Keyword research
Keywords, joined to what
AI search asked
Research keywords around a seed for a client, then see beside each one how often AI engines ran that search for the client's tracked prompts, whether Google showed an AI Overview, and where the client's site stands in Search Console. Volumes, difficulty and intent come from DataForSEO Labs and carry their date.
Keyword research runs on your own DataForSEO account or on a Rank Tracker budget; there are no free lookups. The price is shown before every lookup, and nothing is sent until you click.
AI search data first, then the keyword numbers
Most keyword tools stop at volume and difficulty. This one also shows what AI engines searched for when they answered for this client.
The searches AI engines ran
AI engines search the web before they answer. For every keyword the table shows how often an engine ran that search for the client's tracked prompts, as runs out of the answers in the window, so a number always comes with its sample.
AI Overviews, by their best evidence
Whether Google showed an AI Overview for the keyword and whether it cited the client, taken from the Rank Tracker's newer check where the keyword is tracked and otherwise from DataForSEO's dated sample. The source and its age are shown; evidence older than 90 days is marked stale.
Striking distance
Search Console queries at an average position of 4 to 20 over the last 30 days, most impressions first, with the monthly searches already stored for them. One lookup fetches the figures that are missing.
Every figure says where it is from
Monthly searches are a Google Ads-based model from DataForSEO, shown with a band and the date. Keyword difficulty follows DataForSEO's published formula, shown in the app, not a hidden score. Intent, CPC, bids and SERP features are dated samples.
Lists, tracking and prompts
Save keywords to a list (up to 50 lists of up to 5,000 keywords per client), export CSV, add keywords to the Rank Tracker or turn them into AI tracking prompts.
From your assistant
7 MCP tools read stored research, list opportunities and run lookups. A lookup shows its cost first and needs the same opt-in as other actions that spend AI.
Four types of lookup, one country and language
Choose a seed keyword, a country, a language and a type: keywords that contain the seed, keywords on the same topic, searches Google lists as related, or questions that start with a question word of the chosen language. A lookup fetches up to 1,000 keywords.
- A lookup stored in the last 30 days opens again at no charge.
- Nothing is sent until a person clicks, and the most it can cost is shown first.
- Viewers can read stored lookups and lists but cannot run one.
What it costs, and who pays
There are no free lookups. A lookup runs on your own DataForSEO account or on a Rank Tracker budget you buy. With neither, no lookup runs; stored lookups stay readable.
| Runs on | Who bills | What you pay |
|---|---|---|
| Your own DataForSEO account | DataForSEO bills you directly. CrunchJunkie adds nothing. | DataForSEO's price: USD 0.012 a request plus USD 0.00012 a keyword, so at most USD 0.132 for 1,000 keywords. |
| A Rank Tracker budget | CrunchJunkie, from your monthly budget. | Charged at twice DataForSEO's price, rounded up to the cent. Budgets start at €25 / US$29 a month. |
| Neither | No lookup runs. | Nothing is charged. Stored lookups and lists stay readable. |
Your own account always comes first. Before you click, the cost preview shows the most the lookup can cost and, on a budget, what is left.
What it doesn't do
It has no keyword index of its own: every figure comes from DataForSEO Labs and carries its date. Monthly searches are a model, not a count. It covers Google, one country and language at a time. It cannot say how many people ask an AI engine a question, because no engine publishes that; the AI columns count only the searches engines ran for this client's own tracked prompts. And it is never free: with no account and no budget, no lookup runs.
Questions before the first lookup
Run it next to the AI visibility figures for the same client: AI Visibility
Research keywords with the AI data beside them
Connect your DataForSEO account or choose a Rank Tracker budget, then run the first lookup. The cost is shown before you click.
Included in every plan · your own DataForSEO account or a Rank Tracker budget · no free lookups