There are a couple of keyword research tools that have free plans, but sooner or later, you will be prompted to upgrade to a paid plan, especially since getting real number of searches from Adwords became difficult and expensive. Most of the keyword tools have moved to the cloud, so paying a one time fee to run in on your pc is not a viable solution anymore.
Check out Ferzy (in my signature, full disclosure, i am involved with the project) i, or here are some other alternatives:
-afrehs has a 14 days free plan
-kwfinder has a free plan limited to 3 keyword searches per day
-moz has a 30 days free trial
This should help you out in the beginning. Best of luck.