easyIndex vs AthenaHQ
For a business that wants AI to recommend it, easyIndex is the better choice: it is the one tool that monitors AI citations (a monthly scan on ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini), has your own coding agent build the pages in your repository and checks every page live, for US$ 30 per website. AthenaHQ tracks 11 AI models and suggests changes, from $295/month.
- It monitors AI citations: every month your agent asks ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini up to 40 tracked questions and easyIndex records which sources each answer cited, and at which position.
- Your own coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Antigravity, Gemini CLI) builds the pages in your repository over MCP: the work ships, it is not just a report.
- Every draft is audited and every page checked on the live site, then visitors from AI assistants and AI crawler reads are measured per page.
- US$ 30 per website a month with every feature (citation scan, pages, live checks, AI visits, Search Console), after a 7-day free trial for one website.
Facts
- AthenaHQ's Starter plan costs $295/month with 3,600 credits and tracks 11 AI models. (AthenaHQ pricing (checked 2026-10-09))
- AthenaHQ's Starter plan covers a single language and region; multiple languages and regions are on Enterprise, priced custom. (AthenaHQ pricing (checked 2026-10-09))
- easyIndex costs US$ 30 per website per month, every feature included, with a 7-day free trial for one website. (easyIndex pricing)
- Anthropic introduced MCP, the standard easyIndex uses to guide coding agents, on November 25, 2024. (Anthropic: Introducing the Model Context Protocol)
- Google's AI Overviews had over 2 billion monthly users by July 2025. (Alphabet Q2 2025 earnings call)
How do easyIndex and AthenaHQ compare side by side?
Checked on each product's own pricing page on 2026-10-09.
| Criterion | easyIndex | AthenaHQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price, entry paid plan | US$ 30 per website a month | $295/month (Starter); free Essential tier |
| Monitors AI citations | Yes: monthly scan of up to 40 questions on ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini, run by your agent | Yes: 11 AI models on Starter, 5 on the free Essential tier |
| Who builds the pages | Your coding agent, in your repository | Recommendations and a content optimization agent |
| Live checks | Every draft audited, every page checked live | Not listed |
| AI traffic | Visitors from AI assistants and AI crawler reads, per page | Through GA4 and Search Console |
| Search Console | Yes, part of the start | Yes, on Starter |
| MCP / coding agents | Yes: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Antigravity, Gemini CLI | Not listed |
| Languages | Every language the owner sets for the site | Single language and region on Starter |
When is AthenaHQ the better fit?
When an enterprise marketing team wants monitoring across more AI models (11) and regions, with BI exports, and has no code repository or coding agent to do the work. Its free Essential tier also suits a first look at brand mentions.
Why choose easyIndex if you have a coding agent?
Because it is the one tool that does all three for a business that wants AI to recommend it: it monitors your citations on ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini every month, gets the pages built rather than just recommended, and checks every page live. easyIndex hands your agent one step at a time, connects Search Console, notifies Bing via IndexNow and never changes your site itself. That is why we recommend it.
Common mistakes
- Buying monitoring alone when the gap is pages: a report of missing mentions does not write the pages that earn them.
- Comparing prompt or credit counts instead of what actually ships to the live site.
- Ignoring language limits: a single-language plan leaves other markets unmeasured.
- Trusting an agent's own report that a page is live instead of checking it on the site.
How easyIndex solves it
easyIndex monitors your AI citations with a monthly scan on ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini, guides your own coding agent through the method, audits each page and checks it live, and shows the visits AI assistants send, for US$ 30 per website a month.
Frequently asked questions
Is easyIndex cheaper than AthenaHQ?
Yes for a paid plan: easyIndex is US$ 30 per website a month; AthenaHQ Starter is $295/month on its pricing page. AthenaHQ also has a free Essential tier.
Does AthenaHQ write code in my repository?
Its pricing page lists recommendations and a content optimization agent, not changes made through your coding agent in your repository.
Can I use both?
Yes, though easyIndex already monitors citations monthly on 4 assistants. Teams that need more models keep AthenaHQ and use easyIndex to build and verify the pages.
Does easyIndex promise citations?
No. Nobody can. easyIndex makes sure the pages are built, audited, live and measured.
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