MentionsAPI vs YTAPI

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MentionsAPI compared with YTAPI
Detail	MentionsAPI	YTAPI
What it does	Brand visibility API for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity	Transcript API for YouTube videos with 644 ms median response time
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).	Free plan: 200 credits on signup, no card required. Starter: 2,000 credits for $9 (5 req/s, 300 RPM). Standard: 10,000 credits for $29 (10 req/s, 600 RPM). Best Value: 50,000 credits for $79 (50 req/s, 3,000 RPM). Enterprise: custom pricing. Each successful API response costs 1 credit; errors and fa
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	644 ms median response time on uncached videos Word-level timestamps for auto-generated captions Multiple transcript formats: Markdown, SRT, VTT, JSON Support for videos with no prior requests or cache Chrome extension for in-video transcript viewing Bulk export of channel and playlist transcripts up to 5,000 videos Batch API for up to 100 videos in parallel YouTube search, channel and playlist APIs Video comments and most replayed moments SDKs for Python, TypeScript, and 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	No Google Cloud project or YouTube Data API quota required Fast performance on uncached videos with automatic retry logic Credits never expire Integrated tools for transcripts, metadata, search, and video details in one API key
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	4 −1 (down) since last check	5 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	4	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	24	24
Referring domains (Majestic)	37	19

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