Mentionary review (2026): is it worth $79 a month, billed yearly?
Tracks brand mentions, citations and rivals in AI chat answers
Mentionary report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 24, 2026
Best for finding the sources AI answers cite
Mentionary tracks your prompts on AI assistants, shows which outside sites the answers lean on, and scores your own pages for content gaps. But Starter scans 20 prompts weekly on 3 platforms the pricing page doesn't name, monthly scans are capped, and daily scans and the API wait for the $799 Agency plan.
Who Mentionary is for
- Fits if you want to find which outside sites AI answers rely on in your market
- Works for small marketing teams starting out, with a 14-day trial and no card
Who Mentionary is not for
- Skip it if you need daily tracking, as Starter and Professional scan weekly and daily scans come with Agency
- Watch out: the pricing page doesn't say which 3 platforms Starter covers or which 5 Professional does
- Pricey if you need the API, which starts at Agency for $799 a month billed yearly
- Tight if you watch more than two rivals, as Starter allows 2 competitors and 200 scans a month
Why Mentionary gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyStarter is $79 a month billed yearly, $99 monthly, for 20 prompts scanned weekly on 3 platforms. That's between this category's $49 middle and its dearer quarter at $95, for a small, weekly allowance. Daily scans start at Agency, $799.
- CFree plan and trialNo free plan, but a 14-day free trial of any paid plan with no card needed.
- CFeaturesMention rate, position and sentiment, prompt suggestions, cited sources with an authority score, competitor benchmarks with a SWOT, and content gap scoring. The gaps the listing names: weekly scans below Agency, and the plans don't say which platforms they cover.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. It suggests prompts, but you still pick prompts and rivals, and every plan caps scans, one prompt on one platform each.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with no integrations listed. Lower plans get data exports only, and the API starts at Agency for $799 a month.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Mentionary's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Mentionary's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 29 of the 157 other AI search visibility tools we grade, and level with 38.
Its paid plans start at $79 a month, against a middle price of $59 for the category: 77 of the 128 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 60 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 158 AI search visibility tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Mentionary’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 19 of 157, level with 100
- CFree plan and trialAbove 63 of 157, level with 88
- CFeaturesAbove 6 of 157, level with 118
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 157, level with 145
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 157, level with 50
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 131 AI search visibility tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Mentionary, or make your own?
Keep it
Nothing Mentionary does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 4 things listed below take a company.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 90 of the 157 other AI search visibility tools grade higher. It costs $948 a year.
What you could not
- The same prompts asked of ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI answers every day, and the answers kept.
- A score built from what the top results for each keyword cover.
- An API that other software can build on.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on.
What this rests on. Mentionary’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Mentionary?
Mentionary monitors how AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity mention a brand when asked set prompts, and compares that with its competitors. It also tracks the outside sources those answers cite and scores the brand's own pages for content gaps. Plans are sold by the number of prompts tracked and scans run each month.
Worth knowing
- There is no free plan, and each plan caps monthly scans; one scan is one prompt run on one platform.
- Starter covers 3 platforms and Professional 5, but the pricing page does not say which ones; the platform page lists six, including Copilot and You.com.
- API access starts at the Agency plan, $799 a month billed annually; lower plans get data exports only.
- Starter and Professional scan weekly; daily scans come with Agency.
Key features
- Prompt tracking
- Runs tracked prompts on AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity and records mention rate, position and sentiment, weekly on the lower plans.
- Prompt suggestions
- Predicts the prompts prospects are likely to ask while researching a purchase, labeled by role and type, such as comparison or niche questions.
- Citation source tracking
- Shows which outside sites, such as Reddit, Trustpilot or blogs, AI answers rely on in your category, with an authority score for each source.
- Competitor benchmarking
- Share of voice, head-to-head comparisons and a SWOT analysis against 2 to 50 competitors depending on the plan.
- Content gap analysis
- Scores your pages on quality metrics, 5 on Starter and 15 from Professional, and suggests missing information that could get them cited.
- Exports and API
- Every paid plan can export its data. Agency adds full API access, and Enterprise adds SSO and custom integrations.
Mentionary pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, Mentionary is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $79 per month for 20 prompts, billed annually ($99 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $79 per month for 20 prompts, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial of any paid plan, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $79per month for 20 prompts, billed annually ($99 billed monthly) | 200 scans a month on 3 AI platforms, scanned weekly, 2 competitors and 3 team members. |
| Professional | $239per month for 100 prompts, billed annually ($299 billed monthly) | 1,500 scans a month on 5 platforms, weekly scans, 8 competitors, 10 team members and priority support. |
| Agency | $799per month for 500 prompts, billed annually ($999 billed monthly) | 10,000 scans a month on all platforms plus custom models, 50 competitors, 50 team members and full API access. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Unlimited prompts, scans, competitors and team members, SSO, custom integrations and a dedicated AEO strategist. |
Read from mentionary.ai on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Mentionary before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 20% with annual billing
Mentionary's pricing page lists 20% off with annual billing, for example Professional at $239 a month instead of $299.
Stated on mentionary.ai - NonprofitSpecial pricing for schools and nonprofits
The pricing FAQ asks educational institutions and nonprofits to contact Mentionary about special pricing; no figure is given.
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Common questions
Does Mentionary have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Mentionary is listed for Web.
Does Mentionary have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Mentionary is listed for Web.
Is Mentionary open source?
Mentionary is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does Mentionary have an API?
Yes. Mentionary offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
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