# KeywordTool.io review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Autocomplete keyword ideas from Google and 16 other search platforms Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. KeywordTool.io, sold as Keyword Tool, pulls long-tail keyword ideas from the autocomplete suggestions of Google, YouTube, Bing, Amazon, TikTok, Perplexity and other platforms. The free version lists suggestions without an account. Keyword Tool Pro adds search volume, cost per click, competition and trend history, and every paid plan includes the web app, an API and an MCP server for AI assistants. - **Category:** Keyword Research Tools - **Made by:** Essential Apps LLC and Key Tools Limited - **Website:** https://keywordtool.io - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you only want search volumes, at $68 a month on yearly billing and $88 monthly. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, KeywordTool.io has a free plan, and paid plans start at $68 per month, billed annually ($88 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **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. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | 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 & Custom | Custom | Higher daily limits, custom API and MCP usage, procurement paperwork and bank-transfer payment. Quoted after a demo. | Read from https://keywordtool.io/pro on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with KeywordTool.io before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save over 20% with annual billing** (Annual discount): Keyword Tool's pricing lists annual billing at over 20% less: Starter is $68 a month billed annually instead of $88 billed monthly. Source: https://keywordtool.io/pro ## Key features - **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. ## Good for - Writers and SEOs hunting long-tail and question keywords - Research beyond Google: YouTube, Amazon, TikTok, app stores - Teams that want keyword data in their own scripts or AI assistants ## Worth knowing - 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. Keyword Tool pulls autocomplete suggestions from Google, YouTube, Amazon, TikTok, the app stores and other platforms, and the free version lists them without an account. Volume, CPC and trends start at $68 a month on yearly billing, in this category's dearest tenth, with no trial. There's no difficulty score, volumes outside Google and Bing are estimates, and paid plans are capped by daily requests. - **Value for money: D.** Starter 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. - **Free plan and trial: B.** The 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. - **Features: C.** Ideas 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. - **Ease of use: B.** No 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. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web 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. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from KeywordTool.io'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 - KeywordTool.io'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 free plan and trial (B, above 41 of 51) and worst on value for money (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $68 a month, against a middle price of $18 for the category: 34 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 KeywordTool.io 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 $816 a year. - You could not: Search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date. - You could not: Keyword rankings and popularity scores from both app stores, gathered every day. - You could not: Search data for YouTube topics and channels. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor 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 Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor **Tags:** Keyword research, YouTube SEO, App store optimization, Public API ## 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/keywords-everywhere-vs-keywordtool-io) - [AnswerThePublic](https://toolgpa.com/tools/answerthepublic): Question and search-suggestion research shown as keyword wheels. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/answerthepublic-vs-keywordtool-io) - [Ubersuggest](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ubersuggest): Low-cost SEO tool for keyword ideas, site audits and rank tracking. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/keywordtool-io-vs-ubersuggest) - [Keyword Tool Dominator](https://toolgpa.com/tools/keyword-tool-dominator): Live autocomplete keywords from Amazon, Google, YouTube and five more. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/keyword-tool-dominator-vs-keywordtool-io) - [Semrush](https://toolgpa.com/tools/semrush): SEO suite for keyword research, rank tracking and AI search visibility. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/keywordtool-io-vs-semrush) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026: - https://keywordtool.io/pro - https://keywordtool.io/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/keywordtool-io Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).