# Glimpse review (2026): is it worth it? > Google Trends add-on with absolute search volume and trend discovery Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. Glimpse adds absolute search volume, growth rates, seasonality and a one-year forecast to Google Trends through a browser extension, and runs a trend discovery database on its own site. It also shows which social channels a topic is discussed on and sends alerts when tracked keywords rise or fall. An API returns the same search volume and interest data for other tools. - **Category:** Keyword Research Tools - **Made by:** Glimpse - **Website:** https://meetglimpse.com - **Runs on:** Web, Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want to know the price before you talk to anyone, as none is published. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing Glimpse's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Absolute search volume on Google Trends:** The extension turns Google Trends' 0 to 100 index into daily search counts for any keyword and country, going back more than 20 years. - **Trend discovery:** Browse rising keywords by category and niche on Glimpse's site, with year-over-year and month-over-month growth for each. - **Trajectory and forecasting:** Shows a trend's path with seasonality and noise removed, and a forecast of the next year of searches. - **Channel breakdown:** See where a topic is talked about most across TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit, Instagram, X, YouTube, Facebook and Pinterest. - **Tracking and alerts:** Track keywords and get an alert when one of them climbs or drops in search activity. - **Glimpse API:** Endpoints for interest over time and search volume over time, offered in place of a Google Trends API, which Google has not made public. ## Good for - People who already use Google Trends and want real search numbers - Spotting rising product and content topics early - Analysts who need trend data in their own dashboards through an API ## Worth knowing - Glimpse publishes no pricing page, so the cost of its paid plans could not be confirmed. - Much of it works as a browser extension on top of Google Trends; the vendor names Chrome and Edge. - Its search volumes are Glimpse's own figures, calibrated to match the relative movements in Google Trends. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. Glimpse turns Google Trends' 0 to 100 lines into search counts through a browser extension, and adds growth rates, a forecast and where a topic is being talked about. But no price is published, the free plan's limits aren't either, and the volumes are Glimpse's own estimates. The extension is named for Chrome and Edge only, so skip it if you want to know the cost before a sales call. - **Value for money: C.** No price is published anywhere we could read. Sign-up is free, and past that the site only offers to book a demo, so the price is only given on a sales call. That leaves nothing to weigh against this category's $17 middle. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Signing up is free, but Glimpse doesn't publish what the free plan includes, so we can't tell you where its limits are. Paid plans sit above it, unpriced. - **Features: C.** Absolute search volume on Google Trends going back 20+ years, rising trends by niche, a one-year forecast, channel breakdowns and alerts. It does trend research fully, but that's a smaller job, and the volumes are Glimpse's own estimates. - **Ease of use: B.** No rating on record. Much of it is a browser extension that adds numbers to Google Trends pages, so you install it and keep searching the way you already do. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web plus an extension for Chrome and Edge, with no desktop or phone app. There's an API for interest and volume over time, and a Google Sheets link. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Glimpse'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 - Glimpse'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). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/keyword-research ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Glimpse 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. - You could not: Search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Google Trends and Google Sheets among them, and has an API. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Google Trends, Google Sheets **Tags:** Keyword research, Public API ## Alternatives - [Exploding Topics](https://toolgpa.com/tools/exploding-topics): Database of rising topics, products and startups, by search growth. 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[Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/glimpse-vs-semrush) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026: - https://meetglimpse.com/ - https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/glimpse-%E2%80%93-google-trends-s/ocmojhiloccgbpjnkeiooioedaklapap - https://meetglimpse.com/google-trends-api/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/glimpse Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).