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AI visibility monitoring

Summary

AthenaHQ is an answer-engine and generative-engine optimisation platform that measures how AI assistants mention and cite a brand. It pairs that monitoring with source analysis, competitive benchmarking and prescriptive on-page and off-page content actions.

Screenshot of AthenaHQCaptured · citedindex.com
From
Freethen $295 monthly · $245 billed annually
Free tier
YesEssential plan is Free with a $25 free credit covering 300 credits, unlimited members, and five engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, Gemini, Copilot).
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What it does

Monitors AI answers
YesTracks brand appearance across major AI platforms at prompt level.Athena tracks how your brand appears across every major AI platform, shows you exactly where you are winning or losing visibility, and tells you what…athenahq.ai
Optimises your content
YesNames the gaps blocking citation and the on-page/off-page fixes.It identifies the specific gaps preventing your brand from being cited, then tells you exactly what to fix with on-page and off-page actions.athenahq.ai
Generates content
YesAction Center drafts assets from prioritised visibility gaps.Content Creation Create on-brand assets from real opportunities.athenahq.ai/platform
Publishes to your site
YesShopify, Webflow and Framer integrations publish optimised content.Shopify lets you publish AEO-optimized content and attribute revenue to AI Search. We also integrate with Webflow and Framerathenahq.ai
Technical AEO
YesManages robots.txt and llms.txt crawler access on both plans.Dynamically manage AI crawler access with a smart robots.txt and llms.txtathenahq.ai/plans
Done-for-you service
PartlyA certified GEO/SEO specialist and white-glove enablement come only with Enterprise.athenahq.ai/plans

Answer engines

ChatGPT
YesIncluded on every plan, free tier included.All plans include ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot. Paid plans add Google AI Mode, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, and Meta AI.athenahq.ai
Perplexity
YesIncluded on every plan, free tier included.All plans include ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot. Paid plans add Google AI Mode, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, and Meta AI.athenahq.ai
Gemini
YesIncluded on every plan, free tier included.All plans include ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot. Paid plans add Google AI Mode, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, and Meta AI.athenahq.ai
Google AI Overviews
YesGoogle AI Overviews is on all plans including Essential.All plans include ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot. Paid plans add Google AI Mode, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, and Meta AI.athenahq.ai
Google AI Mode
PartlyGoogle AI Mode is added by paid plans; absent from the free Essential engine list.All plans include ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot. Paid plans add Google AI Mode, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, and Meta AI.athenahq.ai
Claude
PartlyClaude is added by paid plans; absent from the free Essential engine list.All plans include ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot. Paid plans add Google AI Mode, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, and Meta AI.athenahq.ai
Microsoft Copilot
YesIncluded on every plan, free tier included.All plans include ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot. Paid plans add Google AI Mode, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, and Meta AI.athenahq.ai
Grok
PartlyGrok is added by paid plans; absent from the free Essential engine list.All plans include ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot. Paid plans add Google AI Mode, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, and Meta AI.athenahq.ai
DeepSeek
PartlyDeepSeek is added by paid plans; absent from the free Essential engine list.All plans include ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot. Paid plans add Google AI Mode, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, and Meta AI.athenahq.ai
Meta AI
PartlyMeta AI is added by paid plans; absent from the free Essential engine list.All plans include ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot. Paid plans add Google AI Mode, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, and Meta AI.athenahq.ai
Coverage in the vendor’s words
YesFive engines on the free tier, ten on Starter, with more models on request.Visibility across 10 modelsathenahq.ai/plans

What it reports

Names the cited sources
YesShows the domains and pages that shape each AI answer.Source Intelligence Reveal the sources shaping AI answers.athenahq.ai/platform
Competitor tracking
YesUnlimited competitor benchmarking on both paid tiers.Unlimited competitor tracking, impersonation, and benchmarkingathenahq.ai/plans
Brand sentiment
YesReal-time sentiment intelligence on both paid tiers.Real-time brand sentiment intelligenceathenahq.ai/plans
Recommendations
YesEvery recommendation maps to the passages and sources models pull from.Every recommendation is mapped to the passages and sources that AI models actually pull from in your category.athenahq.ai
AI crawler analytics
PartlyIt diagnoses whether AI crawlers can reach your pages and manages their access, but nowhere claims a log of which AI bots actually crawled the site.Detect inaccurate claims and inaccessible pages.athenahq.ai/platform
Wrong answers about you
YesHallucination detection is named as part of the platform; Enterprise adds Oracle discrepancy detection.We combine cross-platform monitoring, competitive intelligence, hallucination detection, and a prescriptive AthenaHQ Content into one unified platformathenahq.ai

Plans and signing up

Prompt or credit allowance
YesMetered in credits: 300 on Essential, 3,600/month on Starter, one credit per AI response.3,600 creditsathenahq.ai/plans
Projects or brands
PartlyMultiple websites are negotiated on Enterprise; Starter is not stated to cover several brands.Custom credits, websites, and access controlsathenahq.ai/plans
Countries
PartlyStarter is single-region; multi-country tracking is Enterprise only.Multi-language and multi-region support Single Multipleathenahq.ai/plans
How often it checks
YesDaily share-of-voice tracking; the credit calculator treats cadence as a usage input.Track your daily share of voice across AI search platforms.athenahq.ai/enterprise
Self-serve signup
YesEssential and Starter are self-serve signup; Enterprise requires contacting salesIntro calls are for enterprise, but our self-serve options might be perfect for you! You can get started right away without any waiting around!athenahq.ai/self-serve-pricing

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Access and integrations

API
PartlyA paid add-on on Starter, included on Enterprise, absent from the free plan.API access is available on Starter as an add-on billed on top of the subscription.athenahq.ai/plans
MCP server
YesA remote, read-only MCP server connects the account to assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT.AthenaHQ offers a remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets You connect Your AthenaHQ account to third-party AI assistants and clients…athenahq.ai/privacy
BI export
PartlyStarter exports CSV; Tableau, Power BI and Looker dashboards are Enterprise only.Executive dashboard with BI tool support (Tableau, Power BI, Looker, etc.)athenahq.ai/plans

30 sourced claims on this page. Checked 2026-09-02. How we check.

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Sources and updates

Pages we read on athenahq.ai14

Every fact below comes from the vendor. Nothing here is independently corroborated yet.

Answer-engine source observations0 of 4

0 of 4 collected answers have source URL/title annotations naming CitedIndex. These are the latest stored observations per engine, not current consumer-UI results. They do not measure product mentions or establish that a source supports a claim.

  • ChatGPTNot assessable — no source annotationsModel: gpt-4o-mini · Collected on · 0 source annotationsQuery: AthenaHQ alternatives
  • ClaudeCitedIndex domain not found in observed source annotationsModel: claude-haiku-4-5 · Collected on · 7 source annotationsQuery: AthenaHQ alternativesOther source hosts (up to 6): g2.com, sourceforge.net, airops.com, aiclicks.io
  • GeminiCitedIndex domain not found in observed source annotationsModel: gemini-2.5-flash · Collected on · 51 source annotationsQuery: AthenaHQ alternativesOther source hosts (up to 6): tenpointlabs.com, airops.com, strideftw.com, industry-lens.com, getmint.ai, arobis.ai
  • PerplexityCitedIndex domain not found in observed source annotationsModel: sonar · Collected on · 20 source annotationsQuery: AthenaHQ alternativesOther source hosts (up to 6): rankability.com, writesonic.com, getairefs.com, getmint.ai, geoptie.com, airops.com

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