# ForgeMesh, pay as you go, x402, POST /v1/authority-compare: Domain authority API

> Compare open-web authority for 2 to 20 domains

ForgeMesh's x402 plan for the domain authority API costs $1.00 per 1,000 domains. ForgeMesh's docs list 1 of the 5 fields on our checklist: Authority score.
We haven't run ForgeMesh through [our domain authority API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-authority-api.txt) yet.
Half of the 227 plans we rank by price cost $3.98 per 1,000 domains or less. This plan costs less per 1,000 domains than 75% of the 227 plans.
[Morningscore's $69 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/morningscore/69-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 domains. Morningscore's domain authority API costs nothing beyond the plan price.
[BacklinkMCP's $19 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/backlinkmcp/19-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of domains. BacklinkMCP's $19 monthly plan costs less up front than Morningscore's $69 monthly plan.
[BacklinkMCP](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/backlinkmcp/19-monthly/llms.txt), [Tranco](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/tranco/free/llms.txt) and [Morningscore](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/morningscore/69-monthly/llms.txt) are the best domain authority API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/forgemesh/pay-as-you-go-x402-post-v1-authority-compare
- [Domain authority API: the 16 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-authority-api.txt)
- Get it: https://seo.forgemesh.io/menu?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://seo.forgemesh.io/v1/authority-compare`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://seo.forgemesh.io/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- Sold by: ForgeMesh (https://forgemesh.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 20%
- Authority score: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 domains: $1.00
- Per: result
- Billing: pay as you go

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## In their words

- Their pitch: Compare open-web authority for 2 to 20 domains

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Do not use the Services to scan, probe or act on systems you do not own or have permission to test, to violate any law or third-party right, to send spam, to circumvent rate limits or payment, or to attack, overload or reverse-engineer our infrastructure.

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 2 to 20

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: domains
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/authority-compare

## About the plan

- Plan: x402
- Who can get it: anyone with USDC on Base (no account or API key)

## The only field the plan's answer can hold

domain authority score

## ForgeMesh's plans (1)

- [ForgeMesh, pay as you go, x402, POST /v1/authority-compare](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/forgemesh/pay-as-you-go-x402-post-v1-authority-compare/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 20% complete, stored

## ForgeMesh's calls for this API (2)

- `POST /v1/authority-compare`: [ForgeMesh, pay as you go, x402, POST /v1/authority-compare](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/forgemesh/pay-as-you-go-x402-post-v1-authority-compare/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/domain-authority`: [ForgeMesh, pay as you go, x402, GET /v1/domain-authority](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/forgemesh/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-domain-authority/llms.txt)

## ForgeMesh's APIs (2)

- [ForgeMesh: domain authority API pricing, 1 plan, POST /v1/authority-compare](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/forgemesh/pay-as-you-go-x402-post-v1-authority-compare/llms.txt)
- [ForgeMesh: related keywords API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/query-expand](https://datacircle.dev/related-keywords-apis/forgemesh/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-query-expand/llms.txt)
- [ForgeMesh: related keywords API pricing, 1 plan, POST /v1/keyword-opportunity](https://datacircle.dev/related-keywords-apis/forgemesh/pay-as-you-go-x402-post-v1-keyword-opportunity/llms.txt)

## ForgeMesh: domain authority API alternatives

- [AIsa, free, Starter, POST /apis/v1/dataforseo/backlinks/summary/live](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/aisa/free-starter-post-apis-v1-dataforseo-backlinks-summary-live/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, stored
- [DataForSEO, top-up from $50, Pay as you go, POST /v3/backlinks/bulk_ranks/live](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/dataforseo/top-up-from-50-pay-as-you-go-post-v3-backlinks-bulk-ranks-live/llms.txt): $0.036 per 1,000, 20% complete, stored
- [DomDetailer, $148 pack](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/domdetailer/148-pack/llms.txt): $0.987 per 1,000, 60% complete, stored
- [PR-CY, ₽99,900 yearly, Agency, GET /api/v1.1.0/analysis/base/{domain}](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/pr-cy/99900-yearly-get-api-v1-1-0-analysis-base-domain/llms.txt): $3.681 per 1,000, 40% complete, stored

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-07.

- https://forgemesh.io/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- https://seo.forgemesh.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- https://seo.forgemesh.io/.well-known/agent-card.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- https://seo.forgemesh.io/.well-known/crawler-profile.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- https://seo.forgemesh.io/.well-known/x402.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- https://seo.forgemesh.io/capabilities?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- https://seo.forgemesh.io/menu?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- https://seo.forgemesh.io/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing