# Keyword Search Volume, CPC & Difficulty (Bulk, No Subscription) (`ensorcelling_melilot/keyword-volume`) Actor

Get Google monthly search volume, 12-month trend, CPC, competition, keyword difficulty and search intent for up to thousands of keywords per run, or generate keyword ideas from a seed. Pay only for keywords that return data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ensorcelling_melilot/keyword-volume.md
- **Developed by:** [ensorcelling \_melilot](https://apify.com/ensorcelling_melilot) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 keyword with data

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Keyword Search Volume, CPC & Difficulty (Bulk, No Subscription)

Paste a list of keywords and get, for each one:

- **Monthly Google search volume** and the last 12 months of searches, with the peak month
- **CPC** (cost per click) and the top-of-page bid range advertisers pay
- **Ads competition** (low, medium, high)
- **Keyword difficulty** (0–100): how hard it is to rank in the organic results
- **Search intent**: informational, commercial, transactional or navigational
- **Trend**: month-over-month and year-over-year change

No Ahrefs, Semrush or Google Ads account needed, and no monthly plan. You pay only for keywords that come back with data.

### Three modes

| Mode | What you give | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| **Search volume** | Your own keyword list (thousands per run are fine) | One row per keyword |
| **Keyword ideas** | Seed keywords | Up to 1,000 longer phrases per seed that contain it, with metrics |
| **Related keywords** | Seed keywords | What people also search for, with metrics |

Pick any country (United States, United Kingdom, Germany, India…) and language.

### Pricing

Pay per keyword row that has data. Keywords Google has no data for still appear in the output, marked "No data", and are **not charged**. Set **Minimum monthly searches** to skip low-volume ideas without paying for them. In the two ideas modes there is also a small fee per seed keyword, because each seed is a separate lookup. The run stops cleanly at your *Maximum cost per run*.

### Output

| keyword | searchVolume | cpc | competitionLevel | keywordDifficulty | searchIntent | peakMonth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| running shoes | 301000 | 1.23 | HIGH | 74 | commercial | Nov |

Download as CSV, Excel or JSON, or send it straight to Google Sheets with the *Google Sheets Import & Export (Reliable)* Actor as an integration.

### Where the data comes from

Metrics come from [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/) Labs, which is built on Google Ads Keyword Planner data plus clickstream modelling. Volumes are monthly averages and are rounded the way Google rounds them.

### FAQ

**Why do some keywords have no data?** Very rare or brand-new phrases have too few searches for Google to report. They're free.

**Can I schedule it?** Yes. Use an Apify schedule to track the same list every month.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

One keyword per line. In Search volume mode you can paste thousands; in the ideas modes each line is a seed keyword.

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Search volume looks up exactly the keywords you give. Keyword ideas finds longer phrases containing each seed. Related keywords finds what people also search for.

## `locationName` (type: `string`):

Country in English, e.g. United States, United Kingdom, Germany, India, Australia.

## `languageCode` (type: `string`):

Two-letter language code, e.g. en, de, fr, es.

## `maxIdeasPerSeed` (type: `integer`):

Ideas modes only. Up to 1,000 per seed keyword.

## `minSearchVolume` (type: `integer`):

Skip (and don't charge for) keywords below this volume. 0 keeps everything.

## `includeMonthly` (type: `boolean`):

Adds monthly search counts and the peak month to each row.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "running shoes",
    "trail running shoes",
    "best running shoes for flat feet"
  ],
  "mode": "volume",
  "locationName": "United States",
  "languageCode": "en",
  "maxIdeasPerSeed": 100,
  "minSearchVolume": 0,
  "includeMonthly": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `keywords` (type: `string`):

One row per keyword: search volume, CPC, competition, difficulty, intent and monthly searches.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

How many keywords returned data, how many had none, and whether the run stopped at your cost limit.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keywords": [
        "running shoes",
        "trail running shoes",
        "best running shoes for flat feet"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ensorcelling_melilot/keyword-volume").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "keywords": [
        "running shoes",
        "trail running shoes",
        "best running shoes for flat feet",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ensorcelling_melilot/keyword-volume").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keywords": [
    "running shoes",
    "trail running shoes",
    "best running shoes for flat feet"
  ]
}' |
apify call ensorcelling_melilot/keyword-volume --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ensorcelling_melilot/keyword-volume"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/NZ85FP4UdghFbl27S/builds/eekhdMiGhrcJ7CGfS/openapi.json