AthenaHQ vs GetMint (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, AthenaHQ grades higher than GetMint: 2.2 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
AthenaHQ grades higher on the free plan and features. GetMint grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on 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
Free plan · from $245/mo
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 GetMint if
- Fits if you sell through retailers and need to see which products AI shopping answers pick
- Works for brands that want a strategist doing set-up and reviews, and can sign for 12 months
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you need a price before a sales call, as none is published
- Skip it if you want to try it first, as no trial is on record and Advanced runs for 12 months
- Tight if you're on Advanced: 3 AI models, 3 countries, 5 topics and 10 pieces of content a month, with premium models extra
- Watch out: the API, custom prompts and custom topics come only with the Enterprise & Agency plan
- Watch out: the pricing table puts Search Console, Slack, Teams and Looker Studio on Enterprise & Agency too
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAAthenaHQFair | 1.8GPAGetMintWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CNo price is published. Both plans are sized on a call, so the price is only given on a sales call, and Advanced is listed with a 12-month commitment, which is a long time to sign for before you've seen results. |
| 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 free on record. There's no free plan, and the site doesn't say whether a trial is offered. The way in is booking a call. |
| 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. | CShare of voice, citations and sentiment by market and persona, source gaps, AI shopping by retailer, a Content Studio, a GEO agent and Ads Radar. The gaps are in its own listing: Advanced watches 3 AI models, premium ones cost extra, and custom prompts are Enterprise only. |
| 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. A customer success manager sets up your brand, topics, prompts and competitors with you, so it starts with a kick-off and onboarding rather than sign up and go. |
| 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 lists Search Console, Slack, Microsoft Teams and Looker Studio, but the pricing table puts those and the API on Enterprise & Agency. Advanced gets the MCP skills. |
| Best for | a free start on credit-based AI answer tracking | big brands wanting AI search data plus hands-on help |
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 GetMint. How we grade
Where they differ
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At a glance
| AthenaHQ | GetMint | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Paid |
| Starts at | $245 per month, billed annually ($295 billed monthly) | Not published |
| 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 | Yoma Studio |
| Price read from | athenahq.ai | Not confirmed |
| 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.
GetMint
- No prices are published: both plans are sized on a call, and Advanced is listed with a 12-month commitment.
- Advanced covers 300+ prompts, 5 topics, 3 AI models, 3 countries and 10 pieces of content a month; premium models are an add-on.
- API access, custom prompts and custom topics are on the Enterprise & Agency plan only.
- The site does not state whether a free trial is offered.
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.
GetMint
- AI search visibility tracking
- Measures share of voice, citations and sentiment across AI engines by market, product and persona, refreshed daily, with each score given a margin of error.
- Sources Explorer and content gaps
- Shows which sources AI engines draw on for a category and the prompts and topics where competitors are mentioned and you are not.
- AI shopping tracking
- Tracks which products are recommended, at what position and on which retailer, in ChatGPT Shopping, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Copilot, Perplexity and Alexa for Shopping.
- Content Studio and GEO agent
- Writes briefs and articles meant to be cited, optimizes existing pages with SEO and Search Console data, and suggests sites worth earning coverage on.
- Ads Radar
- Gives insights on ads shown in ChatGPT, alongside competitive analysis of up to 10 competitors on the Advanced plan.
- Strategist support, MCP and API
- A dedicated customer success manager runs set-up and reviews, skills are shared through MCP, and API access comes with the Enterprise & Agency plan.
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.
GetMint
Pricing could not be confirmed. See getmint.ai.
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.
GetMint
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AthenaHQ or GetMint?
As of Oct 23, 2026, AthenaHQ starts at $245 per month, billed annually ($295 billed monthly), and GetMint has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, AthenaHQ or GetMint?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only AthenaHQ has a free plan. GetMint 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.