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Promptwatch
AI search visibility tracking with crawler logs and content agents that publish to your CMS.
From $95/monthWhy it's on this listGoogle AI Mode · YesGoogle AI Mode is listed as its own model row alongside AI Overviews in the plan table and appears in the documented live-search group, so it is tracked separately from classic Gemini.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on AthenaHQ
- +Claude · YesAnthropic (Claude) is ticked on every published brand plan, but the docs class it as an API model that answers from training knowledge, so citations appear only when the provider returns sources.Evidence ↗
- +Grok · YesGrok has its own row in the plan table, ticked on all three brand plans, and is documented in the API-model group that answers without live web search.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against AthenaHQ
- −Generates content · PartialContent Agents write new articles from citation data, but the entry Essential plan is sold with no article allowance at all; monthly AEO Articles start at five on Professional and ten on Business.Evidence ↗
30/32 researched criteria · 2 not established - 02
Cognizo
AEO platform tracking brand visibility in AI answers, with content generation and auto-publishing.
From $499/monthWhy it's on this listGrok · YesGrok is in the six-platform pick list shown on both Growth and Pro plan cards.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on AthenaHQ
- +AI crawler analytics · YesCrawler analytics is checked on every plan and separates indexing, retrieval and training visits by bot, for one domain.Evidence ↗
- +Countries · YesRegions and languages are listed as unlimited on every tier and performance can be sliced by region.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against AthenaHQ
- −Projects or brands · PartialPaid self-serve plans track a single domain; several brands and workspaces are reserved for the custom Enterprise tier.Evidence ↗
- −Self-serve signup · NoEvery plan button is a demo request and onboarding runs through an assigned customer success call, so no plan can be bought unaided.Evidence ↗
31/32 researched criteria · 1 not established - 03
Qwairy
GEO platform that monitors brand mentions across 10 AI engines and feeds content, technical and traffic work.
From FreeWhy it's on this listGoogle AI Mode · YesGoogle AI Mode is a separate Core model at 1 credit per answer, listed alongside AI Overview rather than folded into it.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on AthenaHQ
- +Claude · YesAnthropic API models only (Haiku 4.5 through Opus, 4-20 credits per answer); Claude has no Core row, so the public Claude experience is not sampled.Evidence ↗
- +Grok · YesCore model at 1 credit per answer, plus premium xAI API models Grok 4.3 and Grok 4.5 at 5 and 3 credits.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against AthenaHQ
- −Publishes to your site · NoNo CMS connector exists; API v1 exposes Content Studio articles read-only for you to syndicate, and the article's finalUrl field is the published URL you set yourself.Evidence ↗
- −Done-for-you service · NoQwairy sells the tooling, not the delivery: agencies run their own GEO retainers on it, and the agency plans are white-label platform seats rather than a managed service.Evidence ↗
- −Meta AI · NoAbsent from the ten engines Qwairy enumerates by name, and absent from both the Core and Premium model tables in its docs.Evidence ↗
32/32 researched criteria - 04
EdenRank
AI citation monitoring with an approval-first execution and verification loop across eight answer engines.
From FreeWhy it's on this listGoogle AI Mode · YesGoogle AI Mode is tracked as a distinct surface from AI Overviews and is included even on the no-card free workspace.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on AthenaHQ
- +Claude · YesAnthropic Claude is named in the core measurement set and in the free checker's engine list, but is absent from the free plan's monitoring bullet.Evidence ↗
- +DeepSeek · YesDeepSeek is listed in the core eight-engine measurement set and in the free checker's multi-engine scan of the same surfaces.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against AthenaHQ
- −Publishes to your site · PartialPublishing runs through EdenRank's own Answer Hub, a delegated subdomain or a GitHub pull request; no WordPress, Webflow or HubSpot CMS connector is documented.Evidence ↗
- −Done-for-you service · NoThe delegated tier is run by a bounded software agent inside the workspace, not by EdenRank staff; human contact is email support and onboarding.Evidence ↗
- −Meta AI · NoThe vendor enumerates its complete engine roster twice - eight core engines plus Grok and Mistral at the top - and Meta AI appears in neither list.Evidence ↗
31/32 researched criteria · 1 not established - 05
Conductor
Enterprise AEO platform: AI visibility tracking, content generation, 24/7 site monitoring and API/MCP access.
Why it's on this listDone-for-you service · YesA Professional Services team sells strategic consulting and project work, including building the personas, topics and prompts that the tracking runs on, scoped per engagement rather than as a standing retainer.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on AthenaHQ
- +Google AI Mode · YesGoogle AI Mode is a separately selectable engine, though the vendor states city and state level tracking is not available for it.Evidence ↗
- +Claude · YesClaude is tracked on its default Sonnet model, but the vendor's location tables exclude it from both granular and many country level locations.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against AthenaHQ
- −Publishes to your site · NoDrafts leave Conductor as a downloaded .docx brief; the CMS integrations surface recommendations inside Drupal and trigger audits in WordPress rather than pushing content live.Evidence ↗
- −DeepSeek · NoDeepSeek is absent from the vendor's own complete list of currently supported engines, and the vendor invites requests for engines it does not yet cover.Evidence ↗
- −Meta AI · NoMeta AI does not appear in the enumerated list of engines Conductor currently supports, nor in the credits estimator which prices each selectable engine.Evidence ↗
32/32 researched criteria - 06
Dageno
AI answer monitoring and market intelligence across seven AI platforms, with citation and competitor evidence.
From FreeWhy it's on this listDone-for-you service · YesA separate managed GEO/AEO service puts Dageno staff on diagnosis, content and source work as a delivered project, and a partner programme adds agency white-label and referral arrangements.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on AthenaHQ
- +Google AI Mode · YesGoogle AI Mode is one of the seven standard platforms, covered as a separate surface from AI Overview with its own answers and visible-source tracking.Evidence ↗
- +Grok · YesGrok is named in the seven-platform strip that the pricing page says every paid plan includes, and carries a dedicated monitoring page of its own.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against AthenaHQ
- −Publishes to your site · NoDageno states its own data connections change nothing on your site, and no CMS connector is documented anywhere; only the human managed-service team publishes, and then to Reddit, media and directories rather than your CMS.Evidence ↗
- −Meta AI · NoMeta AI appears nowhere on Dageno's site: not in the seven platforms the pricing page says standard plans include, and not among the ten entries in its model directory, so no plan covers it today.Evidence ↗
- −Recommendations · PartialDageno does prescribe changes rather than only reporting, but the issues-and-opportunities surface that carries those recommendations is withheld from Starter and begins on the Growth plan.Evidence ↗
32/32 researched criteria
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