Google Trends vs Treendly (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Google Trends grades higher than Treendly: 3.0 against 2.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Google Trends grades higher on value for money and the free plan. Treendly grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Google Trends
Free charts of relative Google search interest by time and place
Treendly
Trend discovery tool for spotting rising topics and keywords early
Which one is for you
Pick Google Trends if
- Fits if you want to know whether a topic is growing before you write about it
- Works for timing seasonal content, like gift guides or summer gear
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need search volumes, since it only shows a 0 to 100 score
- Not for you if you need an API, as it's an alpha for accepted developers
- Too light for tiny niches, where low-volume terms show as 0 and small ones can spike from added noise
- Watch out: reused data must be credited to Google Trends, and Google asks you not to cite it alongside Ads data
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
| 3.0GPAGoogle TrendsVery good | 2.8GPATreendlyGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AFree, from Google, with no paid tier: charts, comparisons, regions, related searches, Trending now and CSV export all cost nothing. | 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 | AEverything is open to anyone in a browser, with no account and no cap a normal person would reach. Only the API is closed, to an alpha group of applicants. | 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 | CCompare up to 8 groups of terms, see interest by region down to cities, related searches and Trending now in 100+ countries. It does trends fully, but gives no volumes, low-volume terms show as 0, and small terms can spike from added noise. | 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 there's nothing to sign up for. Type a term and a chart appears. The 0 to 100 scale takes a minute to get used to. | 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 | CWeb only. Charts export to CSV and embed on a web page, and trending searches go out by RSS, but the API is an alpha open only to accepted developers. | 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 and seasonal searches | 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: Google Trends and Treendly. How we grade
Price against what you get
Google Trends has no paid plan 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 $8.25 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other keyword research tools on the chart, none scores higher than Google Trends 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
- Google Trends also covers research.
At a glance
| Google Trends | Treendly | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free plan |
| Starts at | Free | $99 per year ($29 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Explore, Trending now and Year in Search are open to anyone in a browser at no charge, and charts can be downloaded as CSV files. | Unlimited trend searches, 3 monitored trends, the regular newsletter, a limited set of curated trends and 1 user seat. No card needed. |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day free trial of Pro |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | x23yc OÜ | |
| Price read from | trends.google.com | treendly.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Google Trends
- Shows relative interest on a 0 to 100 scale, not search volumes; Google points to Google Ads for monthly volume figures.
- Low-volume terms show as 0, and small terms can show random spikes because Google adds statistical noise for privacy.
- The API is an alpha that only accepted applicants can use; everyone else works through the website.
- Reused data must be credited to Google Trends, and Google asks that it not be cited together with Google Ads data.
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
Google Trends
- Explore and compare terms
- Chart search interest for a term over a chosen period and compare up to 8 groups of terms, each holding up to 50 terms, across languages and places.
- Interest by region
- See where a term is searched most, from country level down to subregions and cities, and compare two locations or two time periods.
- Related searches and categories
- Find searches related to a term, and narrow results to a category of topics to cut out unrelated meanings.
- Trending now
- Searches rising in 100+ countries and regions over the past 4 hours to 7 days, refreshed about every ten minutes, with a volume bucket and growth figure.
- Export, embed and RSS
- Download charts as CSV, embed many charts on a web page, and export trending searches by clipboard, CSV or RSS feed.
- Trends API alpha
- An alpha API with 5 years of consistently scaled data is open to a limited set of developers who apply to test it.
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
Google Trends
Free$0
Search interest charts, comparisons, interest by region, related searches, trending searches and CSV export.
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
Google Trends
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, Google Trends or Treendly?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Google Trends is cheaper to start with: it is free, against $8.25 a month when paid by the year for Treendly. Google Trends is free, and Treendly starts at $99 per year ($29 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Google Trends or Treendly?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both Google Trends and Treendly have a free plan.
Which platforms do Google Trends 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.