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Clovion vs Profound: multi-engine AI visibility comparison

Clovion and Profound both track how your brand shows up in AI answers. The difference: Profound is an enterprise platform — engines like Claude and Grok sit behind its custom Enterprise plan. Clovion is self-serve, includes those engines on regular plans, and proves whether each fix worked.

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How they differ

Both measure. Then they diverge.

Profound is an enterprise-grade AEO platform — it tracks visibility, runs AI agents that generate content, and attributes AI-sourced traffic across your domains. Clovion focuses on the improvement loop: it diagnoses the specific gap behind each drop, prescribes an earnable fix, and re-measures to prove it worked.

Profound

Tracks visibility, benchmarks competitors, runs autonomous content agents, and attributes AI-sourced traffic.

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Clovion

Diagnoses each gap and adds a proof step — every fix is re-measured against a baseline and given a clear verdict.

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At a glance

Feature by feature.

How Clovion and Profound line up across the capabilities that matter most.

Category
Clovion
Profound
Core focus
AI visibility tracking, diagnosis, recommendations, and improvement workflow
Enterprise AEO platform — visibility tracking, AI agents, and traffic attribution
AI engines / models
1 on Starter, 3 on Growth, up to 6 on Enterprise
ChatGPT only on Starter, 3 on Growth, up to 10 on Enterprise
Prompt tracking
Included
Included
Brands / projects
1 brand on Starter, 2 on Growth, custom on Enterprise
1 company on Starter and Growth, multiple on Enterprise
Recommendations
Limited on Starter, 20/month on Growth, custom on Enterprise
Opportunities — none on Starter, 4/week on Growth, custom on Enterprise
Brand perception
Available from Growth; shows how AI describes and positions your brand
Not positioned as a dedicated brand perception module
Competitor analysis
5 competitors on Starter, 10 on Growth, custom on Enterprise
Included on all plans
Proof loop
Helps track whether fixes landed, had no impact, backfired, or remain inconclusive
Not highlighted as a dedicated workflow
Natural-language analytics
Ask Clove available by plan
Not highlighted as a dedicated feature (offers AI content agents)
Citation tracking
Included
Included
Google Analytics
Included on all plans
Included on all plans (via Agent Analytics integrations)
Engine coverage

Which AI models each one watches.

Both cover the major engines, but Profound gates most of them to its enterprise tier. On Clovion, engines like Claude and Grok are available on regular plans; on Profound they require the custom-priced Enterprise plan.

AI engine
Clovion
Profound
ChatGPT
Yes
Yes
Google AI Overviews
Yes
Yes (Growth+)
Perplexity
Yes
Yes (Growth+)
Gemini
Yes
Enterprise only
Claude
Yes
Enterprise only
Grok
Yes
Enterprise only

Clovion access scales by tier (1 / 3 / 6 engines), selectable from the six. Profound's Starter tracks ChatGPT only and Growth covers three fixed engines; Claude, Grok, Gemini and others require its custom Enterprise plan, which tracks up to 10.

Pricing

Side by side.

Profound's headline prices are billed yearly, and its Starter tracks ChatGPT only. Full engine coverage and search-volume data sit on the custom Enterprise plan.

Clovion

All plans include the fix & proof loop

Starter$119 / mo
Growth$319 / mo
EnterpriseCustom

Starter: 1 engine, 50 prompts. Growth: 3 engines, brand perception, fanout, integrations. Enterprise: 6 engines, AI agents, custom everything.

Profound

Enterprise AEO platform · agents & attribution

Starter$99 / mo*
Growth$399 / mo*
EnterpriseCustom

*Billed yearly. Starter: ChatGPT only, 50 prompts. Growth: 3 engines, 100 prompts, Opportunities, exports. Enterprise: up to 10 engines, prompt-volume data, API, SSO/SAML, SOC2.

Which to choose

The right fit for your team.

When to choose Clovion

  • You want to see how AI describes and positions your brand — Clovion's brand perception shows the narrative behind the numbers.
  • You want a built-in brand audit of your AI visibility, included from Growth.
  • You want the specific fix to make and proof it worked — not just data and content agents.
  • You want to choose an engine like Claude or Grok on Growth, without a custom Enterprise plan.

When to choose Profound

  • You're an enterprise wanting the deepest platform — up to 10 engines and search-volume data.
  • You want autonomous AI agents that generate and optimize content at scale.
  • You need AI-traffic attribution across your domains plus SSO/SAML and SOC2.

Common questions

Yes — and for most teams, a more practical one. Both track your brand across AI answers, but Profound locks its best engine coverage and data behind a custom-priced Enterprise plan, while Clovion gives you engines like Claude and Grok on self-serve plans and goes a step further: it diagnoses each visibility gap, prescribes the fix to make, and proves whether it worked. You get the action and the proof without an enterprise contract.

Profound shows you data and generates content; Clovion turns visibility into results you can verify. Profound is enterprise-oriented and powerful, but its full engine coverage sits on a custom plan and it doesn't offer a dedicated proof loop. Clovion diagnoses why a gap exists, recommends only fixes you can realistically earn, and gives each one a clear verdict — Landed, Null, Backfired, or Inconclusive — so you know what actually moved your visibility.

Clovion is the better value for growing teams. Profound's $99 Starter (billed yearly) tracks ChatGPT only, so to follow more than one engine you jump to its $399 Growth plan — where Clovion's Growth is $319 and lets you choose engines like Claude and Grok. You get broader coverage and the fix-and-prove workflow for less, with no custom Enterprise upgrade required.

Clovion gives you more engine choice without going enterprise. It tracks up to 6 engines — ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Grok, and Google AI Overviews — selectable on its regular plans. Profound covers up to 10 engines in total, but only on its custom Enterprise plan: its Starter is ChatGPT-only and Growth is limited to three fixed engines, so Claude, Grok, and Gemini stay out of reach unless you upgrade to enterprise.

Clovion, in most cases. It's self-serve, covers Claude and Grok without an enterprise contract, and lets agencies show each client exactly what to fix and prove the result — not just report where visibility stands. Profound is a strong fit for large enterprises that need content agents and traffic attribution at scale with custom pricing, but for growing teams and agencies that want results without enterprise overhead, Clovion is the more practical choice.

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Profound details sourced from tryprofound.com/pricing · Last verified: July 2026. Competitor pricing and features change frequently.