# kwrds.ai review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Keyword and People Also Ask research with AI answers and an API

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

kwrds.ai is a web-based keyword research tool that pulls keyword ideas from Google autosuggest and other sources, with search volume, CPC, intent and competition on paid plans. It also collects Google's People Also Ask questions and drafts short or long AI answers to them. A separate set of API plans sells the same data to developers.

- **Category:** Keyword Research Tools
- **Made by:** KWRDS AI, Inc.
- **Website:** https://www.kwrds.ai
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want rank tracking or a site audit, as it only does research.
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026

## Pricing

As of Oct 23, 2026, kwrds.ai has a free plan, and paid plans start at $39 per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Free account: top keyword and question lists, free SEO tools and keyword ideas without search volumes; the pricing FAQ says the tools show only the first result. One free API call per endpoint.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Browse 1,000+ top keyword lists and top People Also Ask questions, use the free SEO tools, and preview the keyword tool. |
| UI Full Access | $39 per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly) | All tools in the web app with 1,500 queries a month and 500 AI research answers a month; the card says API access is included. |
| Starter API Access | $49 per month for 600 API calls (20 a day) | Any API endpoint, including search volume, CPC, trends, competition, intent, SERP data and the AI keyword tool. |
| Full API Access | $99 per month for 1,200 API calls (40 a day) | The same endpoints with twice the calls. Higher limits and enterprise terms are quoted by email. |

Read from https://www.kwrds.ai/pricing on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with kwrds.ai before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 20% with annual billing** (Annual discount): kwrds.ai's pricing page lists annual billing at 20% less: UI Full Access is $39 a month billed annually instead of $49 a month. Source: https://www.kwrds.ai/pricing

## Key features

- **Keyword research:** Keyword ideas from Google autosuggest plus AI, with search volume and its history, CPC, intent and a competition index, in 190+ countries and languages.
- **People Also Ask questions:** Pull the questions Google shows for a keyword, in real time, and have AI write short FAQ answers or long answers for articles, with sources.
- **Many suggestion sources:** The search box takes suggestions from Google, ChatGPT, YouTube, TikTok, Amazon, Reddit, Bing, Perplexity and about a dozen other sites.
- **URL rankings and SERP data:** See the keywords a URL ranks for, and the ranking titles and URLs for any keyword.
- **Topic research:** Enter a topic and AI builds an Excel report of related keywords, volumes, 12-month trends, CPC, difficulty and questions, in about 10 minutes.
- **API and MCP:** A JSON API covers keyword research, PAA, search volume, SERP features, URL rankings and AI content, and can be connected to AI assistants through MCP.

## Good for

- Writers building FAQ sections and articles around real People Also Ask questions
- Developers adding keyword and PAA data to their own tools
- Keyword research across YouTube, TikTok, Amazon and AI chat suggestions

## Worth knowing

- The web plan has one price; going past its 1,500 queries a month means contacting kwrds.ai about higher limits.
- API plans are sold separately from the web plan, and the pricing page contradicts itself on whether the web plan includes API access.
- There is no rank tracking or site audit; it is a research tool only.
- Paid plans carry a 30-day money-back guarantee; cancelling is done by email.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. kwrds.ai is a web keyword research tool that pulls the People Also Ask questions Google shows and has AI draft answers, next to volumes, CPC and intent. It's research only, with no rank tracking or audit. The one web plan is $39 a month on yearly billing and stops at 1,500 queries, the free account shows only the first result, and the pricing page contradicts itself on API access.

- **Value for money: C.** UI Full Access is $39 a month on yearly billing, $49 monthly, at the dear end of this category but under its dearest tenth. It's the only web plan: past 1,500 queries a month you have to ask kwrds.ai about higher limits.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** A free account gets the top keyword and question lists and some free SEO tools, but its pricing FAQ says the tools show just the first result. Fine for a look. Paid plans have a 30-day money-back guarantee.
- **Features: C.** Volumes with history, CPC, intent and competition in 190+ countries, PAA questions with AI answers, suggestions from Google, YouTube, TikTok, Amazon and more, URL rankings and topic reports. But it's research only: no rank tracking or site audit.
- **Ease of use: B.** No rating on record, but there's nothing to connect or build: you type a keyword or a question and read the results.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with a JSON API and an MCP server for Claude Desktop and Cursor. The API is sold as separate plans from $49 a month, and the pricing page contradicts itself on whether the web plan includes it.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from kwrds.ai'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

- kwrds.ai'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 $39 a month, against a middle price of $18 for the category: 28 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 kwrds.ai 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 $468 a year.

- You could not: Search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Claude Desktop and Cursor 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

Claude Desktop, Cursor

**Tags:** Keyword research, AI features, Public API

## Alternatives

- [AlsoAsked](https://toolgpa.com/tools/alsoasked): Live People Also Ask questions from Google, mapped as a tree. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/alsoasked-vs-kwrds-ai)
- [KeywordsPeopleUse](https://toolgpa.com/tools/keywordspeopleuse): Question research from People Also Ask, Autocomplete, Reddit and Quora. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/keywordspeopleuse-vs-kwrds-ai)
- [AnswerThePublic](https://toolgpa.com/tools/answerthepublic): Question and search-suggestion research shown as keyword wheels. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/answerthepublic-vs-kwrds-ai)
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## Sources

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

- https://www.kwrds.ai/pricing
- https://www.kwrds.ai/api
- https://www.kwrds.ai/
- https://www.kwrds.ai/help
- https://www.kwrds.ai/keyword-research
- https://www.kwrds.ai/topic-research
- https://www.kwrds.ai/blog/kwrds-ai-mcp

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