Answer Socrates vs KeywordsPeopleUse (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Answer Socrates and KeywordsPeopleUse share a 2.4 GPA, and only Answer Socrates has a free plan.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Answer Socrates grades higher on the free plan. KeywordsPeopleUse grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Answer Socrates
Question and keyword ideas with clustering and AI brand tracking
KeywordsPeopleUse
Question research from People Also Ask, Autocomplete, Reddit and Quora
Which one is for you
Pick Answer Socrates if
- Fits if you want question keywords and only need a few searches a day
- Works for writers turning a topic into clusters for pillar pages
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need numbers for free, as the free plan shows no volume or CPC
- Tight if you track lots of AI answers, as each engine query uses a brand tracker credit
- Pricey if you need the API, which starts at $39 a month or $32.50 on yearly billing
- Not for you if a team needs logins, as seats start at Aurelius ($69 a month) with 2
- Watch out: there's no trial, only a 7-day money-back guarantee, and allowances reset each cycle
Pick KeywordsPeopleUse if
- Fits if you plan articles around the questions people ask, Reddit and Quora included
- Works for a team sharing one account, since every plan allows unlimited users
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you won't hand over a card, as the trial needs one and there's no free plan
- Tight if you're on Lite: 150 credits, no Bulk Search, and the optimizer only for sites under 1,000 clicks
- Watch out: unused credits don't roll over, and top-ups cost $0.05 to $0.08 each with a 50-credit minimum
- Skip it if you want volume and difficulty next to every keyword, as the listing shows neither
- Pricey if you run many sites, as each extra Content Optimizer slot is $10 a month
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAAnswer SocratesFair | 2.4GPAKeywordsPeopleUseFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CLite is $15.83 a month on yearly billing, $19 monthly, which is mid-table for this category. That's 1,200 searches, 60 AI articles and 600 brand tracker credits a year. API and MCP access start at Seneca, $32.50 a month yearly. | BLite is $12 a month on yearly billing, $15 monthly, inside this category's cheapest quarter. That's 150 searches a month for unlimited users, with the API included. Bulk Search needs Standard at $32. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan with 3 searches a day, 500 cluster credits a month and 1 CSV download, no card needed. You'll hit those caps, and it shows no volume or CPC at all. Paid plans have a 7-day money-back guarantee, not a trial. | DNo free plan. The 7-day trial needs a card, though nothing is charged until day 8. Without it you get one free search a week. |
| Features | CQuestions and long-tail phrases from Google, Bing, YouTube and AI models, clustering, volume and CPC, trending topics and an LLM brand tracker. There's no difficulty score or competitor lookup on record. | CPeople Also Ask trees, autocomplete, Reddit and Quora questions, SERP clustering, alerts and a Search Console optimizer. It covers question research fully, but the listing shows no search volume or difficulty figures. |
| Ease of use | BNo rating on record, but nothing to set up: type a seed or two and the questions come back, already grouped into clusters if you want them. | BNo rating on record, but nothing to set up. Type a topic, pick a country and read the questions, with each answer and the page it came from. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb plus a browser extension, with no desktop or phone app. From Seneca there's a REST API and an MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and others. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. Every plan has an API, there's an MCP server for Claude Desktop, and it connects to Google Search Console. |
| Best for | free question research with clustering on top | questions from Google, Reddit and Quora in one place |
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: Answer Socrates and KeywordsPeopleUse. How we grade
Price against what you get
Answer Socrates starts at $15.83 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. KeywordsPeopleUse starts at $12 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and KeywordsPeopleUse starts $3.83 a month lower. Of the other keyword research tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than Answer Socrates for less, and 1 scores higher than KeywordsPeopleUse 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
- Answer Socrates also covers long-form writing and AI search visibility.
- KeywordsPeopleUse also covers content optimization.
At a glance
| Answer Socrates | KeywordsPeopleUse | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $15.83 per month, billed yearly ($19 billed monthly) | $12 per month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | 3 keyword searches and 1 recursive search a day, 500 cluster credits a month and 1 CSV download a month. No search metrics, brand tracking, projects or API. No card needed. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 7-day free trial of any plan; a card is needed but nothing is charged until day 8 |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Toast Media FZCO | Amdai Limited |
| Price read from | answersocrates.com | keywordspeopleuse.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Answer Socrates
- The free plan shows no search volume, CPC or competition and has no projects, brand tracking or API.
- API and MCP access start at Seneca, $39 a month; team seats only come with Aurelius (2) and Senate (5).
- Each LLM Brand Tracker credit covers one AI engine query, so a keyword checked in three engines uses three credits.
- Plan allowances reset each billing cycle; paid plans have a 7-day money-back guarantee rather than a trial.
KeywordsPeopleUse
- There is no free plan for new accounts; without the trial you get one free search a week.
- Bulk Search needs Standard or above, and on Lite the Search & Content Optimizer covers only sites under 1,000 clicks a month.
- Monthly credits do not roll over; top-up credits cost $0.05 to $0.08 each depending on the plan, with a 50-credit minimum.
- Extra Content Optimizer site slots cost $10 a month each on Standard, Pro and Unlimited.
Key features
Answer Socrates
- Question and long-tail ideas
- Turns one or two seed keywords into hundreds of questions, comparisons and long-tail phrases gathered from Google, Bing, YouTube and AI models, in any country and language.
- Keyword clustering
- Groups a keyword list by meaning and intent into topic clusters, each with its total search volume and average CPC and competition. Uses cluster credits.
- Search volume, CPC and competition
- Paid plans show volume, cost per click and competition for every keyword and sort question keywords by volume. The free plan has no metrics.
- LLM Brand Tracker
- Runs keywords through ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Grok and DeepSeek, and scores your brand's mentions and share of voice over time. One credit covers one engine query.
- Trending Topics and AI articles
- Shows topics spiking in any country and language, and paid plans include AI-written SEO articles of up to 2,500 words each.
- MCP server and REST API
- From the Seneca plan, a hosted MCP server lets assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor pull keywords, trends and clusters into your projects.
KeywordsPeopleUse
- People Also Ask mining
- Crawls Google's People Also Ask boxes live and maps the questions into a tree, with each answer and the page it came from. Deep Search goes three levels down for 4 credits.
- Autocomplete, Reddit and Quora
- Pulls Google Autocomplete suggestions with question modifiers, plus the top questions on Reddit and Quora, for a chosen country, language and city.
- SERP-based keyword clustering
- Groups keywords by the pages Google ranks for them, at 1 credit per 10 keywords, from a search, a saved list or an uploaded file of up to 50,000 keywords.
- Search Alerts
- Re-runs a saved search on a schedule and emails any new questions or keywords; plans allow from 5 alerts on Lite to 50 on Unlimited.
- Search & Content Optimizer
- Connects to Google Search Console to show queries, pages ranking just off page one and unanswered questions, and crawls enabled pages daily.
- API and MCP server
- Every plan includes API access, and an MCP server lets assistants such as Claude Desktop run searches using the account's credits.
Plans
Answer Socrates
Free$0
3 searches a day, 500 cluster credits a month and 1 CSV download a month, without search volume or CPC data.
Socrates Lite$15.83
per month, billed yearly at $190 ($19 billed monthly)
1,200 searches, 60 AI articles and 600 LLM Brand Tracker credits a year, search metrics, unlimited CSVs and 2 projects. No API.
Seneca$32.50
per month, billed yearly at $390 ($39 billed monthly)
6,000 searches, 300 AI articles and 2,400 brand tracker credits a year, API and MCP access with 6,000 API credits, and 5 projects.
Aurelius$57.50
per month, billed yearly at $690 ($69 billed monthly)
Unlimited searches, 720 AI articles and 6,000 brand tracker credits a year, 30,000 API credits, 10 projects and 2 team seats.
Senate$249.17
per month, billed yearly at $2,990 ($299 billed monthly)
For agencies: 1,800 AI articles and 36,000 brand tracker credits a year, 300,000 API credits, 100 projects and 5 team seats.
KeywordsPeopleUse
Lite$12
per month for 150 credits, billed annually ($15 billed monthly)
Every search type, unlimited users, 20 keyword lists, 5 search alerts and 1 month of history. No Bulk Search. 1 credit = 1 standard search.
Standard$32
per month for 500 credits, billed annually ($39 billed monthly)
50 keyword lists, 15 search alerts, 1 year of history, Bulk Search, and the Search & Content Optimizer with 5 site slots.
Pro$65
per month for 1,500 credits, billed annually ($79 billed monthly)
30 search alerts, 2 years of history and 10 Content Optimizer site slots.
Unlimited$249
per month, unlimited credits, billed annually ($299 billed monthly)
Unlimited searches and history, 50 search alerts and 20 site slots; clustering capped at 50,000 keywords a month and the API at 1,000 requests a day.
Ways to pay less
Answer Socrates
- Annual discount
Save 17% with yearly billing
Answer Socrates's pricing page says yearly plans are billed once at a 17% discount, two months free: Lite is $190 a year against $19 a month.
KeywordsPeopleUse
- Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
KeywordsPeopleUse's pricing page and help center say yearly billing gives two months free: Lite is $144 a year instead of $15 a month.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Answer Socrates or KeywordsPeopleUse?
As of Oct 23, 2026, KeywordsPeopleUse is cheaper to start with: $12 a month, against $15.83 a month for Answer Socrates. Answer Socrates starts at $15.83 per month, billed yearly ($19 billed monthly), and KeywordsPeopleUse starts at $12 per month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Answer Socrates or KeywordsPeopleUse?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Answer Socrates has a free plan. KeywordsPeopleUse does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Answer Socrates and KeywordsPeopleUse run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Answer Socrates lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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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.