Use Profound
Use Profound when your team wants a ready-made AI visibility platform and prefers to operate inside an existing dashboard.
Profound alternative for API-first AI visibility
Profound is a strong fit when a team wants a finished AI visibility dashboard. Kiodo is for teams that want AI visibility checks, competitor comparison, citation tracking, and reports as an API they can plug into custom workflows.
Use Kiodo when you want the underlying AI visibility API, not only a finished dashboard. Build the dashboard, agent, report, or customer-facing feature that matches your workflow.
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The baseline AI visibility features are table stakes. The main difference is whether the workflow lives in a static dashboard or inside your own product, agents, and internal tools.
| Capability | Profound | Kiodo |
|---|---|---|
| AI visibility checks | [x] Included | [x] Included |
| Competitor comparison | [x] Included | [x] Included |
| Citation/source tracking | [x] Included | [x] Included |
| Marketing reports | [x] Included | Build as dashboards, exports, scheduled jobs, or agent outputs |
| Primary interface | Dashboard-first product | API-first infrastructure |
| Workflow control | Use the platform workflow | Build custom workflows around your data, prompts, agents, and teams |
| Developer integration | Secondary to the product UI | HTTP API, scripts, queues, backends, and MCP for Search/Contents/Answer/Usage |
| Cost model | Pay for the platform | Pay for credit-based API usage and productivity |
| Output ownership | Reports inside the product | Structured JSON you can store, inspect, score, and re-rank |
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Use Kiodo
Use Kiodo when you want API access, structured JSON, credit-based usage, and workflows that run inside your product, agents, dashboards, or internal tools.
Next step
Review the AI Visibility API, pricing model, and workflow examples before deciding whether to buy a dashboard or build your own workflow.
faq.md
Is Kiodo a replacement for a dashboard?
Kiodo can power a dashboard, but it is not limited to one. Teams use the API to build dashboards, scheduled reports, customer-facing features, and agent workflows.
Can marketing teams use Kiodo?
Yes. Marketing teams can still get AI visibility checks, competitor comparison, cited source tracking, and reports. The workflow is built on top of the API instead of locked inside a fixed dashboard.
Why use an API instead of a finished platform?
Use an API when you want custom workflows, product integration, agent access, structured output ownership, and credit-based usage instead of a fixed platform workflow.