Keyword Search Volume — Bulk Google Metrics (CPC & Trend)

Check Google keyword search volume, CPC, and competition for thousands of keywords at once — real Google Ads Keyword Planner data, no Google Ads account needed. Paste your keyword list and get back average monthly searches, cost-per-click, competition, top-of-page bid ranges, and a 12-month search-volume trend for every keyword. Or switch to Ideas mode and expand a few seed keywords into hundreds of related keyword ideas, each with full metrics.

Use it for:

• SEO keyword research — prioritize terms by real search demand before writing content
• PPC & Google Ads planning — real CPC and top-of-page bid estimates for budget forecasting
• Bulk search volume checks — validate 1,000s of keywords in one run (agencies, programmatic SEO, content audits)
• Keyword ideas generation — expand seed terms into related keywords with volume and CPC included
• Market & niche validation — the 12-month trend series shows seasonality and whether demand is growing
• AI agents & automation — clean JSON with stable field names, ready for LLM pipelines, n8n, Make, or the Apify API

What you get per keyword

Every dataset row is one keyword with its complete metrics:

{
  "keyword": "event organizer software",
  "search_volume": 2900,
  "cpc": 40.37,
  "competition": "LOW",
  "competition_index": 33,
  "low_top_of_page_bid": 8.76,
  "high_top_of_page_bid": 48.06,
  "monthly_searches": [
    { "year": 2025, "month": "JULY", "monthly_searches": 3600 },
    { "year": 2025, "month": "AUGUST", "monthly_searches": 12100 }
  ],
  "search_partners": false,
  "language_code": "1000",
  "location_code": "2840"
}

Field	Meaning
search_volume	Average monthly Google searches
cpc	Average cost-per-click (USD)
competition	LOW / MEDIUM / HIGH
competition_index	0–100 numeric competition score
low_top_of_page_bid / high_top_of_page_bid	Top-of-page bid range advertisers pay (USD)
monthly_searches	Last 12 months of volume — spot trends & seasonality
search_partners	Whether partner-network volume is included
language_code / location_code	The language & location the metrics are for

Two modes

• Metrics (default) — measure exactly the keywords you provide. One row per keyword. Ideal when you already have a list (a content plan, a competitor export, or output from Keyword Fan-out).
• Ideas — treat your keywords as seeds and expand them into related keyword ideas, each with full metrics. maxIdeas (default 100) caps how many rows come back so costs stay predictable — raise it deliberately when you want a big expansion.

Localized by location & language

Target a specific country and language per run (geo: "us", language: "en", names like germany/spanish, or numeric ids) — volumes and CPC reflect the market you actually care about, not a worldwide blur. Leave empty for worldwide/all languages.

Input example

{
  "keywords": ["event ticketing", "sell tickets online"],
  "mode": "metrics",
  "geo": "us",
  "language": "en"
}

• keywords (required) — your keywords (or seeds when mode: ideas), one per line
• mode — metrics or ideas
• maxIdeas — ideas mode only: cap on total returned rows (default 100)
• network — Google Search, or Search + partners
• Bulk-friendly: lists run in parallel batches of 1,000 keywords

Why use this instead of the Google Ads API or Keyword Planner?

• No Google Ads account, developer token, or OAuth setup — the usual barrier to Keyword Planner data. Getting your own Google Ads API access takes days (token approval, OAuth consent screen, code). Here you paste keywords and run.
• No monthly SEO-suite subscription — Keyword Planner-grade numbers per run, instead of $100+/month for a full suite when you only need volumes.
• Exact averages, not ranges — logged-out Keyword Planner shows "1K–10K" ranges; this returns actual averages plus the monthly breakdown.
• Automation-ready — call it from the Apify API, schedule it, chain it with other actors, or use it from AI agents via MCP.

Pairs with Keyword Fan-out

Run Keyword Fan-out to discover the long-tail queries and questions around a topic, then feed them here to rank them by real search volume. Or just enable that actor's enrichVolume option — it calls this actor for you: discovery + volume in a single run.

Pricing

Pay-per-result: you're charged per keyword row returned (plus a small run-start fee) — no subscription, no batch minimums.

• 100 keywords in Metrics mode → 100 rows → about a dollar
• Small test runs cost cents — unlike batch-priced tools where checking 5 keywords costs the same as 1,000
• Ideas mode is capped by maxIdeas (default 100), so a single seed never surprises you with a huge bill

FAQ

Is this real Google data? Yes — metrics come from Google Ads Keyword Planner data (the same source advertisers use for campaign planning), not a third-party estimate database.

How many keywords can I check at once? No hard input limit — lists are deduplicated and processed in parallel batches of 1,000. A 10,000-keyword run completes in seconds.

What does it cost? You pay per keyword row returned: a 100-keyword metrics run = 100 rows. In Ideas mode, maxIdeas (default 100) caps the rows so one seed can't surprise you with a huge bill.

Can I get keyword ideas, not just metrics for my list? Yes — set mode: "ideas": your keywords become seeds and you get related suggestions with volume, CPC, and competition. For autocomplete-style discovery (questions, prepositions, comparisons), pair with Keyword Fan-out.

Does it show search volume for a specific country or language? Yes — set geo and language; metrics are localized to that market (e.g. geo: "es", language: "es" for Spain/Spanish).

Why are some keywords missing or null? Google returns no metrics for negligible-volume keywords and groups close variants. Unknown fields stay null — never fake zeros.

Can AI agents use this actor? Yes — it works through Apify's MCP integration, and the stable JSON schema above is designed to be parsed by LLM agents.

Related actors

• Keyword Fan-out — Autocomplete Keyword Discovery — discover 100s of long-tail keywords, then enrich them here (enrichVolume)
• Keyword FAQ Generator — turn keywords into FAQ/PAA-style content briefs
• Google Search Scraper — SERP results for your target keywords
• Email Extractor — extract contacts from the sites ranking for your keywords

Support

Questions or a custom keyword/volume workflow? business@aitorsm.com