Proofsource vs LLM Pulse
LLM Pulse is a broad toolkit at a published price: weekly or daily tracking, five included models and a long list of add-ons from Claude to Naver and Baidu. Proofsource includes Claude in its four-engine panel, with an interval on every figure and a drafted fix for each gap.
Proofsource and LLM Pulse in five facts
Price
- Proofsource
- Free trial, then Custom from $64 per brand per month (final price discussed on demo call)
- LLM Pulse
- Starter €49, Growth €99, Scale €299 a month with weekly tracking; daily tracking priced separately; Enterprise custom[1]
Free trial
- Proofsource
- 2 days free, 4 engines, no card
- LLM Pulse
- 14-day free trial[2]
AI engines covered
- Proofsource
- 4 on the trial, all 10 on Custom
- LLM Pulse
- 5 included: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and Gemini; Grok, Claude, Copilot, DeepSeek and others as add-ons[2]
How often answers are re-read
- Proofsource
- Daily on Custom, or hourly
- LLM Pulse
- Weekly or daily, chosen per plan[1]
Seats
- Proofsource
- Unlimited on Custom
- LLM Pulse
- Unlimited team members on every plan[1]
What LLM Pulse is, and who it is for
Visibility and reputation in one platform. LLM Pulse tracks prompts, citation sources and sentiment, and adds ChatGPT Shopping, AI paid ads, agent analytics, prompt research and a GEO writer.[2]
From one brand to several clients. Starter covers 1 project, Growth 2 and Scale 5, with unlimited team members on every plan.[1]
Proofsource is an AI intelligence platform that shows which buyer questions name your brand in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Overviews, who gets named instead, and exactly what to fix.
Proofsource and LLM Pulse, fact by fact
Each LLM Pulse cell links to the page it came from. Where LLM Pulse does not publish a detail, the cell says so instead of guessing.
| Question | Proofsource | LLM Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free trial, then Custom from $64 per brand per month (final price discussed on demo call), arranged on a demo call | Starter €49, Growth €99, Scale €299 a month with weekly tracking; daily tracking priced separately; Enterprise custom[1] |
| Free trial | 200 answers. 25 Prompts/Question. Top AI engines. 2 days. Free. No card, no sales call | 14-day free trial[2] |
| AI engines covered | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Overviews on the trial. Custom covers all 10 engines, adding Google AI Mode, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek and Meta AI, switched on at onboarding |    Google AI ModeGoogle AI Overviews   Copilot 5 included: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and Gemini; Grok, Claude, Copilot, DeepSeek and others as add-ons[2] |
| How often answers are re-read | Daily on Custom by default, one answer per question per engine per UTC day, or hourly or any frequency you choose; the trial reads every engine on 2 consecutive days | Weekly or daily, chosen per plan[1] |
| Seats | Unlimited seats on Custom, with client workspaces, scoped members, Client Viewer seats and SSO set up at onboarding | Unlimited team members on every plan[1] |
| How a number is measured | A 95% Wilson interval on every percentage; alerts wait until a change clears it | Not published |
| What it does about a gap | Each gap names the pages the engine cited instead, with a draft fix held for your approval | Recommendations and a GEO writer on every plan; GEO testing on Scale[1] |
Where each shines
Both tools are built well for different teams. Each point is a strength, read from that vendor's own pages.
Where LLM Pulse shines
Where Proofsource shines
- Claude in the panel. Proofsource asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Overviews on every plan; on LLM Pulse, Claude is an add-on.
- An interval on each rate. Alerts wait until a change clears a 95% Wilson interval.
- The page behind each gap. Each lost question names the cited pages, with a draft held for approval.
Proofsource or LLM Pulse: the fair verdict
LLM Pulse is the broader toolkit: more surfaces, more add-on engines and a low published entry price.
Proofsource is the more exacting instrument for the four engines most buyers use: Claude included by default, daily reads on Custom, intervals on every figure and fixes drafted from the pages that beat you.
Choose LLM Pulse if you want
- Regional and retail engines
- Shopping and ads tracking
Choose Proofsource if you want
- Claude in the panel
- An interval on each rate
- The page behind each gap
Already using LLM Pulse?
You do not have to choose on day one. Here is how teams run Proofsource beside LLM Pulse and decide on their own data.
Keep LLM Pulse running
Nothing about trying Proofsource needs you to stop LLM Pulse. Your history and reports there stay where they are.
Bring your questions across
Export or copy the prompts you track in LLM Pulse and add them as buyer questions in Proofsource, so both tools ask the same things.
Run both side by side
Read the two for the same days on your own domain. Where the numbers differ, Proofsource shows the answers and the pages each engine cited, so you can see why.
Keep what serves your team
Many teams keep one tool for reporting and another for fixes. Pick on your own evidence, not on a comparison page.
Proofsource or LLM Pulse: what buyers ask
What's the best tool to test many different ways buyers phrase a question in ChatGPT and see which ones mention my brand?
Some AI answers to that question named LLM Pulse, which offers prompt research and AI prompt suggestions next to tracking. Proofsource asks your buyer questions on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Overviews and shows, question by question and engine by engine, where you are named, with a 95% interval on each rate.
How much does LLM Pulse cost?
With weekly tracking, Starter is €49, Growth €99 and Scale €299 a month; daily tracking is priced separately.
Does LLM Pulse track Claude?
Yes, as an add-on. Its five included models are ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and Gemini.
Where each fact about LLM Pulse comes from
- LLM Pulse pricing, read 5 Oct 2026.
- LLM Pulse homepage, read 5 Oct 2026.
Vendors change their pages. If a LLM Pulse fact here no longer matches their site, tell us through the contact page and we will correct it.
Your own trial settles this faster than any comparison page.
200 answers. 25 Prompts/Question. Top AI engines. 2 days. Free. No card, and the report is about your domain: which buyer questions name you, who gets named instead, and what to fix.
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