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Mention

Mention is a media monitoring and social listening platform that monitors over one billion sources in real-time across 42 languages. Its JSON-based RESTful API gives developers programmatic access to alerts, mentions, streaming data, and account management features.

Mention publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Accounts API, Alerts API, Authors API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Alerts, Brand Monitoring, Media Monitoring, and Social Listening.

Mention’s developer surface includes developer portal, signup flow, pricing, support, engineering blog, and 5 more developer resources.

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38.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
8 APIs
AlertsBrand MonitoringMedia MonitoringSocial Listening

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 38.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality 12.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.6 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 8

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Mention Accounts API

The Accounts API from Mention — 3 operation(s) for accounts.

Mention Alerts API

The Alerts API from Mention — 8 operation(s) for alerts.

Mention Authors API

The Authors API from Mention — 1 operation(s) for authors.

Mention Mentions API

The Mentions API from Mention — 6 operation(s) for mentions.

Mention Shares API

The Shares API from Mention — 1 operation(s) for shares.

Mention Stats API

The Stats API from Mention — 1 operation(s) for stats.

Mention Tags API

The Tags API from Mention — 1 operation(s) for tags.

Mention Tasks API

The Tasks API from Mention — 1 operation(s) for tasks.

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Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Mention API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Mention Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Mention Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Mention Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Mention Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Mention Agentic Access

37 operations · 20 acting

37 operations · 20 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal
 Signup
Signup
 Login
Login

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: mention
name: Mention
description: Mention is a media monitoring and social listening platform that monitors over one billion sources in real-time
  across 42 languages. Its JSON-based RESTful API gives developers programmatic access to alerts, mentions, streaming data,
  and account management features.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/mention.png
tags:
- Alerts
- Brand Monitoring
- Media Monitoring
- Social Listening
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mention/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: mention:mention-accounts-api
  name: Mention Accounts API
  description: The Accounts API from Mention — 3 operation(s) for accounts.
  humanURL: https://api.mention.com/
  baseURL: https://api.mention.com/api
  tags:
  - Accounts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/mention-accounts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.mention.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://en.support.mention.com/en/articles/1904644-api-access-explained
- aid: mention:mention-alerts-api
  name: Mention Alerts API
  description: The Alerts API from Mention — 8 operation(s) for alerts.
  humanURL: https://api.mention.com/
  baseURL: https://api.mention.com/api
  tags:
  - Alerts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/mention-alerts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.mention.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://en.support.mention.com/en/articles/1904644-api-access-explained
- aid: mention:mention-authors-api
  name: Mention Authors API
  description: The Authors API from Mention — 1 operation(s) for authors.
  humanURL: https://api.mention.com/
  baseURL: https://api.mention.com/api
  tags:
  - Authors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/mention-authors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.mention.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://en.support.mention.com/en/articles/1904644-api-access-explained
- aid: mention:mention-mentions-api
  name: Mention Mentions API
  description: The Mentions API from Mention — 6 operation(s) for mentions.
  humanURL: https://api.mention.com/
  baseURL: https://api.mention.com/api
  tags:
  - Mentions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/mention-mentions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.mention.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://en.support.mention.com/en/articles/1904644-api-access-explained
- aid: mention:mention-shares-api
  name: Mention Shares API
  description: The Shares API from Mention — 1 operation(s) for shares.
  humanURL: https://api.mention.com/
  baseURL: https://api.mention.com/api
  tags:
  - Shares
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/mention-shares-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.mention.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://en.support.mention.com/en/articles/1904644-api-access-explained
- aid: mention:mention-stats-api
  name: Mention Stats API
  description: The Stats API from Mention — 1 operation(s) for stats.
  humanURL: https://api.mention.com/
  baseURL: https://api.mention.com/api
  tags:
  - Stats
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/mention-stats-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.mention.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://en.support.mention.com/en/articles/1904644-api-access-explained
- aid: mention:mention-tags-api
  name: Mention Tags API
  description: The Tags API from Mention — 1 operation(s) for tags.
  humanURL: https://api.mention.com/
  baseURL: https://api.mention.com/api
  tags:
  - Tags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/mention-tags-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.mention.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://en.support.mention.com/en/articles/1904644-api-access-explained
- aid: mention:mention-tasks-api
  name: Mention Tasks API
  description: The Tasks API from Mention — 1 operation(s) for tasks.
  humanURL: https://api.mention.com/
  baseURL: https://api.mention.com/api
  tags:
  - Tasks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/mention-tasks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.mention.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://en.support.mention.com/en/articles/1904644-api-access-explained
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/mention-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/mention-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mention
- type: Portal
  url: https://mention.com/en/media-monitoring-api/
- type: Website
  url: https://mention.com/
- type: Signup
  url: https://mention.com/en/pricing/
- type: Login
  url: https://app.mention.com/login
- type: Pricing
  url: https://mention.com/en/pricing/
- type: Support
  url: https://en.support.mention.com/
- url: https://mention.com/en/blog/feed/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com