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Comparison series
AthenaHQvs Sourcepull.
AthenaHQ earned 4.9 stars and has real case studies to back it up. The two complaints that keep appearing in reviews: credits run out mid-month, and there's no fix plan when the monitoring stops. Sourcepull is built around those two gaps.
The gist
Sourcepull
Sourcepull is an AI visibility audit built for small and medium businesses. We query ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini, score how often you get cited and how accurately you're represented, then ship a prioritized fix plan with dev-ready code. Flat pricing: $79 audit, $150/mo monitoring. No credits. No add-on engines. No mid-month surprise.
AthenaHQ
AthenaHQ is a premium AEO platform founded by an ex-Google Search PM. It tracks brand citations across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Claude, and Copilot with daily refresh and a revenue attribution layer that ties AI mentions to actual sales data. The 4.9/5 G2 rating across 32 reviews is genuine. Named case studies include Gruns (6x share of voice in 60 days) and Lago (1,561% ROI). The Lite plan at $295/mo comes with 3,600 monthly credits.
Side by side
The decision points, line by line.
What it costs
AthenaHQ
$295/mo Lite (3,600 credits, 3 seats). Enterprise tiers require contacting sales.
Public pricing as of May 2026. Source: athenahq.ai.
Sourcepull
$149$20first 20
Then $79 one-time. $150/month monitoring. Published on the homepage. No sales call.
From reviews
“the entire monthly 3,600 credit allowance burns through in just 14 days, and halfway through the month, the dashboard stops updating”
Source. getmint.ai, Feb 2026
Who picks what
Pick AthenaHQ if
Pick AthenaHQ if you run a growth or marketing team and you need daily citation tracking tied to revenue data. The revenue attribution layer is real, the G2 rating is earned, and the case studies with specific ROI numbers are the kind of evidence you can take to a CFO. If your monitoring budget is $295/mo and you have someone to read the dashboard, AthenaHQ is a serious product.
Pick Sourcepull if
Pick Sourcepull if you're a small business owner or a solo founder who wants to know what to fix and how to fix it. The audit is $79. The fix plan ships in 24 hours with code you can paste. No credits to manage. No mid-month pause while you wait for your quota to reset. If your main question is 'what do I actually do about this,' Sourcepull answers that directly.
Questions
What people ask before they decide.
- Is AthenaHQ worth $295/mo?
- For growth teams with a dedicated person to monitor citations and a need for ROI attribution, yes. AthenaHQ has real case studies and a 4.9/5 G2 rating. The credit model is the main friction point: at standard usage (50 keywords x 5 engines daily), the 3,600 credit Lite plan runs out in roughly 14 days. If you're a solo owner or a small team, Sourcepull at $79 may be a better starting point.
- Does AthenaHQ include a fix plan?
- No. AthenaHQ's core output is citation monitoring, share of voice data, and revenue attribution. It tells you where you appear and what those appearances are worth, but it doesn't produce a structured fix plan with implementation steps. That's the gap Sourcepull fills.
- Why do AthenaHQ credits run out before the end of the month?
- AthenaHQ's Lite plan includes 3,600 credits per month. Standard monitoring at 50 keywords across 5 engines scanned daily burns through roughly 250 credits per day, which exhausts the monthly allowance in about 14 days. After that, the dashboard stops refreshing until the next billing cycle or you purchase overages.
- Can I use Sourcepull alongside AthenaHQ?
- Yes. AthenaHQ monitors your citation trends over time. Sourcepull produces a one-time (or monthly) fix plan. Some teams use AthenaHQ for ongoing monitoring and Sourcepull to generate the prioritized task list their developer works from.
- How does Sourcepull's accuracy scoring differ from AthenaHQ?
- AthenaHQ measures visibility (how often you appear) and sentiment (how you're framed). Sourcepull adds an accuracy dimension: it checks whether what AI platforms say about your brand is factually correct. Misattributions and hallucinations about your services lower your Sourcepull score and appear flagged in the fix plan.
See where you stand before you decide.
Free signal check. About sixty seconds. No card. No sales call.