Keyword Surfer vs Keywords Everywhere (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Keyword Surfer if

• Fits if you want a keyword's volume while you're searching Google anyway
• Works for writers gathering related keywords into a list before drafting

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you use Firefox or Safari, as it's Chrome and Chromium browsers only
• Too light for keyword research away from Google, since there's no database to search on its own
• Not for you if you want page checks like titles, headings or schema, which it doesn't do
• Watch out: the store listing says it handles location, user activity and website content data

Pick Keywords Everywhere if

• Fits if you want keyword volume while doing ordinary Google or YouTube searches
• Works for Amazon and Etsy sellers who want to know what people search there

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you search a lot, as one Google search showing 53 suggestions uses 54 credits
• Skip it if you want rank tracking or site audits, which it doesn't do
• Not for you if you want a web app, as Keyword Keg needs Gold at $480 a year
• Watch out: plans are yearly only, credits expire after 12 months, and volume and CPC vanish when they run out
• Too light for keyword research on the free version, which shows no search volume or CPC

Keyword Surfer

• It runs in Chrome and other Chromium browsers only; Surfer lists no Firefox or Safari version.
• It works on the Google results page and has no keyword database to search on its own.
• The store listing says it handles location, user activity and website content data.
• Surfer's paid content editor and AI visibility tools are a separate product with their own plans.

Keywords Everywhere

• It runs as a browser extension for Chrome, Firefox and Edge; Keyword Keg, the web-based tool, needs Gold at $480 a year.
• Plans are billed yearly only, and credits expire 12 months after purchase; once they run out, the extension hides volume and CPC.
• Credits go quickly: a single Google search that shows 53 suggested keywords uses 54 credits.
• Extra credits are sold as top-ups, from $80 for 200,000 credits (40 cents per 1,000) down to 16 cents per 1,000 in bulk.

Keyword Surfer

Volume and CPC in Google

Shows search volume and cost per click for the query in a side panel on the Google results page.

Keyword ideas

Lists keyword suggestions and related terms with their search volumes and an overlap score against the query.

Ranking page metrics

Estimates traffic for the pages in the results and shows their word count and how many times they use the keyword.

Collections and CSV export

Save keywords into folders to come back to without searching again, and export each folder as a CSV file.

Data for 70 countries

Search data can be set to any of 70 countries to match where an audience is.

Keyword Surfer in ChatGPT

The store listing says the extension also works in ChatGPT to rewrite text to sound more human and score how human it reads.

Keywords Everywhere

Metrics beside every search

Search volume, CPC, competition and a 12-month trend appear on Google, YouTube, Amazon, Bing, eBay, Etsy and other supported sites.

Keyword idea widgets

Related, People Also Search For and Long-tail widgets sit beside Google results, with historical search volume back to 2004.

Bulk Keywords Data

Paste in a keyword list to get volume, CPC and competition for each one, at one credit per keyword.

Website research

Shows the keywords and backlinks of any domain or URL, with keyword gap analysis and organic traffic metrics; results per site are capped by plan.

API and MCP server

A REST API and an MCP server for ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor and VS Code draw on the same credit pool as the extension.

Free prompt templates

200+ prompt templates built into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and DeepSeek, free and using no credits.

Keyword Surfer

• Free$0

  Search volumes, CPC, keyword ideas, page metrics and keyword collections in Google results, free from the Chrome Web Store.

Keywords Everywhere

• Free$0

  Install and use the free features with no sign-up; search volume, CPC and competition need a paid plan.

• Bronze$7

  per month for 100,000 credits a year, billed annually ($84)

  1 user seat, with domain keyword and backlink lists capped at the top 1,000 results per site.

• Silver$14

  per month for 400,000 credits a year, billed annually ($168)

  3 user seats, top 2,000 results per site, plus the SEO Minion add-on and premium ChatGPT prompts.

• Gold$40

  per month for 2 million credits a year, billed annually ($480)

  10 user seats, top 5,000 results per site, plus Keyword Keg, the web-based research tool, and RapidLevelUp courses.

• Platinum$120

  per month for 8 million credits a year, billed annually ($1,440)

  20 user seats, top 10,000 results per site, everything in Gold and priority email support.