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Semrush vs Google Search Console Comparison (2026)

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Google Search Console

Overview

Win every search - From traditional SEO to AI discovery. Semrush One merges keyword-based SEO metrics with prompt-level AI search insights in one platform. So you can measure your visibility across SERPs and LLMs, spot competitive gaps, and audit your site’s AI readiness. All in one place.

Google Search Console is a web-based tool designed to help businesses measure websites’ search traffic and performance, resolve issues, and improve site ranking in Google Search results.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

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Pricing

Starting from

139.95

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

Free

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.6

2.3K

5

4

3

2

1

1.6K

606

66

9

25

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
82%
would recommend this app

4.8

219

5

4

3

2

1

176

38

5

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
90%
would recommend this app

Pros

“Semrush provides that every single day, audits of my websites, tracking of keywords, gaps between competitors - it all resides in a single place and, in fact, makes a difference in the work I create on a weekly basis.”
JM

James M.

Digital Marketing Manager

“Two exports of the identical May 9 dataset, one pulled in May and one pulled in June from the historical view of the same period, produced completely different results across all four tracked AI platforms.”
MF

Michael F.

SEO

“It saves immense time by consolidating backlink analysis, site audits, and traffic insights into one centralized platform, making it well worth the investment.”
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Palash R.

Graphic design

Pros

“Google Search Console will allow you to easily amend your business details on Google and ensure you are getting the most out of your business and SEO.”
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Ben E.

Marketing and communications executive

“I have used Google Search Console to edit the details of the business on Google to ensure that they are correct, and I am getting the most from the SEO of my business.”
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Ben E.

Marketing and communications executive

“Always the best of the available search with very useful extras such as the panel showing location/opening times, and integration with other Google features such as maps.”
DB

Daryl B.

Assistant Site Manager

Cons

“The account was not used for any meaningful activity after the charge other than logging in to cancel the subscription and submit the refund request. Despite explaining the situation, including the fact that we are a small business and that the service would not be used, Semrush refused to provide a refund.”
DD

Devinda D.

Digital Marketing Consultant

“I realized within two days of resubscribing that I did not have the time or technical background needed to use the tool effectively, and I contacted support immediately after recognizing this. While customer support was responsive, the refund process was extremely rigid. Despite the very short timeframe and the fact that I had not meaningfully used the product, my refund request was denied and the case was closed as final.”
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Suzanne C.

Small Business Owner

“Automatic trial conversion can lead to unexpected charges if you are not monitoring renewal dates closely.”
DD

Devinda D.

Digital Marketing Consultant

Cons

“It doesn’t always provide real-time data, and some reports can be hard to interpret without experience.”
CS

Chelsea S.

Sales

“Sometime gets to much time to get an answer when you want to index pages or fixed issues.”
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Roger A.

Owner.

“The design of Google's Search console is good, but leaves much to be desired.”
AZ

Andrew Z.

Operations Manager

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review23 days ago
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  • Last review3 months ago

Key features

  • Total features129
  • @mentions
  • AI Accessibility Audit
  • AI Mention Tracking
  • AI Traffic Attribution
  • AI Visibility Score
  • AI/Machine Learning
  • API
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Advertising Management
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Audit Management
  • Automated Publishing
  • Automated Scheduling
  • BI Integration
  • Backlink Management
  • Backlink Monitoring
  • Benchmarking
  • Brand Tracking
  • Broken Link Discovery
  • Calendar Management
  • Campaign Analytics
  • Campaign Management
  • Campaign Planning
  • Campaign Scheduling
  • Campaign Tracking
  • Channel Management
  • Charting
  • Citation Intelligence
  • Client Management
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Competitive Benchmarking
  • Competitor Monitoring
  • Content Gap Analysis
  • Content Ideas
  • Content Management
  • Content Marketing
  • Conversion Tracking
  • Customer Engagement
  • Customer Journey Mapping
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualization
  • Editorial Calendar
  • Email Management
  • Engagement Tracking
  • For Marketing and Advertising
  • For PPC Campaigns
  • GEO Optimization
  • Geolocation
  • Geotargeting
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • Google Analytics Integration
  • Keyword Filtering
  • Keyword Rank Tracking
  • Keyword Research Tools
  • Keyword Tracking
  • Lead Generation
  • Link Analytics
  • Link Management
  • Listing Management
  • Localization Automation
  • Marketing Management
  • Mobile Keywords
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Account Management
  • Multi-Brand Management
  • Multi-Campaign
  • Multi-Channel Attribution
  • Multi-Channel Campaigns
  • Multi-Channel Data Collection
  • Multi-Channel Distribution
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-Language Tracking
  • Multi-Location
  • Multi-Platform AI Coverage
  • Multiple Site Management
  • Pageview Tracking
  • Performance Metrics
  • Post Scheduling
  • Prioritization
  • Project Management
  • Prompt Library
  • Prompt Organization
  • Prompt Visibility Monitoring
  • Rank Tracking
  • Real User Prompt Dataset
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Referral Tracking
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Response Position Analysis
  • SEO Audit
  • SEO Management
  • Scheduled/Automated Reports
  • Schema Guidance
  • Search Marketing
  • Self Service Data Preparation
  • Sentiment Analysis
  • Share of Voice (SoV)
  • Site Search Tracking
  • Social Marketing
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Media Monitoring
  • Social Performance Management
  • Tagging
  • Task Management
  • Template Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time on Site Tracking
  • Trend Analysis
  • Trend/Problem Indicators
  • URL Shortener
  • User Interaction Tracking
  • Visual Analytics
  • Visualization
  • Web Tracking
  • Web Traffic Reporting
  • Website Analytics
  • Website Management
  • Website Monitoring
  • White Label
  • Total features17
  • @mentions
  • AI Accessibility Audit
  • AI Mention Tracking
  • AI Traffic Attribution
  • AI Visibility Score
  • AI/Machine Learning
  • API
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Advertising Management
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Audit Management
  • Automated Publishing
  • Automated Scheduling
  • BI Integration
  • Backlink Management
  • Backlink Monitoring
  • Benchmarking
  • Brand Tracking
  • Broken Link Discovery
  • Calendar Management
  • Campaign Analytics
  • Campaign Management
  • Campaign Planning
  • Campaign Scheduling
  • Campaign Tracking
  • Channel Management
  • Charting
  • Citation Intelligence
  • Client Management
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Competitive Benchmarking
  • Competitor Monitoring
  • Content Gap Analysis
  • Content Ideas
  • Content Management
  • Content Marketing
  • Conversion Tracking
  • Customer Engagement
  • Customer Journey Mapping
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualization
  • Editorial Calendar
  • Email Management
  • Engagement Tracking
  • For Marketing and Advertising
  • For PPC Campaigns
  • GEO Optimization
  • Geolocation
  • Geotargeting
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • Google Analytics Integration
  • Keyword Filtering
  • Keyword Rank Tracking
  • Keyword Research Tools
  • Keyword Tracking
  • Lead Generation
  • Link Analytics
  • Link Management
  • Listing Management
  • Localization Automation
  • Marketing Management
  • Mobile Keywords
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Account Management
  • Multi-Brand Management
  • Multi-Campaign
  • Multi-Channel Attribution
  • Multi-Channel Campaigns
  • Multi-Channel Data Collection
  • Multi-Channel Distribution
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-Language Tracking
  • Multi-Location
  • Multi-Platform AI Coverage
  • Multiple Site Management
  • Pageview Tracking
  • Performance Metrics
  • Post Scheduling
  • Prioritization
  • Project Management
  • Prompt Library
  • Prompt Organization
  • Prompt Visibility Monitoring
  • Rank Tracking
  • Real User Prompt Dataset
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Referral Tracking
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Response Position Analysis
  • SEO Audit
  • SEO Management
  • Scheduled/Automated Reports
  • Schema Guidance
  • Search Marketing
  • Self Service Data Preparation
  • Sentiment Analysis
  • Share of Voice (SoV)
  • Site Search Tracking
  • Social Marketing
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Media Monitoring
  • Social Performance Management
  • Tagging
  • Task Management
  • Template Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time on Site Tracking
  • Trend Analysis
  • Trend/Problem Indicators
  • URL Shortener
  • User Interaction Tracking
  • Visual Analytics
  • Visualization
  • Web Tracking
  • Web Traffic Reporting
  • Website Analytics
  • Website Management
  • Website Monitoring
  • White Label

Integrations

  • Total integrations11
  • Databox
  • Google Ads
  • Google Analytics 360
  • Google Docs
  • Google Search Console
  • HubSpot Marketing Hub
  • Majestic
  • TapClicks
  • Trello
  • WordPress
  • Yext
  • Total integrations1
  • Databox
  • Google Ads
  • Google Analytics 360
  • Google Docs
  • Google Search Console
  • HubSpot Marketing Hub
  • Majestic
  • TapClicks
  • Trello
  • WordPress
  • Yext

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