Profound vs HubSpot AEO Grader
Zero of twelve models named Profound first on the direct prompt; one named HubSpot AEO Grader. Profound was named by twelve of the twelve models and HubSpot AEO Grader by nine and Profound carries 37 labels and HubSpot AEO Grader 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
By HubSpot, Cambridge, United States, founded 2006. Named in one category this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the AI visibility and answer engine tracking tools page.
By framing
ProfoundFirst choices, of twelve modelsHubSpot AEO Grader
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Profound and HubSpot AEO Grader were named in the same answer twenty-six times, of the 126 answers naming Profound and the 49 naming HubSpot AEO Grader. In those answers HubSpot AEO Grader took the first choice four times and Profound seven.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | |||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | ||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |
Profound HubSpot AEO Grader first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Profound on the left and HubSpot AEO Grader on the right.The direct prompt
HubSpot AEO Grader first, Profound an alternative
1 of 12 modelsProfound was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
7 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
HubSpot AEO Grader4%#4 of 9Profound0%#9 of 9Profound10%#2 of 11HubSpot AEO Grader4%#7 of 11Profound63%#1 of 9HubSpot AEO Grader0%#– of 9What the models said about Profound
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Price issue: $499/month for Lite plan is 48% more expensive than the category average... G2 reviews cite instability, slowness, and overwhelming dashboards” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Profound: Major red flags—allegations of using browser extension clickstream data ... experts call it ethically questionable” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid enterprise tools like Profound ($499+/month)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Shortlist 3-5: Profound (enterprise security), AirOps (tracking-to-content loop), Semrush/Ahrefs (if you use SEO tools).” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · first choice
“Enterprise-grade with data depth and competitive intelligence | Large enterprises needing comprehensive tracking” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“"We're an enterprise—we need every possible engine covered." → Profound or Peec AI” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about HubSpot AEO Grader
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“it currently holds very few independent reviews (approx. 2 verified reviews on major platforms like G2 as of mid-2026)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“though its coverage is narrower than some alternatives” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · soft negative
“If you already use HubSpot: Go with HubSpot AEO. At $50/mo, it allows your current marketing team to act on AI visibility gaps immediately” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose HubSpot AEO if budget is the main constraint” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“Free Alternatives Before You Pay - HubSpot AEO Grader — one-time snapshot of how AI describes your brand” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.