Allintitle vs Keyword Chef (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Allintitle grades higher than Keyword Chef: 2.4 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Allintitle grades higher on features and platforms. Keyword Chef grades higher on ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money and the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Allintitle
Bulk allintitle and KGR checker with keyword and rank tools
Keyword Chef
Credit-based long-tail keyword finder for bloggers and niche sites
Which one is for you
Pick Allintitle if
- Fits if you hunt low-competition keywords with the Keyword Golden Ratio method
- Works for checking allintitle counts for a long keyword list in one go
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free, as the bulk checker gets 10 credits, one per keyword
- Watch out: monthly credits don't roll over, and KW Explorer costs 2 credits a search inside the app
- Skip it if you need daily rankings, as the SERP Tracker checks weekly and only comes with a monthly plan
- Pricey if you want tracking, as the cheapest subscription is $49 a month and there's no yearly plan
- Watch out: Twylu, the internal linking crawler shown on the site, runs on a separate platform with its own account
Pick Keyword Chef if
- Fits if you run a niche site and want topics where forums rank on page one
- Works for occasional research, as pay-as-you-go credits never expire
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you write in anything other than English, as that's all it supports
- Tight if you target a country outside its 7, which only get global volume
- Pricey if you want Niche Insights without a subscription, as that's $97 a year on its own
- Watch out: monthly credits don't roll over, and pay-as-you-go credits cost more per keyword
- Watch out: the free trial allows only 30 SERP lookups and no bulk SERP checks
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAAllintitleFair | 2.2GPAKeyword ChefFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CLite is $49 a month for 30,000 credits, at the dear end of this category but under its dearest tenth, and there's no yearly plan. For now-and-then use, $30 buys 600 credits once that don't expire, without the rank tracker. | CStarter is $29 a month for 5,000 keywords, at the dearer end of this category. If you only dip in now and then, $20 buys 1,200 credits once and they never expire. Monthly credits don't roll over. |
| Free plan and trial | CKW Explorer and Niche Finder are free, KW Explorer without an account. But the bulk checker, the tool it's named for, gets 10 free credits at one per keyword, and the tracker and gap tools aren't on the free account at all. | CNo free plan, but the trial needs no card and has no time limit: 1,000 credits and up to 30 SERP lookups. That's enough to see if it suits you, not to run on. |
| Features | BBulk allintitle counts, volume, CPC, intent and KGR for any location, long-tail ideas from Google, Bing, Amazon, YouTube and more, PAA questions, ranking and backlink gaps, a writing assistant and rank tracking. It covers the whole job; the limit is the tracker, which checks weekly. | CAutomatic filtering, a SERP Score for weak results on page one, bulk SERP checks, wildcard searches and Niche Insights. It does long-tail hunting fully, but the listing names the gaps: English only, and country volume for just 7 countries. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Pasting a list is quick, but each tool spends credits at its own rate, and the internal linking crawler shown on the site needs its own account on a separate platform. | BNo rating on record, but there's nothing to set up. Type a seed and it does the sorting for you, grouping what's left into questions, best-of and how-to. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It imports your keywords from Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools; no API is on record. | CWeb only. No desktop or phone app, and no integrations or API on record. |
| Best for | bulk allintitle and KGR checks | low-competition long-tail keywords for bloggers |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Allintitle and Keyword Chef. How we grade
Price against what you get
Allintitle starts at $49 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Keyword Chef starts at $29 a month and scores 2.3.
Allintitle scores higher, and starts $20 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other keyword research tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than Allintitle for less, and 9 score higher than Keyword Chef for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Keyword Chef can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- Allintitle also covers rank tracking, backlink analysis and content optimization.
At a glance
| Allintitle | Keyword Chef | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $30 one-time for 600 credits, or $49 per month for 30,000 credits | $29 per month for 5,000 credits, or $20 once for 1,200 credits |
| Free plan | KW Explorer and Niche Finder are free, KW Explorer without an account. A free account adds 10 credits for the bulk checker and People Also Ask tool, with no SERP Tracker or gap tools. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | Free trial: 1,000 one-time credits with no time limit and up to 30 SERP lookups; no credit card needed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Nexunom | Keyword Chef |
| Price read from | allintitle.co | app.keywordchef.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Allintitle
- Most tools use credits: 1 per keyword in the bulk checker and 2 per KW Explorer search in the app; monthly credits do not carry over.
- The SERP Tracker comes only with a monthly subscription and checks rankings weekly.
- Twylu, the internal linking crawler shown on the site, runs on a separate platform and needs its own account.
- Payments go through Stripe or PayPal; no annual plans are listed.
Keyword Chef
- Only English is supported, and country-level search volume covers just 7 countries; other countries get global volume.
- Monthly credits do not roll over, while pay-as-you-go credits never expire but cost more per keyword.
- The free trial allows only 30 SERP lookups and no bulk SERP checks.
- Niche Insights is not included with pay-as-you-go credits; on its own it costs $97 a year.
Key features
Allintitle
- Bulk allintitle and KGR checker
- Imports a keyword list and returns each one's allintitle count, search volume, CPC, search intent and Keyword Golden Ratio, for any location or language. One credit per keyword.
- KW Explorer
- A free keyword finder that pulls long-tail keywords live from Google, Bing, Yahoo, Amazon, YouTube, Quora and other sources, with clustering and frequent terms from top pages.
- People Also Ask tool
- Extracts the questions in Google's People Also Ask boxes for a keyword, at any depth, country and language, for about 1 to 5 credits a search.
- Ranking and backlink gap
- Compares up to five sites to show the keywords and backlinks they share or are missing.
- SERP Tracker
- Tracks keyword positions on Google, Bing and Yahoo, including local results, with changes over 1, 7 and 30 days. Subscription plans only.
- Writer Assistant
- An AI writing tool that suggests keywords and optimization tips from the pages already ranking for a focus keyword, with a plagiarism check.
Keyword Chef
- Automatic keyword filtering
- Removes broad, competitive and junk keywords and groups the rest into categories such as questions, best-of and how-to.
- SERP Score
- Counts the easy-to-outrank results, such as forums and user-generated content, on page one for each keyword, and can be customized.
- Bulk SERP checks
- Paid users can pull the search results for every keyword in a report at once with Get All SERPs, at no extra credit cost.
- Wildcard search
- Search patterns like 'best * for chefs' or 'can you cook * in the oven' to find best-of topics and clusters, with minus signs to exclude words.
- Keyword import
- Upload keywords from other tools to check their volume and SERP Score.
- Niche Insights
- Ten years of trend data, keywords by intent, topic lists, products and affiliate brands for a niche. Included in monthly plans or $97 a year on its own.
Plans
Allintitle
Free$0
Free KW Explorer and Niche Finder, plus 10 credits. No content writing, SERP Tracker, ranking gap or backlink gap tools.
Small$30
one-time, for 600 credits that do not expire
Pay-as-you-go pack with every tool except the SERP Tracker. Medium is $75 for 1,500 credits plus 10%; Large $150 for 3,000 plus 20%.
Lite$49
per month for 30,000 credits
Every tool, with 500 keywords in the SERP Tracker checked weekly. Monthly credits do not roll over.
Starter$79
per month for 50,000 credits
Every tool, with 1,000 keywords in the SERP Tracker checked weekly.
Pro$100
per month for 100,000 credits
Every tool, with 2,500 keywords in the SERP Tracker checked weekly.
Elite$150
per month for 150,000 credits
Every tool, with 5,000 keywords in the SERP Tracker checked weekly. Aimed at medium-sized businesses.
Keyword Chef
Starter$29
per month for 5,000 credits
1 credit is 1 keyword in a report. Monthly credits expire each cycle; includes Niche Insights, Domain Age and queue priority.
Plus$69
per month for 20,000 credits
The same features as Starter, at about $0.0034 a credit.
Pro$119
per month for 50,000 credits
The same features as Starter, at about $0.0024 a credit.
Pay As You Go Starter$20
one-time, for 1,200 credits that never expire
Lifetime credits for occasional use. Pay-as-you-go packs do not include Niche Insights.
Pay As You Go Plus$100
one-time, for 10,000 credits that never expire
Lifetime credits at $0.01 each, without Niche Insights.
Pay As You Go Pro$250
one-time, for 50,000 credits that never expire
Lifetime credits at $0.005 each, without Niche Insights.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Allintitle or Keyword Chef?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Keyword Chef is cheaper to start with: $29 a month, against $49 a month for Allintitle. Allintitle starts at $30 one-time for 600 credits, or $49 per month for 30,000 credits, and Keyword Chef starts at $29 per month for 5,000 credits, or $20 once for 1,200 credits.
Which has a free plan, Allintitle or Keyword Chef?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Allintitle has a free plan. Keyword Chef does not, though it has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.