Profound vs AirOps (2026): pricing, engines, which to pick
Both sell to enterprise marketing teams and both run agents. Profound starts from measurement; AirOps starts from content production.
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The short answer
Neither publishes a brand price. Profound gives a free 7-day trial of 50 prompts on three engines, then quotes Enterprise for up to nine engines, an AI Marketer that stages page rewrites in your CMS, and agent analytics. AirOps lists Solo (35,000 tasks, ChatGPT insights only) and Pro (100,000 tasks, insights across 7+ answer engines) as self-serve with a 14-day trial, and sells content workflows with CMS integrations, human review and approvals. Pick Profound if measurement depth drives the purchase. Pick AirOps if producing content at scale does.
Side by side
| Profound | AirOps | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Brands: free 7-day trial, then Enterprise by contract. Agencies: price not published; client workspaces $399/mo each | Not published; Solo (35,000 tasks a month, single user) and Pro (100,000 tasks) are self-serve |
| Top published plan | Enterprise and Agency Enterprise, custom | Enterprise, custom |
| Billing terms | By contract for brands; agency workspaces priced monthly; 7-day trial of 50 prompts | Tasks reset monthly; 14-day free trial; overage $0.025 a task on Solo |
| Engines per plan | Trial: ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. Enterprise: up to 9, adding Perplexity, AI Mode, Copilot, DeepSeek, Claude and Exa Search | Solo: ChatGPT insights only. Pro: insights across 7+ answer engines, not named per tier |
| Markets and languages | Trial: 1 language, 1 region; Enterprise custom | Persona, region and language personalization; counts not published |
| Publishes fixes to your site | Its AI Marketer rewrites pages and stages them as drafts in your CMS for approval (per its homepage) | CMS integrations (basic on Solo; CMS, SEO, AEO and social on Pro) with human review and approvals |
| Proof of lift | Agent Analytics for AI-sourced traffic and attribution; no lift method published | Conversion tracking and agent analytics listed; no lift method published |
Sources: tryprofound.com/pricing and its homepage; airops.com/pricing. Checked 17 October 2026. US dollars per month.
Where each one wins
- Profound: nine named engines on Enterprise, including Copilot, Claude, DeepSeek and Exa Search; AirOps names only ChatGPT on Solo.
- AirOps: self-serve Solo and Pro plans with a 14-day trial, where Profound for brands is contract only.
Where Stellarcast fits
Both stage or produce content with approvals; neither publishes a method for deciding that a change caused a lift. Stellarcast checks six engines daily on every paid plan from $39 a month (Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode and Microsoft Copilot). From $89 it sends the fixes you approve to WordPress as drafts, and from $249 every lift claim is labeled MEASURED, LIKELY or TOO-EARLY with a P25 to P75 range, across 27 markets measured with native-language prompts. See the plans.
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How much do Profound and AirOps cost?
Neither publishes a brand price. Profound offers a free 7-day trial, then Enterprise by contract, and lists agency client workspaces at $399 a month each. AirOps lists Solo and Pro as self-serve with a 14-day trial and a $0.025 per task overage on Solo, and Enterprise by contract. Checked 17 October 2026.
Which engines do Profound and AirOps track?
Profound's trial covers ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews; Enterprise covers up to nine, adding Perplexity, AI Mode, Copilot, DeepSeek, Claude and Exa Search. AirOps lists ChatGPT insights only on Solo and insights across 7+ answer engines on Pro, without naming them per tier.
Can Profound or AirOps publish to my CMS?
Profound's homepage describes its AI Marketer rewriting pages and staging them as drafts in your CMS for approval. AirOps lists CMS integrations on Solo and Pro with human review and approvals. Stellarcast sends approved fixes to WordPress as drafts from $89 a month.