{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "google-search-console", "name": "Google Search Console API", "vendor": "Google", "vendorUrl": "https://developers.google.com/webmaster-tools", "kind": "http-api", "category": "seo", "summary": "REST API from Google for Search Console data on sites the user manages. It returns clicks, impressions and average position by query, page, country and device, inspects a URL's index status and manages sitemaps. Access is by OAuth 2.0.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-search-console", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-search-console.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-search-console.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-search-console.json", "repo": "https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-nodejs-client", "license": "Proprietary service under the Google APIs Terms of Service. The client libraries are Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://searchconsole.googleapis.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@googleapis/searchconsole" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "google-api-python-client" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.0 only, set up by a person in a Google Cloud project with a consent screen. No partner or sales approval. Two scopes, `webmasters` for read and write and `webmasters.readonly`. The user must have owner, full or read permission on a property in Search Console, and a token reaches every property that user can. The docs say no other protocol is supported, though the testing tools method takes an API key.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "All use of the API is free of charge, subject to usage limits, per the pricing page. A free Google account with a verified property can start without a card or contract. There is no sandbox. Limits are 1,200 Search Analytics queries a minute per site and per user, 2,000 URL inspections a day per site, and 20 requests a second per user on other methods (https://developers.google.com/webmaster-tools/pricing; https://developers.google.com/webmaster-tools/limits).", "priceSummary": "Free", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs, the limits and pricing pages or the discovery document (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 12262, "npmWeekly": 69577, "pypiWeekly": 31750331, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.google.com/webmaster-tools/about", "capabilities": [ "seo.rankings", "seo.keywords", "seo.traffic" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "free-tier", "closed-source", "oauth", "typescript", "python", "no-status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-23", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 59, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 508, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 82, "maintenance": 71, "payments": 40, "reliability": 37, "schema": 75, "security": 56, "transparency": 58 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "An agent reporting on or monitoring search performance and index status for sites its user owns, with first-party click and impression counts.", "strengths": [ "All use is free of charge per the pricing page, with no card needed", "Quotas are published with numbers, 1,200 Search Analytics queries a minute per site and per user and 40,000 a minute per project", "Public discovery document (revision 20261007, 11 methods, 30 schemas) with enums for dimensions, search types, data states and six filter operators", "`webmasters.readonly` is a separate read-only OAuth scope, and seven of the eleven methods accept it", "`rowLimit` (1 to 25,000, default 1,000) and `startRow` size and page results, and `dataState` set to `hourly_all` returns hourly data" ], "weaknesses": [ "Data covers only properties the signed-in user has owner, full or read access to. It cannot be asked about any other domain", "Search Analytics exposes at most 50,000 rows a day per search type, and the reference says it returns top rows, not all rows", "No status page, SLA or dedicated changelog was found. Google's Search Status Dashboard lists Crawling, Indexing, Ranking and Serving only", "A scope covers every property the user can reach. No per-property scope and no audit log of API calls were found", "The discovery document still lists `urlTestingTools.mobileFriendlyTest.run`, whose reference page returns 404" ], "agentNotes": [ "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`", "Query one day at a time and page with `startRow` in steps of 25,000 until a response has no rows", "Leave `page` and `query` out of `dimensions` when totals must be accurate. Grouping by either drops some data", "Ask for `webmasters.readonly` unless the task adds or deletes properties or sitemaps", "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" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 59 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 82, "maintenance": 71, "payments": 40, "reliability": 37, "schema": 75, "security": 56, "transparency": 41 }, "provenanceScore": 74 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install @googleapis/searchconsole", "http": "curl -X POST \"https://searchconsole.googleapis.com/webmasters/v3/sites/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.example.com%2F/searchAnalytics/query\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"startDate\": \"2026-09-01\", \"endDate\": \"2026-09-01\", \"dimensions\": [\"country\", \"device\"]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/seo.rankings", "tool": "https://letme.dev/google-search-console" }, "sameCompany": [ "gemini-api", "gemini-embedding", "vertex-ai-tuning", "google-model-armor", "google-imagen", "google-veo", "google-lyria", "google-speech-to-text", "gemini-live", "google-adk", "google-secret-manager", "google-weather-api", "chrome-devtools-mcp", "google-maps-platform", "google-cloud-translation", "google-calendar-api", "firebase-cloud-messaging", "google-drive-api", "gemini-cli", "google-ads-api", "google-forms", "google-sheets-api", "gmail-api" ], "area": "web-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Google LLC", "domain": "google.com", "domainRegistered": "1997-09-15", "domainNote": "The endpoint is on googleapis.com, Google's API domain. google.com was registered in 1997.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://developers.google.com/terms", "privacy": "https://policies.google.com/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Google APIs Terms of Service (last modified 9 November 2021) name Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View.", "RDAP for google.com gives a registration date of 1997-09-15.", "www.google.com/.well-known/security.txt expires on 1 April 2030 and names g.co/vulnz, security@google.com and the vulnerability reward programme.", "Google publishes a discovery document for the API, not an OpenAPI spec.", "No status page covers Search Console or its API. status.search.google.com lists Crawling, Indexing, Ranking and Serving.", "No release notes for the API were found. Changes appear on reference pages and the Search Central blog.", "The Google privacy policy read on 8 October 2026 is the version effective 1 October 2026." ], "score": 74 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-search-console.json", "live": { "slug": "google-search-console", "probe": { "target": "https://searchconsole.googleapis.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:29.565405662Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 34, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 48, "p95ms24h": 97, "samples24h": 44, "samples30d": 44, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 44, "ok": 44 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:29.565405662Z" } }, "answer": "Google Search Console API scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against Moz API's 45.3 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Moz API leads on reliability.", "b": { "slug": "moz-api", "name": "Moz API", "vendor": "SEOmoz, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://moz.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "seo", "summary": "Moz API is a hosted JSON-RPC 2.0 service for SEO data from Moz's link and keyword indexes. It returns Domain Authority, backlinks, keyword metrics, ranking keywords and search results, with a beta MCP server for AI clients.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/moz-api", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/moz-api.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/moz-api.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/moz-api.json", "license": "Proprietary service under the Moz API General Conditions (effective 12 August 2026 for new subscribers). Displaying Moz data to others requires attribution under the API legal page", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.moz.com/jsonrpc", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve. A person signs up at moz.com with a credit card, then creates a token in the API dashboard. Each account holds up to five tokens, which can be deleted, and every request sends one in the `x-moz-token` header. No scopes or read-only tokens were found in the reviewed documentation. The beta MCP server at https://api.moz.com/mcp/v1/data accepts OAuth (authorisation code with PKCE, dynamic client registration, one scope named `mcp`) or the same token as a Bearer header, and is limited to account owners.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan of 50 rows a month at one request every ten seconds, which needs a valid credit card. Paid plans run from $20 a month for 3,000 rows to $500 for 500,000, with overage from $5 per 1,000 rows down to $10 per 10,000. Over 4 million rows a month is quoted by sales. There is no sandbox, though `quota.lookup`, `test.ping` and `test.ping.async` cost no rows (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$20 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs, the pricing page or the product page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://moz.com/api/docs", "capabilities": [ "seo.keywords", "seo.backlinks", "seo.serp", "seo.rankings" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "json-rpc", "api-key", "freemium", "mcp", "oauth", "backlinks", "keywords", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-14", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 45.3, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 770, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 28, "payments": 20, "reliability": 42, "schema": 50, "security": 38, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The JSON-RPC API documents every error code, its rate limits and the row cost of each method, and failed validation uses no quota. No working status page, SLA, machine-readable spec or official SDK was found. Tokens carry no scopes, and the free plan needs a credit card.", "bestFor": "Agents that need Domain Authority, backlink lists, link intersects, keyword volume and difficulty, search intent and ranking keywords at a low entry price, on a read-only data set.", "strengths": [ "Error reference lists 13 codes, each with HTTP status, a machine-readable `data.issue` and the parameter at fault", "Edge rate limits are published with numbers, and per-method 429 responses carry `Retry-After`", "Each method page states its row cost, and validation and quota checks run before any rows are used", "List methods take a `limit`, a paging token, sort keys and named filters", "Public plan prices from $20 a month for 3,000 rows, with per-row overage prices" ], "weaknesses": [ "No working public status page was found, and moz.statuspage.io reports the Moz Status page as inactive", "No downloadable OpenAPI or OpenRPC file, no llms.txt and no official SDK in the reviewed documentation", "Tokens have no scopes or read-only mode, and one token works on both the Data and Local MCP endpoints", "The free plan of 50 rows a month requires a valid credit card", "security.txt expired on 8 October 2026 (UTC), and its policy, acknowledgements and PGP key links return 404" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send a request `id` of at least 24 characters (letters, numbers and hyphens). A UUID works. Shorter ids are rejected with -32654.", "Stop on a 401. Ten 401 or 403 responses in five minutes block the caller for 30 minutes.", "On 429 with code -32658 wait the `Retry-After` seconds. On code -32650 no wait time is given, so back off exponentially.", "Call `quota.lookup` (free) before large pulls. List methods charge one row per result, and `limit` is capped at 50 on link lists.", "Poll `async.call.lookup` for `data.keyword.serp.generate`, and collect the result within 20 seconds of first seeing it complete." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 45.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 28, "payments": 20, "reliability": 42, "schema": 50, "security": 38, "transparency": 39 }, "provenanceScore": 79 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.moz.com/jsonrpc -H \"x-moz-token: $MOZ_TOKEN\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":\"01a0458f-a14f-7254-aa11-7c6cb734e3f2\",\"method\":\"quota.lookup\",\"params\":{\"data\":{\"path\":\"api.limits.data.rows\"}}}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add moz-mcp-v1-data https://api.moz.com/mcp/v1/data --transport http --header \"Authorization: Bearer $YOUR_MOZ_TOKEN\" --scope user" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/seo.keywords", "tool": "https://letme.dev/moz-api" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Free plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "50 rows a month, one request every ten seconds, credit card required" }, { "item": "Starter Medium", "unit": "month", "usd": 20, "note": "3,000 rows, no overage, plus 150 beta rows" }, { "item": "Starter Large", "unit": "month", "usd": 75, "note": "15,000 rows, plus 750 beta rows" }, { "item": "Growth Small", "unit": "month", "usd": 125, "note": "50,000 rows, plus 3,500 beta rows" }, { "item": "Growth Medium", "unit": "month", "usd": 250, "note": "120,000 rows, plus 8,400 beta rows" }, { "item": "Growth Large", "unit": "month", "usd": 500, "note": "500,000 rows, plus 35,000 beta rows" }, { "item": "Overage row, Starter Large", "unit": "record", "usd": 0.005, "note": "$5 per 1,000 rows" }, { "item": "Overage row, Growth Small", "unit": "record", "usd": 0.0025, "note": "$25 per 10,000 rows" }, { "item": "Overage row, Growth Medium", "unit": "record", "usd": 0.002, "note": "$20 per 10,000 rows" }, { "item": "Overage row, Growth Large", "unit": "record", "usd": 0.001, "note": "$10 per 10,000 rows" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "SEOmoz, Inc.", "domain": "moz.com", "domainRegistered": "1998-04-29", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://moz.com/api-general-conditions", "privacy": "https://moz.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://moz.com/whats-new/archive", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The API General Conditions name SEOMOZ, INC., a Delaware corporation, as the contracting party. The site footer reads SEOMoz, Inc., a Ziff Davis company, and the terms of use give 360 Park Ave. S., 17th Floor, New York, NY 10010 for notices.", "The API answers at https://api.moz.com/jsonrpc and the MCP server at https://api.moz.com/mcp/v1/data, both on moz.com.", "moz.com/.well-known/security.txt gives a contact address and `Expiration: 2026-10-07T22:45:48-07:00`, about three hours before our fetch at 08:42 UTC on 8 October 2026. Its Policy, Acknowledgements and Encryption links (moz.com/security-policy, /hall-of-fame, /pgp-key.txt) return 404.", "moz.statuspage.io redirects to a page saying the Moz Status page is inactive and visible only to team members. status.moz.com and health.moz.com did not connect from our network.", "The changelog is Moz's product updates archive, which covers all products. The newest Moz API entry is the MCP server beta of 14 August 2026.", "RDAP for moz.com gives a registration date of 1998-04-29 and expiry in 2029.", "The privacy policy is effective 8 April 2025 and says Moz is owned by Ziff Davis, Inc. and takes part in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework." ], "score": 79 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/moz-api.json", "live": { "slug": "moz-api", "probe": { "target": "https://api.moz.com/jsonrpc", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:34.70908286Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 126, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 137, "p95ms24h": 312, "samples24h": 218, "samples30d": 218, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 93, "ok": 93 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 125, "ok": 125 } ] }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://moz.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:29.983500854Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://moz.com/whats-new/archive", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:22:15.827097105Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "2df39f51de96" }, { "url": "https://moz.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:22:13.802124938Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ef92cf739b3e" }, { "url": "https://moz.com/api-general-conditions", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:22:11.727645446Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "13b81cfc0ea8" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:34.70908286Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Google", "b": "SEOmoz, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://searchconsole.googleapis.com", "b": "https://api.moz.com/jsonrpc", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under the Google APIs Terms of Service. The client libraries are Apache-2.0", "b": "Proprietary service under the Moz API General Conditions (effective 12 August 2026 for new subscribers). Displaying Moz data to others requires attribution under the API legal page", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-23", "b": "2026-08-14", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2021-11-09", "b": "2026-08-12", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-10-01", "b": "2025-04-08", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "12k stars, 70k npm/wk, 31.8M PyPI/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Google Search Console API scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against Moz API's 45.3 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Moz API leads on reliability.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Google Search Console API or Moz API?" }, { "answer": "Google Search Console API uses an OAuth sign-in. Moz API needs an API key.", "question": "Do Google Search Console API and Moz API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Google Search Console API has a hosted endpoint at https://searchconsole.googleapis.com and Moz API at https://api.moz.com/jsonrpc.", "question": "Can an agent call Google Search Console API and Moz API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 75 against 50", "Agent ergonomics, 82 against 74", "Security \u0026 auth, 56 against 38", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 71 against 28" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent reporting on or monitoring search performance and index status for sites its user owns, with first-party click and impression counts.", "slug": "google-search-console", "watchFor": "Data covers only properties the signed-in user has owner, full or read access to. 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Moz API leads on reliability. Both do seo rankings.", "verdicts": { "google-search-console": "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.", "moz-api": "The JSON-RPC API documents every error code, its rate limits and the row cost of each method, and failed validation uses no quota. No working status page, SLA, machine-readable spec or official SDK was found. Tokens carry no scopes, and the free plan needs a credit card." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-search-console-vs-moz-api", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-search-console-vs-moz-api.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-search-console-vs-moz-api.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-search-console-vs-moz-api.min.md" }, "markdown": "Google Search Console API scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against Moz API's 45.3 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Moz API leads on reliability. Both do seo rankings.\n\n- Google Search Console API: grade C, 59/100, rank #508 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-search-console.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-search-console.json\n- Moz API: grade E, 45.3/100, rank #770 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/moz-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/moz-api.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Google Search Console API (C)\n\nGood for: An agent reporting on or monitoring search performance and index status for sites its user owns, with first-party click and impression counts.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 75 against 50\n- Agent ergonomics, 82 against 74\n- Security \u0026 auth, 56 against 38\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 71 against 28\n\nWatch for: Data covers only properties the signed-in user has owner, full or read access to. It cannot be asked about any other domain\n\n### Moz API (E)\n\nGood for: Agents that need Domain Authority, backlink lists, link intersects, keyword volume and difficulty, search intent and ranking keywords at a low entry price, on a read-only data set.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 42 against 37\n\nWatch for: No working public status page was found, and moz.statuspage.io reports the Moz Status page as inactive\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Google Search Console API | Moz API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 37 | 42 | Moz API +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 50 | Google Search Console API +25 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 74 | Google Search Console API +8 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 56 | 38 | Google Search Console API +18 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 20 | Google Search Console API +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 71 | 28 | Google Search Console API +43 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 59 | Moz API +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **59 · C** | **45.3 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Google Search Console API | Moz API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Google | SEOmoz, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://searchconsole.googleapis.com` | `https://api.moz.com/jsonrpc` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | API key |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under the Google APIs Terms of Service. The client libraries are Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under the Moz API General Conditions (effective 12 August 2026 for new subscribers). Displaying Moz data to others requires attribution under the API legal page |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-23 | 2026-08-14 |\n| Terms last updated | 2021-11-09 | 2026-08-12 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2025-04-08 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 12k stars, 70k npm/wk, 31.8M PyPI/wk | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**Moz API.** The JSON-RPC API documents every error code, its rate limits and the row cost of each method, and failed validation uses no quota. No working status page, SLA, machine-readable spec or official SDK was found. Tokens carry no scopes, and the free plan needs a credit card.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Google Search Console API\n\n1. 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`\n2. Query one day at a time and page with `startRow` in steps of 25,000 until a response has no rows\n3. Leave `page` and `query` out of `dimensions` when totals must be accurate. Grouping by either drops some data\n4. Ask for `webmasters.readonly` unless the task adds or deletes properties or sitemaps\n5. 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\n\n### Moz API\n\n1. Send a request `id` of at least 24 characters (letters, numbers and hyphens). A UUID works. Shorter ids are rejected with -32654.\n2. Stop on a 401. Ten 401 or 403 responses in five minutes block the caller for 30 minutes.\n3. On 429 with code -32658 wait the `Retry-After` seconds. On code -32650 no wait time is given, so back off exponentially.\n4. Call `quota.lookup` (free) before large pulls. List methods charge one row per result, and `limit` is capped at 50 on link lists.\n5. Poll `async.call.lookup` for `data.keyword.serp.generate`, and collect the result within 20 seconds of first seeing it complete.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Google Search Console API or Moz API?\n\nGoogle Search Console API scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against Moz API's 45.3 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Moz API leads on reliability.\n\n### Do Google Search Console API and Moz API need an API key?\n\nGoogle Search Console API uses an OAuth sign-in. Moz API needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Google Search Console API and Moz API without installing anything?\n\nYes. 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