Profound vs SE Ranking
Zero of twelve models named Profound first on the direct prompt; zero named SE Ranking. Profound was named by twelve of the twelve models and SE Ranking by nine and Profound carries 37 labels and SE Ranking 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
United States, founded 2012. Named in three categories 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 modelsSE Ranking
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Profound and SE Ranking were named in the same answer nineteen times, of the 126 answers naming Profound and the 100 naming SE Ranking. In those answers SE Ranking took the first choice two times and Profound ten.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| GPT-5.4 mini | | |||||
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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 SE Ranking first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Profound on the left and SE Ranking on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
6 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
6 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
SE Ranking2%#– of 9Profound0%#9 of 9Profound10%#2 of 11SE Ranking6%#6 of 11What 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 SE Ranking
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“they should be treated with caution as your primary AI visibility solution.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Start with SE Ranking if you want: - A balance of affordability and depth” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Best overall for a mid-sized B2B company: SE Ranking” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
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.