ListBrew vs MentionAgent (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, MentionAgent grades higher than ListBrew: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
MentionAgent grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
ListBrew
Finds listicles that feature rivals but not you, with editor contacts
MentionAgent
AI agent that finds blogs, pitches editors and sends from an inbox
Which one is for you
Pick ListBrew if
- Fits if your competitors appear on best-of lists and you don't
- Works for SaaS and ecommerce brands building listicle target lists
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want pitches sent from the same tool, as outreach is still listed as coming soon
- Tight if you're staying free, as the 50 credits are a one-time grant that doesn't renew
- Pricey if you track Gemini or Perplexity citations, which need Pro at $99 a month
- Watch out: credits go per keyword, results depth, AI engine per prompt and contact found
- Too light for link building beyond listicles, comparisons and alternatives pages
Pick MentionAgent if
- Fits if you want blog mentions without running outreach by hand
- Works for brands that want their own domain kept out of cold email
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you're willing to pay for placements, as it turns those sites down
- Tight if you need volume soon: a new inbox starts at 5 emails a day and reaches 40 in week four
- Pricey if you run several sites, at $99 a month per extra site and $80 a month per extra inbox
- Not for you if you want a free plan: sign-up gives 50 credits once, about 25 drafts
- Too light for content, audits or keyword research, as it only does off-page outreach
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAListBrewFair | 2.2GPAMentionAgentFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CSolo is $49 a month for 100 credits, the middle of this category. Gemini and Perplexity citations need Pro at $99, and credits are spent per keyword, engine, prompt and contact. | CStarter is $99 a month for 1 site, 1 inbox and 5,000 credits, the top of this category's usual range. Extra inboxes are $80 a month each and extra client sites $99 each. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan with 50 credits and every feature, no card needed. The credits are one-time and don't renew, so in practice it's a trial. | CNo free plan, but 50 credits on sign-up with no card, about 25 drafts. Paid plans carry a 14-day money-back guarantee. |
| Features | CListicle discovery, AI citation checks, Google rank and domain data, an editor finder through Hunter.io and Apollo, and a check for existing mentions. It does listicle prospecting fully, but that's a smaller job, and outreach is still coming soon. | CBlog prospecting, verified editor emails, a pitch per post, its own sending domain and inbox, replies and follow-ups, and AI visibility checks. The gap: it turns down sites that ask for payment, so it trades mentions rather than buying links. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You enter keywords and rivals and spend credits per search, engine and contact, which takes some working out. | CNo rating on record. It sets up the domain and inbox itself, but you approve drafts by default, and a new inbox takes four weeks to reach 40 emails a day. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with Hunter and Apollo for contact data and CSV export. No API or built-in sending on record. | BWeb only. An MCP server lets Claude, Cursor or Codex review drafts and replies, and it works with Telegram and Gmail. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | finding best-of lists your rivals are on | blog mentions without paying for links |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: ListBrew and MentionAgent. How we grade
Price against what you get
ListBrew starts at $49 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. MentionAgent starts at $99 a month and scores 2.3.
MentionAgent scores higher, and starts $50 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other link building tools on the chart, 12 score higher than ListBrew for less, and 3 score higher than MentionAgent for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- MentionAgent also covers AI agents and inbox warm-up.
At a glance
| ListBrew | MentionAgent | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $49 per month for 100 credits, billed monthly | $99 per month for 1 site and 1 sending inbox, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | Free plan with 50 one-time credits and every feature; the credits do not renew. No credit card needed | 50 free credits on sign-up, enough for about 25 drafts; no credit card needed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | SDN Software Services Ltd | MentionAgent |
| Price read from | listbrew.ai | mentionagent.ai |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
ListBrew
- Email outreach, the AI pitch writer and email rotation are listed as coming soon, so pitches go out from your own tools for now.
- Gemini and Perplexity citations need Pro at $99 a month; Solo covers Google, AI Overviews and ChatGPT only.
- Credits are spent per keyword, per results depth, per AI engine per prompt and per contact found, at 0.25 credits each.
- The free plan's 50 credits are a one-time grant; extra credits can be bought at any time.
MentionAgent
- There is no free plan: sign-up gives 50 credits once, and paid plans carry a 14-day money-back guarantee.
- A new inbox starts at 5 emails a day and reaches 40 in week four; one site tops out at 80 a day unless extra inboxes are added at $80 a month each.
- Extra client sites cost $99 a month each, with their own inbox and 5,000 credits; credits pay for drafts at 2 per outreach or reply email.
- It covers off-page outreach only: it does not write content, audit sites or research keywords, and it turns down sites that ask for payment.
Key features
ListBrew
- Listicle discovery
- Scans for listicles, comparisons and alternatives pages where competitors appear and you do not, with filters for domain authority, traffic and relevance.
- AI citation check
- Shows which pages are cited by AI engines. Solo covers Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT; Pro and Agency add Gemini and Perplexity.
- Google rank and domain data
- Each opportunity shows its Google ranking position, domain rank and domain traffic.
- Contact finder
- Search a site's editors, content managers and writers by job title through Hunter.io and Apollo data, or add contacts by hand.
- Mentions and links check
- Checks whether your brand is already mentioned or linked on a page, so only missing placements are shown.
MentionAgent
- Blog prospecting and qualification
- The agent works out what your site sells, searches for blog posts on that subject and checks each domain's authority and relevance before drafting anything.
- Contact lookup and verification
- For each post it finds the editor or author and verifies the email address before sending, to keep bounce rates down.
- Pitches written per post
- Each email is drafted about the specific article found. Drafts wait for your approval by default; auto-send can be switched on once warmup has started.
- Sending domain and inbox included
- It registers a separate sending domain, sets up a Gmail inbox on it and warms it up, so your own domain never sends cold email. The domain is transferred to you free on request.
- Replies, follow-ups and deals
- It follows up on quiet threads, drafts answers to editors, proposes the exact sentence to add once a deal is agreed and records the link when it goes live.
- AI visibility checks and MCP
- Twice a month it asks ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini buyer questions and shows answers that mention you. An MCP server lets Claude, Cursor or Codex review drafts and replies.
Plans
ListBrew
Free$0
50 one-time credits with all AI engines, contact data and the mentions and links check.
Solo$49
per month for 100 credits, billed monthly
1 team member. Google results, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT citations, contact data and CSV export.
Pro$99
per month for 300 credits, billed monthly
3 team members. Adds Gemini and Perplexity citations to everything in Solo.
Agency$199
per month for 700 credits, billed monthly
10 team members, with the same search engines and features as Pro.
MentionAgent
Starter$99
per month for 1 site and 1 sending inbox, billed monthly
Up to 40 outreach emails a day once the inbox is warmed up, and 5,000 credits a month, about 2,500 drafts.
Growth$179
per month for 1 site and 2 sending inboxes, billed monthly
Up to 80 outreach emails a day for one site and 10,000 credits a month.
Scale$329
per month for 2 sites and 4 sending inboxes, billed monthly
Up to 160 outreach emails a day across two sites and 20,000 credits a month.
Agency$629
per month for 4 sites and 8 sending inboxes, billed monthly
Up to 320 outreach emails a day across four sites and 40,000 credits a month.
Ways to pay less
ListBrew
- Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
ListBrew's pricing page marks yearly billing as 2 months free compared with paying monthly.
MentionAgent
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, ListBrew or MentionAgent?
As of Oct 23, 2026, ListBrew is cheaper to start with: $49 a month, against $99 a month for MentionAgent. ListBrew starts at $49 per month for 100 credits, billed monthly, and MentionAgent starts at $99 per month for 1 site and 1 sending inbox, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, ListBrew or MentionAgent?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither ListBrew nor MentionAgent has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.