See it in action (Example Results)
This is an example of what our own tool returns for seed “seo tools” — look closely: every number is fully readable. There is no blurred column, no fake “88,888” placeholder hiding the data. What exists is shown; what has not been loaded yet is an honest dash (—) until you ask for it.
| Keyword | Volume | Bid Low | Bid High | Competition | Intent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| seo tools | 368,000 | $1.84 | $6.20 | 71 High | Commercial |
| seo tools free | 33,100 | $0.92 | $3.45 | 46 Medium | Transactional |
| best seo tools for small business | 2,900 | $2.35 | $7.80 | 23 Low | Commercial |
| seo tools for beginners | 1,900 | $0.64 | $2.10 | 18 Low | Informational |
What is a keyword generator?
A keyword generator is a tool that mines Google Autocomplete (also called Google Suggest) to surface the exact phrases people actually type into search.
When you start typing into Google, the suggestions that drop down are not guesses — they are built from billions of real searches. A keyword generator takes one seed keyword and expands it in every direction, producing hundreds of long-tail keywords: the longer, more specific phrases where competition is lower and a newer website can genuinely rank.
Short-tail vs long-tail: “shoes” is a short-tail keyword — enormous volume, enormous competition, and a completely unclear search intent. “best running shoes for flat feet women” is long-tail — less volume, but the intent is crystal clear and ranking is far more achievable. Most real SEO and content wins come from long-tail keywords, and long-tail keywords are exactly what Autocomplete data is best at revealing.
A good keyword generator does not stop at the list. It also tells you how often each phrase is searched (search volume), what advertisers pay for it (CPC / top of page bid), how hard it is to compete (competition), and what the searcher actually wants (search intent). That combination turns a raw list into a content plan.
Everything you need to find winning keywords
Discover keyword ideas
One seed becomes hundreds of suggestions, questions, prepositions, comparisons and related keywords — organised into tabs so you can work through them methodically. Enter up to 10 seeds at once, separated by commas, and the lists merge automatically.
See real metrics — nothing blurred
Search volume, a 48-month trend graph, top of page bids and competition — shown as real, readable numbers. If data has not loaded, you see a dash, never a fake placeholder.
Find easy keywords to rank for
Sort by volume, filter by any word, and use the competition score and intent label to spot the low-competition phrases a new site can win first.
Go beyond Google
Research the way each platform's audience actually searches: Google, YouTube, Bing and Amazon, for every country and more than 100 languages.
How does this tool work?
The tool places your seed keyword in the centre and expands it in every direction — the same way Google itself builds its suggestions:
Every suggestion is then deduplicated and sorted into five tabs: Suggestions, Questions, Prepositions, Comparisons and Related Keywords. Because the source is Autocomplete data, this is not a stale database of guesses — it reflects real demand: what people are typing today. Search volume, CPC and competition come from our metrics system. The seed keyword and previously cached keywords show their numbers immediately; for everything else, you tick the keywords you care about and load their metrics in one click — so credits are only ever spent on keywords you actually selected.
How to use it — 4 steps
Enter a seed keyword
Type the core word for your topic — “seo tools”, “yoga mats”, “dog food”. Pick your platform, category, country and language to match your audience.
Browse the five tabs
Suggestions for general ideas, Questions for blog posts and FAQ content, Prepositions for audience-specific pages, Comparisons for “X vs Y” content, Related for angles you had not thought of. Tip: you can enter up to 10 seed keywords at once, separated by commas.
Select and load metrics
Tick the keywords that look promising and press “Get metrics for selected” — volume, trend, bids and competition appear in full. Nothing is ever blurred.
Copy or export, free
Copy selected keywords straight to your clipboard, copy everything visible, or download the whole list as CSV — completely free, no plan required.
Suggestions vs Questions vs Prepositions vs Comparisons vs Related
Each tab serves a different purpose. Using the right tab at the right time is how you get real value out of this tool.
Suggestions
All the general long-tail ideas built around your seed. Keyword research always starts here — this is where you see the full map of a topic.
Example: “seo tools free download”
Questions
Keywords phrased as questions. Pure gold for blog posts, FAQ sections and video topics — these are the exact questions people ask Google every day.
Example: “what is the best free seo tool”
Prepositions
Phrases built with “for”, “with” and “without”. Perfect for product pages and pages written for one specific audience — the preposition usually names exactly who the page is for.
Example: “seo tools for small business”
Comparisons
“Seed vs X”, “seed or X” and “seed and X” phrases. Comparison content converts exceptionally well because the searcher is already choosing between options — meet them at the decision point.
Example: “seo tools vs manual research”
Related Keywords
Neighbouring topics and phrasings searchers also use. This is how you widen a content plan beyond one seed and find whole clusters worth covering.
Example: “keyword research tools”
How to choose the right keywords
Learn to read four signals and choosing keywords becomes straightforward:
Search volume — how many times a keyword is searched each month. More volume means more potential traffic, but usually more competition too. Top of page bid (CPC) — what advertisers pay per click; a high bid means there are buyers behind that search. Competition — how many others are already fighting for the keyword; low competition is the open door for a newer site. Intent — what the searcher wants: information (Informational), to compare options (Commercial), to buy (Transactional), or a specific brand or site (Navigational). Match the page you create to the intent, or the keyword will never convert.
| Combination | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| High volume + Low competition | The prize — strong demand, few fighters | Write this first |
| High CPC | Buyers are behind this search | Save it for a product or service page |
| Low volume + question form | A small but easy win | Perfect for a new site's first posts |
| High volume + High competition | The big players' arena | Skip it for now — keep it on a later list |
A complete example — from seed to content plan
Say you run a yoga shop. You set the seed to “yoga mats”, and the Questions tab gives you these:
| Keyword | Volume | CPC | Competition | Why it was picked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| what is the best yoga mat for beginners | 1,300 | $0.85 | Low | Question + buying intent |
| how thick should a yoga mat be | 880 | $0.40 | Low | Easy informational win |
| yoga mat vs exercise mat | 720 | $0.62 | Low | Comparison — perfect for a shop |
| how to clean a yoga mat | 2,400 | $0.30 | Medium | High volume, simple topic |
| best yoga mat for bad knees | 590 | $1.10 | Low | Specific pain, specific buyer |
The content outline built from that data
H1: How to Choose the Best Yoga Mat for Beginners — A Complete Guide
- H2: How thick should a yoga mat be? (the thickness question)
- H2: Yoga mat vs exercise mat — what is the difference?
- H2: The best yoga mats for bad knees
- H2: How to clean a yoga mat so it lasts for years
See what happened? One seed keyword, five chosen keywords, and one complete article planned — that is the real job of this tool: not guesses, but a content plan built from data.
The best Google Keyword Planner alternatives
Keyword Planner was built for advertisers, not for content and SEO research. These are the alternatives people actually use — including this page:
Google Trends
Best for seeing whether interest in a topic is rising or fading, and for comparing topics against each other. It shows relative interest over time — but no exact search volume and no keyword lists, so it works best alongside a generator like this one.
Google Suggest
The raw source itself: type a seed into Google and read the dropdown. It is free and 100% real — but painfully manual. Ten variations in, your afternoon is gone. A keyword generator simply automates this, hundreds of variations at a time.
OsaniRank Keyword Generator
This page. It automates Google Suggest across four platforms, then adds the layer Suggest never gives you: exact volume, bids, competition and intent — readable, exportable, and free for the list.
Google Keyword Planner vs OsaniRank
The two tools side by side. Planner is a fine ad tool — it was simply never designed for this job:
Google Keyword Planner
Built for Google Ads advertisers
- Volume ranges, not numbers — without ad spend you see “1K–10K”, too wide to plan with
- Few keyword ideas — long-tail phrases are grouped away or never shown
- Needs an Ads account — and exact data effectively needs active ad spend
- No intent labels, no questions tab — the list is raw and unorganised
OsaniRank Keyword Generator
Built for SEO and content research
- Exact metrics — real volume, bids and competition, never blurred
- Hundreds of ideas per seed — suggestions, questions, prepositions and related
- Free, no Ads account — the list needs no sign-up at all; metrics run on a free daily credit allowance
- Intent on every keyword — plus copy-to-clipboard and free CSV export
OsaniRank vs KeywordTool.io — an honest comparison
We are not afraid to name the competitor, because the difference speaks for itself:
| Check | KeywordTool.io | OsaniRank |
|---|---|---|
| How metrics are shown | Blurred — numbers stay hidden behind fake “88,888” placeholders until Pro | Real numbers, never blurred — what is not loaded shows an honest “—” |
| Intent labels | Not shown | On every keyword — Informational, Commercial, Transactional, Navigational |
| Copy keywords | Paid plans | Free — copy selected or copy all visible, one click |
| CSV export | Locked in paid plans | Completely free |
| Sign-up for the list | Not required | Not required |
| Price for full metrics | From $68/month | Free plan: 100 credits/day · Unlimited from $1/month |
| Comparisons tab | Not offered | Included — “vs / or / and” keyword ideas |
| Keyword difficulty | Locked behind Pro | Shown free — score + Easy / Medium / Hard on every loaded keyword |
| Daily search wall | No wall for the list, but AnswerThePublic & Ubersuggest allow 1 free search a day, then demand an account | No daily wall — the ideas list is unlimited and needs no account |
| Country selector | Plain text list, no flags | Flags + search — every country in the world, searchable, with its flag |
| Platforms | 16 platforms | 4 platforms — Google, YouTube, Bing, Amazon (honestly: these, done properly) |
Keyword research best practices
A generator gives you hundreds of ideas in seconds. These three habits turn that raw list into rankings:
Filter out irrelevant suggestions
Not every suggestion deserves a page. Use the filter box to isolate one sub-topic at a time, delete anything your site cannot genuinely serve, and group what remains into tight clusters — one cluster, one strong page, beats ten thin ones.
Match search intent and personas
Check the intent label before you write a word. An informational keyword needs a guide, a commercial one needs a comparison, a transactional one needs a product page. Then ask who exactly is searching — a beginner and a professional typing similar words want very different pages.
Speak your customers' language
The phrases in this list are your customers' own words, not your industry's jargon. Use their wording in your headings, product names and video titles. If buyers search “cheap running shoes”, a page titled “affordable performance footwear” is invisible to them.
Who uses this tool?
Bloggers & content writers
The Questions tab is a month of post ideas in one search — real questions, with volume attached, ready to become headings.
YouTubers
Research the way viewers actually search — titles and topics backed by real demand, not hunches.
PPC advertisers
Top of page bids and competition expose which keywords are worth paying for — and which long-tail bargains competitors have missed.
E-commerce sellers
Amazon-mode research shows how shoppers phrase what they want to buy — the exact wording your listings and product pages should use.
Frequently asked questions
Is this tool really free?
Where do the keywords come from?
Why do some keywords show “—” instead of a volume?
How many keywords can I generate?
Can I copy or export my list?
Do I need a Google Ads account?
Which platforms and countries are supported?
What is a long-tail keyword?
What does search intent mean, and why is it shown?
How is this different from Google Keyword Planner?
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Check your first keyword now
The list is free, the metrics are real, and blur is banned here. Type a seed in the tool above and start — or browse the full OsaniRank tools hub.