4x growth in new paying customers per month
ChatGPT is now one of our top-performing growth channels. Scrunch helped us unlock visibility, refine our content, and turn AI search into a core part of our acquisition strategy.
Scrunch
vs.
AthenaHQ
A detailed comparison to help you choose the right tool.
This site is maintained by Scrunch. Because of that, we wanted to remove ourselves from the bias that would stack the cards in our favor.
If you're here, we're assuming you're in the market for an AI search (aka AEO/GEO) product. And, if that's the case, we encourage you to give Scrunch a try and see it for yourself versus us telling you that we're just better because of a feature comparison table.
As you evaluate AI search products, we also encourage you to check out our AEO buyer's guide which we wrote to make it easy to decide what features you need versus what you don't and how to evaluate solutions.
Pricing and key differences
Scrunch
AthenaHQ
Best for
Best for
Pricing
- Core: $250/month (125 prompts across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI, Copilot)
- Enterprise: custom
Pricing
- Self-serve: $295/month
- Enterprise: custom
Funding
Funding
Free plan or trial
- 7-day free trial of Core plan (125 prompts tracked across 4 models)
Free plan or trial
- No free trial
- offers a free audit and discounted first month ($95)
AEO tool overview
Scrunch
AthenaHQ
Scrunch was founded in 2023 and emerged from stealth in 2024. It covers monitoring, auditing, optimization, and content delivery via the Agent Experience Platform (AXP), which auto-detects when AI traffic is visiting your site and serves up an optimized version for bot traffic consumption.
AthenaHQ was founded in 2024 and emerged from stealth in 2025. In addition to monitoring, auditing, and optimization, it also offers AI-generated content capabilities designed to help you draft content briefs, outlines, and full articles.
Worth noting
Unlike some other vendors on this list, Scrunch doesn't currently offer AI-generated content capabilities.
Worth noting
AthenaHQ uses a credit-based system (for example, the Self-serve plan includes 3,500 credits per month), wherein one credit is spent each time you take a certain action, like analyzing an AI prompt response for a specific AI model or drafting content.
AEO and GEO features comparison
Scrunch
AthenaHQ
Monitoring
Track how often your brand appears in AI-generated answers across ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Claude, and other LLMs. See share of voice, prompt coverage, and visibility trends over time.
Monitoring
Track how often your brand appears in AI-generated answers across ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Claude, and other LLMs. See share of voice, prompt coverage, and visibility trends over time.
Auditing
Analyze which pages and content are being cited by AI engines. Identify gaps, see competitor presence, and understand which sources AI models rely on for your industry.
Auditing
Analyze which pages and content are being cited by AI engines. Identify gaps, see competitor presence, and understand which sources AI models rely on for your industry.
Optimization
Get actionable recommendations to improve content so it ranks better in AI answers. Align your pages with the prompts that matter and refine structure for LLM-friendly consumption.
Optimization
Get actionable recommendations to improve content so it ranks better in AI answers. Align your pages with the prompts that matter and refine structure for LLM-friendly consumption.
Content Delivery
Scrunch delivers content directly to LLMs via the Agent Experience Platform (AXP), which auto-detects when AI traffic is visiting your site and serves up an optimized version for bot traffic consumption.
Content Delivery
Not offered by this vendor.
Enterprise Ready
Built for scale with SSO, team management, API access, and support tailored to larger organizations.
Enterprise Ready
Not offered by this vendor.
Customer reviews and success stories
Scrunch
AthenaHQ
Grew AI search citations 226%
AI search is a game of figuring out how to prioritize what will have the biggest impact. Scrunch gives us the insights we need to do just that.
3x brand mentions on AI platforms
Scrunch is easier to use and has richer features than other platforms.