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Profound vs AthenaHQ

Enterprise-tier vs YC-backed SMB: two paths to the same insight.

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Feature by feature

Profound and AthenaHQ, feature by feature
FeatureProfoundAthenaHQ
Free public audit
Self-serve signup
Sub-$500/mo tier
Enterprise SSO + custom contractsPartial
Multi-LLM tracking
Query fanout decompositionPartial
Bulk URL audit
Public API
Funded round sizePartial

A check is a first-class feature, “Partial” means it exists in some form, a cross means it isn’t offered.

  • Profound: $30M Series A (Aug 2025), enterprise-leaning, no public free tier.
  • AthenaHQ: $2.2M YC seed, self-serve, multi-LLM tracking.
  • Sources: tryprofound.com, athenahq.ai.
  • Competitor prices are as their sites listed them when this was written (2026). They change often, so check the vendor's own pricing page.

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