Short answer: Evertune tracks Claude on every plan. Profound only tracks Claude once you reach the $399/month tier, because the $99 Starter plan watches ChatGPT and nothing else. But here is the part nobody says out loud. Neither tool gets you cited in Claude. Both of them measure. The citations still have to be earned somewhere else.
Checked 28 July 2026. Every price and feature below comes from each company’s own pricing page on that date. We have not run a paid side by side test of either platform, so you will not find scores or benchmarks here that we made up.
Profound vs Evertune at a glance
| Profound | Evertune | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $99/month (Starter, billed yearly) | $800/month (Pro) |
| Does the entry plan track Claude? | No. ChatGPT only | Yes |
| Cheapest plan that tracks Claude | $399/month (Growth, 3 answer engines) | $800/month (Pro) |
| Models covered | 3 engines on Growth | 11 AI models on Pro |
| Prompts tracked | 50 on Starter, 100 on Growth | 100,000 on Pro |
| Writes content for you | AEO optimised content on Growth | 25 articles a month on Pro |
| Buying process | Self serve, prices published | Demo first, prices published |
Sources: Profound pricing and Evertune pricing, both read on 28 July 2026.
Which one should you pick for Claude?
If Claude is the reason you are shopping, Profound’s Starter plan is a trap. It says $99 and it tracks ChatGPT only. You would pay for a year and never see a single Claude answer.
So the real fight is Profound Growth at $399 against Evertune Pro at $800.
Profound Growth watches 3 answer engines and 100 prompts. Evertune Pro watches 11 models and 100,000 prompts, and throws in 25 articles a month. On raw coverage per pound, Evertune wins. It is not close.
Profound is the better buy if you want to spend less, you mostly care about ChatGPT and one or two others, and you already have people who can write. Evertune is the better buy if you need breadth across models and you want the content produced for you.
The thing both tools have in common
They are dashboards.
A dashboard tells you that Claude never mentions your brand. It does not go and fix that. Knowing your score and moving your score are two different jobs, and only one of them is sold at $99 a month.
What actually gets you mentioned in Claude?
Claude leans on the open web and on pages that other people wrote about you. That is why our guide on how to rank in Claude spends most of its time on third party sources rather than on your own site.
The same pattern shows up elsewhere. When we looked at how ChatGPT picks its sources, the winners were rarely the brands with the prettiest homepage. They were the brands that got named in roundups, comparisons and forum threads.
Three things move the needle:
- Get named in the lists models quote. Best of roundups and alternatives pages are quoted constantly. That is the whole idea behind placement in ranked roundups.
- Show up where people ask for recommendations. Reddit threads get read by the models. We wrote about Reddit comment quality score because posting badly there does nothing.
- Make your pages easy to quote. Answer the question in the first paragraph. Keep sections self contained.
If you run WordPress and you want the tracking side handled on your own site rather than through a $400 dashboard, AEO God Mode has a guide to tracking AI citations that covers the setup.
So is either one worth it?
Yes, with a condition.
Buy a tracker when you already have work running and you need to see if it lands. Buy it before that and you are paying $99 a month to watch a flat line. I have seen people do this for six months and call it a strategy.
Check the AI search market share numbers first. If almost nobody in your category uses Claude, tracking Claude is a hobby.
Pro tip: run one manual check before you buy anything. Open Claude, ask the question your buyer would ask, and see who gets named. Do it for five prompts. That costs nothing and tells you whether you have a visibility problem or a conversion problem.
Weighing up another option? Here is how Profound compares to Peec AI on the same question.
Key takeaways
- Profound Starter at $99 does not track Claude. ChatGPT only.
- Cheapest Profound plan that covers Claude is $399/month.
- Evertune Pro at $800/month covers 11 models and includes 25 articles.
- Both measure. Neither earns citations for you.
- Test five prompts by hand before you spend anything.
Want the citations, not just the dashboard?
We do the work that moves the number: placements in the roundups models quote, brand mentions in live threads, and pages built to be extracted. See what we handle, or run a free AI visibility check first.
Frequently asked questions
Does Profound track Claude?
Yes, from the Growth plan at $399/month, which covers 3 answer engines. The $99 Starter plan tracks ChatGPT only, per Profound’s pricing page on 28 July 2026.
How much does Evertune cost?
Evertune Pro is listed at $800/month and includes 100,000 prompts tracked across 11 AI models plus 25 AI optimised articles a month. Enterprise pricing is custom and quoted after a demo.
Can a tracking tool get my brand cited in Claude?
No. Both platforms report what the models already say. Getting cited comes from sources the models read, such as third party roundups, comparison pages and community threads.
Which is cheaper, Profound or Evertune?
Profound, at every tier. Its entry plan is $99/month against Evertune’s $800/month. Compare like for like though: Evertune Pro tracks 11 models and Profound Growth tracks 3.
Do I need either tool to start?
No. Ask your buyer’s question in Claude yourself and note who gets named. Five manual prompts will tell you whether you have a visibility gap before you commit to a subscription.
