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Quolens vs Profound

Profound is the enterprise-heavy incumbent with a visual agent builder and US compliance certifications. Quolens is the instrument-grade reading: a Confidence Score on every number, the model-vs-live-grounding split, and an honest free tier. Here is where each one wins — including where we don’t.

5 rows where Profound leads — shown the same weight

Line by line — including where we lose.

We don’t hide the rows we don’t win. If Profound is the better tool for your job, this table should tell you — that’s the point.

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Per-datapoint Confidence Score
Each number says how much it moved across 3 runs.
Quolens
On every number

Same prompt asked 3× per engine; the spread becomes a score on each datapoint.

Profound
Not surfaced per datapoint

No equivalent per-number reliability score in the public product framing.

Model-vs-live-grounding split
What the AI knows from training vs what it fetches live.
Quolens
Split on every mention

Separates model memory from live web — the fix differs for each.

Profound
Citation/source view, not a memory-vs-live split

Strong source tracking; the explicit grounding split is not its framing.

MCP interface
Query your readings from an AI client / agent.
Quolens
Built in from Starter

Pull live readings straight into an MCP-capable client.

Profound
Not documented publicly

No public MCP endpoint we can verify; marked unknown rather than guessed.

EU-built · GDPR-native
Where the data lives and the law it’s built under.
Quolens
EU-built, GDPR-native

Designed for EU data residency and GDPR from day one.

Profound
US-based; GDPR via DPA

Compliant for EU customers via agreements, not EU-native by design.

Honest free tier
Try a real reading without a card.
Quolens
Free €0 forever, no card

One brand, a real reading across engines — no sales call.

Profound
No self-serve free tier

Access is via demo / enterprise motion, not a public free tier.

Visual no-code agent builder
Drag-and-drop workflows for non-technical teams.
Quolens
Not offered

Quolens is a measurement instrument, not an agent-building canvas.

Profound
Mature visual agent builder

A core, well-developed part of the Profound product.

SOC 2 + HIPAA
Formal US security & healthcare compliance certs.
Quolens
Not certified (pre-launch)

We won’t claim certifications we don’t hold. On the roadmap, not done.

Profound
SOC 2 + HIPAA

Established certifications for regulated US buyers.

Prompt-volume data (real AI-search demand)
How often people actually ask a prompt, from licensed panels.
Quolens
Not offered

Quolens reads answers; it has no licensed prompt-demand panel.

Profound
Conversation Explorer

Licensed prompt-volume panels — a data moat nobody else matches.

Agent / bot-traffic analytics
Server-log view of which AI crawlers hit your site.
Quolens
Not offered

Quolens measures the answer side, not your server logs.

Profound
Agent Analytics (100k+ property network)

Mature server-log AI-crawler analytics at scale.

Enterprise track record
Named customers, scale, references.
Quolens
Pre-launch — no customers yet

We have no customer logos to show and won’t invent them.

Profound
Established roster

A funded incumbent with 700+ customers, >10% of the Fortune 500.

Profound details reflect public positioning verified 2026-07-09; verify before quoting. Quolens is pre-launch — no customer logos or testimonials are shown, by design.

Pricing, with dates.

Quolens · published
Free €0 · €49 · €199

Free €0, Starter €49/mo, Pro €199/mo, Scale €499/mo — published, no card to start, 14-day full-depth trial.

Profound · entry
From ~$99 / mo (ChatGPT-only)

Profound is sales-led: ~$99 Lite (ChatGPT-only), ~$399 Growth (3 engines), Enterprise ~$2k–5k+/mo for the full pool. Quolens publishes entry prices: Free €0, Starter €49, Pro €199.

Where Profound is the better fit

Choose Profound if you need a visual no-code agent builder, real prompt-volume data, agent-traffic analytics, formal SOC 2 + HIPAA compliance, or an established enterprise vendor with a customer track record today. If your buying is US-enterprise procurement-first, Profound is built for that motion and Quolens is not — yet.

We’d rather you pick the right tool than the wrong one with our name on it. The honesty above is the whole product — an instrument that flatters itself isn’t one.

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