# AnswerThePublic review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Question and search-suggestion research shown as keyword wheels

Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA.

AnswerThePublic turns a seed term into the questions, comparisons and phrases people type into Google, Bing, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Amazon, laid out as visual keyword wheels and lists with search volume and cost per click. An AI Models report shows related prompts and answers from ChatGPT and Gemini, and Content Studio writes and publishes articles using monthly credits. It belongs to Neil Patel's NP Digital.

- **Category:** Keyword Research Tools
- **Made by:** Answer the Public Ltd (NP Digital)
- **Website:** https://answerthepublic.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you research a lot, since Starter allows 100 searches a month and they don't roll over.
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026

## Pricing

As of Oct 23, 2026, AnswerThePublic has a free plan, and paid plans start at $20 per month, billed monthly ($160 a year billed annually).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Free account: 3 searches a day, volume and CPC on two branches per report, exports of up to 30 keywords and 30 AI prompt responses a month. No Content Studio credits.
- **Free trial:** 7-day free trial on monthly plans, once per account; a payment method is needed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | 3 searches a day with some suggestions and data locked, and small exports. |
| Starter | $20 per month, billed monthly ($160 a year billed annually) | 1 user, 100 searches a month, 1,000 AI prompt suggestions, 30 AI responses, 2 projects and 60 Content Studio credits. |
| Growth | $99 per month, billed monthly ($792 a year billed annually) | Up to 3 users, 200 searches a month, 2,000 prompt suggestions, 60 AI responses, 4 projects, 350 credits and report comparisons. |
| Business | $199 per month, billed monthly ($1,592 a year billed annually) | Up to 10 users, 300 searches a month, 3,000 prompt suggestions, 100 AI responses, 8 projects and 800 credits. |
| Custom | Custom | More users, domains or limits than Business, quoted on request. |

Read from https://answerthepublic.com/en/pricing on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with AnswerThePublic before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Annual billing at eight times the monthly price** (Annual discount): AnswerThePublic's campaign terms put the standard annual price at 8 times the monthly price, such as $160 a year for Starter instead of $240 paid monthly. Source: https://answerthepublic.com/en/pages/6-months-free-terms
- **6 months free on annual plans until November 8, 2026** (Annual discount): From October 13 to November 8, 2026, annual plans cost 6 times the monthly price ($120 a year for Starter) and renew at that price while active. Source: https://answerthepublic.com/en/pages/6-months-free-terms

## Key features

- **Keyword wheels and search modifiers:** Groups suggestions into questions, prepositions, comparisons, alphabeticals and related terms, as a visual wheel or a list, with Google volume and CPC.
- **Searches across platforms:** Reports draw on Google, Bing, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Amazon, plus People Also Ask results and Google Shopping product rankings.
- **AI Models report:** Shows prompts people might give ChatGPT and Gemini about a topic, sorted by intent and sentiment, and generates sample AI answers from a monthly allowance.
- **Search listening alerts:** Follow a keyword and get a weekly email of new suggestions: 1 alert on Starter, 5 on Growth and 20 on Business.
- **Content Studio:** Writes articles from a project's keywords and publishes them to WordPress or Webflow. Each article uses 10 credits and each Deep Search 8.
- **API in alpha:** Paid plans can create searches and pull reports through an API that draws on the same monthly search allowance. Not available on the free plan or during a trial.

## Good for

- Writers looking for the questions people ask about a topic
- Planning FAQ sections, blog series and video topics
- Presenting search behavior to clients as visual maps

## Worth knowing

- Paid plans are capped at 100 to 300 searches a month, and unused searches and credits do not roll over.
- Subscriptions are generally non-refundable once billing starts, and annual plans have no free trial.
- Search volume reflects Google data from the previous month only.
- Starter allows 1 user, Growth 3 and Business 10, and all users share the plan's monthly limits.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. AnswerThePublic takes one word and shows you the questions, comparisons and phrases people search around it, as a wheel or a list, with volume and CPC. Starter is $20 a month, or $160 a year. But Starter allows 100 searches a month that don't roll over, the volume is last month's Google data only, there's no difficulty score, and subscriptions are generally non-refundable.

- **Value for money: C.** Starter is $20 a month, or $160 a year, which works out at about $13.33 a month, and until 8 November a year of Starter is $120. That's mid-table for this category, for 100 searches a month and 1 user.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** A free account gets 3 searches a day, with volume and CPC on just two branches of each report and exports of 30 keywords. The 7-day trial needs a payment method and only covers monthly plans.
- **Features: C.** Questions, comparisons and related terms from Google, Bing, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Amazon, with volume and CPC, AI prompt ideas and alerts. It does question research fully, but that's a smaller job, and the volume is last month's Google data only.
- **Ease of use: B.** No rating on record, but nothing to set up either. Type a word and the wheel appears, and anyone you show it to will get it straight away.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with no desktop or phone app. Content Studio publishes to WordPress and Webflow, and paid plans get an API, still in alpha, that draws on the same search allowance.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from AnswerThePublic's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among keyword research tools

- AnswerThePublic's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 23 of the 51 other keyword research tools we grade, and level with 14.
- It stands best on ease of use (B, above 28 of 51) and worst on value for money (C, above 4).
- Its paid plans start at $20 a month, against a middle price of $18 for the category: 19 of the 35 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/keyword-research

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace AnswerThePublic you would be making search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $240 a year.

- You could make: Long-form writing: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: Search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, WordPress and Webflow among them, and has an API.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

WordPress, Webflow

**Tags:** Keyword research, Long-form writing, AI features, Public API

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## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026:

- https://answerthepublic.com/en/pricing
- https://answerthepublic.com/en
- https://answerthepublic.com/en/pages/6-months-free-terms
- https://answerthepublic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/48103194840091-AnswerThePublic-Plans-and-Limits-Explained
- https://answerthepublic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/22617503900187-Is-There-a-Free-Version-of-AnswerThePublic
- https://answerthepublic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/7414292189595-Payments-Billing-and-Free-Trials-in-AnswerThePublic
- https://answerthepublic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/15219088022555-Does-AnswerThePublic-Have-an-API
- https://answerthepublic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/26990597327259-AnswerThePublic-Refund-Policy

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