AthenaHQ vs Limy (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, AthenaHQ grades higher than Limy: 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. Limy grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on 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
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 Limy if
- Fits if you need AI search tied to sales, demo requests or sign-ups, not just mentions
- Works for teams that can connect CDN or server logs to see AI crawler activity
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a price or to sign up without a demo, as no price is published
- Skip it if you want to try it first, as there's no free plan or trial on record
- Skip it if you want content written or fixes drafted, as no writing tools are listed
- Tight if you can't connect CDN or server logs, as the pixel alone only shows visitors from AI chats
- Watch out: Limy Ads, for ads inside ChatGPT, was only a waitlist when read
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAAthenaHQFair | 2.0GPALimyFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. Every page leads to booking a demo, so the cost is only given on a sales call. |
| 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 on record, just 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. | BPrompts, answers, mentions and cited sources against rivals, plus AI crawler logs, a pixel for visits from AI chats, and purchases or demo requests credited to the prompt. It measures more than it fixes: no writing tools are listed. |
| 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. The pixel goes in through Tag Manager or WordPress, but crawler tracking needs a CDN or server log feed connected. |
| 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 Tag Manager, WordPress, Cloudflare, Vercel, Akamai, Fastly, Netlify and CloudFront, with a REST API and an MCP server. |
| Best for | a free start on credit-based AI answer tracking | tying AI search visits to 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 Limy. How we grade
Where they differ
- AthenaHQ also covers AI agents and content optimization.
- Limy also covers web analytics and log file analysis.
In commonWebPublic APIAI search visibility
At a glance
| AthenaHQ | Limy | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Limy Analytics Ltd. |
| 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.
Limy
- No prices are published; every page leads to booking a demo, so cost is not listed here.
- Crawler tracking needs a CDN or server log connection; the pixel alone shows only visitors from AI chats.
- The docs name ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Bing Copilot, Claude and Grok as the engines whose bots it detects.
- Limy Ads, for ads inside ChatGPT, was only a waitlist when read.
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.
Limy
- AI visibility and competitors
- Shows the prompts, answers, mentions and cited sources behind a brand's presence in AI search, and compares it with competitors you pick, by topic and prompt.
- AI attribution
- Follows an AI-driven visit to an action on your site, such as a purchase, demo request or signup, so the result can be credited to the prompt and page.
- AI bot traffic monitor
- Reads server or CDN logs to show which AI crawlers visit, how often, which pages they favor and which regions or pages they fail to reach.
- Limy Analytics
- A pixel reports visitors arriving from ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, with pages, time on site, device and country, without collecting personal data, Limy says.
- CDN and tag setup
- Connects through Google Tag Manager, a WordPress plugin, or log feeds from Cloudflare, Vercel, Akamai, Fastly, Netlify, CloudFront, Google Cloud CDN or Nginx.
- REST API and MCP server
- An API exposes prompts, topics, competitors, traffic and raw AI answers, and an MCP server connects the data to Claude, Cursor and other AI clients.
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.
Limy
Pricing could not be confirmed. See limy.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.
Limy
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AthenaHQ or Limy?
As of Oct 23, 2026, AthenaHQ starts at $245 per month, billed annually ($295 billed monthly), and Limy has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, AthenaHQ or Limy?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only AthenaHQ has a free plan. Limy 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.