Analyze AI vs AthenaHQ (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, AthenaHQ grades higher than Analyze AI: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Analyze AI grades higher on value for money. AthenaHQ grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Analyze AI
AI search visibility tracking tied to GA4 traffic, with content tools
AthenaHQ
Credit-based AI search tracking with content optimization agents
Which one is for you
Pick Analyze AI if
- Fits if you want AI visibility and AI referral traffic on the same screen
- Works for teams that need many logins, as every plan has unlimited seats
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you want to track more than a couple of dozen prompts, at $99 for 25
- Skip it if Gemini or Claude matter to you, as they're paid add-ons below Custom
- Not for you if you want an API or a yearly discount, as neither is offered
- Tight if you lean on content work on Growth, with 1 writer and 1 optimizer workflow
- Watch out: the trial's length and whether it needs a card aren't stated
Pick AthenaHQ if
- Fits if you want to look at real AI answers about your brand before paying anything
- Works for shops checking their products in ChatGPT, AI Mode and Gemini shopping results
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you outgrow the free credits, as the next step is $245 a month on yearly billing
- Tight if you track lots of prompts every day, because every answer spends a credit
- Skip it if you need Claude, AI Mode or Grok on the free plan, as they start on Starter
- Watch out: the API and extra credits on Starter are add-ons priced only on request
- Not for you if you need SSO, audit logs or multi-region tracking without an Enterprise contract
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAAnalyze AIFair | 2.2GPAAthenaHQFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CGrowth is $99 a month for 25 prompts tracked daily on 3 engines, with unlimited seats. That's at this category's dearer quarter, and the listing itself calls the prompt count low for the price. There's no yearly discount. | DStarter is $245 a month billed annually, $295 monthly, for 3,600 credits. That sits in this category's dearest tenth, which starts at $129, and the API and extra credits are add-ons priced only on request. |
| Free plan and trial | CBoth plans offer a free trial, but the pricing page doesn't say how long it lasts or whether a card is needed. There's no free plan. | CA free plan, Essential, with 300 credits on ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, Gemini and Copilot and unlimited users. But one credit is one AI answer, so 10 prompts on 5 models spend 50 credits a run. You'll hit the wall fast. |
| Features | CVisibility, sentiment and rank per engine, unlimited competitors, cited sources, GA4 traffic, writer and optimizer workflows, and alerts for risky terms. The gaps: Growth covers only ChatGPT, AI Mode and Perplexity, and 25 prompts is thin. | BUp to 11 models on Starter, Claude, AI Mode and Grok among them, with competitor benchmarks, sentiment and source insights. It adds an optimization agent, AI shopping results and robots.txt and llms.txt controls. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core job. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You connect GA4, set prompts and competitors, and then run the content workflows, so there's a bit to set up. | CNo rating on record. Credits take some working out: there's a whole calculator just for estimating how prompts, locations, models and cadence add up. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with Google Analytics 4 as its one listed connection. No API is listed, and custom integrations need the Custom plan. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It links to Google Analytics, Search Console, WordPress, Shopify and Webflow, and works inside ChatGPT or Claude over MCP. The API is a paid add-on. |
| Best for | AI visibility next to the GA4 traffic it brings | a free start on credit-based AI answer tracking |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Analyze AI and AthenaHQ. How we grade
Price against what you get
Analyze AI starts at $99 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. AthenaHQ starts at $245 a month and scores 2.7.
AthenaHQ scores higher, and starts $146 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, 80 score higher than Analyze AI for less, and 1 scores higher than AthenaHQ for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Analyze AI also covers reports and web analytics.
- AthenaHQ also covers AI agents.
At a glance
| Analyze AI | AthenaHQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $99 per month for 25 prompts tracked daily | $245 per month, billed annually ($295 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | Essential plan: $25 of credit (300 credits, 1 credit = 1 AI response) across ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, Gemini and Copilot, with unlimited users. |
| Free trial | Free trial offered on Growth and Pro; its length is not stated | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Analyze AI, Inc. | AthenaHQ |
| Price read from | tryanalyze.ai | athenahq.ai |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Analyze AI
- Growth covers ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and Perplexity only; Gemini, Claude, Grok and DeepSeek are paid add-ons below the Custom plan.
- Tracked prompts are low for the price: 25 a day on Growth and 35 on Pro.
- Prices are shown per month with no annual option, and the trial length is not stated on the pricing page.
- Daily recommendations, unlimited workflows and custom integrations need the Custom plan.
AthenaHQ
- Everything runs on credits: 3,600 a month on Starter. A free credit calculator helps estimate use by prompts, locations, models and cadence.
- API access and extra credits on Starter are paid add-ons whose prices are given only on request.
- The free Essential plan covers 5 models; Claude, AI Mode, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI and Mistral need Starter.
- SSO, audit logs, multi-region tracking and BI dashboards come only with Enterprise.
Key features
Analyze AI
- Visibility and rankings
- Visibility, sentiment and position per prompt and per engine, with your brand ranked against unlimited competitors and the prompts you lose.
- Cited sources
- Lists the domains and pages each engine cites for your prompts, grouped by type such as blog, review or social.
- AI traffic analytics
- Connects Google Analytics 4 to show AI referral visits, which engines send them, which pages convert and the overall trend.
- Content Writer and Optimizer
- Workflows that draft content aimed at AI answers and suggest changes to existing pages; 1 of each on Growth, more on Pro.
- Ad hoc prompts
- One-off checks of any prompt across engines, for testing new prompts or competitors: 50 a month on Growth, 100 on Pro.
- Brand governance
- Watches for risk terms and negative descriptions of your brand in AI answers, with weekly email digests.
AthenaHQ
- AI answer monitoring
- Analyzes prompts and responses for brand mentions, competitor benchmarking and real-time sentiment across up to 11 models on Starter.
- Sources and citation intelligence
- Shows which sources AI answers draw on and where competitors are cited instead of you.
- Content optimization agent
- Recommends on-page and off-page actions and rewrites content against brand guidelines; drafts can be published to WordPress, Shopify and other CMSs.
- Shopping insights
- Shows how a site's products appear in AI shopping results in ChatGPT, AI Mode and Gemini carousels, with position and competitor pricing.
- AI crawler controls
- Manages AI crawler access through a generated robots.txt and llms.txt.
- MCP and analytics connections
- Connects Google Analytics and Search Console to tie AI visibility to traffic, and works inside ChatGPT or Claude through MCP.
Plans
Analyze AI
Growth$99
per month for 25 prompts tracked daily
ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and Perplexity, 2,250 answers and 50 ad hoc prompts a month, 1 writer and 1 optimizer workflow, GA4 traffic.
Pro$250
per month for 35 prompts tracked daily
A fourth AI engine, 3,150 answers and 100 ad hoc prompts a month, 10 writer and 5 optimizer workflows.
CustomCustom
All engines, custom prompt volumes, unlimited workflows, daily recommendations, custom integrations and an account manager.
AthenaHQ
Essential$0
300 credits on 5 models, unlimited users, prompt and source analysis, content recommendations and the Athena AI agent.
Starter$245
per month for 3,600 credits, billed annually ($295 monthly)
11 models including Claude, AI Mode, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI and Mistral; unlimited topics, prompts and competitors, CSV export and the optimization agent.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom credits and websites, API access, knowledge base and claim review, multi-region tracking, BI dashboards, SAML SSO, audit logs and a 2-hour SLA.
Ways to pay less
Analyze AI
No public discounts listed.
AthenaHQ
- Annual discount
17% off with annual billing
AthenaHQ's plans page takes 17% off for annual billing, described as two months free: Starter is $245 a month instead of $295.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Analyze AI or AthenaHQ?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Analyze AI is cheaper to start with: $99 a month, against $245 a month for AthenaHQ. Analyze AI starts at $99 per month for 25 prompts tracked daily, and AthenaHQ starts at $245 per month, billed annually ($295 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Analyze AI or AthenaHQ?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only AthenaHQ has a free plan. Analyze AI does not, though it has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.