AthenaHQ vs Quattr (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, AthenaHQ and Quattr 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 the free plan. Quattr 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 Quattr if
- Fits if your team runs SEO and AI search together and can sign up through a demo
- Works for large sites that want internal links and technical fixes ranked by the clicks they affect
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you need a price before a sales call, as none is published
- Tight if you want to try it on your own, as the trial comes only after a 30-minute call, with no length stated
- Skip it if you can't hand over Search Console, analytics, Google Ads and server log access, which most of it runs on
- Watch out: the agent plugin is still a private beta
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAAthenaHQFair | 2.2GPAQuattrFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. Quattr is sold after a demo, so the price is only given on a sales call, and there's no self-serve plan to set against what the rest of this category charges. |
| 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 and no trial you can start yourself. The demo page says a free trial is included with no card, but only after a 30-minute call, and it doesn't say how long the trial runs. |
| 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 citations, mentions and tone on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Mode, with AI Overviews measured apart, plus Google rank share, an agent that drafts pages, site-wide internal links, technical fixes and AI crawler logs. It covers the whole job, plus SEO. |
| 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. Most analyses need Search Console, GA4 or Adobe Analytics and Google Ads connected, and the crawler checks need your server logs, so there's real set-up before it pays off. |
| 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, GA4, Adobe Analytics, Google Ads and BigQuery, and has an MCP server for AI assistants. The agent plugin is still a private beta. |
| Best for | a free start on credit-based AI answer tracking | enterprise teams running SEO and AI search together |
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 Quattr. How we grade
Where they differ
- Quattr also covers rank tracking, site audit, internal linking and log file analysis.
In commonWebAI agentsAI search visibilityContent optimization
At a glance
| AthenaHQ | Quattr | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Quattr Inc |
| 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.
Quattr
- No prices are published: Quattr is sold after a demo, and its site lists no free plan or self-serve trial.
- Most analyses depend on connecting Google Search Console, GA4 or Adobe Analytics, Google Ads and, for crawler checks, server logs.
- The agent plugin is listed as a private beta.
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.
Quattr
- AI visibility tracking
- Prompts ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Mode daily to record who is cited, who is mentioned and in what tone; AI Overviews are measured separately.
- Rank tracking as market share
- Daily SERP checks on tracked keywords, modeled into a click-weighted share of search for you and each competitor you choose.
- GIGA agent and Content AI
- The GIGA agent prepares page refreshes, new pages built in your design system and landing pages for AI search, each held for your review.
- Internal linking and technical SEO
- Site-wide internal link suggestions from Quattr's own crawl, and technical fixes from Lighthouse and Core Web Vitals ranked by the clicks they affect.
- Server log analysis
- Reads server logs to show which pages AI crawlers such as GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot actually fetched, and where crawl budget is wasted.
- Reporting and MCP
- Growth Trends reports on Search Console, analytics and Ads data, paid search overlap, and an MCP server, skills and plugin for AI assistants.
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.
Quattr
Pricing could not be confirmed. See quattr.com.
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.
Quattr
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AthenaHQ or Quattr?
As of Oct 23, 2026, AthenaHQ starts at $245 per month, billed annually ($295 billed monthly), and Quattr has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, AthenaHQ or Quattr?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only AthenaHQ has a free plan. Quattr 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.