Exploding Topics vs Treendly (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Treendly grades higher than Exploding Topics: 2.8 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Treendly grades higher on value for money, the free plan and ease of use. They get the same grade on features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Exploding Topics
Database of rising topics, products and startups, by search growth
Treendly
Trend discovery tool for spotting rising topics and keywords early
Which one is for you
Pick Exploding Topics if
- Fits if you pick content topics and want ones whose searches are still climbing
- Works for sellers and investors looking for products, markets and startups that are starting to rise
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you want forecasts, trending startups or CSV export, which start at $99 a month
- Skip it if you need keyword volumes and difficulty for pages you're writing now
- Not for you if you'd rather not have a Semrush account, as Pro runs through one
- Watch out: the pricing page doesn't say how prices are billed, and a vendor blog says $39 is the yearly rate
- Watch out: TikTok Insights is a separate add-on with no price shown
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
| 2.2GPAExploding TopicsFair | 2.8GPATreendlyGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CEntrepreneur is $39 a month for 100 tracked trends, at the dearer end of this category, and the page doesn't say how it's billed. Forecasts, trending startups and CSV export need Investor at $99. Treendly's Pro is $99 a year. | 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 | CYou can browse trending topics, startups and websites on the public site with part of each trend's data, no account needed. Every Pro plan has a 7-day trial, and the listing doesn't say whether a card is needed. | 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 | CA database it puts at 1.1 million+ topics with growth over up to 15 years, tracking with alerts, deep-dive analyses and Meta Trends. It does trend spotting fully, but that's a smaller job than keyword research, and forecasting starts at $99. | 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 | CNo rating on record. Pro runs as an app inside Semrush, so signing in and starting a trial go through a Semrush account before you see the full data. | 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. There's an API, a Zapier integration with six actions, and routes through n8n and Make. | 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 | spotting rising topics before they get crowded | 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: Exploding Topics and Treendly. How we grade
Price against what you get
Exploding Topics starts at $39 a month and scores 2.3 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.
Treendly scores higher and starts $30.75 a month lower. Of the other keyword research tools on the chart, 10 score higher than Exploding Topics 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
At a glance
| Exploding Topics | Treendly | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $39 per month for 100 tracked trends (billing basis not shown) | $99 per year ($29 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Trending topics, startups and websites can be browsed on the site without an account, with part of each trend's data; the full data needs Pro. | 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 of every Pro plan | 14-day free trial of Pro |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Semrush Inc. | x23yc OÜ |
| Price read from | explodingtopics.com | treendly.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Exploding Topics
- The pricing page shows monthly figures without saying how they are billed; a vendor blog post says $39 is the annual-billing rate.
- Trend forecasting, trending startups and CSV export start at the $99 Investor plan.
- Pro runs as an app inside Semrush: signing in and starting a trial go through a Semrush account.
- TikTok Insights is a separate add-on, and its price is not shown on the pricing page.
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
Exploding Topics
- Trends database
- Pro opens a database the vendor puts at 1.1 million+ markets, products and topics, each with search volume and growth over windows of 3 months to 15 years.
- Trend tracking and analyses
- Track 100, 500 or 2,000 trends by plan and get alerts, and run 10 to 500 deep-dive analyses with search metrics and channel-level data.
- Meta Trends
- Groups related topics into larger shifts in areas such as tech, DTC, marketing, SaaS, healthcare, fitness and fashion.
- Trend forecasting
- Investor and Business plans show a machine-learning forecast of where a trend's interest is likely to go over the next year.
- Trending products and startups
- Lists consumer products on the rise on every Pro plan, and fast-growing startups from Investor up. A TikTok Insights add-on tracks products gaining views on TikTok.
- API and automations
- An Exploding Topics API feeds trend data into other tools, with a Zapier integration offering six actions and an n8n workflow route.
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
Exploding Topics
Free$0
Browse trending topics, startups and top websites on the public site, plus a set of free SEO tools.
Entrepreneur$39
per month for 100 tracked trends, billing basis not shown
10 trend analyses, the trends database, trending products, Meta Trends and channel breakdowns.
Investor$99
per month for 500 tracked trends, billing basis not shown
100 trend analyses, plus trending startups, trend forecasting and CSV export.
Business$249
per month for 2,000 tracked trends, billing basis not shown
500 trend analyses, everything in Investor, and trend reports.
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
Exploding Topics
No public discounts listed.
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, Exploding Topics or Treendly?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Treendly is cheaper to start with: $8.25 a month when paid by the year, against $39 a month for Exploding Topics. Exploding Topics starts at $39 per month for 100 tracked trends (billing basis not shown), and Treendly starts at $99 per year ($29 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Exploding Topics or Treendly?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both Exploding Topics and Treendly have a free plan.
Which platforms do Exploding Topics 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.