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Google Search Console

Google's free first-party tool showing how a site actually appears and performs in Google Search.

Google Search Console is Google's free webmaster tool for monitoring a verified site's presence in Google Search: it reports the actual search queries, click-through rates, average position, and indexing status Google has recorded for that property, plus any manual action or security issues found. It is the only source of first-party query-level data for a site's own Google traffic, since Google does not expose this data to third-party SEO crawlers. It also includes tools for submitting sitemaps, testing structured data for rich results, reviewing Core Web Vitals field data, and requesting re-indexing of updated pages. It reports on Google Search only, not Bing or AI assistants, and requires no self-hosted setup beyond domain or URL-prefix verification.

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Vendor Google LLC
Pricing model Free
Free tier Yes
Deployment Cloud
Open source No
Best for Any site owner who needs authoritative first-party Google Search query and indexing data.

Pricing

Completely free for any verified site owner; there are no paid tiers.

Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site.

Features

  • Search performance reports by query, page, country, and device
  • Index coverage and page-indexing status reports
  • Sitemap submission and URL inspection
  • Core Web Vitals field-data reporting
  • Rich-results (structured data) testing and error reports
  • Manual action and security issue alerts
  • Mobile usability reporting

Integrations

Profile last reviewed September 21, 2026

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