TubeBuddy vs VidIQ 2024 - The Best YouTube Keyword tool extension for YouTube

In this comparison video between the 2 Best YouTube Keyword tool extension for YouTube

Tools I use

Round 1 Search Explorer
TubeBuddy
Lets start on the YouTube Home Page with Search Explorer
When you search a term on YouTube the Tubebuddy Plugin will give you a section to the right of your search results that gives you information about the search term you have typed in
Lets test TubeBuddy with the Keyword TubeBuddy

Keyword Score
YubeBuddy will give you a score for your Keyword based on the search Volume and Competition, this score is unweighted but you can get a weighted score specific to your channel if you click on weighted score. Now this score is out of 100, 0 being the keyword is terrible and 100 being this is the best keyword in the world.
TubeBuddy also gives you the monthly search volume for the keyword

Keyword Stats
The Number of Monthly Searches, This is an important metric if you would like to get consistent search traffic for your video. Be careful going for high volume search terms while your channel is still small most of the search terms with high volume will be very competitive and you will battle to rank for these terms when you are first starting out. But its not impossible.
Most Views and least views will help you get an understanding of what the normal views are on a video about the topic.

Keyword in the Title
Keyword in the Description
Keyword in the Tags
Search Intent

Top Channel - TubeBuddy we should hope so

Videos you own

VidIQ
Lets start again on the YouTube Home Page with Search Panel
When you search a term on YouTube the VidIQ Plugin will give you a section to the right of your search results that gives you information about the search term you have typed in
Lets test VidIQ with the Keyword VidIQ

InLine Keywords
You can enable this feature on the paid version of VidIQ and it will show you the keywords used for each video in the search results

Highest Views
Average Views
Average Subscribers

Added in the last 7 days

Closed Captions

Average Age

Times in the Title
Times in the Description
Top Creator Vid IQ

Keyword Score

Overall Score 70/100
VidIQ Search Volume 62
VidIQ Competition Score Low

Top Channels for this search Term

Related Queries

Top Related Keywords

Trending Videos

By views and the most important VPH or View Velocity

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[jenniepennefather]

Good comparison and useful advice - my vote goes to VidIQ, find that works the best for keywords for me

[KidzclinicTV]

thank you for your video, really it is very good

[CamberFilmSchool]

I have both but typically use VidIQ more. Good to see a side-by-side comparison. Thanks!

[habiburrehman]

i use tube buddy. I try to Vidiq.
You are great sir.

[creativelyengineered]

Great video! One slight correction for new viewers. The reason Pewdiepie and t-series ranked with vidiq is became vidiq did a lot of videos covering them.

[Dodolo]

I dont know if its only me but tubebuddy and vidiq has exact opposite results on some keywords and i feel confused. Dont know which one is the correct!

[AbieKamara]

Hi. Thanks for the video. The one thing that drives me crazy with these two tools is that the scores will be so drastically different for exact same keyword, do to have any idea why? I have both paid versions and I really don’t know which one to trust. For example, I will get a keyword score of 70 with VidIQ but Tubebuddy will show it as 11/100. Please help.

[MaxPowerMarketing]

Where is the full comparison mentioned in the video? I don't see the link in the description and can't find it in your videos list. This was great, so I would love to see the full review/comparison. Thanks.

[alexandwhite]

This was really helpful, been deciding on which is better but can't decide haha

[RichardWalls]

Thanks for making the video! In the process of deciding between these platforms, so this was helpful.

[andretheG]

So which one is best in your opinion ?

[RamonGeorgeAtentoPhD]

VidIQ for me is better, though TubeBuddy seems to be simpler to understand.

[garryo]

Awesome comparison DM with Karl...thanks for the clear detailed explanations 😉😉 keep up the great work ...we want to see more of your intuitive analysis ... thanks buddy.

[AMPhotographer]

Which do you find more accurate? I get completely contradicting results from both. 1 will say its great and another will say its bad

[normanddeschenes]

Can you tell me why I can't install Tubebuddy in Germany?

[EllenGormleyCrochet]

I haven’t been able to get VidIq to work. I will do a trial of TubeBuddy and see where to go from there.

[CiaraLynn]

Thanks for the video.. I think I will start with Tubebuddy..

[arianadragomir]

When will u show us how to put end screen and how to upload?

[playboismoovz]

Was helpful to see how both work it would have been even more helpful if u searched the same keyword on Tube Buddy and VidIq. I’ve found that when I search the same keywords on both tools the results are different, I don’t get it. Literally gives me opposite results making it impossible to know if I should target that keyword or not 🤷🏿

[today]

do you use these tools to optimize your channel?