AthenaHQ vs Brandlight
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-10-12
AthenaHQ and Brandlight both show up sparingly in AI answers, but Brandlight edges ahead. AthenaHQ scores 11 overall (ChatGPT 6, Claude 23, Perplexity 5) and is named in 14 of 61 answers, doing best on questions about AI visibility tracking tools and share-of-voice comparisons. Brandlight scores 15 overall (ChatGPT 0, Claude 39, Perplexity 8) and is named in 17 of 61 answers, standing out most on the best enterprise AI visibility platform question. Head-to-head, Brandlight is named more often in 6 questions, AthenaHQ in 3, and the two tie in 11. Neither tool is ever mentioned for small-startup-budget questions.
Head to head
| metric | AthenaHQ | Brandlight |
|---|---|---|
| score | 10 | 12 |
| questions won | 14 | 16 |
By assistant
AthenaHQ
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 8 | 15% of answers | #4.7 |
| Claude | 19 | 30% of answers | #8.5 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 4 | 5% of answers | #4.0 |
Brandlight
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Claude | 33 | 55% of answers | #7.9 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 4 | 0% of answers |
Where they differ
Only AthenaHQ gets named for
- What's the best enterprise AI visibility platform?
Only Brandlight gets named for
- What's the best tool to get alerts when my AI search rankings change?
- What's the best tool to track AI visibility for a local or regional business?
- What's the best tool for an agency tracking AI visibility for many clients?
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Scores count how often each assistant names a product, weighted by position. How the score works · Full AI visibility trackers leaderboard