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title: "Mentio pricing"
description: "Prepaid, no subscription: $5 per keyword per month deducted daily, plus $0.008 per matched mention or review. Start with $5.80 of free credit, add any amount from $20. No seats, no tiers: API, MCP and Slack on every account."
canonical: https://mentio.dev/pricing/
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last-updated: 2026-11-10T13:33:28.257Z
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# Mentio pricing

> Usage-based and prepaid. $5 per keyword a month, charged by the day, and $0.008 per mention or review found. No seats, no plans, no subscription. Every account starts with $5.80 of free credit and every feature.

Source: https://mentio.dev/pricing/

## Rates

| Item | Price | How it is charged |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Keyword | $5 a month | A thirtieth each day ($0.1667) while the keyword is active |
| Mention | $0.008 each | Every post that matches a keyword, relevant or filtered out |
| Review | $0.008 each | Every new review of an app, a Trustpilot page or a Google listing a keyword connects |
| Welcome credit | $5.80, once per person | One keyword for a month plus 100 mentions |

- Prices are in US dollars, deducted daily from a prepaid balance.
- A mention the classifier could not score is never charged.
- The same post matching two keywords is two mentions; the same post found twice on one platform is one.
- Connecting a review page (an App Store or Google Play app, a Trustpilot page, a Google listing) reads back its newest 100 reviews of the last 30 days for free, per country on the app stores, once per workspace. Every later review is charged like a mention.

## Top-ups

- Any amount from $20 to $5,000, by card, through a checkout hosted by Polar (merchant of record). Tax or VAT due in your country is added at checkout.
- Credit stays on the balance until it is used. Top-ups are non-refundable except where the law requires it.
- When the balance cannot cover the next day, tracking pauses; keywords, mentions and alerts are kept, and tracking resumes when funds are added.

## Platforms

A keyword listens on every platform unless you choose fewer. Reviews come from the apps, Trustpilot pages and Google listings you connect to a keyword.

| Platform | What we find | How often | When you add a keyword |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [X](https://mentio.dev/x/) | Posts and replies | Every hour | Last 30 days |
| [Reddit](https://mentio.dev/reddit/) | Posts and comments | Real time | Last 30 days |
| [Hacker News](https://mentio.dev/hacker-news/) | Stories and comments | Every hour | Last 30 days |
| [GitHub](https://mentio.dev/github/) | Issues and pull requests | Real time | Last 30 days |
| [Bluesky](https://mentio.dev/bluesky/) | Posts, in real time | Real time | Last 30 days |
| [LinkedIn](https://mentio.dev/linkedin/) | Public posts | Every 3 hours | Last 30 days |
| [TikTok](https://mentio.dev/tiktok/) | Videos | Every 3 hours | Last 30 days |
| [Instagram](https://mentio.dev/instagram/) | Posts and reels | Up to four times a day | Last 10 days |
| [Facebook](https://mentio.dev/facebook/) | Public posts | Every six hours | Last 30 days |
| [Stack Overflow](https://mentio.dev/stack-overflow/) | Questions and answers | Every hour | Last 30 days |
| [DEV](https://mentio.dev/dev/) | Articles | Every hour | From now on |
| [YouTube](https://mentio.dev/youtube/) | Videos | Twice a day | Last 30 days |
| [News](https://mentio.dev/news/) | Web articles | Real time | From now on |
| [App Store](https://mentio.dev/app-store/) | Reviews of the apps you connect | Once a day | Last 30 days, free |
| [Google Play](https://mentio.dev/google-play/) | Reviews of the apps you connect | Once a day | Last 30 days, free |
| [Trustpilot](https://mentio.dev/trustpilot/) | Reviews of the pages you connect | Once a day | Last 30 days, free |
| [Google reviews](https://mentio.dev/google-reviews/) | Reviews of the places you connect | Once a day | Last 30 days, free |

## Examples

A month at the public rates.

| Who | Keywords | Mentions a month | Keywords cost | Mentions cost | A month |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Product and 2 competitors | 3 | 900 | $15.00 | $7.20 | **$22.20** |
| A startup watching its space | 5 | 1,400 | $25.00 | $11.20 | **$36.20** |
| An agency with clients | 20 | 10,000 | $100.00 | $80.00 | **$180.00** |
| A reseller at scale | 100 | 40,000 | $500.00 | $320.00 | **$820.00** |

## How billing works

- **A prepaid balance.** Add any amount from $20 to $5,000 by card. Credit stays on the balance until it is used. There is no subscription and no monthly fee.
- **Keywords, charged by the day.** $5 a month per keyword, deducted a thirtieth at a time each day. Pause or delete a keyword and its charge stops with the next day.
- **Mentions and reviews, as we find them.** $0.008 for each post that matches a keyword, relevant or filtered out, and for each new review of a page you connect. A post the classifier could not score is never charged.
- **Never more than you have.** When the balance cannot cover the next day, tracking pauses. Keywords, mentions and alerts are kept, and tracking resumes the moment you add funds.
- **A cap for every keyword.** Give a keyword a mention cap per day, week or month and it stops collecting at the cap until the next period, so a viral day never surprises your balance.
- **Every line itemised.** The dashboard and the API show what each keyword cost, by day and by platform, from the same ledger the balance reads.

## Included, never billed

- **Alerts:** Instant alerts to Slack, email, Telegram and webhooks, with rules per keyword, platform and intent.
- **Digests:** Daily and weekly summaries by email, Slack or Telegram, grouped by what needs an answer.
- **AI scoring:** Relevance, sentiment and intent on every mention, judged against your company.
- **REST API:** Every feature, documented in OpenAPI, 600 requests a minute per workspace.
- **MCP server:** Search, triage and analytics tools for Claude, Cursor, Codex and any MCP client.
- **SDKs and CLI:** TypeScript and Python SDKs and a command line, generated from the same spec.
- **Audience:** The people behind the mentions, with their reach, tags, notes and history.
- **Analytics and exports:** Share of voice, trends and breakdowns, plus CSV exports of any filter.
- **Your team:** Invite everyone who needs the feed. There is no charge per seat.

## Self serve and enterprise

- **Self serve:** up to 500 keywords, the public rates, prepaid by card, chat and email support. Sign up at https://app.mentio.dev/login?mode=signup
- **Enterprise:** the same product on custom terms: volume discounts, monthly invoices with net payment terms, tighter check intervals, sources added for you and a shared Slack channel with the engineers. Worth a talk from about 300 keywords: https://mentio.dev/enterprise/

## Limits

| Limit | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Keywords per workspace, self serve | 500 |
| API and MCP requests | 600 a minute per workspace |
| Mentions per keyword | Unlimited, or a cap you set per keyword, per day, week or month |
| Review pages per keyword | 10, app store apps with up to 20 countries each |

## Check spend from the API

Every call needs a Bearer API key or OAuth token. Full reference: https://docs.mentio.dev

| Endpoint | What it returns |
| --- | --- |
| `GET /v1/billing/wallet` | The balance, pending mention charges, the daily burn and the days it buys |
| `GET /v1/billing/ledger` | Every movement of the balance: credit, top-ups, refunds, daily debits |
| `GET /v1/usage/breakdown` | Cost by keyword, platform or day over a window |
| `GET /v1/usage` | The balance, today's and 30 days' matches, and whether tracking is stopped |
| `POST /v1/billing/top-ups` | A hosted checkout link to add credit |
| `GET /v1/billing/invoices` | Receipts for the workspace's top-ups |

## FAQ

### Do I need to be a developer to use Mentio?

No. The dashboard, Slack, email and Telegram alerts and the daily digest work without a line of code. The API, the SDKs and the MCP server are there when you or your agents want them.

### What payment methods do you accept?

Cards, through a checkout hosted by Polar, our merchant of record. Enterprise accounts can pay monthly invoices instead.

### Is there a setup fee or a contract?

Neither. No setup fee, no minimum term and nothing to cancel: you pay for the keywords you keep and the mentions we find, from credit you added yourself.

### Can I stop anytime?

Yes. Pause or delete a keyword and its charge stops with the next day. Whatever credit is left stays on your balance for when you come back.

### Does every mention count, even the irrelevant ones?

Yes. Every post that matches a keyword costs $0.008, whether the classifier keeps it or filters it out, because finding it is the work. The dashboard shows both numbers, matched and relevant, so the balance never disagrees with the feed. A post the classifier could not score is never charged.

### What happens when my balance runs out?

Tracking pauses before the balance goes below zero: keywords stop being checked and charged, and your keywords, mentions and alerts are kept. Add funds and tracking resumes at once, reading back up to a day of what was missed.

### How do I limit what a keyword can spend?

Three ways. A mention cap stops a keyword collecting at the number you set until the next day, week or month: a daily cap keeps mentions coming every day with a fixed ceiling. Choosing fewer platforms for a keyword leaves the others unread. And pausing a keyword stops its daily charge the next day.

### Is there a free trial?

Every new account starts with $5.80 of credit and no card: one keyword for a month plus 100 mentions, with every feature. The welcome credit is granted once per person. Until you add funds, each keyword collects up to 200 mentions a month and a keyword that is mostly noise is paused, so the credit goes to mentions that are about you.

### How are reviews charged?

A review is a mention of the keyword that connected its page, at the same $0.008. Connecting an app, a Trustpilot page or a Google listing reads back its newest 100 reviews of the last 30 days for free, once per workspace, so reconnecting a page never makes its reviews free again. Every later review is charged.

### If the same post matches two keywords, is it charged twice?

Yes, once per keyword, since each keyword records and scores it. The same text posted on two platforms is two posts and two mentions. The same post found twice on one platform is stored and charged once.

### Are alerts, API calls or team members charged?

No. Alerts, digests, webhooks, API and MCP calls and team seats are never billed. You pay for keywords, mentions and reviews only.

### Which currency, and is tax included?

Prices are in US dollars. Payments are processed by Polar as merchant of record, which adds any sales tax or VAT due in your country at checkout.

### Can I get my credit back?

Top-ups are non-refundable except where the law requires it, and credit stays on your balance until it is used. Start with the welcome credit and top up from $20 when you know what you need.