A side-by-side look at the Apify MCP Server and Google Search Console MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Apify MCP Server for search & data extraction work as a local process; choose Google Search Console MCP for search & data extraction as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
title, readOnlyHint, true.list_sites, get_site, add_site.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Search & Data Extraction | Search & Data Extraction |
| Quality signal | 64/100 · Good | 52/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 10,672 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 10 | 12 |
| Full listing | View Apify MCP Server | View Google Search Console MCP |
titlereadOnlyHinttrueget-datasetfetch-actor-detailsapify--web-fetchopenWorldHintcall-actorsearch-actorsfetch-apify-docslist_sitesAll Search Console properties the account can access, with permission levels.get_siteOne property's entry (siteUrl + permissionLevel).add_siteAdd a property (stays unverified until verified in Search Console).delete_siteUnlink a property from the account (no data is deleted).search_analyticsPerformance query: clicks/impressions/CTR/position by date, query, page, country, device, search appearance or hour; filters, search type, pagination, fresh-data mode.get_top_queriesShortcut for the most common ask: top queries by clicks, optionally filtered by page substring, country or device.list_sitemapsSubmitted sitemaps (or children of a sitemap index), with errors/warnings.get_sitemapOne sitemap's status and per-content-type counts.submit_sitemapSubmit or resubmit a sitemap.delete_sitemapRemove a sitemap from Search Console.inspect_urlGoogle-index status of a URL: verdict, coverage, crawl info, canonicals, rich results.raw_requestEscape hatch: any Search Console API path (webmasters/v3 or v1).Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@apify/actors-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-search-console-mcp-2": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-google-search-console@latest"
]
}
}
}