Geoa vs AthenaHQ — Which offers the best value for SMEs?
AthenaHQ offers a strong GEO package with a free tier and a Starter plan for $295 per month. Geoa provides the same action-oriented approach in Danish — from €39 per month.
AthenaHQ offers the most generous free plan in the market: five AI models, unlimited users and $25 in credits, all without you having to pay a penny. If you just want to see whether the AI mentions you at all, you can get a long way without paying — and we’re happy to say that, even though it doesn’t benefit us.
The leap from there, however, is a big one: the next tier is $295 a month. And their strength lies in telling you exactly what needs fixing — not in fixing it themselves.
| Feature | Geoa | AthenaHQ |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | €39/month | $295/month (Starter) |
| Free plan | Free GEO Score, no login required | Yes — Essential with $25 in credits |
| AI engines | 5 included | 5 on the free plan, 9 on the Starter plan |
| Settlement | Fixed monthly fee | Credits — 3,600 per month on the Starter plan |
| Contents | AI articles included in all paid plans (5–50 per month), in Danish | Templates + publishing via Shopify |
| Auto-fix | Performed automatically | Recommendations — to do yourself |
| Company | Danish CVR, EU | Nuvotech Inc., San Francisco |
Choose AthenaHQ if…
You want a robust free plan to get started, you work in English, and you have someone in-house who can implement the on-page and off-page changes recommended by them.
Choose Geoa if…
You want a fixed price in Danish kroner rather than credits; you want the corrections to be carried out rather than merely recommended; and you want Danish language data and industry benchmarks for the CVR data.
Geoa
From €39/month
- From €39/month vs $295/month (~2,200 DKK) — 7 times cheaper
- Danish language and Danish support
- Nordic data (CVR, sector benchmark)
- GBP + local variant SEO for the Danish market
- AI articles in all paid plans (5–50 per month) — in Danish
- Built for the Danish market — AthenaHQ is US-based
AthenaHQ
$0–295/md
- $295/month on the Starter plan — approx. 7x Geoa Starter
- No documented Danish support — only support@athenahq.ai
- Credit-based billing (3,600 credits per month on the Starter plan)
- No documented integration with GBP or Danish sector data
- No documented integration with CVR, Krak or Eniro
Recommendation or implementation
AthenaHQ Content identifies the gaps that are preventing you from being cited and tells you exactly what to correct — both on-page and off-page. They document the llms.txt configuration and explain how your robots.txt should allow OpenAI’s crawlers, such as OAI-SearchBot and GPTBot, to access your site. It is thorough and technically sound.
But this is just guidance. You or your developer will need to carry it out. Geoa’s Auto Fix writes the same files directly to your site and monitors whether a theme update overwrites them again. If you have a technical person on hand, AthenaHQ’s recommendations might even be better than our automated system, as they are more detailed. If you don’t, nothing will happen.
Credits make the price hard to predict
AthenaHQ charges in credits: 300 on the free Essential plan, 3,600 per month on the Starter plan at $295, and on a case-by-case basis for the Enterprise plan. This model is common in the industry and makes sense when usage fluctuates.
It also means that your bill depends on how much you use the tool — and that it is difficult to say in advance how much a year will cost. Geoa has a fixed price: 299, 799 or €199 per month, and the limit is based on the number of questions, not credit usage. We’re not claiming that credits are a trap; we’re saying that a fixed price is easier to budget for if you’re a small business.
Language: we were wrong, and here is the correct version
We previously stated that AthenaHQ is available only in English. This is incorrect — their Enterprise plan explicitly mentions support for multiple regions and languages. This has been corrected.
What we can say with certainty is this: they do not publish a list of supported languages, their only support channel is support@athenahq.ai, and there is no documented support in Danish. Nor is there any mention of Google Business Profile, CVR or Danish sector data anywhere on their website. That’s not to say it doesn’t exist — it just means that if you need it, you’ll have to ask them.
Compliance and the company
AthenaHQ is operated by Nuvotech Inc., which is based on Indiana Street in San Francisco, and the place of jurisdiction is California. They are more transparent about compliance than most: SOC II Type 2 certification, declared full GDPR compliance for EU and UK data processing, and the NIST Level 3 framework.
This is more robust evidence than many European tools provide, and it would be disingenuous to use ‘American’ as a scare tactic here. The difference is that Geoa is a Danish company with EU data storage, whilst the Danish CVR — which is relevant if your procurement policy requires a European supplier, not because AthenaHQ is sloppy with data.
What AthenaHQ does better than us
- The most generous free plan on the market — 5 AI models and unlimited users, no credit card required
- Unlimited users and workspaces on all plans, including the free one
- Highly detailed on-page and off-page recommendations, including llms.txt and robots.txt
- SOC II Type 2, declared GDPR compliance and NIST Level 3 framework
- Shopify integration that can publish GEO-ready blog posts directly
How we checked: Prices, credits, models and compliance information were taken from athenahq.ai/pricing and athenahq.ai/privacy on 21 July 2026. Please note that the legal entity is called Nuvotech Inc., not AthenaHQ Inc. If you spot an error, please email hello@geoa.app.
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