{
  "measured_by": "GetIntel",
  "measured_on": "2026-08-11",
  "question": "AI visibility tools price by engine count. What does each additional engine actually buy?",
  "prices_checked_live_on": "2026-08-11",
  "pricing_observed": {
    "note": "Read from each vendor's own public pricing page on 11 August 2026. Prices change; re-check before relying on these.",
    "profound": [
      {
        "tier": "$99/month billed yearly",
        "engines": "ChatGPT tracking only",
        "prompts": 50
      },
      {
        "tier": "$399/month billed yearly",
        "engines": "3 Answer Engines tracked",
        "prompts": 100
      },
      {
        "tier": "Enterprise",
        "engines": "tailored",
        "prompts": null
      }
    ],
    "getintel": [
      {
        "tier": "$29/month",
        "engines": "4 (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews)",
        "prompts": 30
      },
      {
        "tier": "$49/month",
        "engines": "4",
        "prompts": 60
      },
      {
        "tier": "$99/month",
        "engines": "5 including Claude",
        "prompts": 120
      }
    ],
    "disclosure": "GetIntel publishes this and is one of the two vendors in it. We have not tested Profound's product; only its published prices are quoted."
  },
  "what_engine_count_buys": {
    "source": "our own engine-coverage measurement, 60 prompts, 10 July to 10 August 2026",
    "one_engine_chatgpt": {
      "prompts_found": 14,
      "of_24": 58.3
    },
    "two_engines_chatgpt_plus_google_aio": {
      "prompts_found": 23,
      "of_24": 95.8
    },
    "all_four": {
      "prompts_found": 24,
      "of_24": 100.0
    },
    "finding": "The second engine carries almost all the marginal value: 58.3% to 95.8%. The third and fourth add 4.2 points between them."
  },
  "the_pricing_implication": "A one-engine tier caps you near 58% of the questions you could be found on, by our coverage figures. The jump from one to three engines is where the value sits, but it is also where the price steps hardest: Profound's is 1 engine at $99 to 3 engines at $399, a 4x increase with no two-engine option in between.",
  "limits": "Coverage percentages are ours, from our own 60 prompts in one category. A brand whose citations concentrate on Perplexity would see a different curve. Prompt allowances differ between vendors and are not equivalent units. We have not evaluated feature depth, data quality or support on either side."
}