# mowteng vs mcp-server-gsc

mcp-server-gsc is a small, free Search Console server built around search analytics with advanced filters. Here is how it compares.

## In short

mcp-server-gsc, by ahonn, is a lean, free Node server for Google Search Console that you run with a Google Cloud service account. Its focus is search analytics with regex filters and quick-win detection. mowteng is hosted, needs no Google Cloud setup, and adds Bing, Yandex, IndexNow and more analyses.

## Where mowteng leads

|  | mowteng | mcp-server-gsc |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Where it runs | Hosted. You add `https://mowteng.app/mcp`; it works in web, desktop and mobile assistants that support remote MCP. | On your machine (`npx`). The repository also contains a Cloudflare Worker mode that you deploy yourself. |
| Setup | Add the URL and sign in with Google. No Google Cloud project, API key or service account. Bing and Yandex connect with their own sign-in. | Node 18+, a Google Cloud project with the Search Console API, and a service account added to your property as an owner. |
| Engines | Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools, Yandex Webmaster and IndexNow. | Google Search Console only. |
| Analyses | Content decay, striking distance, cannibalization, index audit, period comparison, Google vs Bing, and a daily to-do list for a site. | Search analytics with regex filters and up to 25,000 rows per query, and quick-win detection. |
| Actions | Submits or removes sitemaps, adds properties, and sends changed URLs to Bing, Yandex and IndexNow. Your assistant asks before each one. | Has a sitemap submit tool, but asks only for read-only access. |
| Assistants | Setup pages for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity and Windsurf. | The README shows Claude Desktop. |

## Why choose mowteng over mcp-server-gsc

- No Google Cloud project, OAuth client or service account: add one URL and sign in with Google.

- Works in assistants on the web and on your phone, such as claude.ai and ChatGPT, not only in desktop apps.

- Bing Webmaster Tools, Yandex Webmaster and [IndexNow](https://mowteng.app/indexnow-mcp) next to Google, behind the same URL, with a [Google vs Bing](https://mowteng.app/analyses/google-vs-bing-rankings) analysis.

- Ready-made analyses such as [content decay](https://mowteng.app/analyses/content-decay), [striking distance](https://mowteng.app/analyses/striking-distance-keywords) and [index audit](https://mowteng.app/analyses/index-coverage-audit), plus a daily to-do list and scheduled routines.

- Can act, not only read: submit sitemaps to Google, Bing and Yandex and send changed URLs to IndexNow, with your assistant asking before each write.

## When mcp-server-gsc may suit you better

- It is free and runs on your own machine or your own Cloudflare account.

- It returns up to 25,000 rows per query with regex filters.

- You already use a Google Cloud service account.

> **Ask your assistant:** Show queries on my site at positions 11 to 20 with the most impressions, and the page ranking for each.

## About this comparison

What this page says about mcp-server-gsc was read from its own pages on 5 November 2026: [GitHub README](https://github.com/ahonn/mcp-server-gsc). Products change quickly; if something here is out of date, email [hi@milowda.com](mailto:hi@milowda.com) and we will correct it. Where a page did not say something, we say "not listed" rather than "no".

## Related

- [All comparisons](https://mowteng.app/compare): Every product and category we compare.

- [Hosted vs self-hosted](https://mowteng.app/compare/search-console-mcp-servers): Where each kind of server fits.

- [Google Search Console MCP server](https://mowteng.app/google-search-console-mcp): What mowteng's Search Console tools return.

- [Connect mowteng](https://mowteng.app/guides/connect-mowteng): One URL, any assistant that supports remote MCP.

Source: https://mowteng.app/compare/mcp-server-gsc