What is the difference between ChatFeatured and AthenaHQ?

Both track brand visibility in AI answers and help you publish content to improve it. AthenaHQ meters usage in credits, one per AI response, and tracks eleven engines on its Starter plan. ChatFeatured prices by tracked prompt, checks every prompt daily, includes unlimited regions on every plan, and adds AI crawler analytics and a hosted blog.

How does AthenaHQ pricing compare to ChatFeatured?

AthenaHQ has a free tier, a Starter plan at $295/month ($245/month billed annually) with 3,600 credits, and custom Enterprise pricing. ChatFeatured Starter is $150/month for 50 daily-tracked prompts on three engines, and Growth is $500/month for 250 prompts on five engines. Both offer unlimited seats.

Which tracks more AI engines?

AthenaHQ lists more: eleven on Starter, including DeepSeek, Meta AI and Mistral. ChatFeatured tracks ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI, Gemini and Copilot, with Claude and Grok as add-ons at $500/month each. The count matters less than what runs: every ChatFeatured prompt runs daily on every engine in your plan, while a daily AthenaHQ check across all eleven engines spends eleven credits per prompt, out of Starter's 3,600 a month.

Can I track several countries?

On ChatFeatured, yes, on every plan; each prompt counts once per region it runs in. AthenaHQ Starter covers one country, region and language, and multi-region tracking is part of Enterprise.

Do both publish content to a CMS?

Yes. AthenaHQ publishes to WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Contentful, Sanity, Framer, Wix and Payload. ChatFeatured publishes to WordPress, Ghost, Webflow, Framer, Shopify, HubSpot, Wix, Sanity and Git-based sites, and can also host a blog on your subdomain.

ChatFeatured vs AthenaHQ

Both track how AI answers describe your brand and publish content to fix it. The difference is how you pay and what the entry plan covers. AthenaHQ meters every AI response in credits and keeps more than one country for Enterprise. ChatFeatured prices by tracked prompt, runs every prompt daily on every engine in your plan, includes every region on every plan, and shows which AI crawlers fetch what you published.

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The short answer

Which one fits your team?

Choose ChatFeatured if

You want to track a fixed set of prompts every day at a fixed price, without budgeting credits.
You sell in more than one country and don't want to move to Enterprise to track them.
You want a hosted blog on your own subdomain as well as publishing to your CMS.
You want to see which AI crawlers fetched each article after it published, from your CDN or logs.

Choose AthenaHQ if

You want eleven engines on the entry plan, including AI Mode, DeepSeek, Meta AI and Mistral.
You want a free tier to try the product before you pay.

Key differences

Where the two part ways.

01
Credits or prompts
AthenaHQ's Starter plan includes 3,600 credits a month, and one credit is one AI response. Checking a prompt on all eleven engines spends eleven credits, so a daily check across every engine covers about ten prompts. ChatFeatured counts prompts instead: Starter tracks 50 prompts daily on three engines, and Growth tracks 250 daily on five.
02
Countries on the entry plan
AthenaHQ Starter supports one country, region and language, and multi-region tracking is an Enterprise feature. ChatFeatured includes unlimited regions and countries on every plan. A prompt tracked in two regions counts as two prompts.
03
Where content lands
Both write content in your brand voice and publish it. AthenaHQ publishes to eight CMSs including Contentful and Payload. ChatFeatured publishes to nine, including Ghost, HubSpot and Git-based sites, and can host the blog for you on your own subdomain with one DNS record.

Feature by feature

ChatFeatured and AthenaHQ, side by side.

What each one includes, from each company's own pages. A note under a value gives the plan or condition it depends on.

ChatFeatured vs AthenaHQ, feature by feature
Feature	ChatFeatured	AthenaHQ
Answer engine tracking
Answer engines tracked	ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI, Gemini, Copilot, Claude, GrokClaude and Grok as add-ons	11 on StarterChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI, Mistral
Prompts on the entry plan	50Starter, $150/month	UnlimitedMetered by credits: 3,600 AI responses a month on Starter
Countries and regions	UnlimitedOn every plan	One countrySingle region and language on Starter; more on Enterprise
Sentiment	Yes	Yes
Cited sources and pages	Yes	Yes
ChatGPT Shopping visibility	YesEvery plan	YesShopping Insights for ChatGPT, AI Mode and Gemini
Doing the work
Agent that plans the work	YesAEO Agent turns gaps into prioritized tasks	YesOn- and off-page actions; advanced content agent on Enterprise
Writes articles in your voice	Yes10 to 200 a month, by plan	YesDrafts and briefs in your brand voice
Publishes to your CMS	YesWordPress, Ghost, Webflow, Framer, Shopify, Git-based CMS, HubSpot, Wix, Sanity	YesWordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Contentful, Sanity, Framer, Wix, Payload
Technical site audits	Yes200 to 4,000 pages a month, by plan	YesSite Health crawl with page edits
Measuring results
AI referral traffic	YesGoogle Analytics and Search Console	YesGoogle Analytics and Search Console
Plans and access
Entry price	$150/month	$295/month$245/month billed annually; free tier available
Free trial	7 days	Free tier300 credits across 5 engines
Seats	Unlimited	Unlimited
MCP server	YesEvery plan	Yes
REST API	Enterprise	YesPaid add-on on Starter, included on Enterprise
Agency workspaces and white-label reports	YesAgency partner plan	Partner programDiscounted licenses, pitch workspaces, multi-brand management

Pricing

What it costs to start.

ChatFeatured

Starter$150/month3 answer engines, 50 tracked prompts, 10 AI articles per month
Growth$500/month5 answer engines, 250 tracked prompts, 40 AI articles per month
ProFrom $1,500/month5 answer engines, 1,000 tracked prompts, 200 AI articles per month
AgencyPartner pricingUnlimited client projects, client workspaces, white-label reports

Every plan includes the AEO Agent, site audits with the fix written, AI crawler tracking, MCP access, unlimited regions and unlimited seats.

See ChatFeatured pricing

AthenaHQ

EssentialFree300 credits, 5 engines, unlimited users
Starter$295/month3,600 credits a month, 11 engines, one country
EnterpriseCustomCustom credits, multiple countries, SSO and audit logs

Starter is $245/month billed annually. API access and extra credits are paid add-ons on Starter.

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