How much does Athena cost?

Athena's pricing page lists $3,000 a month, "monthly after initial 90-day commitment". Its FAQ lists $3,000 a month with a 12-month commitment, or $3,600 a month after the initial 90 days. Check Athena directly for current pricing.

How much does A Team Overseas cost?

$500/month membership, plus your assistant's pay, paid directly: $1,200–2,000/month for full-time engagements, by experience tier, agreed before placement. Optional add-ons, not included in the membership-plus-assistant-pay total: Managed Payments ($150/month) and security covering VPN and MDM tools ($100/month). Membership includes up to 3 placements a year and 1 free replacement. The paid trial month starts on the assistant's first day. The first invoice is issued that day and is due within 7 days. No early-exit fee applies if you leave at the end of the trial month. An annual membership commitment starts in month two. Early exit after the trial requires 30 days' written notice, with fees owed through the notice period, plus an early-exit fee equal to the lesser of 3 months' membership fees or the remaining year's membership fees (a maximum of $1,500 at $500/month).

Does Athena offer part-time assistants?

Athena says every EA works 40 hours a week, so it publishes full-time plans only.

Athena alternatives: how A Team Overseas compares

Written by A Team Overseas. Facts about Athena come from its own published pages, checked October 22, 2026. Sources are listed at the end. Prices and terms change, so confirm them with Athena directly.

Quick answer

Athena is a managed membership: it employs, trains and manages a full-time executive assistant for you, and its pricing page lists $3,000 a month after an initial 90-day commitment. If you would rather have the assistant on your own payroll, A Team Overseas is a $500/month membership that places a Philippines-based assistant you pay directly ($1,200–2,000/month for full-time engagements), with check-ins through the first 90 days. Athena is known for senior assistants, and we often place assistants who previously worked at Athena and joined us to be paid directly while keeping agency support.

Key differences

Topic	Athena	A Team Overseas
Model	Managed membership. "Your EA is employed and paid by Athena."	Membership. We find and place the assistant, who works on your payroll while you direct the work. We stay involved through the first 90 days.
What you pay	$3,000/month on its pricing page, "monthly after initial 90-day commitment". Its FAQ lists $3,000/month with a 12-month commitment, or $3,600/month after the initial 90 days.	$500/month membership, plus your assistant's pay, paid directly: $1,200–2,000/month for full-time engagements, by experience tier, agreed before placement. Optional add-ons, not included in the membership-plus-assistant-pay total: Managed Payments ($150/month) and security covering VPN and MDM tools ($100/month).
Where assistants are based	Colombia, Guatemala, Kenya and the Philippines. Full-time only, 40 hours a week.	Philippines. Executive, operations and marketing assistants.
Terms	An initial 90-day commitment, or 12 months for the $3,000 FAQ rate. Cancellation terms are not published.	The paid trial month starts on the assistant's first day. The first invoice is issued that day and is due within 7 days. No early-exit fee applies if you leave at the end of the trial month. An annual membership commitment starts in month two. Early exit after the trial requires 30 days' written notice, with fees owed through the notice period, plus an early-exit fee equal to the lesser of 3 months' membership fees or the remaining year's membership fees (a maximum of $1,500 at $500/month).
If it isn't a fit	"We will partner you with a different Athena EA if things don't improve."	1 free replacement a year, and up to 3 placements a year.
Support after matching	Each assistant has a personal manager for one-to-one mentorship. Clients get a delegation training library. Onboarding takes one to two weeks on its pricing page, or two to three weeks in its FAQ.	Check-ins weekly in month one, then every two weeks or monthly through day 90, then as needed. We do not provide screen monitoring. Assistants send an end-of-day report. Any more detailed time tracking must be agreed between you and your assistant.
Working hours	"Most members choose to have their EAs work in their time zones."	We match working hours to any timezone, including US, Australia, UK and Asia hours. Candidates are told the required hours before meeting you, and we only propose people available for those hours.

Choose Athena if

You want Athena to hire, train, equip and manage a full-time executive assistant for you.
You want structured delegation training as part of the service.
One monthly fee to a single provider matters more to you than having the assistant on your payroll.
You're comfortable with $3,000 a month or more and a 90-day or 12-month commitment.

Choose A Team Overseas if

You want the assistant on your own payroll, paid directly at a rate you agree before placement.
You want a more senior assistant. We specialize in more senior talent: mid-level assistants who are resourceful, proactive, reliable and AI-enabled.
You have a repeatable set of work today and want the same person to grow into owning more of an operational lane, with you setting direction.
You want someone to own AI and systems inside that lane: rolling out tools, automating recurring steps and helping your team use them.
You'd like help making the relationship work: what to hand over, how to communicate and how to start. That's common for a first remote hire, or after a past hire or agency didn't work out.
You'll direct the assistant and give feedback, and you want us coaching both of you through the first 90 days.

A Team Overseas is not a fit if you want

A part-time "right hand" expected to own strategy across marketing, operations and personal tasks all at once
A director or manager for a function you haven't defined yet
Finished deliverables from us without directing anyone (a done-for-you service)
Agency-provided screen monitoring of an assistant
A budget below the membership plus the assistant’s pay

FAQ

What is a good Athena alternative if I want to pay the assistant directly?: A Team Overseas. The assistant works on your payroll and you pay them directly, $1,200–2,000/month for full-time engagements, by experience tier, agreed before placement. Our membership is $500/month.
How much does Athena cost?: Athena's pricing page lists $3,000 a month, "monthly after initial 90-day commitment". Its FAQ lists $3,000 a month with a 12-month commitment, or $3,600 a month after the initial 90 days. Check Athena directly for current pricing.
How much does A Team Overseas cost?: $500/month membership, plus your assistant's pay, paid directly: $1,200–2,000/month for full-time engagements, by experience tier, agreed before placement. Optional add-ons, not included in the membership-plus-assistant-pay total: Managed Payments ($150/month) and security covering VPN and MDM tools ($100/month). Membership includes up to 3 placements a year and 1 free replacement. The paid trial month starts on the assistant's first day. The first invoice is issued that day and is due within 7 days. No early-exit fee applies if you leave at the end of the trial month. An annual membership commitment starts in month two. Early exit after the trial requires 30 days' written notice, with fees owed through the notice period, plus an early-exit fee equal to the lesser of 3 months' membership fees or the remaining year's membership fees (a maximum of $1,500 at $500/month).
Does Athena offer part-time assistants?: Athena says every EA works 40 hours a week, so it publishes full-time plans only.