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Kafkai

Search data for your AI assistant, sold as prepaid credit packs with no subscription

Free trial1,100 JPY including consumption tax for the smallest pack of 1,000 credits, with no subscription

OverviewFacts verified October 2026

Kafkai is a plugin for AI assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT that returns search data: the keywords a site ranks for, who links to it, who it competes with and Search Console figures. There is no Kafkai screen to work in. Credits are prepaid in five packs from 1,000 to 22,000 credits (1,100 to 22,000 JPY including Japanese consumption tax), and every call is priced: a project with one competitor costs 850 credits. New accounts get 1,000 free credits that last 90 days.

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Is Kafkai worth it?

What it is: Search data for your AI assistant, sold as prepaid credit packs with no subscription
Worth a look if: Kafkai fits a marketer who already works in Claude, ChatGPT or an agent and wants real ranking, backlink and competitor data for a site, at 850 credits to set up a project with one competitor.
Skip it if: You want a dashboard to open, scheduled rank monitoring, or a price in USD, since the site is priced in JPY and credits expire after 90 days.
Cost to start: 1,100 JPY including consumption tax for the smallest pack of 1,000 credits, with no subscription. Trial only. No free plan. New accounts get 1,000 free credits on signup, with no credit card, valid for 90 days.

Kafkai at a glance

Job category	Research and Intelligence
What it replaces	Switching between an SEO data dashboard and an AI assistant
Pricing model	Trial only
Starting price	1,100 JPY including consumption tax for the smallest pack of 1,000 credits, with no subscription
Free tier	No free plan. New accounts get 1,000 free credits on signup, with no credit card, valid for 90 days.
Getting started	Free trial
Built for	Marketers who want search data answered inside an AI assistant they already use
Company	Not published
Last verified	October 2026

Kafkai pricing and plans

Plan	Price	What it includes	What that works out at
1,000 credits	1,100 JPY (1,000 plus 100 tax)	1,000 credits, no bonus	1,100 / 1,000 = 1.10 JPY a credit including tax.
3,000 credits	3,300 JPY (3,000 plus 300 tax)	3,000 credits, no bonus	3,300 / 3,000 = 1.10 JPY a credit including tax.
5,000 credits	5,500 JPY (5,000 plus 500 tax)	5,000 credits, no bonus	5,500 / 5,000 = 1.10 JPY a credit including tax.
10,500 credits	11,000 JPY (10,000 plus 1,000 tax)	10,000 credits plus a 5% bonus, 10,500 in all	11,000 / 10,500 = about 1.05 JPY a credit including tax.
22,000 credits	22,000 JPY (20,000 plus 2,000 tax)	20,000 credits plus a 10% bonus, 22,000 in all	22,000 / 22,000 = 1.00 JPY a credit including tax.

Create a project: 500 credits for your site plus 350 per competitor. The page's example is 850 credits for a project with one competitor.
Refresh a project (keywords and backlinks): 500 credits for your site plus 350 per competitor. Refreshing backlinks only is 150 credits per site.
Find competitors: 50 credits per call plus 0.1 per competitor returned.
Check page-one results: 1 credit per call plus 5 credits per keyword, at most 51 credits for 10 keywords. A keyword checked in the last 24 hours is returned again at no extra charge.
Reading data back (keywords, backlinks, Search Console, analytics) is 1 credit per call plus 0.1 per row, so 100 rows cost 11 credits. Competitor analysis, ranking changes and SERP data cost 2 credits per call.
Checking the balance and deleting a project are free. Every response reports what the call cost.

Prepaid credits bought in five packs: 1,000, 3,000, 5,000, 10,500 and 22,000 credits. Larger packs include a 5% or 10% bonus. 1 credit is 1 JPY before tax. Payment is by Visa, Mastercard or American Express through Stripe.

Kafkai features: what it does

Connects to Claude, ChatGPT or a custom agent as a plugin (MCP), with a one-time setup the site puts at about 30 minutes
Returns the keywords a site ranks for with position and monthly search volume, backlinks, competitor overlap and Search Console figures for a verified domain
Finds the sites that link to a competitor and not to you
Sorts a site's keywords into four recommendation types (Compete, Catch-up, Consolidate, Complement) by comparing them with competitors
Sends an article written by your AI to a WordPress site as a draft

Kafkai limitations

Credits are valid for 90 days from the day they are granted or bought, including the 1,000 free signup credits.
Prices are listed in JPY and include Japanese consumption tax. Checkout works out the tax from the billing address, and no USD or EUR price is published.
Research is priced per site: 500 credits for your site and 350 for each competitor, and refreshing a project costs the same again.
Ranking changes appear only from the next research run. The cached page describes no scheduled monitoring.
No team, seat or white-label terms are published, and the company behind the service is not named.

Who Kafkai is for

Your situation	What that means here
Consultant who audits a prospect's site once	A project with one competitor is 850 credits, and the smallest pack of 1,000 credits is 1,100 JPY including tax.
Marketer who wants a dashboard to open	The site says there is no Kafkai screen. Questions are asked and answered inside Claude, ChatGPT or an agent.
Team that prefers a monthly subscription	Pricing is prepaid packs only, and credits expire after 90 days, so a quiet quarter wastes the balance.
Agency checking many competitors per client	Each competitor adds 350 credits to a create or refresh, so a project with five competitors costs 2,250 credits to set up.
Buyer billed in USD or EUR	Packs are listed in JPY including Japanese consumption tax, and no other currency price is published.
Content team publishing to WordPress	An article written by the AI assistant can be sent to WordPress as a draft for review before it goes live.

Kafkai use cases for marketers

Competitor keyword and backlink gap research for an SEO content plan, asked in plain words inside an AI assistant.
Finding the sites that link to competitors but not to you as a link building target list.
Checking clicks and ranking changes after publishing an article, once the domain is verified in Search Console.

Kafkai FAQ

Is there a free trial?

New accounts start with 1,000 free credits, with no credit card, valid for 90 days. That covers a project for your site and one competitor, which costs 850 credits.

Do I need a subscription?

No. Kafkai is prepaid. You buy credits in packs of 1,000 to 22,000 and spend them per call.

What does a call cost?

Reading data is 1 credit per call plus 0.1 per row returned. Creating a project is 500 credits for your site plus 350 per competitor. Checking the balance is free.

Kafkai sources and references

The Kafkai pricing page sells prepaid credit packs of 1,000 credits at 1,100 JPY, 3,000 at 3,300 JPY, 5,000 at 5,500 JPY, 10,500 (a 5% bonus) at 11,000 JPY and 22,000 (a 10% bonus) at 22,000 JPY, each including Japanese consumption tax, with 1 credit equal to 1 JPY before tax. New accounts start with 1,000 free credits valid for 90 days with no credit card. Creating a project costs 500 credits for your site plus 350 per competitor, refreshing backlinks only costs 150 credits per site, finding competitors costs 50 credits per call plus 0.1 per competitor, and reading data costs 1 credit per call plus 0.1 per row.kafkai.com Accessed 2026-10-21
The Kafkai homepage describes a plugin for Claude, ChatGPT or your own agent that returns rankings, backlinks, competitors and Search Console data for a site, with a one-time setup of about 30 minutes and 1,000 free credits on signup with no credit card and no subscription. It says one project with one competitor fits in the smallest pack at 1,100 JPY including tax, that the AI writes the article and Kafkai sends it to WordPress as a draft, and that the 4C framework (Compete, Catch-up, Consolidate, Complement) sorts a site's keywords against its competitors.kafkai.com Accessed 2026-10-21

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