Beamtrace MCP vs The Profound Agency
A side-by-side look at the Beamtrace MCP and The Profound Agency MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
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The Profound AgencyMarketingSearch, price and order press placements across 1,600+ publications. Free AI-visibility audits too.48FairAuth: no auth requiredVerdict: choose Beamtrace MCP for marketing work over a hosted endpoint; choose The Profound Agency for marketing. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Beamtrace MCP when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Marketing domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- You want tools like
get_visibility, list_topics, list_prompts.
TChoose The Profound Agency when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Marketing domain.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You want tools like
search_placements, quote_placements, plan_placements.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | T The Profound Agency | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Marketing | Marketing |
| Quality signal | 48/100 · Fair | 48/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | — |
| Auth | Not declared | No auth required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 5 | 6 |
| Full listing | View Beamtrace MCP | View The Profound Agency |
Tools & capabilities
Beamtrace MCP tools 5
get_visibilityOverall visibility score and insightlist_topicsTopic rollupslist_promptsPrompt-level metrics and coverage gapslist_competitorsVisibility leaderboardlist_improvementsPrioritized content improvements
The Profound Agency tools 6
search_placementsSearch the network by price, Domain Authority, Domain Rating, category, region, turnaround, Google indexing and AI-crawler readiness.quote_placementsPrice a set of placements exactly as checkout would, fees included. Returns a link that opens the store with those placements in the cart. Reserves nothing.plan_placementsGive it a goal, audience and budget; get back a recommended set of publications, already quoted and inside budget.submit_campaign_briefAsk for a quote on a paid media campaign (display, CTV, social, search, audio, out-of-home). A person prices it and replies. Buys nothing.quick_visibility_checkAn instant check of five AI-visibility basics for any site: AI crawlers in robots.txt, llms.txt, structured data, title and description.request_auditRequest the full, free AI-visibility audit, scored out of 100. A person runs it and replies by email.
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
Beamtrace MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"elfsight-beamtrace-mcp": {
"url": "https://beamtrace.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}
The Profound Agency
No confirmed install command for The Profound Agency yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
Frequently asked questions
Beamtrace MCP is categorized under Marketing and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. The Profound Agency belongs to Marketing and uses an install path we have not confirmed yet. Pick Beamtrace MCP for marketing work and The Profound Agency for marketing.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client. The Profound Agency has no confirmed install command yet — follow its own setup instructions.
Beamtrace MCP has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. The Profound Agency is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add elfsight-beamtrace-mcp and the-profound-agency as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Beamtrace MCP has a quality signal of 48/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. The Profound Agency has 48/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.