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MentionsAPI compared with XCrap
DetailMentionsAPI logo MentionsAPIXCrap logo XCrap
What it doesBrand visibility API for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity Free API to read X posts, threads and profiles as Markdown or JSON without login or API key
StageStartup Not given
Founded2026 2023
Based inNot given FR
Pricing modelNot given Free
PricingFree: 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). No charge. Funded by donations. Rate limits are applied per IP address and per endpoint: 45 requests per minute for single posts and profiles, 15 per minute for threads and timelines, 20 per minute for media, 4 history exports and 6 bulk requests every five minutes, 10 searches every fifteen minutes
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
  • Single posts with full metrics: likes, reposts, replies, quotes, bookmarks and views
  • Thread unrolling by stitching timeline with conversation ID
  • Direct media downloads at every bitrate X encoded
  • Bulk processing: up to fifty posts in one request
  • Five output formats: JSON, Markdown, YAML, CSV, HTML
  • MCP server integration for Claude and Cursor
  • Full-text search with X search operators
  • Markdown token counting via x-markdown-tokens header
  • No authentication required: works with bare post IDs or x.com and twitter.com links
  • Multiple integrations: SDK, OpenAPI spec, skill file, MCP server
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
  • Completely free with no sign-up, API key generation or credit card required
  • Works with any AI agent without needing credentials to store or rotate
  • No data storage: posts cached five days only, media streamed through disk
  • Works even when X's official API is unavailable via four fallback sources behind each endpoint
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)4 −1 (down) since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)40
Citation Flow (Majestic)2414
Referring domains (Majestic)374

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