Vibecode Keyword Chef

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NOT REALLY · don't bother
price variesbuild time not a true replacement; consolation build in one to two dayscategory 📈 seo & marketingreplaced by 0 people

Do not mistake the interface for the product. Keyword Chef's durable value is proprietary data, index, crawl scale, which a solo one-shot build cannot reproduce responsibly. The prompt therefore builds only the closest honest personal consolation tool.

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README.md
# Keyword Chef indie build

## Goal

Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core Keyword Chef workflow for one developer or a tiny team.

## Scope

Build a focused keyword research audit for user-owned sites that crawls pages, records technical signals, and exports a prioritized CSV and HTML report.

## Quick start

1. Install the documented dependencies.
2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`.
3. Run the development command chosen during implementation.
4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`.

## Honest limits

This build deliberately does not replace:
- historical competitor datasets and support
- fresh proprietary keyword, backlink, or ranking data
- proprietary web and keyword indexes
- fresh rank and clickstream data
- large-scale crawling infrastructure

If those capabilities are essential, use Lighthouse instead of pretending the gap is solved.

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why people still pay

Keyword Chef: The dashboard is reproducible; the expensive part is continuously collecting, cleaning, storing, and defending a useful index of the web.

what you lose

xhistorical competitor datasets and support

xfresh proprietary keyword, backlink, or ranking data

xproprietary web and keyword indexes

xfresh rank and clickstream data

xlarge-scale crawling infrastructure

prior art · use these instead of building, if you'd ratherLighthouseOpen-source automated auditing for performance, accessibility, and SEO.UnlighthouseOpen-source site-wide Lighthouse crawler and dashboard.
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the numbers

Keyword Chef pricing

planmonthlyannual (per mo)what you get
starter$29/workspace5,000 keyword credits/month; 1 credit covers 1 returned keyword row; Niche Insights included.
plus$69/workspace20,000 keyword credits/month; 1 credit covers 1 returned keyword row; Niche Insights included.
pro$119/workspace50,000 keyword credits/month; 1 credit covers 1 returned keyword row; Niche Insights included.
pay as you gocustom50,000 lifetime keyword credits.
niche insights$8.08/workspaceNiche Insights access; 0 keyword-search credits.

free tierno free tier

billingkeyword-credit subscriptions are monthly only; Niche Insights is annual only; Pay As You Go is a one-time purchase

hidden costsMonthly credits expire with no rollover; Pay As You Go does not include Niche Insights.

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questions
Vibecode Keyword Chef

Not really. Keyword Chef's value is not the code: . See the honest breakdown above.

How much does Keyword Chef cost?

Keyword Chef's pricing is usage-based or varies by plan · The official pricing URL is recorded, but a stable current amount was not safely recoverable in this pass. Do not publish a number until rechecked..

What do I lose by replacing Keyword Chef?

Honestly: historical competitor datasets and support; fresh proprietary keyword, backlink, or ranking data; proprietary web and keyword indexes; fresh rank and clickstream data; large-scale crawling infrastructure. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.

Is there an open-source alternative to Keyword Chef?

Yes: Lighthouse (Open-source automated auditing for performance, accessibility, and SEO.), Unlighthouse (Open-source site-wide Lighthouse crawler and dashboard.). Using prior art is also vibecoding; the prompt is for when you want it exactly your way.