HubSpot compares Profound and Semrush AEO tools
Buyers now ask ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and other answer engines before opening a search page, so marketers need to track brand mentions in those AI‑generated answers. HubSpot’s guide compares two vendors – Profound, a specialist AEO platform, and Semrush, an SEO suite that adds AEO features – on engine coverage, prompt intelligence, crawler analytics, workflows, pricing and team fit.
What you can do with it
AI at Work →Track brand mentions in answer engines, right inside HubSpot
What you get You see where your brand appears in AI-generated answers and can close visibility gaps.
Shows brand presence.
- Who for
- marketers
- Cost
- paid from $50
- Effort
- minutes
Use it for
- Monitor brand visibility
- Identify citation gaps
- Benchmark competitors
Watch out Only includes 25 prompts; extra prompts cost extra
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Key points from the news
- Profound’s Growth tier tracks three engines; Enterprise can monitor up to ten, including Gemini and Claude.
- Semrush’s base plans cover five engines and add Grok and Claude on Enterprise.
- HubSpot AEO costs $50 per month ($45 annually) and includes 25 prompts across ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity.
Profound offers tiered coverage: a Starter plan for ChatGPT only, a Growth tier covering three engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews) and an Enterprise tier that can monitor up to ten engines, including Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Meta AI, Grok and DeepSeek. Semrush’s base plans track five engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode) and add models like Grok and Claude on Enterprise. Pricing varies, with Profound providing a free trial of 50 prompts daily for seven days and custom Enterprise pricing, while HubSpot AEO costs $50 per month ($45 annually) for 25 prompts.
The article notes that Profound’s server‑log analytics and SKU‑level shopping data give deeper technical insight, whereas Semrush integrates AEO data with its broader SEO tools and keyword database. Marketers are advised to match tool depth to their workflow needs, considering factors such as data breadth, roadmap focus, ownership responsibilities and stack complexity.
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HubSpot Marketing Blog · 27 October 2026
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