# MentionsAPI, free: ChatGPT scraper API

> Live capture of ChatGPT's UI answer. Surfaces three signals the official ChatGPT API doesn't expose: fan-out queries (the web-search expansions ChatGPT issues during reasoning), brand entities (the platform-recognized brand mentions in the answer), and inline citations.

MentionsAPI's ChatGPT scraper API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 answers. It returns 4 of the 12 key fields we check: Citations, Search queries, Brands, Ads.
We rank 100 plans by price. [Scrappa's $500 pack](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/scrappa/500-pack/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 answers: $0.238.
[Decodo](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/decodo/19-monthly/llms.txt), [DataForSEO](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/dataforseo/top-up-from-50-pay-as-you-go-post-v3-ai-optimization-chat-gpt-llm-scraper-live-advanced/llms.txt) and [Bright Data](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/bright-data/top-up/llms.txt) are the best ChatGPT scraper API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/free
- [Best ChatGPT scraper API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-chatgpt-scraper-api.txt)
- Get it: https://mentionsapi.com/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.mentionsapi.com/v1/check`
- API key: with the plan, on https://mentionsapi.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://mentionsapi.com/docs/api/check/mode-chatgpt-live
- Sold by: MentionsAPI (https://mentionsapi.com)
- Checked: 2026-11-01

## In the answer

- Completeness: 33%
- Citations: ✓
- Search queries: ✓
- Brands: ✓
- Ads: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 answers: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Repeat free: never
- Also pays for: from the same budget: mode:quick · mode:perplexity_live · mode:gemini_live · mode:ai_overview · mode:ai_mode · mode:bing_copilot · mode:all_live · POST /v1/discover · POST /v1/compare · POST /v1/ask · GET /v1/mentions/search · POST /v1/mentions/crawl

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Live capture of ChatGPT's UI answer. Surfaces three signals the official ChatGPT API doesn't expose: fan-out queries (the web-search expansions ChatGPT issues during reasoning), brand entities (the platform-recognized brand mentions in the answer), and inline citations.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Acceptable use: You will not (a) attempt to bypass rate limits, balance checks, or other technical controls, (b) resell raw responses without adding substantial value, (c) use the Service to generate or distribute content that is illegal, infringing, or violates the terms of any upstream LLM provider, (d) attempt to reverse-engineer credentials of the underlying scraping infrastructure.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 300 credits
- Enough for: about 8 calls
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.17
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query, brand, mode "chatgpt_live". Optional: region, include
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/check

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 8 fields the plan's answer can hold

brand mentioned, brand rank, mention context, citations, search queries, brands, ads, answer text

## MentionsAPI's plans (15)

- [MentionsAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $3 pack](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/3-pack/llms.txt): $105.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $4 pack](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/4-pack/llms.txt): $140.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $15 pack](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/15-pack/llms.txt): $105.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/20-pack/llms.txt): $140.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $30 pack](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/30-pack/llms.txt): $105.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $40 pack](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/40-pack/llms.txt): $140.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $75 pack](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/75-pack/llms.txt): $105.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $100 pack](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/100-pack/llms.txt): $140.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $150 pack](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/150-pack/llms.txt): $105.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $200 pack](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/200-pack/llms.txt): $140.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $300 pack](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/300-pack/llms.txt): $105.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $400 pack](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/400-pack/llms.txt): $140.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $5 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/5-monthly/llms.txt): $175.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $54 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/54-yearly/llms.txt): $157.50 per 1,000, 33% complete, live

## MentionsAPI's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /v1/check`: [MentionsAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/free/llms.txt)

## MentionsAPI's APIs (4)

- [MentionsAPI: Bing Copilot scraper API pricing, 15 plans](https://datacircle.dev/bing-copilot-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/free/llms.txt)
- [MentionsAPI: ChatGPT scraper API pricing, 15 plans](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/free/llms.txt)
- [MentionsAPI: Gemini scraper API pricing, 15 plans](https://datacircle.dev/gemini-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/free/llms.txt)
- [MentionsAPI: Perplexity scraper API pricing, 15 plans](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/free/llms.txt)

## MentionsAPI: ChatGPT scraper API alternatives

- [OpenWeb Ninja, pay as you go, POST /chatgpt/chat](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/openweb-ninja/pay-as-you-go-post-chatgpt-chat/llms.txt): $7.00 per 1,000, 25% complete, live
- [SearchApi, $80 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/searchapi/80-monthly/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 42% complete, live
- [cloro, $30 monthly, Lite, POST /v1/monitor/chatgpt, Extract ChatGPT, full](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/cloro/30-monthly-lite-post-v1-monitor-chatgpt-extract-chatgpt-full/llms.txt): $8.80 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [UnifAPI, top-up, Starter top-up](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/unifapi/top-up-starter-top-up/llms.txt): $30.00 per 1,000, 42% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-01.

- https://mentionsapi.com
- https://mentionsapi.com/docs/api/check
- https://mentionsapi.com/docs/api/check/mode-chatgpt-live
- https://mentionsapi.com/docs/billing
- https://mentionsapi.com/docs/rate-limits
- https://mentionsapi.com/docs/wallet
- https://mentionsapi.com/legal/terms
- https://mentionsapi.com/methodology
- https://mentionsapi.com/pricing