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Keyword volume checker: expand a seed, price the demand, read the seasonality

Give your agent a seed keyword and get back the related terms, their monthly volume, CPC, competition and a 12-month trend, plus a spend split by volume share. 3 steps through one olywork.com key, with the price printed before each.

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One prompt runs the whole thing

1Set your agent up, once

in your agent's chat

set up olywork — https://olywork.com/llms.txt

2Ask for the list

the prompt

Using olywork, expand 'protein powder' into 50 related keywords, then get Google search volume, CPC and competition for all of them in one batch, and the 12-month trend for the top 5. Show me the price before each call. Give me a CSV with keyword, monthly_volume, cpc_usd, competition, q4_vs_rest_pct and suggested_spend_pct by volume share.

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Why this prompt works

Expand first, then price

One ideas call turns a seed into a list; one volume call prices the whole list. Two calls, not fifty.

Batch the volume lookup

The volume route bills per request, not per keyword, so 50 keywords cost the same as one.

Ask for the trend on the head terms only

The trend route takes five keywords per call. Spend it on the terms that carry the volume.

Own-asset note

If you connect a Google Ads account, the same volume and ideas calls run on your own quota at no metered cost.

The steps

What ChatGPT calls, and what each call costs

Prices are the provider’s own rate, read from the catalog when this page loads, with $0.000 added by olywork.com. Success rates are olywork.com’s own served calls over the last 30 days.

#	Step	What the agent asks	Provider used	Price	Success rate
1	Expand the seedBilled per request plus a small amount per keyword returned. Set the limit; the default is 100.	related keywords with volume, CPC and difficulty	DataForSEO7 providers do this step	$0.012 per call	not yet measured
2	Price the list in one batchOne flat request covers up to 1,000 keywords. Never loop this route.	monthly volume, CPC, competition and 12 monthly figures per keyword	DataForSEO5 providers do this step	$0.09 per call	not yet measured
3	Read the trendThe run asked olywork's routed trends endpoint, which picks the cheapest provider with your own keys first; this is the child that served.	interest over time for up to five keywords	DataForSEO2 providers do this step	$0.0012 per call	not yet measured

At the rates above, 50 rows where every call hits comes to $0.10 (1 × $0.012 + 1 × $0.09 + 1 × $0.0012). The receipt below is what it actually cost.

The receipt

What it actually cost

Run on 2026-09-14, 50 keywords in.

Seed expanded: 'protein powder' to 50 related keywords, one call, depth 2
Volume priced: 50 of 50 keywords returned volume in one batch call
Demand found: 742,970 monthly searches across the list; the head term is 368,000
Trend read: top 5 keywords, served by DataForSEO Trends
Total metered: $0.11: $0.018 ideas, $0.09 volume, $0.0012 trend

Three calls, three receipts. The ideas call billed its request fee plus a fraction of a cent per keyword returned; the volume call billed one flat fee for the whole batch, which is why the table's per-row price is misleading for it; the trend call was routed and settled at the child's rate. The head term's Q4 volume runs 29% below the rest of the year, so the seasonality column matters for this niche.

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Why olywork.com

Why go through olywork.com

One key, not 9 accounts

olywork.com holds the provider keys. Neither you nor the agent sees them.

Price before the call

The provider's own rate, $0.000 markup, from a prepaid balance.

No subscription, no seats

Charged per call. $1.00 free per new team, no card to start.

Your own keys are free

Already pay Hunter? Register it and those calls are never metered.

Switch by changing a word

Another provider is a different word in the prompt, not a new integration.

Nothing to integrate

No SDK, no OAuth dance per vendor, no seats.

The detail

Where it goes wrong

Keyword returns no volume

Google reports nothing for very low-volume terms. The batch is still billed as one request.

CPC is missing for some keywords

2 of the 50 keywords in this run returned no CPC. The volume call still bills its flat fee.

Bucketed volumes without ad spend

A connected Google Ads account with little spend sees bucketed ranges instead of exact numbers. That is Google's limit, not the API's.

Trend call capped at five

The trend route takes at most five keywords per call. Send the head terms, not the list.

CPC is a national average

Local or tightly targeted campaigns see different auction prices. The 48 keywords here that returned a CPC averaged $1.18; a tight geo will differ.

Per-keyword billing traps

Some volume APIs bill per keyword, not per request. DataForSEO's batch route bills one flat fee for up to 1,000 keywords; calling a per-keyword endpoint 50 times costs 50 times as much.

Suite pricing for a volume job

Paying a full Semrush or Ahrefs seat just to split a keyword list into ad budget buckets is a common mismatch. Prefer a flat per-request volume call for the list you already have.

Providers disagree on the same keyword

Pull the same shortlist from two rows when the decision is expensive. Treat disagreement as the error bar, not as a bug in one provider.

Minimum package surprise

Some keyword APIs effectively bill a large batch floor. Check whether your list length matches the billing unit before you send twenty keywords.

Questions

Before you start

What does a 50-keyword run cost?

This run: $0.11 total. $0.018 for ideas, $0.09 for the volume batch, $0.0012 for the trend. The volume call is a flat fee per request, so the list length barely moves the bill.

Can I use my own Google Ads account?

Yes. Connect it and the ideas and volume calls route through the Keyword Planner API on your own quota, which olywork.com never meters.

Why is per-request billing cheaper?

Agents that call a per-keyword endpoint 50 times pay 50 fees. The batch route here covers up to 1,000 keywords in one request for one fee. That is why olywork.com shows the billing unit before each call.

How current is the trend data?

The trend series is weekly for the past twelve months and reflects past demand, not a forecast.

Do I need a Google Ads account for this workflow?

Only if you route through your own Keyword Planner connection. The paid volume rows run on olywork.com's keys and do not need your developer token.

Why does Semrush or Ahrefs show a different number?

Every vendor models demand differently. Rank keywords against each other inside one source, then validate winners in Search Console and in your own campaigns.