KeywordTool.io vs Twinword Ideas (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, KeywordTool.io and Twinword Ideas share a 2.4 GPA, both have a free plan, and Twinword Ideas starts cheaper, at $12 a month against $68 a month.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
KeywordTool.io grades higher on the free plan and platforms. Twinword Ideas grades higher on value for money. 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.
KeywordTool.io
Autocomplete keyword ideas from Google and 16 other search platforms
Twinword Ideas
Keyword research tool that filters ideas by relevance and user intent
Which one is for you
Pick KeywordTool.io if
- Fits if you want long-tail ideas from YouTube, Amazon or TikTok and can do without the numbers
- Works for pulling keyword data into Claude or ChatGPT through the MCP server on a paid plan
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you only want search volumes, at $68 a month on yearly billing and $88 monthly
- Skip it if you need a difficulty score to judge which keywords you can win
- Not for you if you want to try the paid data first, as there's no trial, only a 30-day refund
- Watch out: only Google and Bing volumes come from the ad planners; the rest are modeled estimates
- Tight if you run lots of lookups, as Starter allows 50 requests a day across web, API and MCP
Pick Twinword Ideas if
- Fits if you want a short list of keywords sorted by relevance rather than thousands of rows
- Works for researching in languages other than English, with 46 to pick from
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a way back out, as Twinword's pricing page says it gives no refunds
- Skip it if you need rank tracking, backlinks or a site audit, which it doesn't do
- Tight if you stay free, with 2 searches a day and 30-line exports
- Watch out: semantic keywords start at Pro, $24 a month yearly, and only Agency allows several users at once
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $18 for Plus against $12 on yearly billing
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAKeywordTool.ioFair | 2.4GPATwinword IdeasFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DStarter is $68 a month on yearly billing, $88 monthly, which is in this category's dearest tenth. Every paid plan does include the API, an MCP server and volume for 50,000 keywords a day. There's no trial, only a 30-day money-back guarantee. | BPlus is $12 a month billed yearly at $144, inside the cheaper quarter of this category, for 60 searches a day and unlimited CSV export. Paying monthly it's $18, and semantic keywords need Pro at $24. |
| Free plan and trial | BThe free version needs no account and no card, and gives up to 750+ suggestions a search with no limit on record. One person could live on that for ideas. What you don't get is volume, CPC or competition: those are all paid. | CThe free Basic plan gives 2 keyword searches a day and 6,000 suggestions a month, with CSV exports capped at 30 lines. Two searches a day is a real wall if you're planning more than one post. |
| Features | CIdeas from 17 platforms, plus volume, CPC, trend history and bulk lookups on paid plans. But there's no difficulty score or competitor lookup on record, and only Google and Bing volumes come from the ad planners. | CSuggestions with volume, organic and paid competition and CPC in 46 languages, relevance scores, intent filters, topic groups, trending searches and an LSI graph. Semantic keywords start at Pro, and there's no rank tracking, backlink data or audit. |
| Ease of use | BNo rating on record, and nothing to set up: the free version runs without an account, so you type a word, pick a platform and read the list. | BNo rating on record, and nothing to set up: type a seed keyword, then sort and filter the list by relevance, intent, word count or volume. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. Every paid plan has a REST API and an MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, all drawing on the same daily request pool. | CWeb only, with no integrations or API on record. Lists leave as CSV exports. |
| Best for | long-tail ideas from Google and 16 other platforms | short keyword lists sorted by relevance and intent |
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: KeywordTool.io and Twinword Ideas. How we grade
Price against what you get
KeywordTool.io starts at $68 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Twinword Ideas starts at $12 a month and scores 2.3.
KeywordTool.io scores higher, and starts $56 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other keyword research tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than KeywordTool.io for less, and 2 score higher than Twinword Ideas 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
- KeywordTool.io also covers app store optimization and youTube SEO.
At a glance
| KeywordTool.io | Twinword Ideas | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $68 per month, billed annually ($88 billed monthly) | $12 per month, billed yearly ($18 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Free version, no account needed: up to 750+ autocomplete suggestions per search term. Search volume, cost per click and competition data come with Keyword Tool Pro. | Basic plan: 2 keyword searches a day and 6,000 suggestions a month, 1 import, trending, top-search and site lookup a day, and CSV exports of up to 30 lines. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Essential Apps LLC and Key Tools Limited | Twinword, Inc. |
| Price read from | keywordtool.io | twinword.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
KeywordTool.io
- The free version shows suggestions only; volume, CPC and competition need a paid plan starting at $68 a month billed annually.
- There is no free trial; paid plans instead carry a 30-day money-back guarantee.
- Only Google and Bing volumes come from the ad planners; other platforms' volumes are modeled estimates.
- Paid plans are capped by daily requests, from 50 on Starter to 400 on Agency, shared across the web app, API and MCP.
Twinword Ideas
- Semantic keyword suggestions start at Pro, and only Agency lets more than one person use an account at once.
- The free plan exports only 30 lines to CSV; paid plans have unlimited export.
- Twinword does not give refunds, per its pricing page; cancelling drops the account to the free plan at the end of the term.
- There is no rank tracking, backlink data or site audit.
Key features
KeywordTool.io
- Autocomplete keyword ideas
- Adds letters and numbers around a seed term to pull hundreds of long-tail suggestions, across 190+ Google domains and many languages.
- 17 search platforms
- Research Google, YouTube, Bing, Copilot, Perplexity, Amazon, eBay, the App Store, Google Play, Instagram, X, Reddit, Pinterest, Etsy, TikTok and Naver.
- Search volume and cost per click
- Pro plans show volume, CPC and competition. Google and Bing figures come from their keyword planners; the other platforms are estimates.
- Trend history
- Monthly search volume history covers 12 months on Starter, 24 on Growth and up to 48 on Scale and Agency.
- Bulk search volume
- Upload an existing keyword list and get volume, CPC and trend data for it, up to 1,000 keywords per request.
- API and MCP server
- Every paid plan includes a REST API and an MCP server for assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, drawing on the same daily request pool.
Twinword Ideas
- Relevance score and intent filters
- Sort suggestions by how closely they match the seed keyword, and filter them by intent (know, do, buy, local), word count or search volume.
- Topic grouping
- AI detects popular topics and user intents among the suggestions and groups keywords under them, and suggests titles from high-scoring keywords.
- Keyword data
- Search volume, organic competition, paid competition and CPC for each keyword, in 46 languages and more than 230 locations.
- Import your own list
- Paste in a keyword list to see its statistics and sort it by relevance; each import reads the first 500 keywords.
- Trending and top searches
- Trending keywords related to a query drawn from Google News, and the top searches on Google for a location and language.
- Keywords for a site and LSI graph
- Get keywords relevant to a website, and an LSI graph of words that have recently appeared alongside a term in Google News.
Plans
KeywordTool.io
Free$0
Autocomplete keyword suggestions for any term, up to 750+ per search, without signing up.
Starter$68
per month for 50 requests a day, billed annually ($88 monthly)
Search volume for 50,000 keywords a day, 12 months of trend history, all 17 platforms, web app, API and MCP.
Growth$148
per month for 100 requests a day, billed annually ($188 monthly)
Search volume for 100,000 keywords a day and 24 months of trend history.
Scale$308
per month for 200 requests a day, billed annually ($388 monthly)
Search volume for 200,000 keywords a day and 48 months of trend history, for in-house teams.
Agency$628
per month for 400 requests a day, billed annually ($788 monthly)
Search volume for 400,000 keywords a day and 48 months of trend history.
Enterprise & CustomCustom
Higher daily limits, custom API and MCP usage, procurement paperwork and bank-transfer payment. Quoted after a demo.
Twinword Ideas
Basic$0
2 keyword searches a day, 6,000 suggestions a month and exports of up to 30 lines.
Plus$12
per month, billed yearly at $144 ($18 billed monthly)
60 keyword searches a day, 30,000 suggestions a month, 3 imports and site lookups a day, and unlimited CSV export.
Pro$24
per month, billed yearly at $288 ($40 billed monthly)
300 keyword searches a day, 150,000 suggestions a month, 30 imports and site lookups a day, and semantic keywords.
Agency$59
per month, billed yearly at $708 ($89 billed monthly)
1,500 keyword searches a day, 750,000 suggestions a month, 300 imports and site lookups a day, and up to 5 users at once.
Ways to pay less
KeywordTool.io
- Annual discount
Save over 20% with annual billing
Keyword Tool's pricing lists annual billing at over 20% less: Starter is $68 a month billed annually instead of $88 billed monthly.
Twinword Ideas
- Annual discount
Up to 40% less with yearly billing
Twinword's pricing page lists Pro at $24 a month billed yearly ($288) against $40 billed monthly; Plus and Agency save about a third.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, KeywordTool.io or Twinword Ideas?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Twinword Ideas is cheaper to start with: $12 a month, against $68 a month for KeywordTool.io. KeywordTool.io starts at $68 per month, billed annually ($88 billed monthly), and Twinword Ideas starts at $12 per month, billed yearly ($18 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, KeywordTool.io or Twinword Ideas?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both KeywordTool.io and Twinword Ideas have a free plan.
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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.