Keyword search volume checker
Check monthly search volume, difficulty, intent, and CPC for up to 10 keywords.
Paste up to 10 keywords to check search volume and get the metrics that decide whether a term is worth targeting: monthly Google search volume, keyword difficulty (0–100), search intent, CPC, and advertiser competition. Useful for content planning, SEO prioritization, and sanity-checking a keyword brief before committing a sprint to it. Powered by the UnifAPI SEO endpoints — the same keyword surface agents query at up to 700 keywords per call.
How do I check a keyword's monthly search volume?
Paste up to 10 keywords above, one per line. The check returns each keyword's monthly Google search volume in the United States, keyword difficulty (0–100), search intent, CPC and advertiser competition.
Why not use Google Keyword Planner?
Keyword Planner needs a Google Ads account, and without active ad spend it shows broad ranges such as 1K–10K. This checker shows one monthly figure per keyword, plus difficulty and intent, which Keyword Planner does not show.
How much does a keyword volume check cost?
Sample checks are free and labeled as samples. A live check costs 50 credits ($0.05) for up to 10 keywords, and the first top-up adds a one-time 2,000-credit bonus, enough for 40 checks.
What you can see, and what you can't
You can see
- Monthly Google search volume
- Keyword difficulty from 0 to 100
- Search intent
- CPC and advertiser competition
- Up to 10 keywords per check
You can't see
- Volume for phrases below the index's reporting threshold (shown as no data)
- Daily or weekly search counts
- Your own site's clicks and impressions (Google Search Console has them)
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API referenceBuilt on the UnifAPI gateway
Every result above is one API call against the same live public-data surface that UnifAPI Skills use. Agents can call the same data through MCP when a workflow needs evidence.
The concepts behind this tool
Scale from checking keywords to tracking them daily.
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Zero-click searchWhy search volume alone no longer equals clicks.
SERP featuresThe result types that decide how much traffic a ranking actually gets.
Keyword search volume workflowTurn volume, difficulty, CPC, and intent into a prioritized content brief.
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Questions about this tool
Where do the numbers come from?
Each check runs one live lookup through the UnifAPI SEO keyword endpoint, which returns current Google search volume, difficulty, intent, CPC, and competition per keyword. Volumes are the bucketed monthly averages keyword indexes report — the same figures ad planners work from.
What does keyword difficulty mean?
A 0–100 estimate of how hard it is to rank organically on page one, based on the strength of the pages currently ranking. Under 30 is generally within reach for newer sites; over 70 usually needs significant authority.
Why does a keyword show “no data”?
The keyword index has no recorded volume for that exact phrase — common for long-tail queries, brand-new terms, and most question-style searches. No data doesn't mean no traffic; it means the term is below the index's reporting threshold.
What does a live check cost?
50 credits per check — 1 per keyword with a 50-credit minimum, so any batch of up to 10 keywords costs exactly the minimum. Sample checks are free, and the one-time 2,000-credit first-top-up bonus alone covers 40 checks.
Can I check more than 10 keywords?
Via the API, yes — the same endpoint accepts up to 700 keywords per call, and companion endpoints cover keyword ideas, related terms, autocomplete suggestions, and the keywords any domain ranks for. See /apis/seo for the full surface.
Use the same data in your own agent.
Add UnifAPI once, then ask your assistant to fetch live public data with the same per-record pricing.
Using ChatGPT, Claude Code or another client? See the setup steps