MentionsAPI vs Desearch

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MentionsAPI compared with Desearch
Detail	MentionsAPI	Desearch
What it does	Brand visibility API for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity	Web search API for AI agents that returns current, source-linked context
Stage	Startup	Not given
Founded	2026	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	Not given	Paid
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).	New accounts get $5 in API credits after attaching a card, then pay as you go. AI Search $0.40 per 1,000 items; Web Search $1.00 per 1,000 searches; Extract $0.50 per 1,000 pages; X Search $0.15 per 1,000 posts. X Profile Search $25.00 per 1,000 profiles; YouTube Creator Search $10.00 per 1,000 crea
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	AI Search with summaries and cited sources Web Search with SERP-style results Page extraction in text, markdown or HTML X (Twitter) search for posts, profiles, replies and trends People Search across X, YouTube, LinkedIn and TikTok Company Search and Company Enrich REST API, Python and JavaScript SDKs, and MCP server Source filtering by domain and platform Publication dates included when available SOC 2 Type II compliance and GDPR support
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	Built on decentralized Bittensor network for fresh, current web index Single API key covers all services: web, AI search, extraction and social Results packaged with source links and passages for agent verification Agents can set themselves up with one-line MCP server installation 99.1% reference page retrieval on SimpleQA Verified benchmark
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	4 −1 (down) since last check	30 +3 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	4	4
Citation Flow (Majestic)	24	34
Referring domains (Majestic)	37	175

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