Bing Webmaster Tools vs. Google Search Console

Bing Webmaster Tools

48 Reviews and Ratings

Google Search Console

237 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Bing Webmaster Tools	Score8.8 out of 10	N/A	Bing Webmaster Tools is a search engine optimization software solution offered by Microsoft.	N/A
Google Search Console	Score9 out of 10	N/A	Google Search Console is a search engine optimization software solution offered by Google.	N/A

Pricing

Bing Webmaster Tools

Google Search Console

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Pricing Offerings
Bing Webmaster Tools	Google Search Console
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Bing Webmaster Tools	Google Search Console
Considered Both Products	Microsoft Griffin Hansen Associate Manager, Online Marketing at EBSCO Mags in Marketing at EBSCO Mags (Facilities Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Bing Webmaster Tools Google Search Console used to be very similar to Bing Webmaster Tools (or vice versa) but Google Webmaster Tools recently changed their interface so now using it is a bit of a learning curve. They still both do the same things for their respective search engines and we plan on … Incentivized Helpful? George Bounacos COO in Marketing at Silver Beacon Marketing (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Bing Webmaster Tools Bing, which is free to use, is a good adjunct to our use of all these tools. If I had to stop using all but two, Bing and Google would be the ones that I would keep. Others have their place in our cycle based on what Google and Bing are reporting, but these are our early … Incentivized Helpful? Jon Ackerman Creative Director in Marketing at Ada Bible Church (Religious Institutions, 51-200 employees) Chose Bing Webmaster Tools I think that Bing does a good job of being a competitive product in a space that has very basic and insanely complex products. While Bing isn't pretty, it gets the job done and also gets you the right tools in a simple and straight forward backend UI. The ability to place Bing … Incentivized Helpful? Eamonn Kelly Senior Analyst in Marketing at UM Worldwide (Marketing and Advertising, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Bing Webmaster Tools Use both platforms. Both platforms serve different purposes but should be used side by side Incentivized Helpful?	Google Scott Walker Director of Digital Marketing in Marketing at 407 Marketing (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Google Search Console Google Search Console offers more information than Google Analytics alone (though they can be integrated together). Google Search Console is also a free tool, so that can be an attractive facet when compared to Moz or other SEO programs (though the information provided is … Incentivized Helpful? Sam Lepak Head of Digital Marketing in Marketing at YachtLife (Internet, 11-50 employees) Chose Google Search Console Google Search Console does a lot more than most webmaster tools and is easier to navigate than Bing Webmaster Tools. One other tool that we predominately use is SerpCheetah, which provides real-time organic keyword positioning rank in the SERP and can be broken down by device, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Search Console To be honest, I have not spent much time in Bing Webmaster Tools as Bing is a much less significant search engine compared to Google. It's something we only really use for major changes to a website, and it is fine for those types of task. Google Search Console is my 'go-to' … Incentivized Helpful? Eric Serdar Product Marketing Manager in Marketing at BambooHR (Marketing and Advertising, 501-1000 employees) Chose Google Search Console All of these other tools have positives and negatives. We use Google Search Console along with Semrush in the past and are using it with Ahrefs right now. Search Console is like the foundation of monitoring our search presence and these other tools are what lets us do the heavy … Incentivized Helpful? Lindsay Halsey Co-Founder in Marketing at webShine (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Google Search Console We focus more of our effort on the feedback and data Google Search Console. Incentivized Helpful? Frank Watson CEO in Marketing at Kangamurra Media (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Google Search Console Smaller traffic numbers but has some better ranking information. Incentivized Helpful? Nick Kretz VP Growth, Head of SEO in Marketing at Xivic, Inc. (Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees) Chose Google Search Console Google is the dominant search engine so its a dead-given that you want to be using their platform for optimizing and managing your website presence on Google. No other platform compares to Google Search Console when it comes to accessing raw data on how google is viewing your … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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TrustRadius Insights
	Bing Webmaster Tools	Google Search Console
Highlights	Research Team Insight Published May 22, 2020 Bing Webmaster and Google Search Console are both SEO software designed to help businesses analyze the performance of their websites on Google and Bing. Both software options are used by businesses of all sizes, as search engine optimization is important to all businesses. It is worth noting that businesses that want to improve performance on Google and Bing can use both Bing Webmaster and Google Search Console. Features and Limitations Bing Webmaster and Google Search Console both help users track and improve search performance. The biggest difference between the two is that Bing Webmaster helps businesses improve their performance with Bing’s search engine, while Google Search Console helps users improve their performance on Google’s search engine. Google Search Console is used more often than Bing Webmaster because Google’s search engine is more popular than Bing’s, but businesses can use both SEO software options to maximize performance on both search engines. Bing Webmaster may also be more popular in specific industries that see more traffic on Bing. Though they work for different search engines, both Bing Webmaster and Google Search Console offer very similar functionalities. Users can leverage either software to find any web crawler errors, see search terms viewers use to find your site and check for mobile usability problems. Pricing Bing Webmaster and Google Search Console are both free services that are easily accessible for any business.

Features

Bing Webmaster Tools

Google Search Console

Comparison of SEO features of Bing Webmaster Tools and Google Search Console
Feature	Bing Webmaster Tools 8.9 7 Ratings	Google Search Console 6.2 53 Ratings
Keyword analysis	10.07 Ratings	8.346 Ratings
Backlink management	5.07 Ratings	4.941 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking	9.07 Ratings	7.243 Ratings
Page grader	9.06 Ratings	5.132 Ratings
Competitive analysis	10.06 Ratings	2.017 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics	10.07 Ratings	7.445 Ratings
Site recommendations	9.06 Ratings	6.243 Ratings
Task management	8.93 Ratings	8.518 Ratings

Comparison of SEO Channels features of Bing Webmaster Tools and Google Search Console
Feature	Bing Webmaster Tools 8.0 7 Ratings	Google Search Console 7.3 50 Ratings
Local SEO	10.05 Ratings	5.035 Ratings
Social SEO	4.13 Ratings	8.019 Ratings
Mobile SEO	7.86 Ratings	7.847 Ratings
Global SEO	10.07 Ratings	8.341 Ratings

Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Bing Webmaster Tools and Google Search Console
Feature	Bing Webmaster Tools 10.0 6 Ratings	Google Search Console 8.2 50 Ratings
Multi-domain support	10.06 Ratings	8.644 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools	10.05 Ratings	7.947 Ratings

User Ratings
	Bing Webmaster Tools	Google Search Console
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (7 ratings)	9.0 (53 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	8.8 (5 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	6.1 (8 ratings)