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Detectabli vs AthenaHQ

AthenaHQ is a Y Combinator company with a free tier on five engines and a Starter plan on eleven, the widest engine list on this page. Usage is metered in credits, one per AI response, so the practical prompt count depends on how many engines you run and how often.

Its best features sit on Enterprise: the ACE citation model, the Knowledge Base with claim review, multi-country tracking and personas.

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Every claim about AthenaHQ was read on its own pricing page, docs and changelog on 9 October 2026. What we read is listed below.

Where each is ahead

What AthenaHQ does better, and what we do.

Where AthenaHQ is ahead6

  • Eleven engines on Starter, including Mistral and Meta AI, with more on request.
  • A free tier that works, with no sales call.
  • Numeric prompt volume estimates on every plan, from their own estimation model.
  • ACE, a model that scores a draft's citation probability before you publish, with a published validation study.
  • Drafts publish to WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, Contentful, Sanity, Framer, Wix and Payload. Shopping Pages generate from a Shopify catalogue.
  • SOC 2 Type II, SSO, audit logs, and 185 markets with city-level targeting on Enterprise.

Where Detectabli is ahead7

  • Accuracy on every plan. AthenaHQ's Oracle discrepancy detection and Knowledge Base claim review are Enterprise features. Ours run from day one, from a profile we build off your site, with and without web search.
  • Runs aren't metered. Press Run as often as you like.
  • A whole-site scan. AthenaHQ manages robots.txt and llms.txt access; it has no site audit and no schema generation.
  • Third-party pages graded for accuracy and tone, and a profile audit of your own accounts.
  • Reddit and Quora opportunities. We couldn't find Reddit anywhere on AthenaHQ's site.
  • Search Console actions as well as reads.
  • A managed service.
Pick AthenaHQ if
You want the longest engine list and a free start, and you'll grow into Enterprise for the accuracy and content features.
Pick Detectabli if
You want accuracy grading, a site scan and schema on the first plan, and unmetered runs.

Side by side

Capability by capability.

Detectabli and AthenaHQ compared capability by capability, as read from AthenaHQ's own pages on 9 October 2026.
AI enginesDetectabli7AthenaHQFree: 5. Starter: 11, adding AI Mode, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI, Mistral
Run cadenceDetectabliOn demand, no capAthenaHQYou choose; each response costs a credit
Brand accuracyDetectabliEvery plan, automaticAthenaHQEnterprise: Knowledge Base claim review, Oracle discrepancy detection
On-site scanDetectabliFour checks, per-page planAthenaHQrobots.txt and llms.txt crawler access management
Schema generationDetectabliYesAthenaHQNo
Third-party pagesDetectabliGraded for accuracy, authority, toneAthenaHQSource rankings; citation outreach with drafted emails
Profile auditDetectabliYesAthenaHQNo
Reddit and QuoraDetectabliBothAthenaHQNot found
ContentDetectabliEditor, WordPress drafts, export, scoresAthenaHQDrafts; ACE scoring on Enterprise; publishes to 8 CMSs
GA4 AI referralsDetectabliYesAthenaHQGA4 connected; AI split not stated
Search ConsoleDetectabliRead and writeAthenaHQRead; queries become prompts
Prompt demand dataDetectabliNoAthenaHQNumeric estimates on every plan
AgencyDetectabliSeats, roster, white-labelAthenaHQMulti-brand workspaces, partner programme; branded PDFs
Managed serviceDetectabliYesAthenaHQNo; white-glove setup on Enterprise
Getting startedDetectabliFree scanAthenaHQFree tier, self-serve

Questions

Before you decide.

Is Detectabli an AthenaHQ alternative?

Yes for teams below Enterprise. On the first paid plan we grade accuracy, scan the site and write schema; AthenaHQ saves those for Enterprise. On Enterprise, AthenaHQ's content and citation modelling go further than ours.

AthenaHQ has eleven engines. Why do you have seven?

We run the ones people in our markets use, and we grade each answer three ways plus accuracy. Adding an engine is cheap. Grading it well isn't.

What we read

On AthenaHQ's site, 9 October 2026.

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