The verdict
On the data we hold, Google Search Console comes out ahead. Here is why, point by point.
What the data says
- Only Google Search Console has a free plan to start on.
- Only Scrunch AI has an MCP server, so an AI employee can work in it directly.
- In our SEO ranking, Google Search Console places 12 and Scrunch AI 8 of 15.
Side by side
| At a glance | ||
|---|---|---|
| Starts at | Not known yet | $250/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | No | Yes |
| Links |
Plans and pricing
Google Search Console
- FreeSearch Console is a free Google service.Free
Scrunch AI
- CoreFor brands: 125 prompts, 5,000 responses per month, 4 LLMs, 5 user licenses, 1 brand workspace.$250/mo
Prices as the vendors list them. They change often; the final price is on their sites.
Who each is for
Choose Google Search Console if…
Website owners, SEO specialists and marketing teams who want Google's own data on which searches bring visitors, which pages are indexed and what is stopping pages from ranking.
Choose Scrunch AI if…
Marketing and growth teams, and agencies, who want to see how their brand appears in AI answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity, and fix pages AI models struggle to read.
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