# Mention (mention.com): agent-readiness 70/100, grade C

> Rank 133 of 1000 on Qomvia (rubric v2.3.0). Last scanned 2026-10-09T19:20:15.711Z. Page: https://qomvia.com/site/mention-com  JSON: https://qomvia.com/api/score/mention-com

## Summary
Category: Software and SaaS
{
  "known": true,
  "confidence": "high",
  "summary": "Mention is a media monitoring and social listening software that helps businesses track mentions of their brand, competitors, and industry across the web and social media. It also includes tools for social media publishing and engagement, aiming to provide an all-in-one solution for online reputation management.",
  "offerings": [
    "Media monitoring",
    "Social listening",
    "Social media publishing",
    "Brand reputation management",
    "Competitive analysis",
    "Crisis management"
  ],
  "audience": "Marketing professionals, PR agencies, social media managers, and businesses of various sizes looking to manage their online presence and reputation.",
  "geography": "Global",
  "strengths": [
    "Real-time tracking of brand mentions",
    "Comprehensive coverage across various online sources (news, blogs, social media)",
    "Sentiment analysis capabilities",
    "Competitive intelligence features",
    "Integration with social media management workflows"
  ],
  "unknowns": [
    "Specific pricing tiers and costs for all plans",
    "Exact number of active users or market share relative to competitors",
    "Detailed customer satisfaction metrics or long-term retention rates",
    "Recent feature roadmap or major updates since my last data refresh",
    "Specific regional market penetration or headquarters details"
  ],
  "alternatives": [
    "meltwater.com",
    "brandwatch.com",
    "talkwalker.com",
    "sproutsocial.com"
  ],
  "business": "Mention provides SaaS-based media monitoring, social listening, and social media management tools for marketing, PR, and social media professionals globally.",
  "competitors": [
    "brandwatch.com",
    "meltwater.com",
    "talkwalker.com",
    "sproutsocial.com",
    "hootsuite.com",
    "awario.com",
    "criticalmention.com"
  ]
}

## Score by group
- Machine access: 24/24
- Content legibility: 26/26
- Discovery surface: 8/20
- Identity & policy: 3/12
- Agent-facing performance: 8/8
- Agent protocols: 1/10
Failing checks:
- [blocker] No llms.txt
- [blocker] No MCP endpoint to call
- [improvement] No stated policy for automated access
- [improvement] No machine-readable contact
- [improvement] Organisation structured data

## AI mentions and rivals
Named in 4 AI assistant answers.
- brandwatch.com: 57/100 https://qomvia.com/site/brandwatch-com
- meltwater.com: 73/100 https://qomvia.com/site/meltwater-com
- talkwalker.com: 65/100 https://qomvia.com/site/talkwalker-com
- sproutsocial.com: not measured
- hootsuite.com: 76/100 https://qomvia.com/site/hootsuite-com

## Named for
- What are the best alternatives to Profound and Peec AI for monitoring AI brand visibility? https://qomvia.com/answers/what-are-the-best-alternatives-to-profound-and-peec-ai-for-monitoring-ai-brand-v

## FAQ
Q: Is Mention readable by AI agents?
A: Mention (mention.com) scores 70 out of 100 for agent readiness, grade C, measured yesterday, on 09.10.2026. 0 of 3 agent classes we test can use the site, and 2 checks currently block agents outright.

Q: What stops agents from using mention.com?
A: The heaviest problems are: No llms.txt; No MCP endpoint to call; No stated policy for automated access; No machine-readable contact; Organisation structured data. Each one is scored from a public HTTP response, and the fix for each is listed in the signed-in report.

Q: How is the Mention agent-readiness score calculated?
A: Qomvia fetches public pages of mention.com as an AI agent would and runs the core checks every site gets across 6 groups: Machine access, Content legibility, Discovery surface, Identity & policy, Agent-facing performance, Agent protocols. Checks are weighted by how much an agent loses when they fail, and the score is expressed out of 100.

Q: How often is this score updated?
A: Public scores are re-checked when the site is re-scanned; tracked domains are re-scanned weekly and their owners are alerted when a check regresses. This page shows the scan from yesterday, on 09.10.2026.

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