Athena lists two prices for one dedicated executive assistant working 40 hours a week, five business days: $3,000 a month with a 12-month commitment, and $3,600 a month after an initial 90-day commitment. Over a first year that's $36,000 on the annual plan or $43,200 on the flexible one, and the flexible plan needs $10,800 before you can switch to paying month by month. Athena describes no part-time plan.
A note on who's writing: we're Ryz Labs, and we place executive assistants too, so we're a competitor. Everything here about Athena comes from Athena's own pages, linked at the bottom, and the arithmetic is ours.
Hourly figures use 173 hours a month (40 hours × 52 weeks / 12). Prices are as listed on Athena's FAQ and small-business pages as of November 2026.
Athena's FAQ and its small-business page both describe the two plans above. Its /pricing page, though, shows $3,000 a month with the footnote "Monthly after initial 90-day Commitment." The two pages pair $3,000 with different terms. Before you sign, ask Athena to put the rate and the commitment length in the same written document.
Flexibility costs $600 a month. If you stay a full year, the 90-day plan costs $7,200 more than the annual one. If you leave after three months, it costs $10,800 against a $36,000 obligation on the annual plan. The break-even question is simple: how sure are you, today, that you'll still want this assistant in month twelve?
From Athena's own descriptions, the fee buys:
Athena also cites SOC 2 Type II and says it is "Trusted by 3000+ Leaders."
None of that makes the offer worse. It means a few questions belong on your first call rather than on the website.
The BLS puts the median US wage for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants at $76,590 a year (May 2025). Benefits make up 30.0% of private-industry compensation, per the BLS June 2026 employer cost release, so a median in-house EA costs an employer roughly $109,400 a year. Athena's annual plan is $36,000. The gap is real, but so are the trade-offs: an in-house hire sits in your office, can hold authority over money and staff, and works under your own policies. Our executive assistant cost guide walks through the full in-house math.
Each figure is as listed on that company's pricing page as of November 2026.
A dedicated Ryz executive assistant is $3,000 a month, month to month: the same monthly figure as Athena's 12-month plan, with no long-term commitment. Our assistants work on your team on US business hours, including New York hours, in fluent English, and our recruiters screen every candidate. After one conversation you get a plan, a price and the names of the people first. Once you say go, people can typically start in under two weeks; some roles take three to six weeks. A dedicated virtual assistant is $2,000 a month, month to month.
We also place developers and project and product managers, so your EA and your developer can share one team. If what you value most is Athena's delegation coaching, stay with Athena; we don't run a program like it. Talk to us if the hours and terms matter more.
Athena lists $3,000 a month with a 12-month commitment and $3,600 a month after an initial 90-day commitment, for one dedicated EA at 40 hours a week.
$36,000 on the 12-month plan. On the 90-day plan, a full year is $43,200, and the first 90 days alone are $10,800.
Athena's site describes no part-time option. For fewer hours, Boldly starts at 40 hours a month and Time etc at 10.
Athena publishes a 12-month and a 90-day commitment, but we found no published cancellation policy. Ask for exit terms in writing before you sign.
Athena's FAQ says its EAs are located overseas and work on a schedule set by your needs. Its site names no country.
Yes. Athena's own 90-day plan is $3,600 a month. A dedicated Ryz Labs EA is $3,000 a month, month to month, on US business hours. See Athena alternatives for more.
We checked Athena's pages and every other price here on November 14, 2026, as listed on each company's pricing page. Prices and terms change, so confirm with Athena before you sign.
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