AthenaHQ vs Visiblie (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, AthenaHQ grades higher than Visiblie: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA
AthenaHQ grades higher on the free plan and features. Visiblie 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
Visiblie
AI visibility platform and done-for-you GEO service from Belgium
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 Visiblie if
- Fits if you want AI results measured on your own Search Console and GA4 data, from Growth up
- Works for insurance, finance and B2B software brands, which it focuses on
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need daily tracking, as prompts are re-tested weekly on every plan
- Watch out: the trial needs a card, and the FAQ says only Growth and Scale have one, though Starter's button says 'Start free trial'
- Tight if you start on Starter: 30 prompts, 1 seat and 10 recommendations, with no Search Console, Analytics or Looker link
- Not for you if you need Grok, Mistral or custom sources, which are Enterprise only
- Pricey if you want the work done for you: an audit from $1,000 once, advisory from $2,292 a month and full execution from $4,125, billed yearly
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAAthenaHQFair | 2.0GPAVisiblieFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 $71 a month billed yearly, $89 monthly, for 30 prompts re-tested weekly on 4 engines with 1 seat. That's between this category's $49 middle and its dearer quarter at $95. Search Console and Analytics links need Growth at $119. |
| 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. The FAQ says only Growth and Scale have a free trial, and a card is needed to start it. |
| 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. | CWeekly tracking on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and AI Overviews in any language or country, competitors by prompt, ranked fixes with an impact score, and an MCP server. The gaps the listing names: weekly only, and Grok and Mistral need Enterprise. |
| 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 set up buyer prompts and brands yourself, and each fix is tagged to one of six phases of Visiblie's own method. |
| 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. Growth and Scale connect Search Console, Google Analytics and Looker Studio, and the MCP server works with Claude and Cursor. |
| Best for | a free start on credit-based AI answer tracking | weekly AI tracking with done-for-you work |
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 Visiblie. 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. Visiblie starts at $71 a month and scores 2.3.
AthenaHQ scores higher, and starts $174 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 12 score higher than Visiblie 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.
- Visiblie also covers reports and schema markup.
At a glance
| AthenaHQ | Visiblie | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $245 per month, billed annually ($295 billed monthly) | $71 per month for 30 prompts, billed annually ($89 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 | Free trial on the Growth and Scale platform plans; a credit card is required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | AthenaHQ | Visiblie BV |
| Price read from | athenahq.ai | visiblie.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.
Visiblie
- Prompts are re-tested weekly, not daily, on every platform plan.
- Self-serve plans cover 4 engines; Grok, Mistral and custom sources need an Enterprise plan.
- The pricing FAQ says only Growth and Scale include a trial, though Starter's button also reads 'Start free trial'; a card is needed.
- Done-for-you work is sold apart: an audit and roadmap from $1,000 once, advisory from $2,292 a month and full execution from $4,125, billed annually.
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.
Visiblie
- Weekly AI monitoring
- Re-tests the same buyer prompts every week on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Overviews, in any language or country.
- Competitor tracking
- Shows which brand the AI recommends instead, by prompt category, with mention rate, sentiment and position.
- Ranked recommendations
- Each fix carries an impact score, a tag for one of six phases from extractability to amplification, and the content to publish.
- Measured on your own analytics
- Growth and Scale connect Google Search Console, Google Analytics and Looker Studio to report changes in AI referrals and clicks.
- Done-for-you GEO
- Visiblie's team can run research, content, schema, entity work and community answers on Reddit and forums for the client.
- MCP server
- Connects Claude, Cursor and other AI assistants to a brand's Visiblie data.
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.
Visiblie
Starter$71
per month for 30 prompts, billed annually ($89 billed monthly)
Prompts tracked weekly on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Overviews, any language or country, 10 recommendations and 1 seat.
Growth$119
per month for 100 prompts, billed annually ($149 billed monthly)
Unlimited brands, 20 recommendations, Search Console, Analytics and Looker integrations, and 5 seats.
Scale$183
per month for 150 prompts, billed annually ($229 billed monthly)
25 recommendations, PDF exports, unlimited seats and chat support, for teams managing several brands.
Enterprise + AgenciesCustom
Custom prompt tracking, Grok, Mistral and custom AI sources, white-label delivery and unlimited users.
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.
Visiblie
- Annual discount
Save 20% on platform plans with annual billing
Visiblie's pricing page labels annual platform billing as 20% off: Starter is $71 a month billed annually instead of $89 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AthenaHQ or Visiblie?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Visiblie is cheaper to start with: $71 a month, against $245 a month for AthenaHQ. AthenaHQ starts at $245 per month, billed annually ($295 billed monthly), and Visiblie starts at $71 per month for 30 prompts, billed annually ($89 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, AthenaHQ or Visiblie?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only AthenaHQ has a free plan. Visiblie 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.