13 Semrush alternatives in 2026

By Wayne Hamadi, founder of Datacircle. We don't sell any API. No provider has paid us to rank higher on this page. Last updated: November 12, 2026

The best alternatives to Semrush for keyword research APIs: DataForSEO, Bishopi and AppDrift, by our benchmark. Semrush's website is semrush.com.

Keyword research API alternatives

DataForSEO, Bishopi and AppDrift are the best keyword research API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

On our Semrush plan pages, we compare each Semrush plan with other providers' plans. We list other providers' plans below.

Provider and plan	$ per 1,000 keywords
AIsa, contact us, Enterprise, GET /apis/v1/semrush/keyword-overview	not published
DataForSEO, contact us, Custom pricing quote, POST /v3/dataforseo_labs/google/keyword_overview/live	not published
SocialCrawl, contact us	not published
kwrds.ai, contact us, Higher limits or enterprise solutions, POST /keywords-with-volumes	not published

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Related keywords API alternatives

DataForSEO, Mangools and Bing Webmaster Tools are the best related keywords API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

On our Semrush plan pages, we compare each Semrush plan with other providers' plans. We list other providers' plans below.

Provider and plan	$ per 1,000 keywords
AIsa, contact us, Enterprise, GET /apis/v1/semrush/broad-match-keywords	not published
DataForSEO, contact us, Custom pricing quote, POST /v3/dataforseo_labs/google/keyword_ideas/live	not published
Ranxplorer, contact us, Sur mesure, GET /v1/kwd/relatedsearches	not published
SandBase, contact us, Scale, POST /v1/api/dataforseo/v3/dataforseo_labs/google/related_keywords/live	not published

Compare every related keywords API plan: Related keywords API pricing: free and cheapest plans compared

Domain authority API alternatives

AnyAPI, host.io and SearcherLite are the best domain authority API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

On our Semrush plan pages, we compare each Semrush plan with other providers' plans. We list other providers' plans below.

Provider and plan	$ per 1,000 domains
AIsa, contact us, Enterprise, GET /apis/v1/semrush/backlinks-overview	not published
Bishopi, contact us, Enterprise, GET /backlinks_summary/	not published
Moz, contact us	not published
UnifAPI, contact us, Enterprise, POST /seo/backlinks/summary	not published

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Backlink API alternatives

DataForSEO, BacklinkMCP and SE Ranking are the best backlink API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

On our Semrush plan pages, we compare each Semrush plan with other providers' plans. We list other providers' plans below.

Provider and plan	$ per 1,000 backlinks
AIsa, contact us, Enterprise, POST /apis/v1/dataforseo/backlinks/backlinks/live	not published
Ahrefs, contact us, Enterprise, GET /v3/site-explorer/all-backlinks, Backlinks	not published
DataForSEO, contact us	not published
Ranxplorer, contact us, Sur mesure, GET /v1/bls/raw	not published

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Ranked keywords API alternatives

DataForSEO, Bishopi and Bukvarix are the best keyword ranking API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.ranked keywords API providers

On our Semrush plan pages, we compare each Semrush plan with other providers' plans. We list other providers' plans below.

Provider and plan	$ per 1,000 keywords
Bishopi, contact us	not published
DataForSEO, contact us, Custom pricing quote, POST /v3/dataforseo_labs/bing/ranked_keywords/live	not published
SE Ranking, contact us	not published
SEObserver, contact us	not published
SocQ, contact us	not published

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