AthenaHQ sells credits, one per AI response, across up to 11 AI platforms, with a free tier and a Starter plan at $295 a month. Mentioned is free to start, runs Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini on us, and ranks what to fix first. Here’s what each one publishes.
| Compared on | Mentioned | AthenaHQ |
|---|---|---|
| Free option | Free plan, no card: 5 tracked queries weekly, 3 checks on us | Free Essential tier: 300 credits, shown as a $25 credit |
| Entry plan | Starter, $39/mo: 20 tracked queries, 60 checks a month | Starter, $295/mo: 3,600 credits a month; 17% off annually |
| Higher plans | Pro $129/mo: 60 queries, all 6 models per check. Agency $399/mo: 200 queries | Enterprise: custom price and credits |
| What you track | Tracked queries: one brand and category, five locked buyer questions each | Credits: 1 credit = 1 AI response. Unlimited topics, prompts and competitors on Starter |
| AI assistants | Checks: Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini on our keys; DeepSeek, Llama 3.3 and Perplexity on your API key. Tracked queries: Claude and Gemini on our keys | Free: ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, Gemini, Copilot. Starter: 11, adding AI Mode, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI and Mistral |
| Google AI Overviews and Copilot | Not covered | Covered |
| How often | Weekly; daily for 3 queries on Pro and 10 on Agency, or on your own key | Not stated on the pricing page; usage is metered in credits |
| Seats | Shared workspaces on Pro and Agency | Unlimited users on every tier; role-based access on Starter |
| What to fix | Actions: findings ranked by answers at stake, each with a playbook of usual fixes | Content optimization agent, on-page and off-page actions and citation intelligence, per its pricing page |
| Traffic and integrations | Search Console and GA4, read-only | GA4 and Search Console; Shopify and Webflow; robots.txt and llms.txt management |
Sources: athenahq.ai/pricing and mentioned.at/pricing, read October 28, 2026. AthenaHQ’s page defines a credit as one AI response under its Enterprise column; we assume the same unit applies on the lower tiers.
The two products count different things, so the sticker prices don’t compare directly. An AthenaHQ credit is one answer from one AI platform. Ask one prompt on all 11 Starter platforms and you have spent 11 credits. Starter’s 3,600 credits a month therefore buy about 327 prompts asked once on every platform, or about 75 prompts asked every week on all 11 (75 × 11 × 4.33 weeks ≈ 3,570 credits).
A Mentioned tracked query is a brand and a category with five locked buyer questions, asked every week on Claude and Gemini. Starter’s 20 tracked queries are 100 questions a week, on a flat $39, with no meter to watch.
Which is cheaper per answer depends entirely on how many platforms you need. If you need AI Overviews, Copilot or Grok, Mentioned can’t give you those answers at any price.
AthenaHQ fits a team that needs AI Overviews, AI Mode, Copilot and the long tail of assistants in one tool, wants content and technical fixes inside it, and is ready for a $295 entry plan. Mentioned fits a B2B marketing team that wants to start free, cares most about what ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini say when buyers ask for a shortlist, and wants the next fix ranked for it.
Yes. AthenaHQ’s pricing page lists prompt and response analysis, sources and competitor insights on every tier. Its free tier covers ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Copilot, and Starter adds AI Mode, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI and Mistral.
On October 28, 2026, AthenaHQ’s pricing page listed a free Essential tier with 300 credits, Starter at $295 a month with 3,600 credits a month and 17% off for annual billing, and a custom Enterprise plan. One credit is one AI response.
Mentioned has a free plan that renews every week: 5 tracked queries, each five buyer questions, asked on Claude and Gemini on our keys, plus 3 checks on us. It doesn’t cover Google AI Overviews, AI Mode or Copilot, which AthenaHQ does.
AthenaHQ’s pricing page defines it as one AI response. One prompt asked on five platforms uses five credits, so the platforms you track multiply what each prompt costs.
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