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Profound logoProfound

Profound

4.3/5
Act-On Software logoAct-On

Act-On Software

3.8/5
ROI categoryrevenue velocityrevenue velocity
Time-to-ValueAbout a week (instant setup; 7-day trial) (~7d)4–6 weeks (~30d)
Typical annual TCO$0/yr$24,000/yr
Starting price$0/yr$10,800/yr
Implementation feeNoneNone
Seat tiersUnlimited seats on both Trial and EnterpriseNot seat-based; published example is Professional at 2,500 contacts emailed per month for $900/month
Implementation friction1/53/5
Friction meter
Best forEnterprise and mid-market marketing teams that need to track and grow brand visibility inside AI answer engines; AEO/SEO content teams producing and optimizing pages at scale with agentic Agents; Brands in competitive categories where AI assistants name competitors instead of them; Companies that want AI-referred traffic, citations and sentiment measured in one placeMidsize and enterprise marketing teams running lifecycle campaigns across email, web, SMS and social; Organizations that want an open ecosystem platform rather than a CRM-locked add-on; Brands running distributed marketing through branch offices, franchisees, agents and partners; Teams that want CRM choice (Salesforce, Dynamics, Sugar, NetSuite, Zendesk) with Act-On embedded in the CRM UI; Marketers who need advanced automation in an approachable, non-technical interface
Not forTeams with no in-house brand, content or product context to feed an AI Marketer; Buyers who need a published, fixed price list rather than custom Enterprise pricing; Companies that only need classic keyword rank tracking for traditional search; Organizations wanting a self-serve paid tier without a sales conversationVery small teams needing a free tier or sub-$500/month entry point; Buyers who require published, self-serve list pricing before a sales call; Companies that want an all-in-one CRM plus marketing suite from a single vendor; Regulated buyers who need publicly documented SOC 2 or ISO 27001 attestations; Teams needing native Snowflake, AWS or Slack integrations out of the box

Stack fit matrix

SalesforceNot supportedIntegration
AWSIntegrationNot supported
SnowflakeNot supportedNot supported
HubSpotNot supportedNot supported
Google WorkspaceNot supportedNot supported
Microsoft 365Not supportedNot supported
SAPNot supportedNot supported
SlackIntegrationNot supported
MCP (Model Context Protocol)NativeNot supported

Compliance

SOC 2
ISO 27001
GDPR
HIPAA
FedRAMP
ISO 42001
IAPP AIGPnamed staff

Company & support

Who is behind each solution, and how you reach support. “Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention a channel, not that it is unavailable.

FoundedNot recorded2008 (18 yrs)
HeadquartersNot recordedPortland, US
PhoneNot listedNot listed
EmailEnterprise onlyAll plans
Live chatNot listedNot listed
Support portal / ticketsNot listedNot listed
Community forumNot listedNot listed
Help centre / docsAll plansAll plans
Dedicated account managerEnterprise onlyNot listed
In person / on-siteNot listedNot listed
Support hoursNot recordedNot recorded
Response time24-hour SLA with a dedicated specialist (Enterprise)Not stated

AI & MCP readiness

Whether each solution can join your AI stack, and what it asks of you to do so.

MCP connectionreaches AI clientsOfficial serverNot supported
AI featuresCopilot / assistant; Agentic workflows; AI searchAgentic workflows; Predictive analytics; NLP automation
Model keyNot recordedNot recorded
AI usage auditBasic visibilityNot recorded

Quadrant view

Where the 2 selected solutions land on the same value plane. Toggle axes to compare on cost, speed, friction, or buyer score.

Quadrant view

Implementation friction × Value-Position score (estimate)

1.0/51.4/52.0/52.6/53.2/54.3/54.2/54.0/53.9/53.8/5Friction ← betterBuyer score better →Loved & EasyLoved & HeavyRisky & EasyRisky & Heavy

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