MentionsAPI vs RenderIO

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MentionsAPI compared with RenderIO
Detail	MentionsAPI	RenderIO
What it does	Brand visibility API for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity	FFmpeg API for developers to run any FFmpeg command via REST API at scale
Stage	Startup	Startup
Founded	2026	2025
Based in	Not given	EE
Pricing model	Not given	Free trial
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).	Starter $12/month (500 commands, 1 min max per command, up to 2 chained commands, 5 GB storage); Growth $39/month (1,000 commands, 5 min max per command, up to 5 chained commands, 10 GB storage); Business $99/month (20,000 commands, 90 min max per command, up to 20 chained commands, 200 GB storage).
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	Run any FFmpeg 7.x command via REST API Native n8n integration Native Zapier integration Async processing with polling or webhooks Automatic metadata extraction with ffprobe Isolated sandbox execution Zero egress fees for downloads
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	No server management required; runs entirely on Cloudflare edge network with no cold starts or timeouts Zero egress fees for all downloads; process as many times as needed at no additional cost Native integrations with n8n and Zapier; no code required for workflow automation Predictable usage-based pricing; never cut off if you exceed limits, only pay for overage
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	4 −1 (down) since last check	32 −1 (down) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	4	13
Citation Flow (Majestic)	24	36
Referring domains (Majestic)	37	244

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