{ "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": "2026-10-09T10:42:44.440145681Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 44, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 48, "p95ms24h": 117, "samples24h": 33, "samples30d": 33, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 33, "ok": 33 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:44.440145681Z" } }, "answer": "Google Search Console API scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against SE Ranking API + MCP's 50.9 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. SE Ranking API + MCP leads on reliability, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "se-ranking", "name": "SE Ranking API + MCP", "vendor": "SE Ranking (SER Acquisition Inc.)", "vendorUrl": "https://seranking.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "seo", "summary": "SE Ranking is an SEO platform whose Data API returns keyword, backlink, domain, site audit and AI search data for credits. A Project API manages rank tracking in the account, and a hosted MCP server exposes both to agents.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/se-ranking", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/se-ranking.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/se-ranking.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/se-ranking.json", "repo": "https://github.com/seranking/openapi", "license": "Proprietary service under the SE Ranking API Terms of Service. The OpenAPI file and the Claude skills on GitHub are MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.seranking.com", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "REST calls take an API key as `Authorization: Token \u003ckey\u003e`, or as an `apikey` query parameter. One key covers the Data, Project, Local Marketing and SE Visible APIs, with no scopes. Keys are self-serve in the API dashboard of any plan or trial, with no app review. The MCP server signs in by OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration against the SE Ranking account, or takes the key in an `X-Api-Key` header. Sub-accounts have no keys of their own yet. Direct competitors, resale and embedding raw data in a paid product need written consent.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Data API calls spend credits, from $50 for 250,000 pay-as-you-go credits that don't expire. Each endpoint's credit cost is published and failed requests cost nothing. Subscription plans include 10,000 to 100,000 credits a month, an add-on starts at $540 a year for 3 million credits, and a standalone API plan at $2,148 a year for 12 million. Project API calls use the plan's limits instead of credits. A 14-day trial with 100,000 credits and MCP access needs no card and lets an agent start without a contract. Our request saw the pricing page in pounds.", "priceSummary": "$0.0002 / credit", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs, the MCP docs or the API pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 0, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://seranking.com/api.html", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/seranking/openapi/main/openapi/data-api.yaml", "registryName": "com.seranking/mcp", "capabilities": [ "seo.keywords", "seo.backlinks", "seo.rankings", "seo.traffic", "seo.serp" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "api-key", "openapi", "closed-source", "usage-credits", "prepaid", "free-trial", "status-page", "ai-visibility" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 50.9, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 681, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 58, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 40, "reliability": 51, "schema": 58, "security": 21, "transparency": 71 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Every Data API endpoint has a published credit cost, credits sell from $50 for 250,000 with no expiry, and a 14-day trial needs no card. Keys carry full account access with no scopes or read-only mode, the key may travel in the URL, and no security page, SLA or llms.txt was found.", "bestFor": "An agent that needs keyword, backlink, domain and AI search visibility data at a published price per call, or that manages rank tracking projects for an SE Ranking customer.", "strengths": [ "Credit cost is published per endpoint, failed requests aren't charged, and pay-as-you-go packs start at $50 for 250,000 credits that don't expire", "A 14-day trial with 100,000 credits covers the API and the MCP server, with no card, per the pricing page", "Hosted MCP server at `https://api.seranking.com/mcp`, listed in the official MCP registry as `com.seranking/mcp` with 15 versions since 22 May 2026", "Rate limits are stated as 10 requests a second for the Data API and 5 for the Project API, with backoff guidance for 429", "`limit`, `offset`, `cols` and bracketed `filter` parameters size Data API responses, and an OpenAPI 3.0 file covers its 86 operations" ], "weaknesses": [ "No scoped or read-only keys. The MCP docs say a key has the same access as the account, including Project API deletes", "The API key is accepted as an `apikey` query parameter, and the OpenAPI file and its README describe only that method", "No security page, certification statement, bug bounty or readable security.txt was found, and the API terms say there is no SLA without a separate agreement", "The MCP server advertises 180+ tools with no documented way to load a subset", "The API terms let SE Ranking remove deprecated functionality at any time, with up to 30 days' notice only where practicable" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key as `Authorization: Token \u003ckey\u003e`, not `Bearer` and not `?apikey=`, so it stays out of URLs and logs", "Call `GET /v1/account/subscription` (0 credits) and read `units_left` before a large pull. A short balance returns `Insufficient funds`", "Set `limit` and `cols` on per-record endpoints. Backlink summaries cost 100 credits a target and keyword rows 10 credits each", "Stay under 10 requests a second on the Data API and 5 on the Project API per key. Repeated overruns block the Project API for 10 minutes", "Ask the owner before any Project API or `PROJECT_*` create, update or delete call. The key has no read-only mode and nothing confirms a delete" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 50.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 58, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 40, "reliability": 51, "schema": 58, "security": 21, "transparency": 59 }, "provenanceScore": 83 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X GET 'https://api.seranking.com/v1/account/subscription' -H 'Authorization: Token YOUR_API_KEY'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http se-ranking https://api.seranking.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "se-ranking": { "url": "https://api.seranking.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/seo.keywords", "tool": "https://letme.dev/se-ranking" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Data API credit, pay-as-you-go", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.0002, "note": "$50 for 250,000 credits that don't expire" }, { "item": "Domain overview, per request", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.02, "note": "100 credits at the pay-as-you-go rate. Failed requests cost nothing" }, { "item": "Keyword row (related, similar or question keywords)", "unit": "record", "usd": 0.002, "note": "10 credits a record at the pay-as-you-go rate" }, { "item": "Backlink row", "unit": "record", "usd": 0.0002, "note": "1 credit a record at the pay-as-you-go rate. A backlink summary is 100 credits a target" }, { "item": "Standalone API plan, 12 million credits a year", "unit": "month", "usd": 179, "note": "billed annually at $2,148, Data API only" }, { "item": "API add-on, 3 million credits a year", "unit": "month", "usd": 45, "note": "billed annually at $540, on top of a subscription" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "SER Acquisition Inc.", "domain": "seranking.com", "domainRegistered": "2010-09-16", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://seranking.com/legal/api-terms-of-service.html", "privacy": "https://seranking.com/legal/privacy-statement.html", "statusPage": "https://status.seranking.com", "changelog": "https://seranking.com/whats-new.html", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The API Terms of Service (3 March 2026) name SER Acquisition Inc., care of The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware, as the provider as a general rule, and Seranking Ltd., London, for some earlier customers paying in pounds.", "The privacy statement (last updated 25 June 2026) names Seranking Ltd and SER Acquisition Inc. as joint controllers and says the group shares some data with Planable Inc.", "The REST APIs and the MCP server answer at api.seranking.com.", "seranking.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 403 to our request, so we couldn't tell whether a file exists.", "status.seranking.com is a Pulsetic status page titled SE Ranking Online Status. It isn't linked from the pages we read and its content is drawn by script.", "The What's New page lists releases by year. The dates of its entries aren't in the page's HTML.", "RDAP for seranking.com gives a registration date of 2010-09-16.", "robots.txt allows the pages we read and carries no Content-Signal line." ], "score": 83 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/se-ranking.json", "live": { "slug": "se-ranking", "probe": { "target": "https://api.seranking.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:55.908537326Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 110, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 97, "p95ms24h": 128, "samples24h": 33, "samples30d": 33, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 33, "ok": 33 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.seranking.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T07:58:31.020038985Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:55.908537326Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Google", "b": "SE Ranking (SER Acquisition Inc.)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://searchconsole.googleapis.com", "b": "https://api.seranking.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Pay per use", "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 SE Ranking API Terms of Service. The OpenAPI file and the Claude skills on GitHub are MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "not listed", "b": "com.seranking/mcp", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-09-23", "b": "2026-09-28", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2021-11-09", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-10-01", "b": "2026-06-25", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "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": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "12k stars, 70k npm/wk, 31.8M PyPI/wk", "b": "0 stars", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Google Search Console API scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against SE Ranking API + MCP's 50.9 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. SE Ranking API + MCP leads on reliability, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Google Search Console API or SE Ranking API + MCP?" }, { "answer": "Google Search Console API uses an OAuth sign-in. SE Ranking API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Google Search Console API and SE Ranking API + MCP need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Google Search Console API has a hosted endpoint at https://searchconsole.googleapis.com and SE Ranking API + MCP at https://api.seranking.com.", "question": "Can an agent call Google Search Console API and SE Ranking API + MCP without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 75 against 58", "Agent ergonomics, 82 against 58", "Security \u0026 auth, 56 against 21" ], "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. It cannot be asked about any other domain" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 51 against 37", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 79 against 71", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 71 against 58" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent that needs keyword, backlink, domain and AI search visibility data at a published price per call, or that manages rank tracking projects for an SE Ranking customer.", "slug": "se-ranking", "watchFor": "No scoped or read-only keys. The MCP docs say a key has the same access as the account, including Project API deletes" } ], "job": { "capability": "seo.rankings", "name": "Seo rankings" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ahrefs-vs-google-search-console.json", "title": "Ahrefs vs Google Search Console API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ahrefs-vs-google-search-console" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ahrefs-vs-se-ranking.json", "title": "Ahrefs vs SE Ranking API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ahrefs-vs-se-ranking" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dataforseo-vs-google-search-console.json", "title": "DataForSEO vs Google Search Console API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dataforseo-vs-google-search-console" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dataforseo-vs-se-ranking.json", "title": "DataForSEO vs SE Ranking API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dataforseo-vs-se-ranking" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/manifold-mcp-vs-se-ranking.json", "title": "Manifold vs SE Ranking API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/manifold-mcp-vs-se-ranking" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/moz-api-vs-se-ranking.json", "title": "Moz API vs SE Ranking API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/moz-api-vs-se-ranking" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/se-ranking-vs-semrush.json", "title": "SE Ranking API + MCP vs Semrush API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/se-ranking-vs-semrush" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/se-ranking-vs-similarweb.json", "title": "SE Ranking API + MCP vs Similarweb", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/se-ranking-vs-similarweb" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-search-console-vs-manifold-mcp.json", "title": "Google Search Console API vs Manifold", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-search-console-vs-manifold-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-search-console-vs-moz-api.json", "title": "Google Search Console API vs Moz API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-search-console-vs-moz-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-search-console-vs-semrush.json", "title": "Google Search Console API vs Semrush API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-search-console-vs-semrush" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-search-console-vs-similarweb.json", "title": "Google Search Console API vs Similarweb", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-search-console-vs-similarweb" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 14, "edge": "se-ranking", "google-search-console": 37, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "se-ranking": 51, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 17, "edge": "google-search-console", "google-search-console": 75, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "se-ranking": 58, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 24, "edge": "google-search-console", "google-search-console": 82, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "se-ranking": 58, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 35, "edge": "google-search-console", "google-search-console": 56, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "se-ranking": 21, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "google-search-console": 40, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "se-ranking": 40, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 8, "edge": "se-ranking", "google-search-console": 71, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "se-ranking": 79, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 13, "edge": "se-ranking", "google-search-console": 58, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "se-ranking": 71, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Google Search Console API scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against SE Ranking API + MCP's 50.9 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. SE Ranking API + MCP leads on reliability, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. 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.", "se-ranking": "Every Data API endpoint has a published credit cost, credits sell from $50 for 250,000 with no expiry, and a 14-day trial needs no card. Keys carry full account access with no scopes or read-only mode, the key may travel in the URL, and no security page, SLA or llms.txt was found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-search-console-vs-se-ranking", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-search-console-vs-se-ranking.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-search-console-vs-se-ranking.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-search-console-vs-se-ranking.min.md" }, "markdown": "Google Search Console API scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against SE Ranking API + MCP's 50.9 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. SE Ranking API + MCP leads on reliability, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. 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- SE Ranking API + MCP: grade D, 50.9/100, rank #681 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/se-ranking.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/se-ranking.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 58\n- Agent ergonomics, 82 against 58\n- Security \u0026 auth, 56 against 21\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### SE Ranking API + MCP (D)\n\nGood for: An agent that needs keyword, backlink, domain and AI search visibility data at a published price per call, or that manages rank tracking projects for an SE Ranking customer.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 51 against 37\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 79 against 71\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 71 against 58\n\nWatch for: No scoped or read-only keys. The MCP docs say a key has the same access as the account, including Project API deletes\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Google Search Console API | SE Ranking API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 37 | 51 | SE Ranking API + MCP +14 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 58 | Google Search Console API +17 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 58 | Google Search Console API +24 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 56 | 21 | Google Search Console API +35 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 40 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 71 | 79 | SE Ranking API + MCP +8 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 71 | SE Ranking API + MCP +13 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **59 · C** | **50.9 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Google Search Console API | SE Ranking API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Google | SE Ranking (SER Acquisition Inc.) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://searchconsole.googleapis.com` | `https://api.seranking.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |\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 SE Ranking API Terms of Service. The OpenAPI file and the Claude skills on GitHub are MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | yes |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `com.seranking/mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 |\n| Terms last updated | 2021-11-09 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2026-06-25 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |\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 | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 12k stars, 70k npm/wk, 31.8M PyPI/wk | 0 stars |\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**SE Ranking API + MCP.** Every Data API endpoint has a published credit cost, credits sell from $50 for 250,000 with no expiry, and a 14-day trial needs no card. Keys carry full account access with no scopes or read-only mode, the key may travel in the URL, and no security page, SLA or llms.txt was found.\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### SE Ranking API + MCP\n\n1. Send the key as `Authorization: Token \u003ckey\u003e`, not `Bearer` and not `?apikey=`, so it stays out of URLs and logs\n2. Call `GET /v1/account/subscription` (0 credits) and read `units_left` before a large pull. A short balance returns `Insufficient funds`\n3. Set `limit` and `cols` on per-record endpoints. Backlink summaries cost 100 credits a target and keyword rows 10 credits each\n4. Stay under 10 requests a second on the Data API and 5 on the Project API per key. Repeated overruns block the Project API for 10 minutes\n5. Ask the owner before any Project API or `PROJECT_*` create, update or delete call. The key has no read-only mode and nothing confirms a delete\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Google Search Console API or SE Ranking API + MCP?\n\nGoogle Search Console API scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against SE Ranking API + MCP's 50.9 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. SE Ranking API + MCP leads on reliability, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do Google Search Console API and SE Ranking API + MCP need an API key?\n\nGoogle Search Console API uses an OAuth sign-in. SE Ranking API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Google Search Console API and SE Ranking API + MCP without installing anything?\n\nYes. 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