LLMrefs vs MentionBird (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, LLMrefs grades higher than MentionBird: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA
LLMrefs grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on value for money, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
LLMrefs
Keyword-based AI search visibility tracker with one flat plan
MentionBird
Daily AI prompt tracking with a ranked plan for each missed answer
Which one is for you
Pick LLMrefs if
- Fits if you already track SEO keywords and want the same lists checked in AI answers
- Works for agencies, since projects and seats are unlimited on one plan
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need daily data, as it refreshes about once a week per keyword
- Not for you if you need SSO, white-label reports or an enterprise tier, as none are listed
- Skip it if you need a price you can count on, as $79 is marked limited time only
- Watch out: no integrations are listed beyond the API and CSV export
Pick MentionBird if
- Fits if you sell in several countries and need answers per market
- Works for SaaS marketing teams tracking buying questions stage by stage
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to try it first, as there's no free plan or trial, only a free report on 5 ChatGPT questions
- Skip it if you need Perplexity or Claude under $249 a month, or Grok, AI Overviews, Copilot and DeepSeek without a custom plan
- Watch out: a run is one prompt on one platform once a day, unused runs don't roll over, and 50 more cost $49 a month
- Pricey if you lean on the ranking plans, which use 5 agent credits each, with 500 more at $99
How we grade them
| 2.2GPALLMrefsFair | 2.0GPAMentionBirdFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$79 a month for 500 prompts on every engine, with unlimited projects and seats. That's mid-range for this category, between $29 and $95. But the price is marked limited time only, with no end date or regular price given. | CStarter is $66 a month billed yearly, $79 monthly, for 100 runs a day on ChatGPT and Gemini. That's between this category's $49 middle and its dearer quarter at $95. Perplexity and Claude need Growth at $249, in the dearest tenth. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but a 7-day free trial, and signing up needs no credit card. | DNo free plan or trial. A free report checks 5 questions on ChatGPT only, which shows where you stand once. |
| Features | CFan-out prompts built from your keywords, share of voice and position across ChatGPT, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Grok, Copilot, Meta AI and DeepSeek, and cited sources in 50+ countries. The gap: data refreshes weekly, not daily. | CDaily runs per country, visibility and prominence scores, prompt research, sources with authority scores, and an agent that ranks 3 to 6 moves for each missed prompt. The gap the listing names: Starter covers only ChatGPT and Gemini. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Importing an SEO keyword list is a familiar start, but you still set up projects, countries and competitors before the rankings say much. | CNo rating on record. Runs come from one shared daily pool you split across prompts and platforms, and ranking plans spend agent credits, so there are allowances to manage. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app and no integrations on record. The one plan includes an API and CSV export. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. Every plan has read-only or read-write API keys, an MCP server for Claude, Claude Code and Cursor, and an OpenAPI spec for ChatGPT and Gemini. |
| Best for | tracking AI visibility by keyword, not prompt | daily prompts with a plan for each miss |
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: LLMrefs and MentionBird. How we grade
Price against what you get
LLMrefs starts at $79 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. MentionBird starts at $66 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and MentionBird starts $13 a month lower. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, 13 score higher than LLMrefs for less, and 11 score higher than MentionBird 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
- LLMrefs also covers reports.
- MentionBird also covers content optimization.
At a glance
| LLMrefs | MentionBird | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Paid |
| Starts at | $79 per month for 500 prompts | $66 per month for 100 runs a day, billed annually ($79 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial; signing up needs no credit card | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | LLMrefs | AdNabu Pte. Ltd. |
| Price read from | llmrefs.com | mentionbird.ai |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
LLMrefs
- There is one plan; the $79 price is labeled limited time only, with no end date or regular price given.
- Dashboard data refreshes at least once a week per keyword, not daily.
- The pricing page lists no enterprise tier, SSO or white-label options.
MentionBird
- There is no free plan or free trial; the free report checks five questions on ChatGPT only.
- Starter tracks only ChatGPT and Gemini; Perplexity and Claude need Growth, and Grok, AI Overviews, Copilot and DeepSeek need Custom.
- A run is one prompt on one platform once a day, unused runs do not roll over, and 50 extra runs cost $49 a month.
- Ranking plans spend agent credits, 5 per plan; extra credits cost $99 for 500.
Key features
LLMrefs
- Keyword-based tracking
- Import SEO keyword lists; LLMrefs generates fan-out prompts for each keyword from real AI conversations and aggregates the answers.
- Share of voice rankings
- Ranks brands against competitors per keyword by share of voice and average position, weighted across every prompt.
- Source and citation lists
- Shows and filters the URLs AI engines cite when answering about your products, to find content and outreach targets.
- Countries and languages
- Geo-targeted tracking in 50+ countries and 20+ languages, filterable by engine and country.
- Agency projects
- Unlimited projects and seats under one subscription, with client dashboards and keywords spread across projects.
- Free AI SEO tools
- An AI crawlability checker, a Reddit threads finder and an llms.txt generator come with the plan.
MentionBird
- Daily prompt runs
- Asks each prompt every day on the platforms you pick for it, from one shared daily pool of runs, and can target each prompt to a country.
- Visibility and prominence scores
- How often you are named, how high in the answer, average position, share of voice and rank among the brands named, with up to 365 days of history.
- Prompt research
- Suggests prompts across five kinds of buying question, from problem to head-to-head, and scores each from 1 to 10 for volume and difficulty.
- Sources and citations
- Lists the sites and pages each answer is built from, with an authority score, source and format breakdowns, and the keywords AI platforms search with.
- Ranking advice agent
- For a prompt you are missing from, suggests 3 to 6 moves ranked by effort and impact, at 5 agent credits per plan. It also summarizes cited YouTube videos.
- MCP server and API
- Connects to Claude, Claude Code and Cursor over MCP, and to ChatGPT and Gemini through an OpenAPI spec, with read-only or read-write keys on every plan.
Plans
LLMrefs
All in One$79
per month for 500 prompts
All AI engines, weekly reports, citations, 50+ countries, unlimited projects and users, CSV export and API. Marked limited time only.
MentionBird
Starter$66
per month for 100 runs a day, billed annually ($79 billed monthly)
ChatGPT and Gemini, 1 brand and 5 competitors, 10 team members and 100 agent credits a month. $790 billed yearly.
Growth$249
per month for 400 runs a day, billed annually ($299 billed monthly)
Adds Perplexity and Claude, 3 brands with 10 competitors each and 500 agent credits a month. $2,990 billed yearly.
CustomCustom
All 8 platforms including Grok, AI Overviews, Copilot and DeepSeek, as many runs, brands and seats as needed, and an account manager.
Ways to pay less
LLMrefs
No public discounts listed.
MentionBird
- Annual discount
Two months free with annual billing
MentionBird's pricing page prices annual plans at 10 months instead of 12: Starter is $790 a year and Growth $2,990.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, LLMrefs or MentionBird?
As of Oct 23, 2026, MentionBird is cheaper to start with: $66 a month, against $79 a month for LLMrefs. LLMrefs starts at $79 per month for 500 prompts, and MentionBird starts at $66 per month for 100 runs a day, billed annually ($79 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, LLMrefs or MentionBird?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither LLMrefs nor MentionBird has a free plan. LLMrefs has 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.