A platform for your team, or the agent you already use
AthenaHQ's agents work inside AthenaHQ and produce recommendations and content for your team. aivisibilityskill plugs into the coding agent you already use, so fixes land as changes in your repository.
| Feature |  AthenaHQ |  aivisibilityskill |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Marketing teams at brands and enterprises | Founders, developers and small agencies who work with a coding agent |
| How you use it | Web platform with its own AI agent | Inside Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or ChatGPT, plus a light web console |
| Price to start | Free Essential plan: 300 credits on 5 engines | Free: 500 credits, no card |
| Paid plans | Starter $295 a month for 3,600 credits; Enterprise on request | $9, $29, $99 or $299 a month, or $10 credit packs. An answer costs 11 to 25 credits (about 1 to 2.5 cents) on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google; more on Claude and Grok |
| AI engines | 11 on Starter, including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI and Mistral | 8 on every plan: ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Perplexity, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek |
| API | Paid add-on on Starter; included on Enterprise | Every plan, including free credits |
| MCP server for agents | None listed on its site | Every plan, sign in with OAuth |
| Fixes | Recommendations and content agents inside the platform | Ranked problems, then a fix plan your agent applies in your codebase and re-checks |
| Proof of each answer | Not listed on its pricing page | The raw engine response is kept with a SHA-256 hash |
When aivisibilityskill is the better choice
- You need something between free and $295 a month: plans start at $9.
- You want the API included, not billed as an add-on.
- You work in
Claude Code, 
Cursor or 
Codex and want an MCP server. - You want your agent to change your codebase directly and re-check the result.
- You want to verify results: every answer keeps the raw engine response with a hash.
According to aivisibilityskill's own data, 71% of the sites AI engines cite for a buyer question are cited by only one of the four engines we checked. Tracking one engine, or one sample, misses most of the picture.
From What AI engines cite, 24,258 citations collected October 29 to November 1, 2026
When AthenaHQ is the better choice
- You want Copilot, Meta AI and Mistral covered.
- You want content templates and a content agent for your marketing team.
- You want a free plan with unlimited users to try things out.
AthenaHQ details as of November 3, 2026, from its public pages: AthenaHQ pricing. Prices and plans change; check the source before you decide. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it.