Google Mobile-Friendly Test vs. Google Search Console

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Mobile-Friendly Test
Score 9.2 out of 10
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Google Mobile-Friendly Test is a search engine optimization software solution offered by Google.N/A
Google Search Console
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Google Search Console is a search engine optimization software solution offered by Google.N/A
Pricing
Google Mobile-Friendly TestGoogle Search Console
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google Mobile-Friendly TestGoogle Search Console
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Google Mobile-Friendly TestGoogle Search Console
Considered Both Products
Google Mobile-Friendly Test
Chose Google Mobile-Friendly Test
PageSpeed Insights offers similar (though far more technical) insights for developing websites and testing their mobile performance. There's also a Mobile Friendliness measurement in the new Google Search Console. These tools all work together and are all useful when measuring …
Chose Google Mobile-Friendly Test
I think this is a great addition to other search tools and a really quick and easy way to check how your pages work on mobile to ensure your users have the best experience.
Chose Google Mobile-Friendly Test
Google Mobile-Friendly Test is one tool that can be used alongside these other tools to help your SEO.
Google Search Console

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Top Pros
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Features
Google Mobile-Friendly TestGoogle Search Console
SEO
Comparison of SEO features of Product A and Product B
Google Mobile-Friendly Test
8.5
6 Ratings
9% above category average
Google Search Console
8.1
49 Ratings
4% above category average
Keyword analysis8.02 Ratings8.542 Ratings
Backlink management8.02 Ratings8.837 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking9.02 Ratings9.339 Ratings
Page grader8.75 Ratings8.429 Ratings
Competitive analysis7.02 Ratings7.616 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics9.66 Ratings6.341 Ratings
Site recommendations8.95 Ratings7.839 Ratings
Task management9.02 Ratings8.518 Ratings
SEO Channels
Comparison of SEO Channels features of Product A and Product B
Google Mobile-Friendly Test
8.5
5 Ratings
11% above category average
Google Search Console
8.1
46 Ratings
6% above category average
Local SEO8.02 Ratings9.134 Ratings
Social SEO9.02 Ratings8.019 Ratings
Mobile SEO10.05 Ratings8.343 Ratings
Global SEO7.02 Ratings7.038 Ratings
SEO Platform & Account Management
Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Mobile-Friendly Test
9.2
4 Ratings
9% above category average
Google Search Console
8.6
46 Ratings
2% above category average
Multi-domain support8.94 Ratings8.942 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools9.53 Ratings8.243 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses
Google PageSpeed Insights
Google PageSpeed Insights
Score 9.9 out of 10
Google PageSpeed Insights
Google PageSpeed Insights
Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Advanced Web Ranking
Advanced Web Ranking
Score 8.3 out of 10
Advanced Web Ranking
Advanced Web Ranking
Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google Mobile-Friendly TestGoogle Search Console
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(7 ratings)
9.0
(49 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.1
(8 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google Mobile-Friendly TestGoogle Search Console
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
I mean, it is a simple, no-frill test that gives your OK or NOT OK and highlights where it is. It is just a temperature check, this has to be used in conjunction with other tools for it to be useful. Since it is free I recommend running it as a check always.
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Google
Google Search Console is helpful to understand what terms customers search for and click onto your website from. However, it's not helpful if you're looking for deep competitive insight on search terms people are using and how that impacts your website.
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Pros
Google
  • Google Mobile-Friendly Test is easy to use and works very fast.
  • Google also has its own search engine results in mind when using the tool. This is important, as Google has most of the online search market share.
  • Most modern devices are accounted for.
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Google
  • You can also submit your sitemap directly to Google and get it crawled.
  • You can also index and crawl you updated and new webpages.
  • It also displays errors that are preventing your site pages to get indexed in Google.
  • You get a list of all the keywords for which your site is ranking.
  • You can track its position, CTR and impressions.
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Cons
Google
  • Google's suggestions are sometimes vague or unhelpful.
  • The test doesn't offer multiple screen sizes or shapes. Though this isn't a huge issue, it would be nice to make sure a site using media queries stays mobile friendly throughout size changes
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Google
  • It can be a little difficult to navigate
  • More training resources would be an asset. A beginner is given the power to completely destroy a sites search results at the push of a button. Likewise it is a powerful tool to enhance search results also.
  • An option to take care of multiple versions of the same site simultaneously would be helpful. An option to use the same validation script across all versions and administer them simultaneously would be a time save (i.e. non-www, www, http://, and https:// versions of the same site).
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Likelihood to Renew
Google
It is free, so I woule likely renew it.
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Google
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Usability
Google
No answers on this topic
Google
Google Search Console is a simple program that allows organizations to get a solid understanding of the way their site functions and how users land on it. It can be used for making critical business decisions regarding marketing budgets and that within itself is why it deserves a 10.
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Support Rating
Google
No answers on this topic
Google
As with all Google software, your primary source of help is their forums, their knowledge base articles, or whatever tutorials you can find on the web. Often answers on their forums are not straightforward and may not address the actual issue you're experiencing. The KB articles are typically written like instruction manuals - for better or for worse. Tutorials on the web may vary, but the odds are good someone out there had the same questions as you and was kind enough to document their experience.
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Alternatives Considered
Google
I think this is a great addition to other search tools and a really quick and easy way to check how your pages work on mobile to ensure your users have the best experience.
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Google
SEMRush is a supplementary tool we use to provide competitive analysis. While it does, or should, provide the same data that Search Console does, but I only fully trust Search Console when it comes to basic performance in Google for the sites we develop and own. SEMRush, and other products like it, does provide much more in-depth insights that can help drive business decisions, including site performance on other search engines, along putting organic and paid search performance in one spot. However, SEMRush costs money while Search Console is free.
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Return on Investment
Google
  • Our websites pages are a hundred percent mobile friendly.
  • Detects almost all mobile usability issues.
  • Robust test tools extending up to detectors for incompatible plugins.
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Google
  • Given that this is a free tool, the return on investment has been particularly high - we've identified and addressed a few site issues that could have meant a reduction in search traffic.
  • Our organic search traffic has been on the rise in part due to the insights gained from the search traffic analytics provided within the console.
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