# MentionsAPI, free: Perplexity scraper API

> Live capture of Perplexity's UI rendering for a query. Returns the full answer text, 5–10 inline citations, and 3–5 "related searches" fan-out queries — the data product real users see, not the API summary.

MentionsAPI's Perplexity scraper API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 answers. It returns 2 of the 10 key fields we check: Citations, Follow-up prompts.
We rank 49 plans by price. [PerceptLayer's $399 pack](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/perceptlayer/399-pack/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 answers: $0.798.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/free
- 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-perplexity-live
- Sold by: MentionsAPI (https://mentionsapi.com)
- Checked: 2026-11-01

## In the answer

- Completeness: 20%
- Citations: ✓
- Follow-up prompts: ✓

## 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:chatgpt_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 Perplexity's UI rendering for a query. Returns the full answer text, 5–10 inline citations, and 3–5 "related searches" fan-out queries — the data product real users see, not the API summary.

## 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 3 calls
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.17
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

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

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

brand mentioned, brand rank, mention context, citations, related prompts, answer text

## MentionsAPI's plans (15)

- [MentionsAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 20% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $3 pack](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/3-pack/llms.txt): $255.00 per 1,000, 20% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $4 pack](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/4-pack/llms.txt): $340.00 per 1,000, 20% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $15 pack](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/15-pack/llms.txt): $255.00 per 1,000, 20% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/20-pack/llms.txt): $340.00 per 1,000, 20% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $30 pack](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/30-pack/llms.txt): $255.00 per 1,000, 20% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $40 pack](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/40-pack/llms.txt): $340.00 per 1,000, 20% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $75 pack](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/75-pack/llms.txt): $255.00 per 1,000, 20% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $100 pack](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/100-pack/llms.txt): $340.00 per 1,000, 20% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $150 pack](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/150-pack/llms.txt): $255.00 per 1,000, 20% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $200 pack](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/200-pack/llms.txt): $340.00 per 1,000, 20% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $300 pack](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/300-pack/llms.txt): $255.00 per 1,000, 20% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $400 pack](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/400-pack/llms.txt): $340.00 per 1,000, 20% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $5 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/5-monthly/llms.txt): $425.00 per 1,000, 20% complete, live
- [MentionsAPI, $54 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/mentionsapi/54-yearly/llms.txt): $382.50 per 1,000, 20% complete, live

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

- `POST /v1/check`: [MentionsAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-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: Perplexity scraper API alternatives

- [Oxylabs, $500 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/oxylabs/500-monthly/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 70% complete, live
- [Bright Data, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/bright-data/top-up/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 60% complete, live
- [ScrapeBadger, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/scrapebadger/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 70% complete, live
- [cloro, $30 monthly, Lite, POST /v1/monitor/perplexity](https://datacircle.dev/perplexity-scraper-apis/cloro/30-monthly-lite-post-v1-monitor-perplexity/llms.txt): $4.80 per 1,000, 70% 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-perplexity-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