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Market Segments
Small-Business (61.4% of reviews)
Small-Business (66.5% of reviews)
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Google Search Console
Star Rating
(413)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (61.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Star Rating
(2,441)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00 Per Month
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Semrush excels in SEO Auditing with a score of 9.2, while Google Search Console has a lower score of 8.3 in the same category. Reviewers mention that Semrush's SEO Alerting feature is particularly useful for tracking changes and optimizing strategies.
- Reviewers mention that Google Search Console offers superior ease of use with a score of 9.1 compared to Semrush's 8.4. Users on G2 appreciate the straightforward interface of Google Search Console, making it easier for beginners to navigate and utilize effectively.
- G2 users highlight Semrush's robust Keyword Research capabilities, scoring 9.1, which outshines Google Search Console's score of 8.0. Users say that the detailed insights provided by Semrush help in crafting targeted content strategies.
- Users report that Semrush provides comprehensive Competitor Analysis tools with a score of 9.0, while Google Search Console falls short with a score of 6.1. Reviewers mention that the ability to analyze competitors' strategies in Semrush is a game-changer for digital marketing efforts.
- Reviewers mention that Google Search Console shines in its Reporting capabilities, scoring 9.1, compared to Semrush's 8.8. Users on G2 appreciate the customizable dashboards and real-time reporting features that help in tracking website performance effectively.
- Users report that Semrush's Content Creation Tools score 8.3, which is beneficial for marketers looking to enhance their content strategy, while Google Search Console does not focus on content creation, leading to a gap in functionality for users seeking comprehensive content management solutions.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Google Search Console
No pricing availableSemrush
Free
$0.00
Per Month
You can use Semrush with a free account, but the number of features and amount of data will be limited.
- Position Tracking: 10 keywords, updated daily
- Site Audit: 100 pages per month
- Social Media profiles: track 5, post to 2 (schedule 10 posts)
Free Trial
Google Search Console
No trial information availableSemrush
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
345
8.9
1,935
Ease of Use
9.1
353
8.4
1,949
Ease of Setup
9.2
189
8.6
1,167
Ease of Admin
9.3
172
8.6
1,000
Quality of Support
7.8
294
8.6
1,672
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.4
161
8.8
983
Product Direction (% positive)
9.3
332
8.9
1,845
Features by Category
Metrics
Not enough data
8.3
310
Not enough data
8.2
305
Not enough data
7.9
292
Not enough data
7.7
266
Not enough data
7.4
255
Not enough data
7.6
253
Not enough data
7.5
254
Not enough data
7.6
264
Not enough data
7.1
248
Reporting
Not enough data
8.1
303
Not enough data
8.2
291
Not enough data
7.9
276
Not enough data
7.8
279
Not enough data
7.8
275
Not enough data
7.7
255
Not enough data
8.2
291
Other
Not enough data
7.9
267
Not enough data
8.1
281
Not enough data
7.8
271
Not enough data
8.1
273
Not enough data
7.6
242
Not enough data
7.2
224
Not enough data
7.7
242
Administration
Not enough data
7.7
250
Not enough data
7.5
242
Not enough data
8.5
293
Not enough data
8.3
285
Social Analytics
Not enough data
8.9(won by default)
242
Not enough data
8.5(won by default)
224
Not enough data
8.8(won by default)
229
Not enough data
8.2(won by default)
198
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1(won by default)
168
Not enough data
8.1(won by default)
165
Reports & Dashboards
Not enough data
8.4(won by default)
228
Not enough data
8.9(won by default)
235
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
222
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
161
Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Logistics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Grammar
Not enough data
8.8
85
Not enough data
8.5
86
Not enough data
8.7
84
Formatting
Not enough data
8.4
84
Not enough data
8.2
79
Not enough data
8.0
76
Content
Not enough data
8.6
93
Not enough data
8.4
85
Not enough data
7.7
71
Product Type
Not enough data
8.5
79
Not enough data
8.0
78
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Listing Management
Not enough data
8.6
173
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
169
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
172
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
184
|
Verified
Performance
Not enough data
8.2
190
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
194
|
Verified
Local Search Optimization
Not enough data
8.9
428
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
392
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
363
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
374
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
364
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
420
|
Verified
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.5
390
Not enough data
8.7
406
Platform Data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
365
Platform Content
Not enough data
7.5
309
Platform Reporting
Not enough data
8.1
378
Not enough data
8.5
388
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.7
86
Not enough data
8.2
83
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
75
Not enough data
8.5
86
Content Planning
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
79
Not enough data
8.8
90
Marketing Campaign Performance
Not enough data
8.4
64
Not enough data
8.7
66
Other Features
Not enough data
8.5
87
Not enough data
8.9
73
SEO Auditing & Monitoring
8.1
271
8.8
667
8.3
266
9.2
518
8.3
262
9.0
504
8.6
263
9.0
505
SEO Content & Rankings
7.0
269
8.2
1137
8.0
290
9.1
1236
8.2
275
8.8
1163
7.7
250
8.4
586
7.8
255
8.6
496
SEO Reporting
6.1
263
8.9
1213
8.2
263
8.7
666
7.5
261
8.4
622
6.5
231
8.0
507
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Content & Collaboration
Not enough data
8.8
163
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
150
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
132
Social Management
Not enough data
8.8
195
Not enough data
8.8
189
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
186
Not enough data
7.9
163
Not enough data
8.0
137
Not enough data
7.6
109
Media Channels
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
95
Geographic Coverage
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
81
Not enough data
8.2
73
Reporting
Not enough data
9.0
112
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.0
101
Not enough data
9.2
110
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Platform Interoperability
Not enough data
8.5
68
Social Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
80
Campaign Management
Not enough data
9.1
79
Not enough data
8.8
78
Not enough data
8.7
79
Not enough data
8.6
72
Not enough data
8.6
73
Not enough data
8.5
74
Not enough data
8.5
72
Not enough data
8.4
74
Not enough data
8.3
73
Not enough data
8.6
77
Not enough data
8.4
73
Not enough data
8.1
71
Not enough data
8.3
74
Targeting
Not enough data
8.6
76
Not enough data
8.4
73
Not enough data
8.5
71
Not enough data
8.7
71
Platform
Not enough data
8.4
74
Not enough data
8.7
81
Not enough data
9.0
80
Not enough data
9.0
81
Not enough data
8.7
77
Not enough data
8.6
76
Not enough data
8.4
71
Not enough data
8.5
73
Not enough data
8.5
76
Grammar Tools
Not enough data
8.4
16
Not enough data
9.1
18
Not enough data
8.0
15
Writing Support
Not enough data
7.1
16
Not enough data
8.1
15
Not enough data
7.1
16
Not enough data
7.5
16
Software Availability
Not enough data
8.4
16
Not enough data
8.1
15
Not enough data
7.0
16
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Data collection
Not enough data
7.8
138
Not enough data
8.3
165
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
156
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
138
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
156
Segment Trending
Not enough data
8.8
186
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
176
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
181
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
144
Analysis
Not enough data
8.4
176
Not enough data
8.7
198
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
159
|
Verified
Platform
Not enough data
8.8
199
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
179
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
155
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
178
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
153
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
149
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.7
104
Not enough data
7.7
89
Not enough data
8.3
105
Platform Data
Not enough data
8.2
93
Not enough data
8.5
99
Not enough data
8.8
107
Not enough data
8.4
94
Audio
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Image
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Text
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
Not enough data
7.8
142
Publishing
Not enough data
7.7
145
Social Media
Not enough data
7.7
145
Planning
Not enough data
8.0
264
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Tools
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
529
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Metrics
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
521
Not enough data
8.3
509
Not enough data
8.1
451
Not enough data
7.9
447
Not enough data
9.0
582
Marketing Operations
Not enough data
7.9
264
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
281
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
276
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
253
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Campaign Activity
Not enough data
8.5
267
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
303
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
244
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
258
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
280
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
234
|
Verified
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Google Search Console and Semrush are categorized as SEO Tools
Unique Categories
Google Search Console has no unique categories
Semrush is categorized as Paid Search Intelligence, Marketing Calendar, Competitive Intelligence, AI Writing Assistant, Content Creation, Local Listing Management, Local SEO, Marketing Analytics, Market Intelligence, Content Analytics, Media Monitoring, Social Media Advertising, Social Media Analytics, Social Media Suites, Social Media Management, Digital Analytics, and Proofreading
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Google Search Console
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Semrush
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
24.2%
Information Technology and Services
13.2%
Computer Software
10.3%
Financial Services
2.7%
Education Management
2.4%
Other
47.2%
Marketing and Advertising
30.4%
Information Technology and Services
8.7%
Computer Software
8.0%
Internet
4.6%
Retail
3.5%
Other
44.8%
Most Helpful Reviews
Google Search Console
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Sachin K.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
As a SEO marketer, it provides me free and comprehensive insights about how Google is actually looking at my website. It provides me actionable data on which I can work and improve the Search engine rankings and traffic of my website. It provides me...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Education Management
There isn't anything I dislike about it!
Semrush
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Paul B.
Verified User in Education Management
What I enjoy the most about this tool is how the dashboard is constructed. It's put together in a logical sequence of how you would most likely use the tool. Just like someone searching the web, you start with a broad term to see what results you get....
Most Helpful Critical Review
MacKenzie B.
Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
In my years of using SEO tools, I've seen various changes and adaptations to platforms, but SEMrush's latest move to increase fees by 110% in one month left me highly disappointed. SEMrush's UI is cluttered and feels like it was designed in the 1990's....
Sachin K.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
As a SEO marketer, it provides me free and comprehensive insights about how Google is actually looking at my website. It provides me actionable data on which I can work and improve the Search engine rankings and traffic of my website. It provides me...
Paul B.
Verified User in Education Management
What I enjoy the most about this tool is how the dashboard is constructed. It's put together in a logical sequence of how you would most likely use the tool. Just like someone searching the web, you start with a broad term to see what results you get....
Verified User in Education Management
There isn't anything I dislike about it!
MacKenzie B.
Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
In my years of using SEO tools, I've seen various changes and adaptations to platforms, but SEMrush's latest move to increase fees by 110% in one month left me highly disappointed. SEMrush's UI is cluttered and feels like it was designed in the 1990's....
Discussions
How do I use the Google console?
3 comments
SP
Using Google Search Console involves several steps to set up and access data related to your website's performance in Google search results. Here's a basic...Read more
What is Google Search Console used for?
3 comments
HS
It is one of the best tool for analyzing data of traffic to your website or blog.Read more
What is Google Search console in SEO?
3 comments
SP
Google Search Console (formerly known as Google Webmaster Tools) is a crucial tool for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) professionals and website owners....Read more
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3 comments
HM
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What can SEMrush do?
3 comments
SR
SEMrush can help you to optimize your website for search engines, including keyword research, site audits, and link building. It offers a variety of features...Read more
Does SEMrush have a free plan?
3 comments
BB
Yes they have a free plan where you can add 1 website.Read more
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