# Google Search Console API vs Keywords Everywhere API + MCP

> Google Search Console scores 59 (C) to Keywords Everywhere's 47.2 (D) for rank tracking. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-09

Google Search Console API scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against Keywords Everywhere API + MCP's 47.2 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Keywords Everywhere API + MCP leads on reliability and transparency & trust. Both do rank tracking.

- Google Search Console API: grade C, 59/100, rank #564 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-search-console.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-search-console.json
- Keywords Everywhere API + MCP: grade D, 47.2/100, rank #836 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/keywords-everywhere.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/keywords-everywhere.json
- Best SEO and search visibility data for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/seo/index.md
- All 45 seo comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/seo/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Google Search Console API (C)

Good for: An agent reporting on or monitoring search performance and index status for sites its user owns, with first-party click and impression counts.

Ahead on:
- Schema & documentation, 75 against 48
- Agent ergonomics, 82 against 54
- Security & auth, 56 against 47
- Payments & pricing, 40 against 20
- Maintenance & community, 71 against 63

Watch for: Data covers only properties the signed-in user has owner, full or read access to. It cannot be asked about any other domain

### Keywords Everywhere API + MCP (D)

Good for: An agent that needs Google Keyword Planner volume, CPC and competition for lists of keywords at a low price per keyword, plus keyword ideas and a quick view of a site's ranking keywords, traffic estimate and top backlinks.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 42 against 37
- Transparency & trust, 68 against 58

Watch for: No free credits or trial. Data calls need an annual plan, from $84 for 100,000 credits that expire after a year


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Google Search Console API | Keywords Everywhere API + MCP | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 37 | 42 | Keywords Everywhere API + MCP +5 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 48 | Google Search Console API +27 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 54 | Google Search Console API +28 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 56 | 47 | Google Search Console API +9 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 20 | Google Search Console API +20 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 71 | 63 | Google Search Console API +8 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 68 | Keywords Everywhere API + MCP +10 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **59 · C** | **47.2 · D** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Google Search Console API | Keywords Everywhere API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Google | Keywords Everywhere (Axeman Technology Solutions LLP) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://searchconsole.googleapis.com` | `https://api.keywordseverywhere.com` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Google APIs Terms of Service. The client libraries are Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under the Keywords Everywhere Terms of Service. The vendor's n8n community node on npm is MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 14 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | yes |
| llms.txt | no | no |
| MCP registry | not listed | `com.keywordseverywhere/keywords-everywhere` |
| Last release | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-10 |
| Terms last updated | 2021-11-09 | 2023-05-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2025-08-15 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 12k stars, 70k npm/wk, 31.8M PyPI/wk | 7 npm/wk |

## Verdicts

**Google Search Console API.** The API is free, with published quotas of 1,200 Search Analytics queries a minute per site and typed filters that accept regular expressions. It covers only properties the signed-in user manages, returns at most 50,000 rows a day per search type, and has no status page, SLA or dedicated changelog. A person must complete OAuth consent first.

**Keywords Everywhere API + MCP.** Fourteen read-only lookups with a published credit cost each, available over REST and a hosted MCP server listed in the official registry. Data needs an annual plan from $84, with no trial. No OpenAPI file, no REST rate limit and no API changelog were found, and the status page shows outages on seven of the last 90 days.

## Before you call either

### Google Search Console API

1. URL-encode the property in the path. A URL-prefix property needs its trailing slash, and a Domain property is written `sc-domain:example.com`
2. Query one day at a time and page with `startRow` in steps of 25,000 until a response has no rows
3. Leave `page` and `query` out of `dimensions` when totals must be accurate. Grouping by either drops some data
4. Ask for `webmasters.readonly` unless the task adds or deletes properties or sitemaps
5. After a quota exceeded error wait 15 minutes. If it repeats, the daily load quota is spent, so shorten date ranges and drop page or query grouping

### Keywords Everywhere API + MCP

1. Send the key as `Authorization: Bearer <key>` to `https://api.keywordseverywhere.com/v1`. The same key works on the MCP server
2. Call `GET /v1/account/credits` (free) before a large pull. A short balance returns 402 with `402 Insufficient Credits`
3. Set `num` on domain, URL and backlink lookups. It accepts 1 to 10,000 and every returned row is charged 1, 2 or 5 credits
4. Batch up to 100 keywords in one `get_keyword_data` call and set `country`. Without it the figures are global
5. Keep MCP use under 120 tool calls a minute per account, and wait a minute after a Too many requests error

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Google Search Console API or Keywords Everywhere API + MCP?

Google Search Console API scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against Keywords Everywhere API + MCP's 47.2 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Keywords Everywhere API + MCP leads on reliability and transparency & trust.

### Do Google Search Console API and Keywords Everywhere API + MCP need an API key?

Google Search Console API uses an OAuth sign-in. Keywords Everywhere API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

### Can an agent call Google Search Console API and Keywords Everywhere API + MCP without installing anything?

Yes. Google Search Console API has a hosted endpoint at https://searchconsole.googleapis.com and Keywords Everywhere API + MCP at https://api.keywordseverywhere.com.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-search-console-vs-keywords-everywhere.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-search-console-vs-keywords-everywhere.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "google-search-console", "b": "keywords-everywhere"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare google-search-console keywords-everywhere`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-search-console.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/keywords-everywhere.json

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