AthenaHQ vs Attensira (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, AthenaHQ grades higher than Attensira: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
AthenaHQ grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on value for money, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
AthenaHQ
Credit-based AI search tracking with content optimization agents
Attensira
AI agents that track and work to win answers in AI search
Which one is for you
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
Pick Attensira if
- Fits if your site lives in GitHub and you want changes as pull requests you merge
- Works for teams that would rather pay per piece of work than an agency retainer
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you want lots of agent work, as an article is $150 in credits on top of the plan
- Not for you if you want to try it without a card, since only Starter has a trial and it needs one
- Skip it if you want replies posted for you, as community replies and LinkedIn posts are drafts only
- Too light for Gemini tracking on Starter, which reads 4 engines and keeps 3 months of history
- Watch out: Growth and Business bill from day one after a demo, starting at $349 a month
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAAthenaHQFair | 2.0GPAAttensiraFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | DStarter is $129 a month, where this category's dearest tenth begins, and its 300 credits cover about $3 of work. An article is 15,000 credits ($150) and a page fix $25, on top of the plan. Paying yearly, Starter is $1,290. |
| Free plan and trial | 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. | DNo free plan. Starter has a 7-day trial that needs a card, and Growth and Business bill from day one, after a demo. |
| Features | 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. | BDaily tracking on five engines, a writer agent, fixes as pull requests or CMS drafts, outreach pitches, community reply drafts and before-and-after checks with sample sizes. Starter leaves out Gemini. |
| Ease of use | 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. | CNo rating on record. You connect GitHub or a CMS, set a monthly budget for credits and review each change, so there's a bit to learn first. |
| Platforms and integrations | 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. | BWeb only, connected to GitHub, Shopify, Webflow, Notion, Search Console, Google Analytics, HubSpot and Slack, with an MCP server and an API. |
| Best for | a free start on credit-based AI answer tracking | AI search fixes shipped as pull requests |
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: AthenaHQ and Attensira. How we grade
Price against what you get
AthenaHQ starts at $245 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Attensira starts at $129 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and Attensira starts $116 a month lower. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than AthenaHQ for less, and 1 scores higher than Attensira 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
- Attensira also covers link outreach.
At a glance
| AthenaHQ | Attensira | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $245 per month, billed annually ($295 billed monthly) | $129 per month for 50 prompts, billed monthly |
| Free plan | Essential plan: $25 of credit (300 credits, 1 credit = 1 AI response) across ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, Gemini and Copilot, with unlimited users. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 7-day free trial of Starter, card required; Growth and Business bill from day one |
| Web | ||
| Made by | AthenaHQ | Attensira Technology OÜ |
| Price read from | athenahq.ai | attensira.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Attensira
- Agent work is billed in credits at 1 cent each at list price; an article costs 15,000 credits ($150) and a page fix 2,500 ($25), on top of the plan.
- Starter's 300 included credits cover about $3 of work, and it reads 4 engines without Gemini.
- Only Starter has a trial, and it needs a card; Growth and Business are started through a demo.
- Community replies and LinkedIn posts are drafted for you to post; Attensira does not post them for you.
Key features
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.
Attensira
- Daily answer tracking
- Asks the buyer questions you choose in each engine every day, in up to 5 markets per workspace, and shows who is named instead of you.
- Drafted fixes in your voice
- A writer agent drafts answers, page sections and articles from your product pages; prices, numbers and names wait for your approval.
- Pull requests and CMS drafts
- Approved fixes arrive as labelled pull requests on GitHub or as drafts in Shopify, Webflow, Notion or another CMS, merged only when you merge them.
- Outreach and community replies
- Ranks the third-party pages AI answers cite, drafts pitches to them, and drafts forum replies for you to post yourself.
- Before-and-after measurement
- Re-reads answers after each change and reports what moved per engine with the sample size; goals can be tied to GA4 and Search Console.
- MCP server and API
- Run the agents and read the data from Claude, ChatGPT or your own code.
Plans
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.
Attensira
Starter$129
per month for 50 prompts, billed monthly
300 credits a month, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI read once per check, 3 months of history and unlimited seats.
Growth$349
per month for 150 prompts, billed monthly
600 credits a month, adds Gemini, reads each prompt 3 times, 12 months of history, custom skills and AI traffic.
Business$699
per month for 350 prompts, billed monthly
1,200 credits a month, all 5 engines sampled 3 times, unlimited history, custom skills and AI traffic.
EnterpriseCustom
For agencies with many brands, each in its own workspace, sized to prompts, engines and credits on a sales call.
Ways to pay less
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.
Attensira
- Annual discount
Two months free with annual billing
Attensira's pricing page says a year costs 10 months' price: Starter is $1,290 a year instead of $129 a month.
- Other savings
Volume discount on credit top-ups
Credit top-ups are 10% off list from 5,000 credits, 20% off from 25,001 and 40% off from 250,001 in one purchase.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AthenaHQ or Attensira?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Attensira is cheaper to start with: $129 a month, against $245 a month for AthenaHQ. AthenaHQ starts at $245 per month, billed annually ($295 billed monthly), and Attensira starts at $129 per month for 50 prompts, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, AthenaHQ or Attensira?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only AthenaHQ has a free plan. Attensira 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.