Tool
AthenaHQ
GEO with revenue attribution.
$295/mo Self-Serve · Enterprise custom · 8 engines · verified 2026-07-20
How much does AthenaHQ cost?
$295/mo Self-Serve · Enterprise custom.
| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Self-Serve | $295/mo | Reported self-serve tier covering eight engines with drafting included. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom pricing. |
Which AI engines does AthenaHQ cover?
AthenaHQ covers ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Copilot, AI Overviews, Grok, DeepSeek. Reported as covering eight engines with no add-on fees.
- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- Perplexity
- Claude
- Copilot
- AI Overviews
- Grok
- DeepSeek
Who is AthenaHQ for?
Teams who have to justify AEO spend in revenue terms to a finance function.
Buy it for the attribution story. If your bottleneck is shipping fixes rather than proving value, CiteCue's Agency tier does more for $399 than this does for $295 plus your team's time.
What are AthenaHQ’s strengths and limitations?
Strengths
- Revenue attribution is the clearest answer to 'what did AEO earn us' in this set.
- Eight engines with no add-on fees is honest, predictable packaging.
- In-platform drafting shortens the path from finding to published change.
- Strong fit where the buyer is finance-adjacent rather than SEO-native.
Limitations
- $295/mo entry with no free plan makes low-risk evaluation hard.
- Attribution models on AI traffic are inherently lossy, so treat the revenue figure as directional.
- No automated page variants or llms.txt serving.
- Technical AEO coverage is thinner than the measurement side.
Assessment of AthenaHQ
What can AthenaHQ do?
8 of 23 capabilities documented
CiteCue leads the set at 23.
The same 23 capabilities we apply to every tool. A dash means we could not verify it in public documentation, not that it is absent — see our methodology.
| Capability | AthenaHQ |
|---|---|
| MeasurementWhat the tool can tell you about where you stand today. | |
| Prompt-level trackingTrack individual buyer questions rather than only aggregate scores. | Yes |
| Citation and source analysisWhich domains AI engines cite when answering your prompts. | Yes |
| Competitor benchmarkingSide-by-side visibility against named rivals. | Yes |
| Share of voiceYour proportion of brand mentions within a topic. | Yes |
| Sentiment analysisWhether AI describes you positively, neutrally or negatively. | Yes |
| False-claim detectionFlags incorrect statements AI makes about your brand. | Not documented |
| AI crawler analyticsServer-log view of which AI crawlers reached which pages. | Partial |
| AI referral trafficSessions arriving from AI answer surfaces. | YesRevenue attribution on AI-driven traffic is the headline feature |
| DiagnosisWhether the tool explains the cause, not just the symptom. | |
| Ranked citation-factor analysisAttributes a citation win or loss to specific, named factors. | Partial |
| AI readiness auditCrawlability and render checks for AI user agents. | Not documented |
| Agent task testingAn AI agent attempts real tasks on your site and reports where it fails. | Not documented |
| Topic-level visibilityRankings grouped by subject area rather than single prompts. | Yes |
| ActionWhether the tool closes the loop or hands you a to-do list. | |
| Prioritised fix queueGaps converted into ordered, ready-to-apply changes. | Partial |
| Content draftingGenerates draft copy aimed at winning citations. | YesIn-platform drafting across eight engines, no add-ons |
| Scheduled autopilot draftsProduces fix drafts on a recurring cadence without being asked. | Not documented |
| Automatic page variantsServes AI-optimised variants of live pages. | No |
| llms.txt generation and servingBuilds and hosts an llms.txt manifest for you. | Not documented |
| Grounded AI assistantA chat analyst answering questions against your own scan data. | Not documented |
| PlatformHow well the tool fits an existing stack. | |
| Free planA no-cost tier, not just a time-limited trial. | No |
| API accessProgrammatic read access to your data. | Not documented |
| MCP serverModel Context Protocol endpoint so AI coding agents can query the data directly. | Not documented |
| White-label reportsClient-facing reports under your own brand. | Not documented |
| SSOSingle sign-on for team access control. | Not documented |
✓ Documented~ Partial✗ Absent– Not documentedA dash means we could not verify the capability publicly, not that the tool lacks it. See methodology.