MentionsAPI vs Vid Kraken

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MentionsAPI compared with Vid Kraken
Detail	MentionsAPI	Vid Kraken
What it does	Brand visibility API for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity	YouTube download API for developers that handles bot detection and returns ready-to-use MP4 or audio files
Stage	Startup	Not given
Founded	2026	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
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).	Starter: $99/month (400 GB bandwidth, $0.25 per GB); Growth: $399/month (2 TB bandwidth, $0.20 per GB); Scale: $1,499/month (10 TB bandwidth, $0.15 per GB). Additional usage charged at $0.50, $0.40, or $0.30 per extra GB respectively. Pay-as-you-go from one-time $49 startup fee. Custom plans with co
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	MP4 video download up to 4K (1080p, 720p, 480p, 360p, 4K on request) with H.264 default codec Direct HTTPS download links for immediate use or streaming REST API with async job queue that scales from first request to high-volume production MCP server for AI agents including Claude Clear machine-readable error codes for videos that cannot be downloaded
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	99.995% download success rate over last 30 days, published live daily per video Automatically handles YouTube bot detection without requiring cookie management or proxy rotation Pay for bandwidth only with no per-download fees, failed downloads are free
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	4 −1 (down) since last check	13 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	4	11
Citation Flow (Majestic)	24	30
Referring domains (Majestic)	37	56

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