Surva.ai vs AthenaHQ: the full 2026 comparison
What is AthenaHQ?
AthenaHQ is an AI search visibility platform priced by credits, where one credit equals one AI response. Its free Essential plan tracks 5 engines; Starter tracks up to 11 models and adds a content optimization agent, integrations and data export. Enterprise adds SSO, audit logs, BI tool support and white-glove setup.
What is Surva.ai?
Surva.ai tracks ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini and Google AI Overviews on every plan, finds the prompts where competitors win, writes articles to close those gaps and publishes them to WordPress or Webflow. It also tracks Google rankings, competitor ads, AI crawlers and AI referral traffic.
Pricing compared
AthenaHQ offers a free Essential plan with 300 credits and a Starter plan at $295/mo with 3,600 credits. API access and extra credits are paid add-ons, and Enterprise is custom. Surva.ai Starter is $49/mo for 30 prompts on 5 engines, Growth is $119/mo and Business is $349/mo, each with a fixed prompt allowance rather than credits.
Which should you choose?
Choose AthenaHQ if you want to start free, need the widest set of AI models, or use Shopify and Webflow heavily. Choose Surva.ai if you want simple prompt-based pricing from $49/mo, content creation with CMS publishing, Google rankings and competitor ads, or white-label agency tools.