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Top 10 AI keyword research tools
Written by Wanna AI. Updated 17 Oct 2026. Checked on 17 Oct 2026, refreshed every 30 days. This page was written by Wanna AI; Wanna in this list is our product. The order is alphabetical, with Wanna last. It is not a score. Prices change; open each link before you decide.
Short answer. Keyword research means finding the phrases people type and judging which are worth a page. Nine of the ten tools below do part of that: they suggest phrases, show search volume, or group phrases into topics. They differ in whether the numbers come from a search engine's own data or from an index the vendor built, and in how they charge: by plan, by credit, or by year. Wanna is the tenth and the odd one out. It gives no volume numbers.
How we chose
- The vendor's own page says the product finds, sizes or groups keywords or search questions.
- We read each vendor's own pricing page and product page on 17 Oct 2026. Where a page showed no price, no currency or no limit, the table says so. Prices are what a US visitor sees; SE Ranking showed us only euros (read from Germany), so its row is in euros.
- We ran none of the nine outside tools. Everything about them is what their own pages say. The Wanna row comes from our own product.
The ten at a glance
| Tool | What it does | Who it is for | Price and plan limits, read 17 Oct 2026 | Honest minuses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahrefs Keywords Explorer | "Study what people are searching for in Google"; the page reports 28.7B keywords filtered from 110B discovered | The page names no audience | US dollars per month, billed monthly: Starter 29, Lite 129, Standard 249, Advanced 449; yearly billing is discounted by up to 17%, per the page; a Free plan is listed (Ahrefs pricing page) | The pricing page gives no Free plan limits and no Keywords Explorer limits |
| AlsoAsked | Shows Google's "People Also Ask" questions for a topic as visual graphs, with intent clustering | Content creators, copywriters, SEOs | US dollars per month, billed monthly: Basic 15 for 100 credits, Lite 29 for 300, Pro 59 for 1,000; billed yearly 12, 23 and 47 a month, or 144, 276 and 564 a year (AlsoAsked pricing page) | No free plan listed, only free credits for visitors without an account, number not stated; the page describes questions, not search volumes |
| Google Keyword Planner | "Discover new keywords related to your business" and "view estimates on the number of searches a keyword gets each month" | People planning Search ad campaigns | The help page states no price; it says basic features need billing information entered in your account | Built for Search campaigns; volumes are estimates, per its own wording; needs an account with billing set up |
| Keyword Insights | Finds keywords for a seed term and organizes them into topic clusters, each with a suggested page | "High-volume enterprise teams" (Enterprise section) | Per month, with a dollar sign: Basic 58 for 10,000 credits, 1 seat; Professional 99 for 20,000 credits, 3 seats; Enterprise custom; a 7-day trial with 5,000 credits is sold for 1 dollar (Keyword Insights pricing page) | Clustering costs 1 credit per keyword and a content brief 100 credits, so credits set the cost; the page shows no annual prices |
| KeywordTool.io | Keyword ideas from search engine autocomplete across 16 platforms | Business owners, online marketers and content creators; plans for solo marketers, growing businesses and in-house teams | Free to use without an account, with 750+ suggestions per term. Paid, in US dollars per month, billed monthly or yearly: Starter 88 or 68, Growth 188 or 148, Scale 388 or 308, Agency 788 or 628; Starter allows 50 requests a day (pricing) | Volume, cost per click and competition are on paid plans only; no free trial, only a 30-day money-back guarantee |
| Keywords Everywhere | A browser extension that shows search volume, cost per click and competition on Google, YouTube and Amazon | Marketing professionals | Per year, dollar sign with no currency named: Bronze 84 for 100,000 credits, 1 seat; Silver 168 for 400,000, 3 seats; Gold 480 for 2 million, 10 seats; Platinum 1,440 for 8 million, 20 seats | One credit covers one keyword's metrics; when credits run out, volume and cost per click stop showing; credits last one year |
| SE Ranking | SEO platform with keyword, competitor and backlink research and keyword tracking | Marketing teams (Core) and multi-client work (Growth) | Euros per month as shown to us in Germany, yearly billing or monthly: Core 87.20 or 109, 2,000 keywords tracked daily, 10 projects, 1 seat; Growth 188 or 235, 5,000 keywords, 30 projects, 3 seats; 14-day trial, no card | AI search tracking is an add-on at 63.20 yearly or 79 monthly; extra seats start at 14.40 |
| Semrush Keyword Magic Tool | "Find winning keywords from a database of 28B+ terms" | The page names no audience | US dollars per month, yearly billing or monthly: SEO 117.33 or 139.95, Starter 165.17 or 199, Pro+ 248.17 or 299; Advanced custom; 7-day trial (Semrush plans page) | The page gives no limit on keyword lookups per plan; the free plan is one demo project |
| Surfer | Lists keyword research as a feature on every plan, beside a content editor | Content and SEO teams | US dollars per month, billed yearly or monthly: Discovery 49 or 59, Standard 99 or 119, Pro 182 or 219, Peace of Mind 299 or 359 | No numeric keyword research limit stated; trial length not stated |
| Wanna | Reads your site and proposes the week's tasks, which can include which pages to write | A founder with a site and no marketing staff | Free: plan, matches, first drafts, then 10 credits. Paid plans per month in US dollars: Starter 20 for 200 credits, Growth 49 for 5,000, Scale 149 for 16,000; 1 task is 10 credits | Not a keyword tool: no search volume, no difficulty score, no phrase lists; early, 3 companies and 0 paying (live) |
By job
Phrase ideas from autocomplete: KeywordTool.io. Questions people ask: AlsoAsked. Volumes while you browse: Keywords Everywhere. Grouping phrases into pages: Keyword Insights. Keyword research beside tracking and audits: Ahrefs, SE Ranking or Semrush. Volume estimates tied to ads: Google Keyword Planner. The week's next task: Wanna. For questions to ask any vendor, see how to choose.
What Wanna is and is not
Wanna does not research keywords. It reads your site, proposes the week's tasks and drafts for your OK (how it works); posts, letters and ads wait for you (Trust). The free site check reads one page and lists up to five measured problems, such as the title, the description and broken links. On the live page at 12:08 UTC on 17 Oct 2026: 3 companies of people, 0 paying, MRR $0.
What this list does not replace
A keyword tool does not tell you what a buyer wants; talking to buyers does. It does not replace reading the results page for a phrase before you write, or a search specialist who owns your pages and measurements. We read pages, not products, so a trial of two tools on your own phrases is still your step. If you also want to know whether AI assistants name you, see the AI SEO and GEO tools list.
FAQ
What is the best AI keyword research tool? We do not rank them. The By job section sorts the ten by task, and prices and limits in the table differ by plan.
Is there a free keyword research tool? KeywordTool.io says it is free to use, even without creating an account, with volume data on paid plans. Ahrefs lists a Free plan without stating its limits. Google's help page says basic Keyword Planner features need billing information.
Do I need a paid tool to find keywords for a small site? No tool here is required. You can start with autocomplete suggestions and the questions Google shows, then check a tool's trial on your own phrases.
How much do keyword research tools cost? In these ten, from a free tier (KeywordTool.io, Ahrefs Free) to 788 dollars a month for KeywordTool.io Agency billed monthly; several charge by credit, so the cost follows use.
Can AI do my keyword research for me? Not on this evidence. The tools here suggest, size and group phrases; none of the pages we read says it decides which phrase is right for your buyers.
Is Wanna a keyword research tool? No. It has no volume or difficulty numbers. It is our product, so its minuses are in the table.
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