Peec AI vs AthenaHQ (2026): pricing, engines, which to pick
Peec AI monitors and reports; AthenaHQ monitors and acts. The price gap at the paid entry plan is large, and so is the engine gap.
Stellarcast is our product, so read this knowing our bias. Every vendor fact below was read from the vendor's own pages on 17 October 2026; anything a vendor does not state is marked "not published".
The short answer
Peec AI's Starter is $95 a month for 50 prompts on three engines you choose. AthenaHQ's paid Starter is $295 a month for 3,600 credits across 11 engines, including Claude and Grok, with on-page and off-page actions, a content optimization agent and Shopify and Webflow integrations; it also has a free Essential tier on five engines. Choose Peec if monitoring is the job and $95 is the budget. Choose AthenaHQ if you want eleven engines and a tool that acts on gaps, and $295 fits.
Side by side
| Peec AI | AthenaHQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Starter $95/mo for 50 prompts; Pro $245/mo (150); Advanced $495/mo (350) | Essential free (300 credits); Starter $295/mo for 3,600 credits (1 credit = 1 AI response) |
| Top published plan | Advanced $495/mo; Enterprise custom, billed annually | Starter $295/mo; Enterprise custom |
| Billing terms | Monthly plans, 15% off on annual billing; free trial | Monthly, or annual at 17% off; a free tier rather than a trial |
| Engines per plan | Choose 3 of ChatGPT, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Copilot, Gemini and Naver AI on every self-serve plan; extra models (Perplexity among them) $30 to $140/mo each; up to 13 on Enterprise | Essential: ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, Gemini and Copilot (5). Starter: 11, adding AI Mode, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI and Mistral |
| Markets and languages | Starter 1 country, Pro and Advanced 3; unlimited languages, no extra charge per country or language | Starter: country-level, a single language and region; multiple regions and languages on Enterprise |
| Publishes fixes to your site | No CMS publishing; ranked recommended actions and agent-generated actions | On-page and off-page actions plus a content optimization agent; Shopify and Webflow integrations listed |
| Proof of lift | Lists a visibility lift analysis and a lift predictor; no method published | Not published |
Sources: peec.ai/pricing; athenahq.ai/plans. Checked 17 October 2026. US dollars per month.
Where each one wins
- Peec AI: a third of the price at the paid entry plan.
- AthenaHQ: eleven engines on Starter, including Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI and Mistral.
Where Stellarcast fits
Peec reports and AthenaHQ acts, but neither publishes a method for proving a lift. Stellarcast checks six engines daily on every paid plan from $39 a month (Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode and Microsoft Copilot). From $89 it sends the fixes you approve to WordPress as drafts, and from $249 every lift claim is labeled MEASURED, LIKELY or TOO-EARLY with a P25 to P75 range, across 27 markets measured with native-language prompts. See the plans.
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How much do Peec AI and AthenaHQ cost?
Peec AI Starter is $95 a month, Pro $245 and Advanced $495, with 15% off annually. AthenaHQ has a free Essential tier and a $295 a month Starter plan, with 17% off annually and Enterprise by contract. Checked 17 October 2026.
Which engines do Peec AI and AthenaHQ track?
Peec AI lets you pick three of ChatGPT, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Copilot, Gemini and Naver AI on self-serve plans. AthenaHQ Essential tracks ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, Gemini and Copilot; Starter tracks 11, adding AI Mode, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI and Mistral.
Can Peec AI or AthenaHQ publish fixes to my site?
AthenaHQ lists on-page and off-page actions, a content optimization agent, and Shopify and Webflow integrations on its plans page. Peec AI has no CMS publishing. Stellarcast sends approved fixes to WordPress as drafts from $89 a month.