DataForSEO AI Optimization API review
Pay-as-you-go endpoints that scrape ChatGPT and Gemini from their web interfaces, query Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT and Perplexity through official APIs, and search a database of LLM mentions.
Our verdict
DataForSEO AI Optimization API
Ranked #37.7 out of 10
DataForSEO is the cheapest way we found to collect ChatGPT and Gemini answers at volume, at $1.20 per 1,000 on the standard queue, and it ships SDKs in four languages, webhooks and an MCP server. It returns answers, sources, brands and fan-out queries; share of voice, position and sentiment are left to you.
- Good fit if
- you have developers who will store and analyse raw answers and want the lowest cost per answer
- Look elsewhere if
- you want per-brand metrics ready to put in a report
Scores by criterion
- Engine coverage
- 5.0 / 10
- Data returned
- 5.6 / 10
- Price per 1,000 answers
- 10.0 / 10
- Integration
- 10.0 / 10
Strengths
- +$1.20 per 1,000 ChatGPT or Gemini answers on the standard queue
- +SDKs in Python, C#, TypeScript and Java; OpenAPI; MCP server
- +Webhooks and up to 100 tasks per call
- +Fan-out queries and ChatGPT shopping products
Limits
- –No share of voice, position or sentiment
- –$50 minimum payment
- –Interface scraping for ChatGPT and Gemini only
| Type | AI answer scraping API |
|---|---|
| Engines covered | ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews |
| Collection method | interface and official API, official model API, official API with web search |
| Data returned | raw answer, cited URLs, brand mentions, fan-out queries, shopping products |
| Pricing model | pay-as-you-go per task / per results page / per row |
| Entry price | $50, minimum payment |
| Price per 1,000 AI answers | $1.20 |
| Free trial | $1 free credit |
| Countries | not published |
| Delivery | sync and async, webhooks, batch |
| Official SDKs | Python, C#, TypeScript, Java |
| MCP server | yes |
| Resale / white label | not published |
Read next
- Best AI answer scraping APIs
Rankings
Sources
- dataforseo.com: ai optimization (opens in a new tab)
- docs.dataforseo.com: overview (opens in a new tab)
- dataforseo.com: faq (opens in a new tab)
- dataforseo.com: llm scraper (opens in a new tab)
- dataforseo.com: llm scraper vs llm responses how to choose the right ai data solution (opens in a new tab)
- docs.dataforseo.com: live (opens in a new tab)
- dataforseo.com: how the price for using llm responses endpoints is calculated (opens in a new tab)
- dataforseo.com: llm mentions api (opens in a new tab)