# Keyword Surfer review (2026): is it any good? > Free Chrome extension showing search volumes beside Google results Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. Keyword Surfer is a free Chrome extension from Surfer that adds a side panel to Google search results with the query's search volume, cost per click and keyword ideas. It also estimates traffic and word counts for the pages that rank, and keywords can be saved into collections and exported as CSV. Data covers 70 countries. - **Category:** SEO Browser Extensions - **Made by:** Surfer Sp. z o.o. - **Website:** https://surfer.ai/keyword-surfer-extension/ - **Runs on:** Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you use Firefox or Safari, as it's Chrome and Chromium browsers only. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, Keyword Surfer is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** The extension is free; Surfer's page calls it 100% free with no paid tier for the extension itself. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Search volumes, CPC, keyword ideas, page metrics and keyword collections in Google results, free from the Chrome Web Store. | Read from https://surfer.ai/keyword-surfer-extension/ on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Keyword Surfer before buying. ## Key features - **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. ## Good for - Checking a keyword's volume while searching Google - Writers gathering related keywords before drafting - People who want free keyword data without a subscription ## Worth knowing - 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.0 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. Keyword Surfer puts a search's volume, cost per click and related keywords beside Google's results, with traffic and word-count estimates for the pages that rank, in 70 countries, for free. It only works on the Google results page, with no keyword database to search on its own, and only in Chrome and other Chromium browsers. - **Value for money: A.** Free from Surfer, whose page calls it 100% free with no paid tier for the extension. Surfer's paid content tools are a separate product. - **Free plan and trial: A.** Free outright: volumes, cost per click, keyword ideas, page estimates and saved collections, with nothing locked behind a plan. - **Features: C.** Volume and cost per click for the query, keyword ideas with overlap scores, traffic and word-count estimates for ranking pages, CSV collections and 70 countries. It does keyword numbers on Google fully, a smaller job, with no page checks and no database of its own. - **Ease of use: B.** No rating on record, but there's nothing to set up: install it and the panel appears beside your next Google search. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Chrome and other Chromium browsers only, so computers only, with no Firefox or Safari version. It runs on Google Search and in ChatGPT, and links to Surfer. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Surfer's own page and its Chrome Web Store listing on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among SEO browser extensions - Keyword Surfer's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 17 of the 34 other SEO browser extensions we grade, and level with 16. - It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 5 of 34) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 0). - Keyword Surfer has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/seo-extensions ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Keyword Surfer is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. - You could not: Search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date. - 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 Google Search, ChatGPT, Surfer **Tags:** Keyword research, AI features ## Alternatives - [Keywords Everywhere](https://toolgpa.com/tools/keywords-everywhere): Browser extension that shows search volume on the sites you browse. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/keyword-surfer-vs-keywords-everywhere) - [SEOquake](https://toolgpa.com/tools/seoquake): Free Semrush extension for page audits and metrics in Google results. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/keyword-surfer-vs-seoquake) - [Detailed SEO Extension](https://toolgpa.com/tools/detailed-seo-extension): Free Chrome and Firefox extension for one-click on-page SEO checks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/detailed-seo-extension-vs-keyword-surfer) - [SerpWorx](https://toolgpa.com/tools/serpworx): Paid Chrome extension showing link and SEO metrics in Google results. 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