12 APIs ranked
Cheapest AI visibility APIs per 1,000 answers
AI visibility APIs ranked by their published price for 1,000 AI answers, from the cheapest, in US dollars.
By Mathias C.SEO consultant, and more recently GEO, at MentionBox
In short
- The cheapest options are scraping APIs; computed metrics cost more per answer.
- Minimum payments and monthly plans change the real cost at low volume.
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: Not the cheapest: $13 per 1,000 answers ($7 at volume), against $0.75 for the next API
Rank 2: SERPHouse SERP API
Lowest priceSERP API with AI results covering 1 of the 10 engines we track; returns raw answer, cited URLs; $0.75 per 1,000 AI answers.
- +Strengths: MCP server for AI agents
- –Limits: Covers 1 of the 10 engines we track
from $29.99/monthPublished pricePricing checked October 23, 20265.0 out of 10Pricing on serphouse.com (opens in a new tab)Read the reviewRank 3: 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 4: 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 5: DataForSEO AI Optimization API
AI 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 reviewSERP API with AI results covering 2 of the 10 engines we track; returns raw answer, cited URLs, shopping products; $1.20 per 1,000 AI answers.
- +Strengths: Webhooks and batch jobs
- –Limits: Covers 2 of the 10 engines we track
from $50Published pricePricing checked October 23, 20266.3 out of 10Pricing on dataforseo.com (opens in a new tab)Read the reviewRank 7: 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 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: 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 10: 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 reviewRank 11: Rankability API
GEO platform with an API covering 10 of the 10 engines we track; returns raw answer, cited URLs, brand mentions, position; $2.94 per 1,000 AI answers.
- +Strengths: Covers 10 of the 10 engines we track
- –Limits: Collection method not published
from $97/monthPublished pricePricing checked October 23, 20267.4 out of 10Pricing on rankability.com (opens in a new tab)Read the reviewRank 12: 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 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 |
| SERPHouse SERP API | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered |
| Apify AI scrapers | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Not covered | Not 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 |
| DataForSEO AI Optimization API | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Not covered | Not covered | Covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered |
| DataForSEO SERP API (AI Overview, AI Mode) | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | Covered | Covered | Not 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 |
| Oxylabs Web Scraper API (LLM) | Covered | 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 |
| Rankability API | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered |
| Nimble AI templates | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Not covered | Not covered | Not covered | 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
- $0.75
Basic plan
- $1
Starter plan
- $1
$19 plan plan
DataForSEO AI Optimization API
$1.20DataForSEO SERP API (AI Overview, AI Mode)
$1.20- $1.50
- $1.50
Starter plan
- $2
Lite plan
- $2.45
Startup plan
- $2.94
Starter plan
- $3
- $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)
- serphouse.com: pricing (opens in a new tab)
- apify.com: pricing (opens in a new tab)
- help.decodo.com: web data api billing (opens in a new tab)
- dataforseo.com: ai optimization (opens in a new tab)
- dataforseo.com: google ai mode serp api (opens in a new tab)
- brightdata.com: web scraper (opens in a new tab)
- oxylabs.io: web scraper api (opens in a new tab)
- scrapingdog.com: pricing (opens in a new tab)
- hasdata.com: prices (opens in a new tab)