Updated October 23, 2026
API for GEO vs cloro
Ten engines against six: computed metrics and resale on one side, documented browser sessions in 250 countries on the other.
By Mathias C.SEO consultant, and more recently GEO, at MentionBox
In short
- API for GEO covers all ten engines we track, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek and Meta AI included; cloro lists six, Gemini and AI Overviews among them.
- API for GEO computes share of voice, position and sentiment; cloro returns raw answers.
- cloro documents its browser sessions and covers 250 countries; API for GEO publishes 40+.
| Criterion | API for GEO | cloro API |
|---|---|---|
| Price per 1,000 AI answers | $13 | $4 (advantage) |
| Coverage | 10 of 10 (advantage) | 6 of 10 |
| Data returned | Answer, categorised sources, share of voice, position, sentiment, themes and perception, fan-out, shopping, YouTube citations (advantage) | Answer, sources, entities, fan-out, shopping |
| Collection method | Native execution on each engine (vendor statement) | Real browser sessions, logged out |
| Countries | 40+ | 250 (advantage) |
| Free trial | Sandbox project | 500 free credits per month (advantage) |
| Resale / white label | Allowed (advantage) | Forbidden by the terms |
| Type | GEO metrics API | AI answer scraping API |
| Engines covered | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Claude, Copilot, Grok (listed by the vendor); Gemini, Google AI Overviews, DeepSeek, Meta AI (confirmed in our hands-on test on 26 October 2026) | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews |
| Pricing model | credits (pay-as-you-go, volume tiers) | credits (monthly subscription plans) |
| Entry price | $0.013, pay as you go (0–50k credits/month) | $30/month (Lite plan) |
| Delivery | sync and async, webhooks, batch | sync and async, webhooks, batch |
| Official SDKs | official SDKs (confirmed in our hands-on test on 26 October 2026; languages not published) | Python, TypeScript |
| MCP server | yes | yes |
Highlighted: the advantage on this criterion. 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.
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 |
| cloro API | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | 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.
Which engines does each one cover?
API for GEO lists ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Claude, Copilot and Grok, and our hands-on test confirmed Gemini, Google AI Overviews, DeepSeek and Meta AI. cloro lists ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot, Gemini, Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews, and stopped Grok on 15 October 2026.
How do they price an answer?
cloro’s Lite plan costs $30 a month for 37,500 credits; a ChatGPT answer on the async queue costs 5 credits, which makes $4 for 1,000 answers. API for GEO charges one credit per answer at $0.013, which makes $13 for 1,000, metrics included.
Choose API for GEO if…
you need Claude, Grok, DeepSeek or Meta AI and want per-brand metrics computed and resellable
Choose cloro API if…
you need 250 countries and will analyse raw answers yourself
Frequently asked questions
Does cloro compute share of voice?
No. Its documented response has the answer, sources, entities, fan-out queries and shopping cards, without share of voice or sentiment.