SearchVolume.io review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Free bulk search volume checker with a paid AI keyword platform
SearchVolume.io report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for free bulk search volumes
SearchVolume.io has a free bulk checker that gives Google search volumes for up to 800 keywords at a time, with no Google Ads account. The paid platform, from $29 a month, adds AI keyword ideas, a rival's keywords and a cannibalization check. Credits don't roll over, there's no yearly price, API or integration, and it does no rank tracking, audits or backlinks.
Who SearchVolume.io is for
- Fits if you have a keyword list and just want the Google volumes for it
- Works for a freelancer who needs up to 500 lookups a month on Lite at $29
Who SearchVolume.io is not for
- Tight if your research comes in bursts, since unused credits don't roll over
- Skip it if you want rank tracking, audits or backlinks, which it doesn't do
- Pricey if you were hoping for a yearly discount, as only monthly prices are shown
- Watch out: when credits run out you wait for the next cycle or upgrade, to $69 for 2,000
- Not for you if you want the data in other tools, as there's no API or integration on record
Why SearchVolume.io gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyLite is $29 a month for 500 credits, right at this category's dearer quarter, and there's no yearly discount. One lookup is one credit even when it returns thousands of rows.
- BFree plan and trialThe bulk checker is free: up to 800 keywords at a time, exported to Excel, no Google Ads account needed. If volumes are all you need, you could live on it. The platform itself has a 7-day trial.
- CFeaturesAn AI keyword assistant, competitor keywords from a database it puts at over 7 billion, related and long-tail ideas with difficulty and CPC, and a cannibalization check, in 40 languages. Research only: no rank tracking, audit or backlinks.
- BEase of useNo rating on record. The free tool is paste a list, get numbers, and the platform's tools are lookups too, with nothing to connect.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with no integrations or API on record. Results go out to Excel.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from SearchVolume.io'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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SearchVolume.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 platforms and integrations (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $29 a month, against a middle price of $18 for the category: 23 of the 35 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 9 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 52 keyword research tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. SearchVolume.io’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 4 of 51, level with 22
- BFree plan and trialAbove 41 of 51, level with 3
- CFeaturesAbove 6 of 51, level with 36
- BEase of useAbove 28 of 51, level with 23
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 51, level with 25
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 44 keyword research tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep SearchVolume.io, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace SearchVolume.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 $348 a year.
What you could not
- Search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. SearchVolume.io’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 SearchVolume.io?
SearchVolume.io offers a free bulk checker that returns Google monthly search volume for up to 800 keywords at a time, without a Google Ads account. Its paid web platform adds an AI keyword assistant, competitor keywords, related and long-tail ideas, difficulty and CPC, and a cannibalization checker that groups keywords shown in the same results. Paid plans are monthly credit allowances.
Worth knowing
- Credits reset monthly and do not roll over; one lookup costs one credit even when it returns thousands of rows.
- The pricing page shows monthly prices only, with no annual option.
- There is no rank tracking, site audit or backlink report in the plans listed.
- When credits run out you wait for the next billing cycle or upgrade.
Key features
- Free bulk search volume
- Paste up to 800 keywords and get each one's average monthly Google search volume, then export the list to Excel.
- AI Keyword Assistant
- Suggests keywords to target from seed keywords or a written prompt.
- Keyword cannibalization check
- Groups keywords that show the same pages in Google's results, so one page can target them instead of several competing pages.
- Competitor keywords
- See the keywords a competing site ranks for, drawn from a database the vendor puts at over 7 billion Google keywords.
- Related and long-tail ideas
- Semantically related and long-tail keyword ideas from a seed, with search volume, difficulty and Google Ads cost.
- 40 languages
- Keyword data in 40 languages, from Arabic and Bengali to Ukrainian and Vietnamese.
SearchVolume.io pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, SearchVolume.io has a free plan, and paid plans start at $29 per month for 500 credits.
- Starts at
- $29 per month for 500 credits
- Free plan
- The free bulk tool on the homepage gives average monthly search volume for up to 800 keywords at a time, with export to Excel. The research platform itself is paid.
- Free trial
- 7-day free trial of the paid plans
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free tool | $0 | Bulk search volume for up to 800 keywords at a time, exportable to Excel. |
| Lite | $29per month for 500 credits | All platform tools for one marketer, with email support. A credit is one lookup or one keyword analyzed. |
| Standard | $69per month for 2,000 credits | The same tools with 2,000 credits a month. Unused credits do not roll over. |
| Scale | $119per month for 5,000 credits | 5,000 credits a month, with email and video call support. |
Read from searchvolume.io on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with SearchVolume.io before you buy.
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Common questions
Does SearchVolume.io have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. SearchVolume.io is listed for Web.
Does SearchVolume.io have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. SearchVolume.io is listed for Web.
Is SearchVolume.io open source?
SearchVolume.io is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Sources for this page
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