AthenaHQ vs Finseo (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, AthenaHQ and Finseo share a 2.2 GPA, and only AthenaHQ has a free plan.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
AthenaHQ grades higher on features. Finseo grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, 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
Finseo
AI visibility tracking with attribution, tasks and an AI agent
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 Finseo if
- Fits if you need AI visits tied to demos and revenue and can pay €175 a month for Business
- Works for agencies that need white-label reports, from €349 a month for 5 client projects
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want every big AI engine at once: self-serve plans track 3, and up to 11 needs Enterprise
- Pricey if attribution, tasks or bot analytics are why you're here, as they start on Business at €175 a month
- Watch out: regional engines such as Naver, Qwen and Meta AI are paid add-ons, and the API starts on Growth at €399
- Not for you if you want dollar prices: it's euros plus VAT, and monthly billing costs €84 against €70 yearly
- Tight if you want a free plan: there's none, and only Starter shows a 7-day trial
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAAthenaHQFair | 2.2GPAFinseoFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CStarter is €70 a month billed yearly, or €84 monthly, plus VAT, for 50 prompts on 3 models with unlimited users. That's roughly $80, between this category's middle and its dearer quarter. Attribution needs Business at €175. |
| 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. | CStarter has 7 days free, with 300 agent credits to try. The listing doesn't say whether a card is needed, and there's no free plan. |
| 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. | CDaily or weekly tracking by region, competitors, citations, sentiment, shopping and ads, revenue attribution, bot traffic and an AI agent that writes. The gap: every self-serve plan tracks only 3 of its 10 models at once. |
| 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 choose your 3 models, regions and prompts, and the agent runs on credits, with an article costing 500 of them. |
| 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, with no desktop or phone app. It connects to Search Console, HubSpot, Salesforce, Shopify, WordPress, Zapier, Cloudflare and Looker Studio, with MCP on every plan and the API from Growth. |
| Best for | a free start on credit-based AI answer tracking | tying AI visibility to leads and revenue |
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 Finseo. 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. Finseo starts at about $78.44 a month and scores 2.3.
AthenaHQ scores higher, and starts $166.56 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 13 score higher than Finseo 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
- Finseo also covers reports.
At a glance
| AthenaHQ | Finseo | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $245 per month, billed annually ($295 billed monthly) | €70 per month for 50 prompts, billed yearly (€84 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 days free on the Starter plan |
| Web | ||
| Made by | AthenaHQ | Finseo |
| Price read from | athenahq.ai | finseo.ai |
| 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.
Finseo
- Prices are in euros and exclude VAT; no dollar prices are shown.
- Every self-serve plan tracks 3 models at once; regional engines such as Naver, Qwen and Meta AI are paid add-ons, and up to 11 models needs Enterprise.
- Attribution, tasks, bot analytics and content tools start at Business; the API starts at Growth.
- Only Starter shows a free trial; there is no free plan.
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.
Finseo
- AI visibility tracking
- Daily or weekly prompt tracking by region on any 3 of ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Claude, Perplexity, Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek and Mistral.
- Competitor and citation tracking
- Shows which competitors appear and which sources AI answers cite, with brand sentiment, shopping and ads visibility.
- AI search attribution
- From Business up, connects AI referrals to demos and revenue through CRM, forms and analytics integrations.
- Finseo Agent and content
- An AI agent works on your tracked prompts; articles cost 500 credits and crawlability checks 35, from the plan's monthly credits.
- Tasks and bot analytics
- From Business up, ranks fixes by expected impact and measures AI crawler traffic through Cloudflare or Akamai.
- Reports, MCP and API
- White-label reports, an MCP server on every plan, and the API and webhooks from Growth up.
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.
Finseo
Starter€70
per month for 50 prompts, billed yearly (€84 billed monthly)
3 models of your choice, 1 project, 4,500 AI answers a month, unlimited users, MCP access and 300 agent credits to try.
Business€175
per month for 150 prompts, billed yearly (€210 billed monthly)
3 models, 1 project, 13,500 answers, 7,500 agent credits, plus attribution, tasks, bot traffic analytics and content tools.
Growth€399
per month for 350 prompts, billed yearly (€479 billed monthly)
3 models, 5 projects, 31,500 answers, 25,000 agent credits, API and webhooks, and priority support with Slack.
Agency Solo€349
per month for 5 client projects
For agencies: 20,000 AI responses to split across clients, unlimited client seats, white-label reports and pitch projects.
Agency Studio€599
per month for 10 client projects
For agencies: 40,000 responses, extra projects at €50 a month each, team training and priority support.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom prompt tracking on up to 11 models, unlimited projects, SSO, onboarding and a dedicated contact, or a managed service.
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.
Finseo
- Annual discount
Save 15% with yearly billing
Finseo's pricing page offers 15% off on yearly billing: Starter is €70 a month billed yearly instead of €84 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AthenaHQ or Finseo?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Finseo is cheaper to start with: about $78.44 a month, against $245 a month for AthenaHQ. AthenaHQ starts at $245 per month, billed annually ($295 billed monthly), and Finseo starts at €70 per month for 50 prompts, billed yearly (€84 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, AthenaHQ or Finseo?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only AthenaHQ has a free plan. Finseo 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.