Alvaro Peña de Luna 
AthenaHQ tracks 11 AI engines on its Starter plan and adds prompt volume estimates, content actions and robots.txt and llms.txt management. It is a strong product with a pricing gap: the free plan gives 300 credits, and the next step is $295 a month for one region and one language. If that step does not fit, or you need several markets or an API without an add-on, these are the alternatives.
Prices are the public list prices on each vendor’s site on 29 September 2026. We build one of these tools, Mencoro, and describe the others as we would want ours described.
Why look for an AthenaHQ alternative
- The price step. From a free plan to $295 a month ($245 billed yearly), with nothing in between.
- One region on Starter. Multi-region tracking, persona targeting and the recommendation engine are Enterprise features.
- API as an add-on. API access and extra credits are priced on request on Starter.
- Pace of change. G2 reviewers praise the support and mention that features ship faster than they can keep up with.
AthenaHQ alternatives at a glance
| Tool | Entry price (list, Sep 2026) | Engines | Countries on the entry plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mencoro | €15/mo for 200 checks | ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overview, AI Mode, plus Google SERP | Any of 196, charged per check |
| Peec AI | €85/mo, 50 prompts | 3 of your choice, more as add-ons | Starter 1, Pro 3 |
| Otterly.AI | $29/mo, 15 prompts | ChatGPT, AI Overviews, Perplexity, Copilot | 50+ available |
| LLMrefs | $79/mo, 500 prompts | 11 | 50+ available |
| Rankscale | $20/mo Essentials, $99/mo Pro | 17+, priced in credits | All regions on Pro |
| Goodie | $399/mo billed yearly, 120 prompts | 5 on Core, up to 13 on Enterprise | Pro: 5 countries |
| Profound | Quote after a 7-day trial | Up to 9 on Enterprise | Custom on Enterprise |
| Scrunch | $250/mo Core, 125 prompts | 4 on Core, 9 on Enterprise | 1 on Core |
The best AthenaHQ alternatives
Mencoro
Mencoro fills the gap between AthenaHQ’s free and paid plans. You pay per check from €15 a month, and each query runs in every country you choose, so tracking the US, the UK and Spain costs checks rather than an Enterprise plan. It covers ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overview and AI Mode, plus the Google SERP and Shopping, with five mention types, sentiment on every mention, a weighted share of voice, unlimited projects, competitors and users, and the REST API and MCP server on every plan. It covers fewer engines than AthenaHQ: no Gemini, Claude, Copilot or Grok.
Peec AI
Peec AI starts at €85 a month for 50 prompts on three models of your choice, run daily with unlimited users. Pro, at €205, includes three countries and 150 prompts. The API is Enterprise only.
Otterly.AI
Otterly.AI is the lowest paid entry, at $29 a month for 15 prompts on four engines, and adds GEO audits of your URLs with weekly recommendations. The API and MCP server start on Standard at $189.
LLMrefs
LLMrefs matches AthenaHQ’s engine count, 11, on a single $79 plan with 500 prompts, weekly reports, geo targeting in more than 50 countries and an API. It generates prompts from your keywords.
Rankscale
Rankscale has the widest engine list, more than 17, on every plan, with all regions included on Pro at $99 a month for 1,200 credits. Each engine costs a different number of credits per run.
Goodie
Goodie is the closest match to AthenaHQ’s tracking-plus-action approach, with content, outreach and technical agents on top of monitoring. Core costs $399 a month billed yearly for 120 prompts on five engines.
Profound
For teams heading towards AthenaHQ’s Enterprise tier anyway, Profound is the peer to compare: up to nine engines, prompt volumes, agent analytics and content agents, priced by quote. See our Profound alternatives .
Scrunch
Scrunch’s Core plan costs $250 a month for 125 prompts on four engines in one country, with a 7-day trial, and its Enterprise plan adds pages served to AI agents.
How to choose
- If the $295 step is the problem, Mencoro, Otterly.AI and Rankscale Essentials start far lower.
- If you need several countries, check how each tool counts them: Mencoro per check, Peec AI per plan, Rankscale all included on Pro.
- If you need 11 engines or more, LLMrefs and Rankscale get there without Enterprise.
For the full market, see our comparisons of GEO tools and AEO tools . To track your brand in several markets without an Enterprise plan, Mencoro starts at €15 a month .
