# SE Ranking, free: Keyword research API

> Retrieves various data points for a list of specified keywords within a given regional database. It’s designed for bulk analysis and returns metrics like search volume, CPC, competition, keyword difficulty, search intent, and historical search volume trends for each submitted keyword.

SE Ranking's keyword research API on its Free trial plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 keywords. It returns all 6 key fields we check: Search volume, Monthly trend, Cost per click, Competition, Keyword difficulty, Search intent.
We rank 35 plans by price. [Mangools's $15 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/mangools/15-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 keywords: as little as $0.0001. Mangools's $15 monthly plan covers up to 5,000,000 keywords a day.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/se-ranking/free
- Get it: https://seranking.com/api-pricing.html
- Request: `POST https://api.seranking.com/v1/keywords/export`
- API key: with the plan, on https://seranking.com/api-pricing.html
- Its API docs: https://seranking.com/api/data/keyword-research/#export
- Sold by: SE Ranking (https://seranking.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Search volume: ✓
- Monthly trend: ✓
- Cost per click: ✓
- Competition: ✓
- Keyword difficulty: ✓
- Search intent: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 keywords: $0.00
- Per: result
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Backlinks API · Domain Research API · Keyword Research API · Website Audit API · AI Search API

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Retrieves various data points for a list of specified keywords within a given regional database. It’s designed for bulk analysis and returns metrics like search volume, CPC, competition, keyword difficulty, search intent, and historical search volume trends for each submitted keyword.

## Data

- Freshness: 1 month
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Customer may use the data obtained through the Provider API for commercial purposes, including internal analytics, client SEO audits, or reporting, provided such use complies with this Agreement and does not fall under the restricted use cases outlined below. [...] Any access to or use of the Provider API by a direct competitor of SE Ranking requires Provider’s explicit written consent. [...] The following use cases require Provider’s prior written consent: (1) Embedding raw or substantially similar API metrics inside a paid SaaS product, including white-label dashboards, API-based widgets, or multi-tenant products, (2) Reselling, sublicensing, or bulk redistribution of API data, including data-as-a-service offerings, data feeds, or mirroring Provider’s datasets or databases, (3) Use of API data to train public machine learning or language models.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100,000 credits
- Enough for: 5,000,000 results, once
- Expires: 14 days

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 5,000

## The call

- You send: source in the query string, keywords, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: sort, sort_order, history_from, history_to
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/keywords/export

## About the plan

- Plan: Free trial
- Who can get it: anyone who confirms an email address, a direct competitor of SE Ranking excepted

## The 8 fields the plan's answer can hold

keyword, data found, search volume, cost per click, competition, keyword difficulty, search intent, search volume trend

## SE Ranking's plans (6)

- [SE Ranking, free](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/se-ranking/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, 1 month
- [SE Ranking, top-up from $50](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/se-ranking/top-up-from-50/llms.txt): $0.004 per 1,000, 100% complete, 1 month
- [SE Ranking, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/se-ranking/29-monthly/llms.txt): $0.0039 per 1,000, 100% complete, 1 month
- [SE Ranking, $540 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/se-ranking/540-yearly/llms.txt): 100% complete, 1 month
- [SE Ranking, $2,148 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/se-ranking/2148-yearly/llms.txt): 100% complete, 1 month
- [SE Ranking, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/se-ranking/contact-us/llms.txt): 100% complete, 1 month

## SE Ranking's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /v1/keywords/export`: [SE Ranking, free](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/se-ranking/free/llms.txt)

## SE Ranking's APIs (5)

- [SE Ranking: keyword research API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/se-ranking/free/llms.txt)
- [SE Ranking: ranked keywords API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/se-ranking/free/llms.txt)
- [SE Ranking: backlink API pricing, 6 plans, GET /v1/backlinks/raw](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/se-ranking/free-trial-get-v1-backlinks-raw/llms.txt)
- [SE Ranking: backlink API pricing, 6 plans, GET /v1/backlinks/all](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/se-ranking/free-trial-get-v1-backlinks-all/llms.txt)
- [SE Ranking: domain authority API pricing, 6 plans, GET /v1/backlinks/summary](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/se-ranking/free-trial-get-v1-backlinks-summary/llms.txt)
- [SE Ranking: domain authority API pricing, 6 plans, GET /v1/backlinks/authority/domain](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/se-ranking/free-trial-get-v1-backlinks-authority-domain/llms.txt)
- [SE Ranking: related keywords API pricing, 6 plans, GET /v1/keywords/questions](https://datacircle.dev/related-keywords-apis/se-ranking/free-trial-get-v1-keywords-questions/llms.txt)
- [SE Ranking: related keywords API pricing, 6 plans, GET /v1/keywords/related](https://datacircle.dev/related-keywords-apis/se-ranking/free-trial-get-v1-keywords-related/llms.txt)
- [SE Ranking: related keywords API pricing, 6 plans, GET /v1/keywords/similar](https://datacircle.dev/related-keywords-apis/se-ranking/free-trial-get-v1-keywords-similar/llms.txt)

## SE Ranking: keyword research API alternatives

- [DataForSEO, top-up from $50, Pay as you go, POST /v3/keywords_data/google_ads/search_volume/live](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/dataforseo/top-up-from-50-pay-as-you-go-post-v3-keywords-data-google-ads-search-volume-live/llms.txt): $0.09 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [SpyFu, $119 monthly, Pro + AI, GET /apis/keyword_api/v2/related/getKeywordInformation](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/spyfu/119-monthly-pro-ai-get-apis-keyword-api-v2-related-getkeywordinformation/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 67% complete, 1 month

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-29.

- https://help.seranking.com/hc/en-us/articles/21487397355420-API-pricing
- https://seranking.com/api-pricing.html
- https://seranking.com/api/api-credits-system
- https://seranking.com/api/data/keyword-research/
- https://seranking.com/api/rate-limits
- https://seranking.com/api/usage-guidelines-for-commercial-purposes
- https://seranking.com/legal/api-terms-of-service.html