# AthenaHQ

### Best for

- [Enterprise](/content/aeo-tools/enterprise/index.html) 
- [SMB](/content/aeo-tools/smb/index.html)

### Pricing

- ✓ Self-serve: $295/month
- ✓ Enterprise: custom

### Funding

$2.7 million

### Free plan or trial

- ✗ No free trial
- ✓ offers a free audit and discounted first month ($95)

## Overview

AthenaHQ was founded in 2024 and emerged from stealth in 2025. In addition to monitoring, auditing, and optimization, it also offers AI-generated content capabilities designed to help you draft content briefs, outlines, and full articles.

Worth noting

AthenaHQ uses a credit-based system (for example, the Self-serve plan includes 3,500 credits per month), wherein one credit is spent each time you take a certain action, like analyzing an AI prompt response for a specific AI model or drafting content.

## Features

[✓ **Monitoring**](/content/aeo-tools/monitoring/index.html)

Track how often your brand appears in AI-generated answers across ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Claude, and other LLMs. See share of voice, prompt coverage, and visibility trends over time.

[✓ **Auditing**](/content/aeo-tools/auditing/index.html)

Analyze which pages and content are being cited by AI engines. Identify gaps, see competitor presence, and understand which sources AI models rely on for your industry.

[✓ **Optimization**](/content/aeo-tools/optimization/index.html)

Get actionable recommendations to improve content so it ranks better in AI answers. Align your pages with the prompts that matter and refine structure for LLM-friendly consumption.

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#### Content Delivery

Not offered by this vendor.

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#### Enterprise Ready

Not offered by this vendor.

## Customer quotes and success stories

Customer quotes and success stories from teams using AthenaHQ for AI search visibility, GEO, and AEO optimization.

> **10x citation rate growth**  
> GEO became Rootly's #1 growth pillar.  
> Adam Frank, Head of Marketing — Rootly  
> [Learn More](https://www.athenahq.ai/case-studies)

> **50% increase in demos from AI search**  
> AthenaHQ helped us understand where citations lead to real business outcomes.  
> Finn Lobsien, Content Lead — Lago  
> [Learn More](https://www.athenahq.ai/case-studies)

> **Share of Voice: 2.0% to 12.6% in 60 days**  
> Share of Voice grew from 2.0% to 12.6% in 60 days.  
> Connor Dault, CMO — Gruns  
> [Learn More](https://www.athenahq.ai/case-studies)