Keyword Surfer vs Search Volume
Keyword Surfer has 600k users and Search Volume has 10 users, as of our catalog pass of 2026-11-06. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
The facts side by side
| Fact | Keyword Surfer | Search Volume |
|---|---|---|
| Users (differs) | 600 000 (better) | 10 (worse) |
| Users, last 30 days (differs) | Unchanged (worse) | +5 (better) |
| Rating (differs) | 2.7 | not rated yet |
| Number of ratings (differs) | 1 051 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Category (differs) | Productivity · Workflow | Productivity · Developer |
| Publisher (differs) | Surfer | unknown |
| Site access (differs) | Access to specific sites only | Access to every site |
| Browser permissions (differs) | 5 browser permissions | 1 browser permission |
| Data collection (differs) | 3 kinds of data declared | Declares it collects none |
| Versions in the last 90 days | none | none |
| Version (differs) | 6.5.1 | 1.0.0 |
| Updated in the store (differs) | 2026-01-29 (better) | 2025-10-23 (worse) |
| Published (differs) | 2019-10-25 | 2025-10-23 |
| Manifest | V3 | V3 |
| Featured badge (differs) | Yes (better) | No (worse) |
| Established publisher badge (differs) | Yes (better) | No (worse) |
| Privacy policy (differs) | Yes (better) | No (worse) |
| Declared trader | No | No |
| Download size (differs) | 8.6 MiB | 42 KiB |
| Languages (differs) | 1 language (worse) | 8 languages (better) |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more users, faster growth over 30 days, a higher rating, more ratings, a fresher update, more new versions, more languages, a store badge, a privacy policy), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Permissions, site access, declared data, size and time in the store are marked only as different: fewer or more is not better in itself.
Keyword Surfer
600k users
- 2026-09-01600k
- 2026-09-05600k
- 2026-10-14600k
- 2026-10-16600k
- 2026-11-04600k
- 2026-11-06600k
- 2026-11-07600k
- Last updated in the store 282 days ago, on 2026-01-29.
- No new version in the last 90 days.
Search Volume
10 users
- 2026-08-316
- 2026-09-027
- 2026-09-045
- 2026-09-067
- 2026-09-076
- 2026-09-087
- 2026-09-106
- 2026-09-137
- 2026-09-158
- 2026-09-257
- 2026-09-278
- 2026-09-287
- 2026-10-056
- 2026-10-085
- 2026-10-096
- 2026-10-105
- 2026-10-164
- 2026-10-185
- 2026-10-194
- 2026-10-215
- 2026-10-224
- 2026-10-246
- 2026-10-255
- 2026-10-266
- 2026-10-297
- 2026-10-308
- 2026-11-029
- 2026-11-047
- 2026-11-0610
- 2026-11-0710
- Not updated in the store for over a year: the last update was on 2025-10-23.
- No new version in the last 90 days.
What one asks for and the other does not
Keyword Surfer: Access to specific sites only. Search Volume: Access to every site.
Only Keyword Surfer
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Read and change cookies on the sites it can access
cookies -
Watch the network requests your browser makes
webRequest -
Block or redirect requests by rules it declares in advance
declarativeNetRequest -
Run its own code on the pages it can access
scripting -
Store data in your browser
storage
Only Search Volume
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Act on the current tab, but only after you click it
activeTab
Declared reach only. Asking for less is not a verdict on safety: compare what each needs for the job.
What data each declares
Keyword Surfer: The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Location, User activity, Website content.
Search Volume: The developer declares that it does not collect or use your data.
Declared by Keyword Surfer and not by Search Volume: Location, User activity, Website content.
This is each developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.
Who is updated more often
Neither has shipped a new version in the last 90 days.
Figures come from the public Chrome Web Store, which our own crawler reads up to 2 times a day. We do not install or audit extensions and publish no contact details for their developers. Catalog pass of .
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