# Keyword Planner Alternative — Exact Volumes, No Ads Account

**Use case:** 

Keyword Planner shows search volume ranges unless you run ads. This task returns exact monthly Google search volumes, CPC and competition for your keywords, plus keyword difficulty and AI Overview flags, without a Google Ads account.

## Input

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "coffee grinder",
    "espresso machine",
    "french press",
    "pour over coffee maker"
  ],
  "seedKeywords": [],
  "ideasPerSeed": 100,
  "country": "us"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "keyword": {
    "label": "Keyword"
  },
  "source": {
    "label": "Source"
  },
  "seedKeyword": {
    "label": "Seed"
  },
  "searchVolume": {
    "label": "Search volume",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "keywordDifficulty": {
    "label": "Difficulty",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "intents": {
    "label": "Intent",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "hasAiOverview": {
    "label": "AI Overview",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "cpc": {
    "label": "CPC",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "adsCompetition": {
    "label": "Ads competition"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Keyword Research Tool — Search Volume, Difficulty & Ideas](https://apify.com/jesting_grass/keyword-research-tool.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/jesting_grass/keyword-research-tool.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

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 full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/jesting_grass/keyword-research-tool.md

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`).