Data as of August 14, 2026. Next scheduled review: September 14, 2026.
What the evidence supports
- Credits and managed questions are different capacity units and should not be compared one-for-one.
- AthenaHQ documents a wider self-serve platform surface; RadiusRank's public entry offer is deliberately narrower.
- The operating cost of AthenaHQ includes the in-house team using its findings, while RadiusRank can scope implementation separately.
Side-by-side scope
Competitor prices and limits were verified on August 12, 2026. RadiusRank's current offer was verified on August 14, 2026.
| Decision | RadiusRank | AthenaHQ |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $79/month after diagnostic; cancel anytime | $295 monthly Starter offer |
| Capacity unit | Up to 50 managed buyer questions | 3,600 credits on Starter |
| Engine scope | Anthropic, OpenAI and Perplexity API-labeled observations | Visibility documented across nine models |
| Workflow | Question, citation and action evidence plus saved recommendations | Monitoring, Action Center, exports, API and content optimization agent |
Choose by operating model
Choose AthenaHQ
An in-house team that will operate a multi-model platform and use credits, exports and action workflows.
Choose RadiusRank
A team validating the opportunity before committing to a recurring platform and operating it internally.
Run a proof
Before a large commitment, compare the same questions, markets and acceptance criteria and inspect the raw evidence.
Methodology
- Reviewed each vendor's official pricing, product or service page on August 12, 2026.
- Normalized delivery model, native billing basis, entry capacity, documented engine scope and implementation responsibility.
- Kept credits, prompts, questions and managed outputs in their native units because they are not directly interchangeable.
- Added RadiusRank's changed offer as a separate August 14 record instead of rewriting the August 12 vendor snapshot.
- Did not treat vendor claims as independently verified outcomes.
Limitations
- Credit consumption rules, enterprise pricing and hands-on data-quality tests were outside this review.
- Pricing, limits and product behavior can change after the snapshot date.
- No identical-prompt accuracy, usability, support or outcome test was completed.
- RadiusRank is the publisher and has a commercial interest in this comparison.
Questions
Is RadiusRank cheaper than AthenaHQ?
The public entry price is lower, but the offers are not necessarily equivalent. RadiusRank is $79 per month, cancel anytime, and one month is enough to validate SEO; AthenaHQ's documented offer is self-serve enterprise aeo platform.
Which product has better data?
This review did not run an accuracy benchmark. Ask both vendors to show raw observations for the same questions and disclose the collection method before deciding.
Sources and data
- RadiusRank AI SEO tool: Current public product scope, three-day diagnostic and $79 month-to-month subscription, verified August 14, 2026.
- RadiusRank current-offer record (August 14, 2026): Dated first-party offer record. It supersedes only the RadiusRank offer fields in the preserved August 12 capability and vendor snapshots.
- AthenaHQ: Official Starter pricing, credits, model coverage and platform capabilities.
Found a changed price, product limit or source? Email team@radiusrank.com with the official URL. We preserve the snapshot date instead of silently rewriting historical data.