Keyword Search Volume & CPC – Google Ads Data

Google Ads Keyword Planner search volume, CPC, competition and 12-month trend for any keyword list, in any country and language. Licensed data through the DataForSEO API, nothing scraped: paste up to 100,000 keywords and get clean rows for $3 per 1,000 plus $0.10 per lookup of 1,000.

Who this is for

SEO and PPC teams, agencies, content planners and AI agents that need real Google Ads numbers for a keyword list: size a topic, price a campaign, pick the terms worth writing for, or refresh the volumes behind a keyword database every month.

Sample output

{
  "keyword": "buy laptop",
  "search_volume": 2900,
  "cpc_usd": 4.5,
  "competition": "HIGH",
  "competition_index": 100,
  "low_top_of_page_bid_usd": 0.8,
  "high_top_of_page_bid_usd": 4,
  "latest_month": "2026-09",
  "latest_month_volume": 3600,
  "volume_12_months_ago": 2900,
  "monthly_searches": "[{\"year\":2026,\"month\":9,\"search_volume\":3600},{\"year\":2026,\"month\":8,\"search_volume\":2400},{\"year\":2026,\"month\":7,\"search_volume\":2400},{\"year\":2026,\"month\":6,\"search_volume\":1900},{\"year\":2026,\"month\":5,\"search_volume\":2400},{\"year\":2026,\"month\":4,\"search_volume\":2900},{\"year\":2026,\"month\":3,\"search_volume\":2900},{\"year\":2026,\"month\":2,\"search_volume\":2400},{\"year\":2026,\"month\":1,\"search_volume\":2900},{\"year\":2025,\"month\":12,\"search_volume\":2900},{\"year\":2025,\"month\":11,\"search_volume\":3600},{\"year\":2025,\"month\":10,\"search_volume\":2900}]",
  "spell_corrected_to": null,
  "location_code": 2840,
  "language_code": "en",
  "search_partners": false,
  "row_key": "buy laptop|2840|en",
  "source_url": "https://dataforseo.com/apis/keywords-data-api"
}

What you get

One row per keyword. Every row also carries _source (attribution) and the recipe version.

Field	Type
keyword	string, always present
search_volume	number
cpc_usd	number
competition	string
competition_index	number
low_top_of_page_bid_usd	number
high_top_of_page_bid_usd	number
latest_month	string
latest_month_volume	number
volume_12_months_ago	number
monthly_searches	string
spell_corrected_to	string
location_code	number, always present
language_code	string, always present
search_partners	boolean
row_key	string, always present
source_url	string

Volumes are Google Ads Keyword Planner averages for the chosen country and language, bought through the DataForSEO Keywords Data API under its licence; the actor never scrapes Google or anyone else. Every row carries the attribution.

search_volume is the 12-month average; monthly_searches holds the twelve monthly values (newest first) as JSON, and latest_month_volume with volume_12_months_ago give the trend at a glance. A keyword Google has no data for comes back with null numbers, and spell_corrected_to shows when Google answered for a corrected spelling.

Keywords are deduplicated case-insensitively before sending, and row_key (keyword, location, language) is unique per run. Each request to the supplier carries up to 1,000 keywords and is billed as one lookup ($0.10) on top of the per-keyword price, so 1,000 keywords cost $3.10 and 20 keywords $0.16; the supplier accepts 12 requests a minute, so a 20,000-keyword list takes about two minutes.

Bring your own DataForSEO credentials in the two optional inputs if you prefer the supplier charge on your own account; the row price here stays the same either way.

Pricing

Pay per keyword: $0.003 each ($3.00 per 1,000), plus $0.10 per lookup (up to 1,000 keywords). The first 20 rows of every run are free; a 20-keyword test therefore costs $0.10.

How to run

1. Keep the defaults for the standard sample, or set the inputs (listed last, below).
2. Run. Results land in the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel.
3. From code or an agent: call it through the API, or as an MCP tool via mcp.apify.com.

Source and fair use

Data: DataForSEO Keywords Data API (Google Ads search volume), licensed. The data is bought from the supplier under its API terms on every run; nothing is scraped from any website. Rows are facts about keywords, and no personal data of individuals is included.

FAQ

How fresh is the data? Each run fetches live from the source. Can I get more fields? Open an issue naming the field and where it appears at the source. Something broke? Open an issue. Issues are answered within 12 hours. Found it useful? A short review on this page helps other people find it, and tells us what to improve.

Inputs

• keywords: One keyword per line (commas also work), up to 80 characters each. 1,000 keywords travel in one request, so 5,000 keywords take five requests.
• location: Country the volumes are for (Google Ads location). More locations on request.
• language: Language of the searches.
• searchPartners: Include Google's search partner network in the volumes (off = Google Search only, matching Keyword Planner's default).
• sandbox: Use the supplier's test environment: same row structure, dummy numbers, no supplier charge. For wiring tests only.
• dfsLogin: Optional: your own DataForSEO API login (the account e-mail). Leave empty to use ours.
• dfsPassword: Optional: your own DataForSEO API password. Leave empty to use ours.
• maxItems: Stop after this many rows.