AnswerThePublic vs Treendly (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Treendly grades higher than AnswerThePublic: 2.8 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Treendly grades higher on value for money and the free plan. 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.
AnswerThePublic
Question and search-suggestion research shown as keyword wheels
Treendly
Trend discovery tool for spotting rising topics and keywords early
Which one is for you
Pick AnswerThePublic if
- Fits if you plan blog posts, FAQs or videos around what people ask
- Works for showing a client how people search, as the wheels read at a glance
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you research a lot, since Starter allows 100 searches a month and they don't roll over
- Skip it if you need a difficulty score, as there isn't one on record
- Not for you if you might want your money back, as subscriptions are generally non-refundable
- Watch out: the 7-day trial needs a payment method and covers monthly plans only
- Pricey if more people need access: Starter has 1 user, and 3 users means Growth at $99 a month
Pick Treendly if
- Fits if you want to find blog topics while they're still rising
- Works for checking whether a product idea is seasonal before you stock it
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need search volumes and difficulty to choose keywords for a page
- Tight if you need daily alerts, as monitored trends are checked weekly at most
- Pricey if you need the API or MCP, which only come with Enterprise at a price on request
- Tight if you stay free: 3 monitored trends and only part of the curated library
- Watch out: paying monthly is $29, against $99 for a whole year, and teams over 4 seats are sent to Enterprise
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAAnswerThePublicFair | 2.8GPATreendlyGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStarter is $20 a month, or $160 a year, which works out at about $13.33 a month, and until 8 November a year of Starter is $120. That's mid-table for this category, for 100 searches a month and 1 user. | BPro is $99 a year, about $8 a month, inside this category's cheapest quarter, and it includes 4 seats. Paying monthly is $29, so pay yearly if you're staying. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free account gets 3 searches a day, with volume and CPC on just two branches of each report and exports of 30 keywords. The 7-day trial needs a payment method and only covers monthly plans. | BThe free plan has unlimited trend searches, 3 monitored trends and part of the curated library, with no card. One person could live on that. There's a 14-day Pro trial too. |
| Features | CQuestions, comparisons and related terms from Google, Bing, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Amazon, with volume and CPC, AI prompt ideas and alerts. It does question research fully, but that's a smaller job, and the volume is last month's Google data only. | CA curated library of rising topics, any keyword's five-year trend and seasonality, demand on Google, Amazon, YouTube, Pinterest and Walmart, and alerts. It does trend spotting fully, but that's a smaller job, and alerts check only weekly. |
| Ease of use | BNo rating on record, but nothing to set up either. Type a word and the wheel appears, and anyone you show it to will get it straight away. | BNo rating on record, but nothing to set up. Search a topic and the five-year chart is there, and the Chrome extension adds it beside your normal search results. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. Content Studio publishes to WordPress and Webflow, and paid plans get an API, still in alpha, that draws on the same search allowance. | BWeb plus a Chrome extension, with no desktop or phone app. Charts embed in Notion and WordPress, though the API and MCP come only with Enterprise. |
| Best for | seeing the questions people ask about a topic | spotting rising topics and products |
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: AnswerThePublic and Treendly. How we grade
Price against what you get
AnswerThePublic starts at $20 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Treendly starts at $8.25 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and Treendly starts $11.75 a month lower. Of the other keyword research tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than AnswerThePublic for less, and 1 scores higher than Treendly 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
- AnswerThePublic also covers long-form writing.
At a glance
| AnswerThePublic | Treendly | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $20 per month, billed monthly ($160 a year billed annually) | $99 per year ($29 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Free account: 3 searches a day, volume and CPC on two branches per report, exports of up to 30 keywords and 30 AI prompt responses a month. No Content Studio credits. | Unlimited trend searches, 3 monitored trends, the regular newsletter, a limited set of curated trends and 1 user seat. No card needed. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial on monthly plans, once per account; a payment method is needed | 14-day free trial of Pro |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Answer the Public Ltd (NP Digital) | x23yc OÜ |
| Price read from | answerthepublic.com | treendly.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
AnswerThePublic
- Paid plans are capped at 100 to 300 searches a month, and unused searches and credits do not roll over.
- Subscriptions are generally non-refundable once billing starts, and annual plans have no free trial.
- Search volume reflects Google data from the previous month only.
- Starter allows 1 user, Growth 3 and Business 10, and all users share the plan's monthly limits.
Treendly
- The free plan monitors only 3 trends and shows a limited set of curated trends.
- API and MCP access and custom reports come only with Enterprise, which is priced on request.
- Pro includes 4 user seats; teams that need more are pointed to Enterprise at 10+ seats.
- Monitored trends are checked as often as weekly, not daily.
Key features
AnswerThePublic
- Keyword wheels and search modifiers
- Groups suggestions into questions, prepositions, comparisons, alphabeticals and related terms, as a visual wheel or a list, with Google volume and CPC.
- Searches across platforms
- Reports draw on Google, Bing, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Amazon, plus People Also Ask results and Google Shopping product rankings.
- AI Models report
- Shows prompts people might give ChatGPT and Gemini about a topic, sorted by intent and sentiment, and generates sample AI answers from a monthly allowance.
- Search listening alerts
- Follow a keyword and get a weekly email of new suggestions: 1 alert on Starter, 5 on Growth and 20 on Business.
- Content Studio
- Writes articles from a project's keywords and publishes them to WordPress or Webflow. Each article uses 10 credits and each Deep Search 8.
- API in alpha
- Paid plans can create searches and pull reports through an API that draws on the same monthly search allowance. Not available on the free plan or during a trial.
Treendly
- Curated trend library
- Browse rising concepts, companies and products by industry, filtered by growth pattern, popularity and volatility; forecasts and country filters are Pro features.
- Keyword trend search
- Search any topic in more than 50 countries to see its five-year trend, its growth pace and the months when interest peaks.
- Cross-platform demand
- Shows what people search for on Google, Amazon, YouTube, Pinterest and Walmart, along with related keywords for each topic.
- Trend monitoring and alerts
- Save keywords to a dashboard, follow how they perform over time and get an alert when one begins trending, checked as often as weekly.
- Chrome extension
- Adds a sidebar to Google, Bing and DuckDuckGo results with a five-year chart, growth badge and monthly search volume for the searched term.
- Notion and WordPress embeds
- Free tools generate live trend charts to embed in a Notion page or, through a WordPress plugin shortcode, in a post.
Plans
AnswerThePublic
Free$0
3 searches a day with some suggestions and data locked, and small exports.
Starter$20
per month, billed monthly ($160 a year billed annually)
1 user, 100 searches a month, 1,000 AI prompt suggestions, 30 AI responses, 2 projects and 60 Content Studio credits.
Growth$99
per month, billed monthly ($792 a year billed annually)
Up to 3 users, 200 searches a month, 2,000 prompt suggestions, 60 AI responses, 4 projects, 350 credits and report comparisons.
Business$199
per month, billed monthly ($1,592 a year billed annually)
Up to 10 users, 300 searches a month, 3,000 prompt suggestions, 100 AI responses, 8 projects and 800 credits.
CustomCustom
More users, domains or limits than Business, quoted on request.
Treendly
Free$0
Unlimited searches, 3 monitored trends, a limited set of curated trends and 1 seat.
Pro$99
per year ($29 billed monthly)
25 monitored trends, the full curated library, the premium newsletter and 4 user seats. The page puts the annual price at about $8 a month.
EnterpriseCustom
For teams and agencies: unlimited monitored trends, 10+ seats, API and MCP access, and custom reports.
Ways to pay less
AnswerThePublic
- Annual discount
Annual billing at eight times the monthly price
AnswerThePublic's campaign terms put the standard annual price at 8 times the monthly price, such as $160 a year for Starter instead of $240 paid monthly.
- Annual discount
6 months free on annual plans until November 8, 2026
From October 13 to November 8, 2026, annual plans cost 6 times the monthly price ($120 a year for Starter) and renew at that price while active.
Treendly
- Annual discount
Pro for $99 a year instead of $29 a month
Treendly's pricing page lists Pro at $99 billed annually, which it puts at about $8 a month, against $29 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AnswerThePublic or Treendly?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Treendly is cheaper to start with: $8.25 a month when paid by the year, against $20 a month for AnswerThePublic. AnswerThePublic starts at $20 per month, billed monthly ($160 a year billed annually), and Treendly starts at $99 per year ($29 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, AnswerThePublic or Treendly?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both AnswerThePublic and Treendly have a free plan.
Which platforms do AnswerThePublic and Treendly run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Treendly 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.