14 APIs ranked
Best AI answer scraping APIs
APIs that collect the raw answer of ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google’s AI results, with their sources, for teams that compute their own metrics.
By Mathias C.SEO consultant, and more recently GEO, at MentionBox
In short
- Prices start around one dollar per 1,000 answers on pay-as-you-go plans.
- Several vendors document that they run real browser sessions on the engine’s web interface.
Rank 1: API for GEO
Our pick · tested hands-onOur editorial pick after hands-on testing by Mathias C.: per-brand share of voice, position, sentiment and categorised sources in one response, pay as you go with no monthly minimum, resale allowed.
- +Strengths: Share of voice, position, sentiment, themes and per-brand perception in one response
- –Limits: Higher price per answer than scraping APIs: $13 per 1,000 at the first tier
Rank 2: DataForSEO AI Optimization API
Best scraping APIAI answer scraping API covering 5 of the 10 engines we track; returns raw answer, cited URLs, brand mentions, fan-out queries; $1.20 per 1,000 AI answers.
- +Strengths: $1.20 per 1,000 ChatGPT or Gemini answers on the standard queue
- –Limits: No share of voice, position or sentiment
from $50Published pricePricing checked October 23, 20267.7 out of 10Pricing on dataforseo.com (opens in a new tab)Read the reviewRank 3: cloro API
AI answer scraping API covering 6 of the 10 engines we track; returns raw answer, cited URLs, brand mentions, fan-out queries; $4 per 1,000 AI answers.
- +Strengths: Real browser sessions on six engines, method documented
- –Limits: No share of voice, position or sentiment
from $30/monthPublished pricePricing checked October 23, 20267.4 out of 10Pricing on cloro.dev (opens in a new tab)Read the reviewRank 4: Bright Data AI Scrapers
AI answer scraping API covering 6 of the 10 engines we track; returns raw answer, cited URLs, shopping products; $1.50 per 1,000 AI answers.
- +Strengths: Webhooks and batch jobs
- –Limits: No computed metrics: raw answers to analyse yourself
from $1.50Published pricePricing checked October 23, 20266.9 out of 10Pricing on brightdata.com (opens in a new tab)Read the reviewRank 5: Apify AI scrapers
AI answer scraping API covering 6 of the 10 engines we track; returns raw answer, cited URLs; $1 per 1,000 AI answers.
- +Strengths: Webhooks and batch jobs
- –Limits: No computed metrics: raw answers to analyse yourself
from $19/monthPublished pricePricing checked October 23, 20266.6 out of 10Pricing on apify.com (opens in a new tab)Read the reviewRank 6: Scrapeless AI Scraper
AI answer scraping API covering 7 of the 10 engines we track; returns raw answer, cited URLs, fan-out queries, shopping products; $5 per 1,000 AI answers.
- +Strengths: Covers 7 of the 10 engines we track
- –Limits: No computed metrics: raw answers to analyse yourself
Rank 7: Decodo Web Data API (LLM)
AI answer scraping API covering 4 of the 10 engines we track; returns raw answer, cited URLs, shopping products; $1 per 1,000 AI answers.
- +Strengths: Webhooks and batch jobs
- –Limits: No computed metrics: raw answers to analyse yourself
from $19/monthPublished pricePricing checked October 23, 20266.4 out of 10Pricing on help.decodo.com (opens in a new tab)Read the reviewRank 8: Oxylabs Web Scraper API (LLM)
AI answer scraping API covering 5 of the 10 engines we track; returns raw answer, cited URLs, shopping products; $1.50 per 1,000 AI answers.
- +Strengths: Webhooks and batch jobs
- –Limits: No computed metrics: raw answers to analyse yourself
from $30/monthPublished pricePricing checked October 23, 20266.2 out of 10Pricing on oxylabs.io (opens in a new tab)Read the reviewRank 9: Nimble AI templates
AI answer scraping API covering 5 of the 10 engines we track; returns raw answer, cited URLs; $3 per 1,000 AI answers.
- +Strengths: MCP server for AI agents
- –Limits: No computed metrics: raw answers to analyse yourself
from $3Published pricePricing checked October 23, 20265.7 out of 10Pricing on nimbleway.com (opens in a new tab)Read the reviewRank 10: ScraperAPI AI Results
AI answer scraping API covering 4 of the 10 engines we track; returns raw answer, cited URLs; $12.25 per 1,000 AI answers.
- +Strengths: Webhooks and batch jobs
- –Limits: No computed metrics: raw answers to analyse yourself
from $49/monthPublished pricePricing checked October 23, 20265.1 out of 10Pricing on scraperapi.com (opens in a new tab)Read the reviewRank 11: SearchApi AI APIs
AI answer scraping API covering 6 of the 10 engines we track; returns raw answer, cited URLs, fan-out queries, shopping products; $4 per 1,000 AI answers.
- +Strengths: Includes fan-out queries
- –Limits: No computed metrics: raw answers to analyse yourself
from $40/monthPublished pricePricing checked October 23, 20265.0 out of 10Pricing on searchapi.io (opens in a new tab)Read the reviewRank 12: ScrapingBee AI APIs
AI answer scraping API covering 4 of the 10 engines we track; returns raw answer, cited URLs, fan-out queries; $3.80 per 1,000 AI answers.
- +Strengths: Includes fan-out queries
- –Limits: No computed metrics: raw answers to analyse yourself
from $19/monthPublished pricePricing checked October 23, 20264.7 out of 10Pricing on scrapingbee.com (opens in a new tab)Read the reviewRank 13: Scrapingdog AI APIs
AI answer scraping API covering 3 of the 10 engines we track; returns raw answer, cited URLs, shopping products; $2 per 1,000 AI answers.
- +Strengths: MCP server for AI agents
- –Limits: No computed metrics: raw answers to analyse yourself
from $40/monthPublished pricePricing checked October 23, 20264.7 out of 10Pricing on scrapingdog.com (opens in a new tab)Read the reviewRank 14: HasData AI APIs
AI answer scraping API covering 4 of the 10 engines we track; returns raw answer, cited URLs, shopping products; $2.45 per 1,000 AI answers.
- +Strengths: MCP server for AI agents
- –Limits: No computed metrics: raw answers to analyse yourself
from $49/monthPublished pricePricing checked October 23, 20264.5 out of 10Pricing on hasdata.com (opens in a new tab)Read the review
Engines covered, API by API
| Name | ChatGPT | Perplexity | Gemini | AI Overviews | AI Mode | Copilot | Claude | Grok | DeepSeek | Meta AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| API for GEO | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered |
| DataForSEO AI Optimization API | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Not covered | Not covered | Covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered |
| cloro API | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered |
| Bright Data AI Scrapers | Covered | Covered | Covered | Not covered | Covered | Covered | Not covered | Covered | Not covered | Not covered |
| Apify AI scrapers | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered |
| Scrapeless AI Scraper | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Not covered | Covered | Not covered | Not covered |
| Decodo Web Data API (LLM) | Covered | Covered | Covered | Not covered | Covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered |
| Oxylabs Web Scraper API (LLM) | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered |
| Nimble AI templates | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Covered | Not covered | Not covered |
| ScraperAPI AI Results | Covered | Covered | Covered | Not covered | Covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered |
| SearchApi AI APIs | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered |
| ScrapingBee AI APIs | Covered | Not covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered |
| Scrapingdog AI APIs | Covered | Not covered | Not covered | Covered | Covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered |
| HasData AI APIs | Covered | Covered | Not covered | Covered | Covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered |
Engines listed on each vendor’s own pages, checked on 23 October 2026. For API for GEO, Gemini, AI Overviews, DeepSeek and Meta AI were confirmed in our hands-on test on 26 October 2026. A dashed square means the vendor does not publish its list.
Price per 1,000 AI answers
- $1
Starter plan
- $1
$19 plan plan
DataForSEO AI Optimization API
$1.20- $1.50
- $1.50
Starter plan
- $2
Lite plan
- $2.45
Startup plan
- $3
- $3.80
Hobby plan
- $4
Lite plan
- $4
Developer plan
- $5
- $12.25
Hobby plan
- $13
Computed from each vendor’s cheapest plan that includes the API, one answer being one prompt on one engine. Scraping APIs return the raw answer; GEO APIs include computed metrics; for platforms we assume daily runs. US dollar prices only; euro and pound prices are on each review. Checked on 23 October 2026.
Sources
- apiforgeo.com: home page (computed layer, endpoints, pricing) (opens in a new tab)
- dataforseo.com: ai optimization (opens in a new tab)
- cloro.dev: pricing (opens in a new tab)
- brightdata.com: web scraper (opens in a new tab)
- apify.com: pricing (opens in a new tab)
- scrapeless.com: pricing (opens in a new tab)
- help.decodo.com: web data api billing (opens in a new tab)
- oxylabs.io: web scraper api (opens in a new tab)
- nimbleway.com: pricing (opens in a new tab)
- scraperapi.com: pricing (opens in a new tab)