AthenaHQ vs Chosenly (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, AthenaHQ grades higher than Chosenly: 2.2 against 1.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
AthenaHQ grades higher on the free plan and features. They get the same grade on value for money, 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
Chosenly
AI search visibility for B2B brands, with outreach and content help
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 Chosenly if
- Fits if you sell B2B software and want to know when buyers' AI shortlists name you
- Works for companies that want outreach contacts and content drafts with the tracking
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you need Perplexity or Gemini, at $200 a month each on top
- Skip it if you want day-to-day monitoring or sentiment, as it tracks neither
- Not for you if you want to try first, with a three-month minimum and no trial
- Tight if you need more countries or business lines, each $200 a month extra
- Watch out: its pricing page lists White Glove at $1,350 a month, but its FAQ quotes $4,000
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAAthenaHQFair | 1.6GPAChosenlyWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | DThe 200-prompt plan is $150 a month billed yearly ($200 monthly), in this category's dearest tenth, with a three-month minimum. Adding Perplexity or Gemini is $200 a month each on top. |
| 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. | FNothing is free. There's no free plan or trial, and sign-up runs through 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. | CRecommendation tracking by region, persona criteria, misinformation checks, content drafts, outreach contacts, Reddit threads and AI traffic. But it doesn't track prompts daily or score sentiment, and other engines are paid add-ons. |
| 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. It starts with a demo and comes with consulting support, and it's set up for monthly planning rather than a quick look. |
| 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 Google Analytics 4, Search Console, Google Ads and a CRM for AI traffic and conversions. |
| Best for | a free start on credit-based AI answer tracking | B2B brands that want AI to shortlist them |
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 Chosenly. 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. Chosenly starts at $150 a month and scores 2.3.
AthenaHQ scores higher, and starts $95 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than AthenaHQ for less, and 24 score higher than Chosenly 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
- AthenaHQ also covers AI agents.
- Chosenly also covers reports and link outreach.
At a glance
| AthenaHQ | Chosenly | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Paid |
| Starts at | $245 per month, billed annually ($295 billed monthly) | $150 per month for 200 prompts, billed annually ($200 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 | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | AthenaHQ | Chosenly |
| Price read from | athenahq.ai | chosenly.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.
Chosenly
- Every plan has a three-month minimum commitment, and there is no free plan or trial; sign-up runs through a demo.
- Extra AI platforms such as Perplexity or Gemini, extra countries and extra business lines are add-ons at $200 a month each.
- Chosenly says it does not track prompts daily and leaves out sentiment scores, so it suits monthly planning more than day-to-day monitoring.
- Agencies get custom pricing and partner dashboards, quoted after a call.
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.
Chosenly
- Recommendation tracking
- Measures how often a brand is recommended in buying prompts, against named competitors, by region and product line.
- Positioning analysis
- Shows the criteria AI models use to recommend companies in a market, broken down by buyer persona, and where competitors score better.
- Misinformation checks
- Spots wrong statements about a brand in AI answers and points to the source pages the error came from.
- Content, outreach and Reddit
- Drafts AI-optimized content, lists outreach contacts for pages that AI answers cite, and finds Reddit threads to join, with monthly caps by plan.
- AI traffic analytics
- Connects to GA4, Google Search Console and a CRM to show which AI assistants send visits and conversions, and to which pages.
- Prioritized tasks
- Turns the findings into a task list split across content, PR, SEO and brand teams, with some tasks automated.
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.
Chosenly
SaaS Platform, 200 prompts$150
per month for 200 prompts, billed annually ($200 billed monthly)
Platform plus consulting support: 100 outreach contacts, 4 AI content drafts, unlimited Reddit threads and seats, email and Slack support.
SaaS Platform, 400 prompts$300
per month for 400 prompts, billed annually ($400 billed monthly)
The same features with 400 prompts, 400 outreach contacts and 12 AI content drafts a month.
White Glove Implementation$1,350
per month, billed annually ($1,800 billed monthly)
Chosenly's team writes and places content, negotiates listicle spots, replies on Reddit and holds weekly calls. The page's FAQ quotes $4,000 a month.
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.
Chosenly
- Annual discount
Save 25% with yearly billing
Chosenly's pricing page says yearly billing saves 25%: the 200-prompt plan is $150 a month billed yearly instead of $200 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AthenaHQ or Chosenly?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Chosenly is cheaper to start with: $150 a month, against $245 a month for AthenaHQ. AthenaHQ starts at $245 per month, billed annually ($295 billed monthly), and Chosenly starts at $150 per month for 200 prompts, billed annually ($200 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, AthenaHQ or Chosenly?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only AthenaHQ has a free plan. Chosenly does not.
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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.