How It Works
Search-native AI, structured for developers
Send a keyword and brand domain. Serpent analyzes the AI response for brand mentions, extracts citation data, and returns everything as structured JSON.
Data Returned
The deepest AI citation data available
Mention Detection
Boolean flag plus detailed mention objects with position, context text, and sentiment analysis for each brand reference.
Position Tracking
Where your brand appeared in Perplexity's response relative to competitors, with ordinal position data.
Deep Citations (10-30+)
Citation-rich response data. Each citation includes source URL, title, and domain where available.
Context & Sentiment
The surrounding text where your brand was mentioned, plus sentiment classification (positive, neutral, negative).
Pricing - Deepest Citation Data
Quick Start
Track Perplexity visibility in seconds
Send a query and your brand domain. Get back comprehensive mention data with structured citation analysis.
curl "https://apiserpent.com/api/ai/rank/perplexity?q=best+crm+software+for+startups&domain=hubspot.com" \ -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"
{
"query": "best crm software for startups",
"engine": "perplexity",
"model": "sonar-pro",
"domain": "hubspot.com",
"mentioned": true,
"mentions": [
{
"position": 1,
"context": "HubSpot CRM is widely considered the best free CRM for startups, offering a generous free tier with contact management, email tracking...",
"sentiment": "positive"
}
],
"citations": [
{
"url": "https://www.hubspot.com/products/crm",
"title": "Free CRM Software & Tools for Your Business | HubSpot"
},
{
"url": "https://www.g2.com/categories/crm",
"title": "Best CRM Software in 2026 | G2"
}
],
"totalCitations": 18,
"credits": { "used": 1, "remaining": 99 }
}
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
The Perplexity AI Rank API tracks how your brand is mentioned in Perplexity AI responses. The API returns brand mentions, citation URLs, position data, and sentiment analysis.
Perplexity is designed around citation-rich answers, which makes it useful for brand visibility tracking. Rank tracking bills at the same rate as every Serpent AI engine: $20.00/1K on the Default tier, $2.00/1K on Growth, and $1.00/1K on Scale.
Perplexity responses are citation-rich and return structured source data, which makes the public engine label useful for brand visibility tracking.
Perplexity responses are often citation-rich. Each returned citation includes the source URL and title where available, giving you a structured view of which pages are associated with a topic or brand query.
All four single-engine endpoints bill identically — $20.00/1K Default, $2.00/1K Growth, $1.00/1K Scale — so pick by coverage, not price: Perplexity for the deepest live-web citation data, Gemini for Google-ecosystem visibility, ChatGPT and Claude for their massive assistant audiences. Many customers track all four in one combined call at $40.00/1K Default ($4.00/1K Growth, $2.00/1K Scale).
Track Perplexity AI visibility for free
Paid credits required. Add credits to test brand mention tracking in Perplexity AI
