Sourix vs Profound
Profound is the American leader ($1B valuation). We respect that. But for a French SME or MidSize company, here is why Sourix ticks the right boxes.
| Criterion | Sourix (France) | Profound (US) |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting | France (Scaleway) | United States (AWS) |
| Subject to Cloud Act | No | Yes |
| Mistral French AI tested | Yes, prioritised | No |
| Entry price | €39 / month | $499 / month |
| Enterprise price | €399 / month | $2,000–$5,000 / month |
| Free trial | Yes (14 days) | On commercial request |
| Onboarding | Self-service (3 clicks) | 1–3 weeks commercial process |
| Target | SME / MidSize, non-marketer CEOs | Fortune 500, senior marketers |
| Interface | Concrete actions, plain language | Technical dashboards |
| NIS2 compliant | Native | Best effort |
| DPO reachable | dpo@sourix.fr | support@profound.ai |
| DPA signed by default | Yes | On Enterprise request |
| Real right to erasure | Yes (auth.users included) | Soft-delete |
| Platforms monitored | 5 (Mistral + 4 US) | 10+ |
| Citation tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Sentiment analysis | Yes (via Mistral) | Yes |
| Continuous monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| Slack/email/webhook alerts | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-user | Yes (2–5 seats) | Yes (1–3 seats) |
| Free AI Search Grader | Yes (/en/grader) | No |
| Public API | Q2 2026 | Yes (Enterprise) |
| SOC2 Type II | Phase 3 (Q4 2026) | Yes |
13×
Cheaper at entry
€39 vs $499
0
Cloud Act risk
Your data stays in France
24h
Guaranteed DPO response
A human, not a ticket
Why the Cloud Act changes everything for a European SME
The Cloud Act is the 2018 US law that requires any company under US jurisdiction to hand over the data it holds to American authorities on a simple subpoena — even if that data is stored in Europe, and even if you are a small French company. On 5 December 2024, OpenAI transmitted 5.2 million lines of chat history to the US Department of Justice. On 18 June 2024, Anthropic did the same. No European company was notified.
For an SME using Profound: your prompts, your competitor list, your strategic diagnosis — all potentially accessible to the US DOJ.
When Profound still makes sense
Let's be honest: Profound remains an excellent choice for large listed companies with a 100K€+ marketing budget, dedicated AI marketing teams, and a need for active SOC2 Type II today (Sourix deploys this in Q4 2026). If you are a Fortune 500 or CAC 40 company with US compliance requirements, Profound checks those boxes.
For a French SME or MidSize company that wants to trial GEO without committing €6,000/year, that prioritises French sovereignty over exhaustive coverage of 10+ AI platforms, and that wants a simple interface rather than a data analyst dashboard: Sourix is built for you.
How to migrate from Profound
- 1.Export your Profound data (Settings → Export — CSV format)
- 2.Create your free 14-day Sourix Discovery account at sourix.fr/en/signup
- 3.Import your prompt list and competitors (CSV import form)
- 4.Run your first multi-AI scan — result in 5 minutes
- 5.Compare the Sourix score with your Profound dashboard — correlation is high
No lock-in: you can export your Sourix data in CSV+JSON at any time (GDPR Article 20).
Frequently asked questions
Is Profound really subject to the Cloud Act?
Yes. Profound is a US legal entity (Delaware C-corp, headquartered in New York), and therefore subject to the Cloud Act 18 U.S.C. § 2703. Even if Profound stores your data in Europe via AWS Frankfurt, the Cloud Act applies because the legal entity is American. Source: Profound Terms of Service Section 14.
Can I easily export my data from Profound?
Profound allows CSV export from Settings → Data Export, but not via a public API (that feature is on their Q2 2026 roadmap). Sourix provides an instant GDPR Article 20 export in CSV+JSON from the Billing area, with no commercial request required.
Does Profound support Mistral?
Not as of May 2026. Profound monitors ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Bing Copilot and 5 other US platforms. Mistral is not in their list. Sourix integrates Mistral as a priority (non-disableable server-side) because it is the only autonomous French AI that is natively GDPR-compliant.
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Sources: tryprofound.com, our manifesto, our DPA. Comparison kept up to date. If you spot an error, let us know.