According to an announcement by keyword research browser add-on Keywords Everywhere, it will be moving from a free to a pay-as-you-go model on October 1.
The payment plan is going to cost $1 for 10,000 credits of keyword data. “Basically, every time you see the volume for one keyword, one credit is used up,” Kevin, the mononymous operator of Keywords Everywhere said.
“So, for a Google search where you see 20 related keywords and 50 people also ask for keywords, 1 (main query) + 20 + 50 = 71 credits will be used up.”
So based on this announcement, it should cost most users less than $2 per month.
Since there was an increase in bot activity, this is what necessitated the move over to a paid model version of the add-on. According to Keven, the deluge of bots made him disable the Import Keywords and Analyze Page features as well as “constantly upgrade hardware in order to keep the software functional for our real users.”
The funds that will go towards Keywords Everywhere is said to add support for other countries, build additional features and reintroduce features blocked due to bot-related activity.
When October 1 rolls around, the browser add-on is going to stop retrieving volume, CPC and competition data for all keywords, although “related” keywords and “people also ask for” keywords will still be shown. In order to gain access to volume, CPC and competition data, users will need to purchase account credit.