# AthenaHQ: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 11 judge labels across 1 category by 8 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/athenahq

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [AI visibility and answer engine tracking tools](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/ai-visibility-tracking/index.md) | 0% | 22 | 0% | 11 |

## What the models said for it

- "Evaluate AthenaHQ alongside it if brand hallucinations and automated content recommendations are critical" (Kimi K2, AI visibility)
- "Prescriptive rather than passive; focuses on telling marketing teams what specific edits to make" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, AI visibility)
- "Free (300 credits, 5 engines) | One‑off brand perception score; no ongoing monitoring" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, AI visibility)
- "Want visibility connected to traffic and conversions? Evaluate AthenaHQ" (GPT-6 Luna, AI visibility)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named AthenaHQ, from 33 of the 33 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- blog.hubspot.com: 21
- gane.ai/index: 11
- sona.com: 8
- blog.closelyhq.com: 7
- arahi.ai: 6
- metehan.ai: 6
- semrush.com: 6
- tryprofound.com: 6
- ai-visibility.org.uk: 5
- integrate.io: 5

### Pages cited

- https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/llm-visibility-tools: 10
- https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/best-ai-visibility-tools: 8
- https://blog.closelyhq.com/best-ai-visibility-tools: 7
- https://arahi.ai/blog/best-ai-visibility-tools-2026: 6
- https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/ai-visibility-tracking/smb: 6
- https://ai-visibility.org.uk/blog/ai-visibility-trackers-waste-of-money: 5
- https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/ai-search-visibility: 5
- https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/ai-visibility-tracking/enterprise: 5

## In its own words

What AthenaHQ's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: AthenaHQ is a leading AEO & GEO platform trusted by commercial & enterprise businesses to become the answer AI gives and the brand AI trusts. (https://athenahq.ai/)
- For: commercial & enterprise businesses (https://athenahq.ai/)
- Price stated: Essential Free; Starter $295/month; Enterprise Custom (https://athenahq.ai/)
- Starting price: Free (https://athenahq.ai/)
- Free plan or trial: Essential Free; $25 free credit; includes 300 credits (https://athenahq.ai/)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, NIST CSF
- Hosting: multi-region, 60+ countries and languages
- Customers named: verito.com, Grüns, Popl.co, Lago, L'Oréal, SoFi, ZoomInfo, OneSignal

## What it publishes

Every page athenahq.ai exposes, read 2026-09-29: 458 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 65 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-03-18
- case study: 9 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 57 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-02-15
- comparison: 14 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-02-15
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-09
- news or press: 31 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-03-18
- Recent: 2026-09-09 podcast or video: Prompt discovery https://athenahq.ai/videos/prompt-discovery
- Recent: 2026-03-18 blog: Athenahq noble partnership https://athenahq.ai/articles/athenahq-noble-partnership
- Recent: 2026-03-18 news or press: Athenahq noble partnership https://athenahq.ai/news/athenahq-noble-partnership
- Recent: 2026-03-09 blog: Track brand in ai search https://athenahq.ai/articles/track-brand-in-ai-search
- Recent: 2026-03-09 news or press: Track brand in ai search https://athenahq.ai/news/track-brand-in-ai-search
- Recent: 2026-03-07 blog: Ai seo https://athenahq.ai/articles/ai-seo

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.