Alternatives
AthenaHQ alternatives in 2026
Of the seven AthenaHQ alternatives read, five can be bought without a call and six state on their own pages that they show the answer text or citations behind a result. None of them is a one time measured audit; Broadcastwell's is, which is why it is listed first and described as a different product.
Broadcastwell publishes this list and appears on it, at number one. It is an editorial list scored on criteria a buyer can verify, not a measured ranking. The scoring, the sources and the dates are below.
What the count shows
Key findings
- 5 of 7alternatives publish prices a buyer can act on without a call.
- 6 of 7state that they expose the answer text or the source citations behind a result; none state citations or cited pages only.
- 7 of 7document an MCP connector.
- 7alternatives compared, other tools included: Profound, Peec AI, Scrunch, Trakkr, OtterlyAI, Goodie, LLM Pulse.
How this page was scored
Each alternative was read on its own site and documentation on 17 September 2026 for five things: price as published, engines named one by one, whether it shows receipts, whether it can be bought without a call, and its connector or API.
Yes
Shows receipts: the vendor's own pages state that the product exposes the source citations or the answer text behind a result.
Partial
Citations or cited pages are stated, but the answer text is not stated on the pages read.
No
Not stated on the pages read.
Read date
Every cell was read on the company's own public pages on 17 September 2026. No sign up, no email, no call.
Everything here comes from AthenaHQ's public pages and public documentation only.
Peec AI's prices come from peec.ai/ai-instructions on its own domain, because its pricing page did not render numbers when read on 17 September 2026.
Goodie's receipts cell reads Not stated: its MCP page lists what it exposes without saying that citations or answer text are among it.
What AthenaHQ is, and who it suits
AthenaHQ measures how a brand appears across AI assistants and returns share of voice, mention rate, citation rate and position, along with the underlying responses and cited sources, according to its public documentation.
It is priced in credits, one credit for one AI response. A free Essential tier covers five AI platforms, and the Starter tier at $295 a month covers eleven models; API access is a paid add-on on Starter and included on Enterprise.
Who it suits: teams that want a documented REST API and MCP server over their AI visibility data, and buyers who prefer paying by response volume rather than a fixed prompt count.
Sources: athenahq.ai/plans, athenahq.ai/pricing, docs.athenahq.ai/llms.txt, read 17 September 2026.
Broadcastwell first, and why it is a different product
A measured one time audit with receipts and fixes is a different product from a monitoring subscription. Broadcastwell's Category Audit asks ten buyer questions across five engines, three runs each, and hands over every observed answer, who is named instead of you, the sources behind those answers and three prioritised fixes. A monitoring tool tracks a prompt list over time.
Some buyers need both: the baseline and the fixes first, then monitoring to watch them land. Broadcastwell's free account keeps the result history and connects to the buyer's own AI assistant, and it is listed first here because Broadcastwell publishes this page.
The comparison
Broadcastwell, AthenaHQ itself, and seven alternatives. Every cell links the page it was read on.
| Name | Price as published | Engines covered by name | Shows receipts | Buyable without a call | Connector or API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BroadcastwellOur listing | Free account; $490 Category Audit once; $990 Diagnostic oncebroadcastwell.com | ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Modebroadcastwell.com | YesYes: every observed answer as the engine returned it, with the sources it citedbroadcastwell.com | Yes: card checkout for the Audit and the Diagnostic, and a free accountbroadcastwell.com | MCP connector for the buyer's own account; a public demo connector reads a fictional sample without an accountapp.broadcastwell.com |
| AthenaHQThe tool itself | Essential: Free, with $25 free credit; Starter $295/month; Enterprise customathenahq.ai, athenahq.ai | Essential: ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, Gemini, Copilot. Starter: 11 models including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral and Meta AIathenahq.ai | YesYes: metrics returned along with the underlying responses and cited sourcesdocs.athenahq.ai | Yes: free Essential tier and a published Starter priceathenahq.ai | Both. REST API with an OpenAPI spec and an MCP server with 60+ tools; API access is a paid add-on on Starter and included on Enterprisedocs.athenahq.ai, athenahq.ai |
| Profound | Trial: Free. Enterprise: Custom pricing. No standard monthly price is publishedtryprofound.com | Up to 9 answer engines on Enterprise: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek, Anthropic Claude, Google AI Overviews, Exa Search; the free Trial covers ChatGPT onlytryprofound.com | YesYes: citation reports and a prompt answers endpoint (GET answers), plus CSV/JSON exports on Enterprisedocs.tryprofound.com, tryprofound.com | No: beyond the free Trial, the only other plan is Enterprise at custom pricingtryprofound.com | Both. MCP at https://mcp.tryprofound.com/mcp with OAuth 2.0, plus REST API and Python/JavaScript SDKs; the API-key method requires an enterprise plan and API access enabled by support, and the pricing page lists API access on Enterprise onlydocs.tryprofound.com, docs.tryprofound.com, tryprofound.com |
| Peec AI | Starter $95/month; Pro $245/month; Advanced $495/month; Enterprise custom. Agency: Essential $245/month, Growth $495/month, Scale $795/month, Comprehensive custompeec.ai | ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Perplexity, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot on all tiers; Enterprise adds Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-5 Search, Grok, Deepseek, Qwen, Mistral, Meta Sparkpeec.ai | YesYes: source domains and URLs, project chats, brand perception attributes and objectionsdocs.peec.ai | Yespeec.ai | MCP at https://api.peec.ai/mcp (OAuth 2.0 or token); REST API stated as Enterprise-only in the docs; Looker/Data Studio connector and CSV exportdocs.peec.ai, docs.peec.ai, docs.peec.ai |
| Scrunch | Starter "$250 per month (billed annually) or $300 month-to-month"; Growth "$417 per month (billed annually) or $500 month-to-month"; Enterprise custom. Starter includes 3 user licenses, 350 custom prompts, 1,000 industry prompts, 3 personas, 5 page auditsscrunch.com | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode/Overviews, Metascrunch.com | YesYes: presence, position, sentiment and citations, plus responses, read through the MCPdevelopers.scrunch.com | Yes: a 7-day free trial of the Starter plan with instant signup and no credit card requiredscrunch.com | Scrunchie MCP with OAuth-style sign-in, stated to work on any plan; Enterprise Data API on the Enterprise tier; Query, Responses, Agent Traffic and Configuration endpoints documenteddevelopers.scrunch.com, developers.scrunch.com, scrunch.com |
| Trakkr | Growth $100/mo (£79/mo) or $1,200/yr; Scale $500/mo or $6,000/yr; Enterprise from $9,500/yr. Growth: 1 brand, 50 prompts, 3 seats; Scale: 10 brands, 50 prompts per brand, unlimited seatstrakkr.ai | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AItrakkr.ai | YesYes: read the response behind any score; Citations page by source and query; citation URLs exposed through the APItrakkr.ai, trakkr.ai | Yes: 14-day free trial, card requiredtrakkr.ai | Both. MCP on any paid plan; REST API at https://api.trakkr.ai on Scale and Enterprise, with CSV/JSON export and webhookstrakkr.ai |
| OtterlyAI | Lite $29/month; Standard $189/month; Premium $489/month; Enterprise from $1,000/month. Prompts: 15 / 100 / 400 / customotterly.ai | ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, MS Copilot on all tiers; Claude, Google AI Mode, Gemini as paid add-onsotterly.ai | YesYes: raw AI response runs, citations by URL, page and domain with share of citationsotterly.ai | Yesotterly.ai | Both, from Standard upward: API base https://data.otterly.ai/v1 with bearer token and an OpenAPI spec; MCP over HTTP with OAuthdocs.otterly.ai, otterly.ai |
| Goodie | Core $399/month; Pro $999/month; Enterprise custom. Agency Growth $275/month; Agency Enterprise custom. Core: 120 prompts, 5 seats, daily refresh, 10 pages trackedhigoodie.com | Core: ChatGPT, AI Overview, Perplexity, AI Mode, Copilot. Pro adds Gemini, Alexa for Shopping, Sparky. Enterprise adds Claude, Meta AI, DeepSeek, Grokhigoodie.com | NoNot stated on the pages read: the MCP page lists visibility scores, share of voice, prompt research, AI crawl insights, optimization actions and attribution, but does not state that citations or answer text are exposedhigoodie.com | Prices are published for Core and Pro with a 7-day free trial; the MCP page directs to a demo requesthigoodie.com, higoodie.com | Both, listed on Enterprise and Agency Enterprise. MCP uses a server URL from account settings with OAuth against existing Goodie credentialshigoodie.com, higoodie.com |
| LLM Pulse | Starter EUR 49/month; Growth EUR 99/month; Scale EUR 299/month; Scale+ EUR 599/month; Scale++ EUR 1,199/month; Enterprise custom. Starter: 50 tracked prompts, 1 project, 10 competitorsllmpulse.ai | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Gemini on all plans; Claude, Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek as add-ons "from $13 per month, per model"llmpulse.ai | YesYes: prompt execution tracking, AI response analysis, source domain and citation intelligence across roughly 90 MCP toolsllmpulse.ai | Yes: 14-day free trialllmpulse.ai | Both. MCP at https://api.llmpulse.ai/api/v1/mcp with OAuth 2.1 and separate read/write scopes, on every plan including the trial; API on Scale and above; a CLI is also publishedllmpulse.ai, llmpulse.ai |
Cite this page: AthenaHQ alternatives in 2026. Broadcastwell. Last reviewed 18 September 2026. https://broadcastwell.com/athenahq-alternatives
What this page does not prove
This page records what each company publishes on its own site on the date beside it. It does not measure the quality of anyone's work, it does not rank outcomes, and a company that publishes less is not necessarily worse at the job. Pages change; a cell is only true for its read date.
Features change quickly in this category. A cell that reads Not stated means the vendor's pages did not say so on the read date, not that the product cannot do it.
Broadcastwell's own limitations
- Three named clients.
- One early directional result.
- No third party reviews yet.
- Founded 2026.
- A team of twelve.
Questions
What is the best AthenaHQ alternative?
It depends on the job. For ongoing monitoring the alternatives on this page are other subscriptions, and five of the seven can be bought without a call. For a one time measured answer to which buyer questions leave you out, Broadcastwell's Category Audit is a different kind of product. Compare on engines named, receipts and price, which the table prints for each.
Is Broadcastwell a AthenaHQ alternative?
Not a like for like one. AthenaHQ is a subscription that tracks prompts over time. Broadcastwell sells a measured one time audit with every observed answer, its sources and the fixes, and a free account that keeps the history. Some buyers need both: a baseline and the fixes first, then monitoring.
Which alternatives show the answers behind their numbers?
Six of the seven say on their own pages that the product exposes the answer text or source citations behind a result, and none state citations or cited pages only. The receipts column quotes what each one says.
Which alternatives have an MCP connector or an API?
Seven of the seven document an MCP connector. The plan that includes it matters more than whether it exists; the connector column prints it where the vendor says.
How was this comparison made?
From each vendor's own pages and documentation, read on 17 September 2026, with no sign ups and no calls. Prices are printed exactly as each vendor publishes them, and every cell links the page it came from.
If what you need first is the answer to which buyer questions leave you out, and who is named instead, the $490 Category Audit measures it once, with receipts, before you choose any subscription.
See where the engines place you
See which buyer questions leave you out, who is named instead of you, the sources visible in those answers, and the three changes worth testing first. The Category Audit covers one category, ten buyer questions, five engines and three measured runs, with findings within 48 hours of the category being confirmed.
Start with the $490 Category Audit$490 once. Results appear in your account. The full $490 credits against the Diagnostic within 30 days. Refundable in full, no questions asked, within 30 days of delivery of the findings.
Get the Diagnostic, $990$990 once. 35 questions, five engines, three scheduled runs per question and engine pair, 525 scheduled observed answers, adaptive runs extra. The full $990 credits against the program's first monthly invoice.
Every figure comes from the published method, v1.1.