Entry price / month$39$99$300
Pricing modelFlat tiersFlat tiersFlat tiers
AI engines at entry615 reported
Claude tracked Enterprise
Grok tracked Enterprise Enterprise
Microsoft Copilot Enterprise
Google AI Overviews Not at entryNot published
Refresh cadenceDailyNot publishedNot published
Search Console integration
MCP access at entry
Generated fixes Credits 5 page audits
Free trial3 days (card) Free report3 days (no card)

Compiled from each vendor’s public pricing page: Profound figures from www.tryprofound.com/pricing, checked July 16, 2026; Scrunch AI figures from www.scrunch.com/pricing, checked July 16, 2026. Profound: billed yearly, covers one engine (ChatGPT). Scrunch AI: $250 billed annually; 3 seats, 350 prompts, 5 page audits. “Not published” marks a row the vendor does not state publicly; it is not a “no”. Cituna checks all six engines daily and does not track Microsoft Copilot. MCP read tools are included from $39, write tools from Pro ($119); MCP is not exclusive to us. Prices change often: verify before buying. Spot an error? Tell us and we will correct it.

Reading the difference

On cost per engine at entry, the crudest useful way to normalise these two, Profound works out at about $99.00 per engine per month ($99 across 1) and Scrunch AI at about $60.00 ($300 across 5 reported). Scrunch AI is the better ratio, by roughly $39.00 per engine. Treat that as a sanity check rather than a verdict: an engine you do not care about is not worth anything, and Profound’s number improves immediately if its engine mix happens to be the one you need.

On every capability both vendors publish, Profound and Scrunch AI match. That is a genuinely unusual result in this category and it changes the decision: with no feature to separate them, the choice comes down to price, refresh cadence, and whether the output is a dashboard or a change you can ship.

Worth knowing before you shortlist either: neither Profound nor Scrunch AI offers Search Console integration and an MCP server. If any of those is a requirement, this comparison is the wrong shortlist and you should widen it rather than pick the better of two tools that both miss what you need.

The tier ladders are worth reading side by side, because the entry price means something different on each. Profound: Starter $99 (1 engine) · Growth $399 (up to 3) · Enterprise custom. Scrunch AI: Starter $300 ($250 annual) · extra seats $25/mo. That is where most of the apparent price gap between these two either disappears or widens sharply, depending on which engines you actually need.

They also genuinely overlap on Claude, Grok, Microsoft Copilot and generated fixes, so those rows should not carry weight in the decision even though both vendors market them.

Over a year the gap is $2412, which is small enough that it should not decide this on its own. Both bill as flat tiers, so the annual figure is predictable for either, spend the comparison on coverage instead of on the $201.

Which to choose

Choose Profound if…

Profound is the enterprise-recognised name, priced and packaged for enterprise. Against Scrunch AI specifically, it is the cheaper entry by $201 a month and it covers fewer engines at entry (1 against 5 reported).

  • the most recognised brand in the category, which matters when the tool has to be defended to a procurement committee
  • a genuinely free public report that runs without a card, one of the easiest ways to see your own exposure before spending anything
  • enterprise depth: agent analytics and conversation-level data that the self-serve tools in this category do not attempt

What you give up:

  • the $99 Starter is billed yearly and covers a single engine, ChatGPT; the headline price is not a six-engine price
  • Claude, Grok and Microsoft Copilot are reserved for a custom Enterprise contract, so the full engine list has no published price at all
  • no Search Console integration, so AI-visibility movement is never tied back to real search clicks inside the product

Choose Scrunch AI if…

Scrunch AI is the mid-market platform, sold to teams rather than to individuals. Against Profound specifically, you are paying $201 a month more than Profound for it and it covers more engines at entry (5 reported against 1).

  • a no-card 3-day trial, so the product can be evaluated before any payment details change hands
  • three seats included at entry rather than one, with additional seats at a published $25/mo
  • Claude and Microsoft Copilot both covered, a combination few tools here manage

What you give up:

  • a $300 floor with no smaller plan beneath it, which rules it out for solo operators and early-stage teams
  • its engine list is reviewer-reported rather than published, and the Grok tier mapping is unverified
  • no Search Console integration and no MCP server

Drafted with AI assistance from our own research and Search Console data, and reviewed by Rahul A before publishing. Rules and prices change; check the linked official source before you act.

Frequently asked questions

Profound vs Scrunch AI: which should I choose?

Profound is the cheaper way in at $99 a month against $300 for Scrunch AI, a difference of about $201 a month, or $2412 a year, though Profound’s entry tier billed yearly, covers one engine (ChatGPT). On the capabilities both vendors publish, the two overlap almost exactly, which makes price, refresh cadence and the quality of the output the deciding factors rather than the feature list. If you want all six major engines, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Grok and Google AI Overviews, checked daily, the generated fixes to close the gaps and a Search Console integration to prove the result, Cituna covers that from $39/mo. Cituna does not track Microsoft Copilot; if that is a requirement, weigh the tools here that do.

Is Profound or Scrunch AI cheaper?

Profound, on published entry pricing: $99 a month against $300 for Scrunch AI (Profound figures from www.tryprofound.com/pricing, checked July 16, 2026; Scrunch AI from www.scrunch.com/pricing, checked July 16, 2026). Read past the sticker, though: Profound’s entry tier billed yearly, covers one engine (ChatGPT), so the cheapest plan is not the fullest one. Cituna is $39/mo flat for all six engines with no engine held back for a higher tier.

Does Profound or Scrunch AI cover more AI engines?

Scrunch AI, on published entry-tier counts: 5 reported against 1 for Profound. Engine counts are the most misread number in this category, so check what the entry tier actually includes rather than the total the site advertises, Scrunch AI’s entry tier $250 billed annually; 3 seats, 350 prompts, 5 page audits. Cituna publishes one number for this: six engines, all of them on the $39 tier, all checked daily.

Do Profound and Scrunch AI track Claude and Grok?

Profound tracks Claude (enterprise) and tracks Grok (enterprise) (as of July 16, 2026). Scrunch AI tracks Claude and tracks Grok (enterprise) (as of July 16, 2026). Both engines are included in Cituna’s $39 Starter and checked daily, which is the gap this comparison most often turns on, Grok in particular is a blind spot across much of this category.

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