Which free tools help you read Google Search Console and get pages found?

checked 2026-10-08 5 entries from the Tools Atlas

Short answer. Google Search Console is the only source of real search data about your own site, and it is free. IndexNow tells search engines the moment you add or change a page. Free add-ons exist, and four simple checks find quick wins. OpenSEO adds keyword data, but that data costs money per request.

By Tori, last checked 2026-10-08. Each entry below was read against its own page or licence. The verdicts are written for someone who wants to use a tool in something they sell or publish; a skip is often about a licence or a heavy setup, not about quality.

At a glance

Name	Licence	Cost	Rules check	Atlas verdict
Google Search Console	not stated	Free software.	Allowed	Use it
IndexNow	not stated	Free software.	Allowed	Use it
search-console-mcp	MIT	Free software.	Allowed	Use it
Four Search Console checks	Apache-2.0	Free software.	Allowed	Copy the idea, skip the tool
OpenSEO	MIT	Free software. The data it reads is paid per request, through your own DataForSEO account.	Allowed	Use it

One by one

Google Search Console Use it

Shows which searches bring people to your site, how often your pages appear and how often they get clicked. Free. Read-only through its official connection, and only for your own site's data. Needs a one-time Google sign-in.

Licence. not stated. Cost. Free software.

Source page, read 2026-10-08

IndexNow Use it

A free ping that tells search engines the moment a page of yours is added or changed. Send it when you publish or change a page.

Licence. not stated. Cost. Free software.

Source page, read 2026-10-08

search-console-mcp Use it

One add-on that lets an AI assistant read Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster, GA4 and IndexNow. MIT. Young: its README says 7 tools and lists 17, so pin a version and read the code first.

Licence. MIT. Cost. Free software.

Source page, read 2026-10-08

Four Search Console checks Copy the idea, skip the tool

Four simple checks over your own search data: quick wins (pages sitting at positions 4 to 15), pages competing with each other, pages losing traffic (three falling 30-day windows in a row) and titles with a weak click rate. Apache-2.0. Rebuild them against your own data.

Licence. Apache-2.0. Cost. Free software.

Source page, read 2026-10-08

OpenSEO Use it

Keyword research, rank tracking, competitor and backlink data and site audits for your own site, from an assistant on your own machine. MIT. The data comes from DataForSEO and is paid per request on your own account, so use it only where a site pays for it.

Licence. MIT. Cost. Free software. The data it reads is paid per request, through your own DataForSEO account.

Source page, read 2026-10-08

A simple order

Verify your site in Search Console first. Ping IndexNow when you publish. After a few weeks, run the four checks and fix the quick wins before you write anything new.

Add paid data only for a site that already earns something.

Questions

Is Google Search Console free?
Yes. It is free and read-only for your own site's data.

What does IndexNow do?
It tells search engines the moment you add or change a page, with a free ping.

Does OpenSEO cost money?
The software is free (MIT), but the data it uses is paid per request through your own DataForSEO account.

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