Credit-based AI search visibility tracking with content optimization and CMS publishing.
Key facts
- Lowest listed plan
- $295/moStarter plan
- Billing
- Month-to-month billing
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- Unknown
- Prices last verified
- 30 Oct 2026
- Verification
- Vendor-checkedVerified 30 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation. Not independently tested.
What AthenaHQ does
A web platform that tracks brand visibility, sources and competitors across AI models such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Gemini. It includes a content optimization agent and publishes to connected CMSs; usage is measured in credits (1 credit = 1 AI response).
Built for (vendor-stated)
- Small businesses
- Enterprises
- Agencies
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Vendor documentation, 30 Oct 2026. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested.Prices as listed by AthenaHQ; annual totals only where the vendor lists them. Lowest plans differ in limits between tools, so compare what each plan includes. How we check prices
| Plan | Month-to-month | Billed annually | Limits and inclusions (vendor-listed) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | $25 of free credit (300 credits; 1 credit = 1 AI response); ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, Gemini, Copilot; unlimited users. | |
| Starter | Month-to-month$295/mo | Billed annually$245/mo | 3,600 credits/month (1 credit = 1 AI response); 11 models; unlimited topics, prompts and competitors; country-level support; CSV export; content optimization agent. API access and extra credits are paid add-ons. |
| Enterprise | Contact sales — Custom pricing | Custom credits, websites and access controls; API included; multi-region and multi-language support; SAML and OIDC SSO; audit log; BI tool support (Tableau, Power BI, Looker). | |
Paid add-ons
AthenaHQ capabilities
Checked against AthenaHQ's documentation on 30 Oct 2026 unless a row says otherwise; not independently tested. The plan column shows where a capability is confirmed, not that lower plans lack it.
- Offered14
- Partial0
- Paid add-on0
- Not offered0
- Unknown6
- * Not yet verified
| Capability | Availability | Confirmed plan | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI visibility11 | |||
| AI visibility monitoringTracks brand mentions or citations in AI assistants and AI search answers. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed on the free plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for AI visibility monitoringChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Grok, and more” Notes: 5 models on Free; 11 models on Starter; additional models on request. |
| ChatGPT trackingMonitors answers from ChatGPT. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed on the free plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for ChatGPT trackingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Free $25 free credit Includes 300 credits ChatGPT Perplexity AI Overviews Gemini Copilot” |
| Google AI Overviews trackingMonitors Google AI Overviews. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed on the free plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Google AI Overviews trackingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Free $25 free credit Includes 300 credits ChatGPT Perplexity AI Overviews Gemini Copilot” |
| Google AI Mode trackingMonitors Google AI Mode answers. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed from Starter, the lowest paid planAvailability on the free plan not verified. | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Google AI Mode trackingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “ChatGPT Perplexity AI Overviews AI Mode Gemini Claude Copilot Grok DeepSeek Meta AI Mistral ... Visibility across 11 models” Notes: Listed on the Starter plan. |
| Perplexity trackingMonitors Perplexity answers. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed on the free plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Perplexity trackingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Free $25 free credit Includes 300 credits ChatGPT Perplexity AI Overviews Gemini Copilot” |
| Gemini trackingMonitors Google Gemini answers. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed on the free plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Gemini trackingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Free $25 free credit Includes 300 credits ChatGPT Perplexity AI Overviews Gemini Copilot” |
| Claude trackingMonitors Claude answers. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed from Starter, the lowest paid planAvailability on the free plan not verified. | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Claude trackingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “ChatGPT Perplexity AI Overviews AI Mode Gemini Claude Copilot Grok DeepSeek Meta AI Mistral ... Visibility across 11 models” Notes: Listed on the Starter plan. |
| Microsoft Copilot trackingMonitors Microsoft Copilot answers. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed on the free plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Microsoft Copilot trackingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Free $25 free credit Includes 300 credits ChatGPT Perplexity AI Overviews Gemini Copilot” |
| Citation and source trackingShows which pages AI answers cite as sources. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed on the free plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Citation and source trackingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Prompt and response analysis Sources and competitor insights” Notes: Enterprise adds the Athena Citation Engine (ACE). |
| AI competitor benchmarkingCompares brand visibility against competitors in AI answers. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed on the free plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for AI competitor benchmarkingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Unlimited competitor tracking, impersonation, and benchmarking” Notes: Unlimited competitors on Starter. |
| Prompt trackingTracks a defined set of prompts over time. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed from Starter, the lowest paid planAvailability on the free plan not verified. | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Prompt trackingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Visibility across 11 models Unlimited Topics and Prompts” Notes: Unlimited topics and prompts on Starter; usage is limited by credits (1 credit = 1 AI response). |
| Publishing1 | |||
| Automated publishingPushes content directly to a CMS such as WordPress. | Availability: Offered | Plan not specified | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Automated publishingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Can AthenaHQ publish to my CMS? Yes. Connect Shopify, WordPress, Webflow, Wix, Framer, Payload CMS, Sanity, or Contentful in Settings > Integrations.” Notes: Each CMS supports different options for drafts, updates and publishing. |
| Content2 | |||
| Content optimizationScores or guides content against ranking competitors. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed from Starter, the lowest paid planAvailability on the free plan not verified. | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Content optimizationChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “On-page and off-page actions Content optimization agent Self-learning content improvement” Notes: Enterprise lists an advanced content optimization agent. |
| Content briefsGenerates outlines or briefs from search results. | Availability: Offered | Plan not specified | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Content briefsChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Create content briefs and manage tracked prompts.” Notes: Through the AthenaHQ MCP connection. |
Unknown: 6 capabilitiesNo vendor documentation found either way. Unknown is not the same as Not offered.
Content
- Automated content generationGenerates drafts or full articles with AI.
Research
- Keyword researchKeyword discovery with volume or difficulty data.
- Rank trackingMonitors positions in traditional search results over time.
Technical SEO
- Technical site auditCrawls a site to find technical and on-page issues.
Backlinks
- Backlink analysisExplores referring domains and link profiles.
- Backlink buildingHelps acquire new backlinks, for example through outreach tooling or link exchanges.
Integrations
10 verified in vendor documentation, 0 not yet verified.
- Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested.Google Analytics
- Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested.Google Search Console
- Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested.WordPress
- Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested.Shopify
- Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested.Webflow
- Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested.Contentful
- Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested.Wix
- Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested.Looker Studio
- Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested.Slack
- Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested.Public APIAdd-on from Starter, the lowest paid planAvailability on the free plan not verified.
Sources
Official AthenaHQ pages read on 30 Oct 2026. These are the vendor's own claims; SEOFinder has not independently tested them.
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