Rakko Keyword review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Japanese keyword research with suggest data from five search engines
Rakko Keyword report card
Good · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for keyword research for Japanese search
Rakko Keyword is a Japanese web keyword tool that pulls suggestions from Google, YouTube, Amazon, Rakuten and Bing, with volume, difficulty and a rival's keywords on paid plans. The site, support and data are aimed at Japan. There's no trial and no mid-term refund, monthly billing costs double, the free plan shows no volumes, and the API waits on Standard at ¥2,475 a month.
Who Rakko Keyword is for
- Fits if you write for Japanese readers and want suggest data from Rakuten and Amazon
- Works for a budget of a few hundred yen a month, at ¥660 for Entry on yearly billing
Who Rakko Keyword is not for
- Skip it if you can't read Japanese, as the site and support are in Japanese
- Not for you if you want to try paid features first, as there's no trial and no refund mid-term
- Tight if you pay monthly, since that costs twice the yearly rate, and plans can't be downgraded without cancelling
- Watch out: lookups through AI tools burn credits 5 times faster on Light, and the API needs Standard
- Tight if you stay free: 50 credits a week and no search volume at all
Why Rakko Keyword gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- AValue for moneyEntry is ¥660 a month on yearly billing, tax included: a few dollars, and under 60% of this category's cheaper quarter. It's only 400 credits, though, the API waits on Standard at ¥2,475, and monthly billing costs double.
- CFree plan and trialA free plan with 50 credits a week, reset every Monday, for suggestions, competitor keywords (50 results) and rank checks to position 30. No search volume at all, which is the number you came for.
- CFeaturesSuggestions from five search engines, volume and difficulty, competitor keywords, headings from the top 20 results, rank checks, AI drafts and MCP. It covers the job, but for Japan: the site, support and keyword data are all aimed there.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. The tools are simple lookups, but the whole site is in Japanese, and each tool costs a different number of credits, so there's some working out to do.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with MCP for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, n8n and Dify from Light, and the API from Standard. Results go to Google Sheets or Excel. No desktop or phone app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Rakko Keyword's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Rakko Keyword's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 38 of the 51 other keyword research tools we grade, and level with 5.
It stands best on value for money (A, above 37 of 51) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 52 keyword research tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Rakko Keyword’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 37 of 51, level with 14
- CFree plan and trialAbove 11 of 51, level with 29
- CFeaturesAbove 6 of 51, level with 36
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 51, level with 27
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 26 of 51, level with 25
Keep Rakko Keyword, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Rakko Keyword 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 is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 38 of the 51 other keyword research tools we grade.
What you could not
- Search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date.
- It plugs into other products, Claude, Claude Code and ChatGPT among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Rakko Keyword’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Rakko Keyword?
Rakko Keyword is a Japanese web-based keyword research tool. It gathers search suggestions from Google, YouTube, Amazon, Rakuten and Bing, shows monthly search volume and SEO difficulty on paid plans, and looks up the keywords a competitor's site ranks for. Plans are monthly credit allowances priced in yen, and the site is in Japanese.
Worth knowing
- The site, support and keyword data are aimed at Japan; prices are in yen including 10% consumption tax.
- There is no free trial of paid features, and cancelling mid-term brings no refund.
- Monthly billing costs twice the annual rate; plans can only be upgraded, not downgraded, without cancelling.
- Use through AI tools burns credits faster, 5 times on Light and 1.5 times from Standard, and the API itself needs Standard or above.
Key features
- Suggest keywords from five engines
- Pull search suggestions from Google, YouTube, Amazon, Rakuten and Bing; paid plans add search volume, difficulty and an expanded list of up to 10,000 or more.
- Competitor keyword research
- See which keywords and pages bring a site its search traffic, with estimated visits and trend charts; 50 to 10,000 results per lookup by plan.
- Headings and co-occurring words
- Extract the headings and the words used most by the top 20 results for a keyword, to plan an article's structure.
- Rank checks
- Check where up to 50 URLs rank for a keyword on Google or Yahoo, to position 30 on the free plan and 100 on paid plans, by region and device from Standard.
- Bulk search volume
- Look up current Google monthly volume, CPC and competition for a list of keywords at 0.02 credits each, with a minimum of 10 per request.
- AI article drafts and MCP
- Generate titles, headings and article text from the top results, and connect Claude, ChatGPT or n8n through MCP from Light or the API from Standard.
Rakko Keyword pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, Rakko Keyword has a free plan, and paid plans start at ¥660 per month, billed annually (¥1,320 billed monthly), incl. tax.
- Starts at
- ¥660 per month, billed annually (¥1,320 billed monthly), incl. tax
- Free plan
- 50 credits a week, reset each Monday, with suggest keywords and most research tools at lower output caps. No search volume data.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| フリー (Free) | ¥0 | 50 credits a week for suggest keywords, competitor keywords (50 results), rank checks to position 30 and other basic lookups. |
| エントリー (Entry) | ¥660per month for 400 credits, billed annually (¥1,320 billed monthly) | Search volume and difficulty, 800 competitor keywords per lookup, 1 user. A suggest search costs 1 credit, a site lookup 3. |
| ライト (Light) | ¥990per month for 1,000 credits, billed annually (¥1,980 billed monthly) | 1,000 credits, 2,000 competitor keywords per lookup and MCP access for AI tools at 5 times the web credit cost. No API. |
| スタンダード (Standard) | ¥2,475per month for 3,000 credits, billed annually (¥4,950 billed monthly) | 3,000 credits, 10,000 competitor keywords per lookup, API access, 100-URL bulk site checks and 5 simultaneous users. |
| プロ (Pro) | ¥4,950per month for 6,300 credits, billed annually (¥9,900 billed monthly) | Standard's features with 6,300 credits a month and 10 simultaneous users. |
| エンタープライズ (Enterprise) | ¥9,900per month for 13,500 credits, billed annually (¥19,800 billed monthly) | Standard's features with 13,500 credits a month and 25 simultaneous users. |
Read from rakkokeyword.com on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Rakko Keyword before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountHalf price with annual billing
Rakko Keyword's pricing page marks annual billing as 50% off: Standard is ¥29,700 a year instead of ¥4,950 a month.
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Common questions
Does Rakko Keyword have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Rakko Keyword is listed for Web.
Does Rakko Keyword have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Rakko Keyword is listed for Web.
Is Rakko Keyword open source?
Rakko Keyword is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does Rakko Keyword have an API?
Yes. Rakko Keyword offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026.