Perplexity AI Scraper — Answers, Sources & Brand Mentions

Scrape Perplexity AI search results at scale — no Perplexity API key needed. For every query you get the AI-generated answer (plain text and markdown with inline [n] citation markers), the full list of cited sources with rich metadata, related follow-up questions, and optional brand-mention analysis for GEO/AEO monitoring.

You pay only for queries that return an answer. Failed or blocked queries cost nothing — no per-start fee.

What you get per query

Field	Description
answerText	Clean plain-text AI answer
answerMarkdown	Answer with inline [n] citation markers that map to sources positions
sources	Ordered cited sources: position, title, url, domain, snippet, publishedDate, trustLevel, thumbnails
citedDomains	Deduplicated list of cited domains
relatedQuestions	Perplexity's suggested follow-up questions
images	Image URLs from cited sources (optional)
brandMentions	Per brand: mentionCount, mentionedInAnswer, citedAsSource (optional)
model, threadUrl, wordCount, recencyFilter, error	Run metadata

Input

{
  "queries": "best CRM tools\nbest web scraping platform",
  "searchRecency": "month",
  "returnRelatedQuestions": true,
  "checkBrands": ["HubSpot", "Salesforce"]
}

• queries — one query per line.
• searchRecency — restrict web sources to the last day, week, month, or year.
• checkBrands — brand names to track. For each, the output reports whether it is mentioned in the answer, how many times, and whether it is cited as a source domain. Ideal for tracking your brand's visibility in AI search.
• maxRetriesPerQuery — automatic retries with fresh sessions (default 3).

Example output item (shortened)

{
  "query": "best CRM tools",
  "answerText": "Here are top CRM tools for 2026: Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho CRM...",
  "answerMarkdown": "Here are top CRM tools for 2026: Salesforce[1], HubSpot[2]...",
  "sources": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "The 11 best CRM software in 2026 - Zapier",
      "url": "https://zapier.com/blog/best-crm-app/",
      "domain": "zapier.com",
      "snippet": "We put dozens of Salesforce alternatives through the wringer...",
      "publishedDate": "2026-08-18T19:00:16",
      "trustLevel": "trusted",
      "thumbnails": ["https://..."]
    }
  ],
  "citedDomains": ["zapier.com", "salesforce.com"],
  "relatedQuestions": ["Which CRM offers best workflow automation features"],
  "brandMentions": {
    "HubSpot": { "mentionCount": 2, "mentionedInAnswer": true, "citedAsSource": true }
  },
  "error": null
}

Pricing

$0.15 per answered query. No actor-start fee, no charge for failed queries. Example: monitoring 10 brand queries daily for a month = 300 answers = $45, plus standard Apify platform usage.

Why this scraper

	This Actor	Typical alternatives
Price per answer	$0.15	$0.20 + start fee
Inline [n] citation mapping	✅ markdown + positions	❌ plain text only
Source metadata	title, snippet, date, trust level, thumbnails	title + URL
Related questions	✅	varies
Brand-mention analysis (GEO/AEO)	✅ built in	❌
Charged on failure	Never	varies

Use cases

• GEO/AEO brand monitoring — track how Perplexity describes your brand and whether you're cited; schedule daily runs and diff brandMentions over time.
• Competitive analysis — compare answers for your product vs competitors.
• Content & SEO research — find which sources and domains Perplexity trusts and cites for your target topics, including publication dates.
• LLM ground-truth collection — collect answer + citations pairs at scale.

FAQ

Do I need a Perplexity account or API key? No.

Is this legal? Scraping publicly available data is generally permitted; you are responsible for how you use the output. This Actor does not access any content behind a login.

A query returned error — was I charged? No. Only items with an extracted answer are charged.