Keyword Magic vs Mangools (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Keyword Magic grades higher than Mangools: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Keyword Magic grades higher on ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Keyword Magic
Keyword research with live SERP previews and AI content briefs
Mangools
Bundle of five SEO tools led by the KWFinder keyword research app
Which one is for you
Pick Keyword Magic if
- Fits if you research a few keywords a week and draft posts with an AI model
- Works for a solo blogger who wants volume and difficulty without a full SEO suite
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you work in a team, as accounts are for one person only
- Skip it if you want rank tracking, audits or backlinks, which the vendor says it doesn't do
- Tight if you stay free, at 5 actions a month, where one search, one SERP fetch or one brief is an action
- Watch out: refunds cover only the latest payment, and only if it was a mistake or no actions were used
- Watch out: it's web only with no integrations or API, so briefs are copied into your AI model by hand
Pick Mangools if
- Fits if you're a blogger who mostly needs keyword ideas and difficulty scores
- Works for local keyword research down to city level
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need daily rankings, as they update weekly below the Agency plan at $97.70
- Not for you if you want technical site audits, which none of the five tools does
- Tight if you research in bursts, since lookups are capped per 24 hours, 100 on Basic
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $61 for Basic against $37.70 billed yearly, with refunds only within 48 hours
- Too light for teams on Basic, which has no extra seats; sub-users on higher plans share one set of limits
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAKeyword MagicFair | 2.0GPAMangoolsFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPro is $15 a month for 200 actions, billed monthly, between this category's cheaper quarter and its middle. An action is a search, a live SERP fetch or a brief, under a fair-use policy. | CBasic is $37.70 a month on yearly billing ($61 monthly), exactly this category's middle. That buys 100 keyword lookups a day, 200 tracked keywords and 500 AI prompts. Paying monthly costs a lot more, and refunds only run for 48 hours. |
| Free plan and trial | CThe free plan has every feature and needs no card, but only 5 actions a month. That's enough to see how it works and not much else. | CA free plan with no card: 5 keyword lookups every 24 hours, each showing 15 related keywords. Enough to see how it works, not enough to do research. There's no trial of the paid plans. |
| Features | CHundreds of related keywords per seed, with volume, difficulty, CPC, intent and trend in 170+ countries, a live top-10 fetch and AI briefs. The vendor's own FAQ says there's no rank tracking, site audit or backlink analysis. | CKeyword research down to city level, SERP checks, rank tracking, backlinks from Majestic's index, domain metrics and AI answer tracking on every plan. The gaps: rankings update weekly except on Agency, and none of the five tools audits your site. |
| Ease of use | BNo rating on record, but there's nothing to set up. Type a keyword, open one that looks good, and the brief is a paste away from ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. | CNo rating on record. The tools are pitched at bloggers, but daily lookup caps and setting up rank tracking take some getting used to. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with no integrations or API. The briefs are made to paste into an AI model by hand. | CWeb plus a browser extension, with Looker Studio the one integration on the listing. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | keyword research for people who write with AI | keyword research for bloggers |
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: Keyword Magic and Mangools. How we grade
Where they differ
- Mangools also covers rank tracking and backlink analysis.
At a glance
| Keyword Magic | Mangools | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $15 per month for 200 actions, billed monthly | $37.70 per month, billed annually ($61 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | 5 actions a month with every feature, including AI content briefs, search history, bookmarks and CSV export. No card needed. | Free plan, no card needed: 5 KWFinder lookups per 24 hours, each showing 15 related and 5 competitor keywords, plus the free mini tools. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | KeywordMagic.io | Mangools (CodeCat s.r.o.) |
| Price read from | keywordmagic.io | mangools.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Keyword Magic
- The free plan's 5 actions a month are enough to try it, not to work with it.
- There is no rank tracking, site audit or backlink analysis, as the vendor's own FAQ says.
- Accounts are for one person; team accounts are not supported.
- Refunds cover only the latest payment, and only if charged by mistake or before any actions were used.
Mangools
- Rank tracking updates weekly except on the Agency plan, which updates daily.
- Basic has no extra seats; sub-users on Premium and Agency share the parent account's limits.
- Lookups reset every 24 hours, so heavy research days can hit the cap.
- Refunds are offered only within 48 hours of a payment.
Key features
Keyword Magic
- Keyword expansion
- One seed keyword expands into hundreds of related phrases, questions and long-tail variations, ranked by opportunity.
- Volume, difficulty and intent
- Each keyword shows search volume, a difficulty score, competition, CPC, AI-detected intent and a 12-month volume trend.
- Live SERP preview
- Opening a keyword fetches the current Google top 10 for the chosen country, rather than a stored copy.
- AI content briefs
- Builds an outline, questions to answer, entities and the gaps the top 10 leave, bundled into one prompt for any AI writing model.
- 170+ countries
- Volumes and SERPs can be pulled for more than 170 countries and their languages.
Mangools
- KWFinder
- Find keyword ideas with search volume and a keyword difficulty score, by keyword or by the domain that ranks, for locations down to city level.
- SERPChecker
- Inspect localized search results with SERP features and metrics for every ranking page; each check counts as one SERP lookup.
- SERPWatcher
- Track rankings for 200 to 1,500 keywords; updates are weekly, or daily on the Agency plan. Desktop and mobile count separately.
- LinkMiner and SiteProfiler
- Browse a site's backlinks, drawn from Majestic's index, and get an overview of any domain's SEO metrics.
- AI Search Watcher PRO
- Included in every plan: monitor up to 500 prompts across several AI models, with unlimited monitors and multiple checks per prompt.
Plans
Keyword Magic
Free$0
5 actions a month with every feature unlocked. An action is one keyword search, one live SERP fetch or one AI brief.
Pro$15
per month for 200 actions, billed monthly
The same features with 200 actions a month, under a fair-use policy. Opening a keyword already fetched does not count.
Mangools
Free$0
5 keyword lookups per 24 hours with 15 related and 5 competitor keywords per lookup.
Mangools Basic$37.70
per month, billed annually ($61 billed monthly)
1 user, 100 keyword and 100 SERP lookups per 24 hours, 200 tracked keywords updated weekly, 100,000 backlinks a month, 500 AI prompts.
Mangools Premium$52.70
per month, billed annually ($81 billed monthly)
3 extra seats, 500 keyword and SERP lookups per 24 hours, 700 tracked keywords updated weekly, 500,000 backlinks a month.
Mangools Agency$97.70
per month, billed annually ($141 billed monthly)
5 extra seats, 1,200 keyword and SERP lookups per 24 hours, 1,500 tracked keywords updated daily, 1.2 million backlinks a month.
Ways to pay less
Keyword Magic
No public discounts listed.
Mangools
- Annual discount
Save up to 35% with annual billing
Mangools' FAQ puts the saving from annual plans at up to 35%. Basic is $452.40 a year billed annually against $61 a month billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Keyword Magic or Mangools?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Keyword Magic is cheaper to start with: $15 a month, against $37.70 a month for Mangools. Keyword Magic starts at $15 per month for 200 actions, billed monthly, and Mangools starts at $37.70 per month, billed annually ($61 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Keyword Magic or Mangools?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both Keyword Magic and Mangools have a free plan.
Which platforms do Keyword Magic and Mangools run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Mangools 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.