# Haloscan review (2026): is the free plan enough? > French-market keyword and competitor research with rank tracking Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. Haloscan is a web-based SEO tool whose keyword and site data covers the French market only. It looks up search volume, difficulty, CPC and intent for keywords, shows which keywords and pages bring a domain its traffic, tracks rankings daily and lists expired domains that still rank. Plans are priced in euros by the number of searches and results each month. - **Category:** Keyword Research Tools - **Made by:** ARCHI301 - **Website:** https://www.haloscan.com - **Runs on:** Web, Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if your market is anywhere but France, as that's all the data covers. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, Haloscan has a free plan, and paid plans start at €49.20 per month, billed annually (€59 billed monthly), excl. VAT. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 50 keyword searches and 25 site searches a month, 100 results per search and 5,000 results or exports a month, for 1 user. No API, competitor analysis or projects. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | €0 | 50 keyword searches and 25 site searches a month, up to 100 results per search, 1 user. | | Starter | €49.20 per month, billed annually (€59 billed monthly), excl. VAT | 10,000 keyword searches and 3,000 site searches a month, 5 projects, 800 tracked keywords, API access, 1 user. | | Agency | €149.20 per month, billed annually (€179 billed monthly), excl. VAT | 25,000 keyword searches and 10,000 site searches a month, 20 projects, 2,000 tracked keywords and 2 users. | | Guru | €374.20 per month, billed annually (€449 billed monthly), excl. VAT | 50,000 keyword searches and 30,000 site searches a month, 50 projects, 5,000 tracked keywords and 5 users. | Read from https://www.haloscan.com/en/pricing on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Haloscan before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Two months free with yearly billing** (Annual discount): Haloscan's pricing page marks yearly billing as two months free: Starter is €590 a year instead of €59 a month. Source: https://www.haloscan.com/en/pricing ## Key features - **Keyword Explorer:** Search volume, allintitle count, CPC, competition, a difficulty score, search intent and the SERP features for each keyword, with bulk lookups of up to 1,000 at a time. - **Site Explorer:** See the keywords a domain or page ranks for, its estimated traffic, its best pages and the keywords it shares with competitors. - **Rank tracking and projects:** Track rankings daily on Google, Bing and YouTube with alerts on big changes, grouped into projects: 800 to 5,000 keywords depending on plan. - **Expired domains:** Find expired domains that still rank and are available to buy, including some with Google Business listings. - **API on paid plans:** Every paid plan includes API access at no extra cost; Haloscan says it has been available since July 2023. - **Free browser extension:** A free Chrome and Firefox extension shows a domain's visibility index and ranking keywords, numbers Google results and outlines nofollow links. ## Good for - SEOs and agencies working on French-language sites for France - Finding expired domains with ranking history - Teams that want API access without paying for a top-tier plan ## Worth knowing - Keyword and site data covers France only; Haloscan says it is focusing exclusively on the French market for now. - Prices are in euros and exclude VAT; billing goes through FastSpring. - The free plan has no API, no competitor analysis and no projects or rank tracking. - Backlink analysis is listed as coming soon, so link research needs another tool. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. Haloscan is a keyword and competitor research tool built for France, and only France: volumes, difficulty, a rival's keywords, daily rank tracking and expired domains that still rank. Starter is €49.20 a month on yearly billing, before VAT, near this category's dearest tenth. Backlink research is still marked coming soon, and if your site isn't aimed at people searching in France, there's nothing here for you. - **Value for money: C.** Starter is €49.20 a month on yearly billing, €59 monthly, both before VAT. That's the dear end of this category, near its dearest tenth. For it you get 10,000 keyword searches a month, 800 tracked keywords and the API. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A free plan for one user: 50 keyword searches and 25 site searches a month, 100 results each. No API, competitor analysis, projects or rank tracking, so you'll reach the edge fast. - **Features: C.** Keyword Explorer with volume, difficulty, intent and SERP features, Site Explorer for any domain's keywords, daily rank tracking on Google, Bing and YouTube, and expired domains. But the data covers France only, and backlinks are still listed as coming soon. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. A single lookup is quick, but it's a full suite, with projects, rank tracking and bulk lookups of up to 1,000 keywords to learn before it all clicks. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, plus a free Chrome and Firefox extension that shows a site's visibility and ranking keywords, and API access on every paid plan. No desktop or phone app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Haloscan'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 - Haloscan's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 12 of the 51 other keyword research tools we grade, and level with 10. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 26 of 51) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at about $55.13 a month, against a middle price of $18 for the category: 31 of the 35 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 12 tools score higher and cost 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 Haloscan 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. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 29 of the 51 other keyword research tools grade higher. It costs $661.60 a year. - You could not: Search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date. - You could not: Daily checks of where your pages rank in search results. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Chrome and Firefox 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 Chrome, Firefox **Tags:** Keyword research, Rank tracking, Public API ## Alternatives - [Semrush](https://toolgpa.com/tools/semrush): SEO suite for keyword research, rank tracking and AI search visibility. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/haloscan-vs-semrush) - [SE Ranking](https://toolgpa.com/tools/se-ranking): SEO platform for rank tracking, audits, research and AI visibility. 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