Keyword Chef vs LowFruits (2026): which should you pick?

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

Pick LowFruits if

• Fits if you run niche sites and hunt for low-competition keywords
• Works for new blogs that can't compete on big search terms yet

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you need audits or backlink research, as it's built for keywords
• Tight if you analyze big keyword lists, at one credit per keyword, with no rollover of monthly credits
• Not for you if you want an API or integrations to pull the data into other tools
• Tight if you stay free: 3 Keyword Finder searches every 7 days, and analysis needs paid credits from $25
• Watch out: there's no trial, and the 14-day refund only applies if you've used fewer than 100 credits

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.

LowFruits

• Every keyword analyzed costs a credit even on a plan, and monthly plan credits do not roll over to the next month.
• The rank tracker, Domain Explorer, competitor and sitemap extraction, and the boosted finder need a subscription.
• Pay-as-you-go packs run from $25 for 2,000 credits to $250 for 50,000, expire after a year, and are 10% off for subscribers.
• There is no API, and the 14-day refund applies only if fewer than 100 credits were used.

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.

LowFruits

SERP weakness analysis

For each keyword it checks the top results for low-authority sites, word counts, title relevance and site types, at 1 credit per keyword.

Keyword Finder

Long-tail ideas from Google Autocomplete with wildcard searches and intent filters; plans get a boosted finder with up to 5 times more ideas.

Keyword clustering

Groups keywords that share a similar search intent into clusters, so related searches can be planned together.

Competitor extraction

Pulls a competitor's top-ranking keywords, keyword ideas from their pages and their sitemap to see what they publish.

Domain Explorer

A database of more than 150,000 weak websites, with niche, traffic and authority, for finding competitors to learn from.

Rank tracker and KGR tool

Tracks 100 or 500 keywords depending on plan, and an Allintitle and Keyword Golden Ratio tool sizes up competition.

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.

LowFruits

• Free$0

  3 Keyword Finder searches every 7 days. SERP analysis uses pay-as-you-go credits, from $25 for 2,000.

• Standard$20.75

  per month for 3,000 credits, billed annually ($29.90 billed monthly)

  Unlimited keyword searches, 100 tracked keywords, Domain Explorer, 30 competitor ranking and 90 sitemap extractions a month.

• Premium$62.45

  per month for 10,000 credits, billed annually ($79.90 billed monthly)

  500 tracked keywords, 70 competitor ranking extractions, 900 competitor keyword idea and 300 sitemap extractions a month.

Keyword Chef

No public discounts listed.

LowFruits

• Annual discount

  Lower monthly rate with yearly billing

  Billed yearly, Standard is $20.75 a month instead of $29.90, and Premium $62.45 instead of $79.90.