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Keyword Intelligence

The keyword data you pay Ahrefs for, inside the tool you already use.

ItzSEO gives every paid plan keyword research from DataForSEO — volume, difficulty, CPC, competition and intent in 59 countries — plus seed and question expansion, a competitor keyword gap measured against your own rankings, and cannibalization detection from your Search Console data. Saved keywords are enriched automatically and can be tracked daily in the Rank Tracker.

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Per keyword

Five numbers, one source.

Volume

Monthly searches in the keyword's country, from Google Ads data via DataForSEO.

Difficulty

DataForSEO Labs keyword difficulty, 0–100. Fetched for every saved keyword, shown in research and expansion results, and the input to the Easy wins filter.

CPC and competition

Average cost per click and Google Ads competition (0–1) — a quick read on commercial value.

Intent

Informational, commercial, transactional or navigational. DataForSEO's label for researched keywords; Claude classifies the query text for keywords you add by hand.

Why it matters

A one-line Claude rationale on each of the 30 research results — conversion angle, content angle or a quick win, with the numbers.

Working filters

Easy wins, High volume and Snippet opportunities on the tracked table; minimum volume and maximum difficulty in the expansion modal.

Research and expansion

From a seed to a saved list.

  1. STEP 1

    Research a seed

    Pick the country and language, type a seed, get the 30 strongest related keywords with all five numbers. Cached 30 days; up to 50 fresh seeds a day per workspace.

  2. STEP 2

    Expand or ask questions

    Need more? Expand a seed into up to 500 related terms, or pull the question phrasings around it, for 10 AI credits (cached 30 days).

  3. STEP 3

    Save what is worth targeting

    Tick the rows and save — up to 100 per request, unlimited overall. Enrichment and intent land within seconds.

  4. STEP 4

    Track or write

    Turn on daily rank checks for the ones that matter, or send a keyword straight to a content brief.

Competitors

Their keywords, minus yours.

Add competitor domains

Per project: Starter 1, Growth 3, Agency 5, Scale 10. Synced daily — up to 1,000 organic keywords each, with position, URL, volume, difficulty and CPC.

The gap, measured against you

Keywords a competitor ranks for where you are not in the top 20, with their position and yours side by side. Your rankings come from DataForSEO for your own domain, refreshed weekly.

Sorted by opportunity

Volume × competitor position, best first, one row per keyword with the strongest competitor. Export up to 5,000 rows as CSV.

Cannibalization

Two pages, one query, both losing.

ItzSEO reads your Google Search Console query-and-page data for the last 30 days and lists every query where two or more of your pages got impressions, with each page’s clicks, impressions and average position and a suggested fix: consolidate, differentiate, or point a canonical. No credits, no crawler — it needs only the Search Console connection you already use for the dashboard.

Plans

Competitors per project.

Free
0
no research
Starter
1
Growth
3
Agency
5
Scale
10

Research, expansion (10 credits per fresh seed), the gap and cannibalization are on every paid plan. Daily rank checks are capped separately: Starter 25, Growth 100, Agency 500, Scale 2,000.

Compared

Keyword Intelligence vs a standalone suite.

 ItzSEOAhrefs / Semrush
Volume, KD, CPC, intentYes — DataForSEOYes — own databases
Countries59150+
Results per research30, or 500 with ExpandThousands, paged
Competitor gapUp to 10 domains, vs your own rankingsUnlimited, with traffic estimates
Backlink dataSeparate Backlinks module (daily snapshots)Proprietary crawler, the deepest available
CannibalizationFrom your Search Console dataNot built in
Bundled withRank tracking, audits, content, AI search visibility, CRM — one subscriptionSold alone, from about $129/mo
FAQ

Keyword Intelligence questions.

Does ItzSEO do keyword research?
Yes. Type a seed and ItzSEO returns the 30 strongest related keywords from DataForSEO Labs — monthly volume, keyword difficulty (0–100), CPC, Google Ads competition and search intent — for any of 59 countries and 30 languages, with a one-line note from Claude on why each one matters. Results are cached for 30 days, so re-running a seed is free; a workspace can run up to 50 fresh seeds a day. Available on every paid plan.
Where do the numbers come from?
DataForSEO — the data supplier several large SEO platforms use. Volume and CPC come from Google Ads data; keyword difficulty and intent come from DataForSEO Labs. ItzSEO does not run its own crawler; the difficulty score is DataForSEO's, not a backlink audit of the top 10.
What is the difference between Research and Expand?
Research gives you the 30 best keywords for a seed and is included in your plan. Expand pulls up to 500 related terms — or the question phrasings people search around a topic — for 10 AI credits, cached for 30 days per seed and locale, with the same volume, difficulty, CPC and intent columns. Both let you save keywords straight into the project.
What happens when I save a keyword?
It is stored with its country, language and device. Within seconds ItzSEO fetches volume, CPC, competition and difficulty for it and classifies its intent (DataForSEO's label when the keyword came from research, otherwise Claude reads the query text). Saved keywords are re-enriched monthly. Saving is unlimited; only keywords you turn on for daily rank checks count against your plan.
How does the competitor keyword gap work?
Add competitor domains to a project (Starter 1, Growth 3, Agency 5, Scale 10). Every day ItzSEO pulls up to 1,000 organic keywords each of them ranks for. The gap lists the keywords they rank for where you are not in the top 20 — your own rankings come from the same DataForSEO data for your domain, refreshed weekly — sorted by volume × competitor position, with their position, yours and the ranking URL. Export up to 5,000 rows as CSV.
What is cannibalization detection?
It reads the last 30 days of your Google Search Console query-and-page data and flags every query where two or more of your pages received impressions, with each page's clicks, impressions and position and a suggested resolution (consolidate, differentiate or canonical). No credits; it needs Search Console connected.
Which filters are built in?
Easy wins (volume 100+, difficulty under 30, currently ranking 11–30), High volume (1,000+) and Snippet opportunities (a featured snippet exists and you rank 1–5). Difficulty must be known for Easy wins, which is why every saved keyword now gets one.
Does it show SERP features per keyword?
For keywords with daily rank tracking on, each check records whether the results page showed an AI Overview, a featured snippet or People Also Ask, shown as badges. There is no separate SERP-feature sampler for untracked keywords, and no local-pack or shopping flags.
Can I bulk-import keywords?
You can save up to 100 keywords per request from research, expansion or the add form, and repeat as often as you like. There is no CSV import wizard for keywords yet.
How many keywords can I track daily?
Free: 0. Starter 25, Growth 100, Agency 500, Scale 2,000. Research, expansion, the gap and cannibalization do not count against this; only daily rank checks do.

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