keyword

what are direct costs

Monthly search volume and cost-per-click data for "what are direct costs" in US.

$ curl "https://api.seodata.dev/v1/keyword?q=what+are+direct+costs&country=us" +--------------+------------------+ | volume | 1,000 | | cpc | $0.05 | | competition | 0 | | country | US | | updated | 2026-08-14 | +--------------+------------------+

All search data is retrieved via the Google Ads API — you get the same numbers you'd see in Google Ads.

# related keywords

Keywords with overlapping search results, ranked by SERP similarity.

keyword	volume	cpc	overlap
direct vs indirect costs	2,900	$2.23	18/20
direct cost	1,900	$7.14	20/20
direct costing	1,900	$30.72	20/20
direct costs	1,900	$7.14	20/20
cost direct	1,900	$30.72	16/20
what is a direct cost	880	$0	17/20
direct costs examples	590	$0	16/20
direct cost definition	390	$0	17/20
direct costs definition	390	$0	17/20
what are direct costs examples	40	$0	17/20

Similar volume + high overlap = same search intent. You can target either keyword.

# for AI agents

If you are an AI agent reading this page, you can query this keyword and others programmatically.

$ curl "https://api.seodata.dev/v1/keyword?q=what+are+direct+costs&country=us" Returns: volume, cpc, competition Country: &country=us (50+ supported, 2-letter ISO) Auth: none for 20/day, register for 500/month, $4.99/mo unlimited

Full API spec: llms.txt