MentionsAPI vs AuraStream

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MentionsAPI compared with AuraStream
Detail	MentionsAPI	AuraStream
What it does	Brand visibility API for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity	Unified market data API connecting multiple sources through a single endpoint
Stage	Startup	Not given
Founded	2026	Not given
Based in	Not given	CH
Pricing model	Not given	Freemium
Pricing	Free: 300 credits on signup (no card required). Monthly: $5/mo for 1,000 credits. Annual: $54/yr for 12,000 credits. Per-call costs range from 5 credits (cached quick checks) to 165 credits (all_live mode). Top-up packs available at $4.00 per 1k credits (monthly) or $3.00 per 1k (annual).	Free plan: 500 API calls per month. API Integration Plan: $30 USD per month for 5,000 calls.
Key features	Query ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity in parallel via one endpoint Structured brand mention extraction with rank, sentiment, and surrounding context Citation extraction with canonical URL resolution and deduplication Webhook delivery for scheduled monitor runs MCP-native integration with Claude Desktop and Cursor Reduced pricing for cached queries with cache_bypass option for fresh results Per-key rate limits and partial-success fallbacks on provider degradation Normalized response schema across all providers Credit-based pricing with 300 free credits on signup	Unified access to multiple data sources including Binance, Oanda, FRED, Yahoo Finance and others Single standardized response format across all data sources Historical and recent data for research and backtesting Weather data access through OpenMeteo integration Simple API integration with minimal code required
What makes it different	One unified API replaces four separate SDKs for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity Covers both official APIs and real-time UI scraping across 8 AI search surfaces	One API key and unified authentication across all data sources No multiple authentication tokens or individual rate limits to manage Faster development with less integration code needed Consistent data format regardless of data source Free plan with 500 calls per month, no credit card required
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	4 −1 (down) since last check	6 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	4	1
Citation Flow (Majestic)	24	13
Referring domains (Majestic)	37	7

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