Baidu Search Resource Platform vs Google Search Console (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, we pick Google Search Console: it is first in our ranking of technical SEO tools, and they share a 3.0 GPA.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Baidu Search Resource Platform
Baidu's webmaster tools for indexing, crawling and keyword data
Free
Google Search Console
Free Google reports on a site's search traffic, indexing and issues
Free
Which one is for you
Pick Baidu Search Resource Platform if
- Fits if you want search traffic from mainland China
- Works for getting new pages crawled sooner by Baidu and dead links dropped
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you don't read Chinese, as no English version of the platform or its help pages was found
- Watch out: fast crawling isn't open to every site, and sitelinks are a trial for sites Baidu rates highly
- Not for you if you planned to verify through Baidu Tongji, as only a file or HTML tag works now
- Watch out: Baidu's pages show no prices, but none of them says outright that the platform is free
Pick Google Search Console if
- Fits if you own a site and want to know which Google searches bring visitors
- Works for finding out why pages are missing from Google's index
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need Bing, Yandex, Baidu or Naver data, as it covers Google Search only
- Not for you if you can't prove you own or manage the site, as nothing shows until you do
- Tight if you pull a lot through the API, which stops at 50,000 rows a day per search type and 25,000 per request
- Watch out: the BigQuery export needs a Google Cloud project with billing, and use beyond the free level is charged
- Too light for big teams on one property, which allows at most 100 non-owner users
How we grade them
| 3.0GPABaidu Search Resource PlatformVery good | 3.0GPAGoogle Search ConsoleVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | ANo price anywhere on Baidu's pages and nothing to buy: add and verify a site with a Baidu account and the tools open. None of the pages actually says it's free, though. | AFree, from Google, with every report, URL Inspection, email alerts, the API and up to 100 non-owner users per property. There is no paid plan. |
| Free plan and trial | AEvery webmaster tool is open once a site is verified, with no paid tier on record. Fast crawling and sitelinks are granted only to sites Baidu deems eligible. | AEverything is free once you verify the site. The caps are on the API, 50,000 rows a day per search type, which most sites won't reach. |
| Features | CURL submission, index volume, keywords, crawl diagnostics, robots.txt, dead links, mobile matching and site migration tools. The gaps: it's Baidu's view only, and fast crawling isn't open to every site. | CPerformance by query and page, indexing and URL Inspection, Core Web Vitals, rich result and links reports, alerts and a BigQuery export. The gap: it's Google's view only, with no crawl you run yourself, and Bing, Yandex, Baidu and Naver need their own tools. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. The platform and its help pages are in Chinese, and you verify the site by file or HTML tag with a Baidu account before anything shows. | CNo rating on record. You prove you own or manage the site before seeing anything, and the indexing and performance reports take some learning. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only. Baidu says it offers API access, and new links can be pushed to it in real time; no other integrations are on record. | BWeb only, with the Search Console API, a scheduled daily BigQuery export and Site Kit by Google. |
| Best for | getting pages found in Baidu search | Google search traffic and indexing data |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Baidu Search Resource Platform and Google Search Console. How we grade
Price against what you get
Baidu Search Resource Platform has no paid plan and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Google Search Console has no paid plan and scores 2.3.
On this chart the two sit in the same place: the same score for the same starting price. Of the other technical SEO tools on the chart, none scores higher than Baidu Search Resource Platform for less, and none scores higher than Google Search Console for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Google Search Console also covers schema markup and page speed.
In commonFree planWebPublic APISite audit
At a glance
| Baidu Search Resource Platform | Google Search Console | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Starts at | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Add and verify a site with a Baidu account to use the webmaster tools; no prices are shown. Fast crawling and sitelinks are granted only to eligible sites. | Free with a Google account for any site whose ownership you verify: every report and tool, email alerts, the API and up to 100 non-owner users per property. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Baidu | |
| Price read from | ziyuan.baidu.com | support.google.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Baidu Search Resource Platform
- The platform and its help pages are in Chinese; no English version was found.
- Fast crawling is not open to every site, and sitelinks are offered on a trial basis to sites Baidu rates highly.
- Sites are verified by file or HTML tag only; the Baidu Tongji import method has been withdrawn.
- Baidu's pages show no prices, but none of those read states outright that the platform is free.
Google Search Console
- Covers Google Search only; Bing, Yandex, Baidu and Naver each run their own webmaster tools.
- You must prove you own or manage the site before you see any data, and a property allows at most 100 non-owner users.
- The API exposes at most 50,000 rows a day per search type, at up to 25,000 rows per request.
- The BigQuery export needs a Google Cloud project with billing; storage and queries beyond the free usage level are charged.
Key features
Baidu Search Resource Platform
- URL submission
- Push new links to Baidu in real time to shorten the time before its crawler finds them; Baidu says submission speeds crawling but does not guarantee indexing.
- Traffic and keywords
- Impressions and clicks for a site's popular keywords in Baidu results, plus a list of custom keywords to watch.
- Index volume
- How many of a site's pages are in Baidu's index, with the option to follow chosen directories separately.
- Crawl diagnostics and crawl errors
- See a page as Baidu's spider fetches it to check it matches what you expect, alongside crawl frequency, crawl error and robots.txt tools.
- Dead links, mobile matching and migrations
- Submit dead links to be dropped from search, map PC pages to their mobile versions, and submit old-to-new URL rules after a domain or directory change.
- AI traffic analysis
- The menu includes an AI traffic analysis report (AI流量分析), whose contents are shown only after a site has been added.
Google Search Console
- Performance report
- Clicks, impressions, click-through rate and average position, by query, page, country, device, search appearance and date, for web, image, video and news results.
- Indexing and URL Inspection
- Review which pages Google has indexed, submit sitemaps and single URLs, and inspect a URL for its crawl, index and serving details straight from the Google index.
- Issue alerts
- Email alerts when Google finds indexing, spam or other problems, with the affected URLs and a way to tell Google once they are fixed.
- Experience and enhancement reports
- Core Web Vitals on mobile and desktop, plus reports on rich results from structured data such as recipes and jobs, and on AMP pages.
- Links report
- Shows which other sites link to yours, as part of the same set of reports as search traffic and indexing.
- API and BigQuery export
- The Search Console API queries search data, lists sites and manages sitemaps; a scheduled daily export sends all performance data, except anonymized queries, to BigQuery.
Plans
Baidu Search Resource Platform
Free$0
URL submission, index volume, traffic and keyword data, crawl diagnostics, dead link submission, mobile matching and site migration.
Google Search Console
Free$0
Performance, indexing, Core Web Vitals and rich result reports, URL Inspection, sitemaps, alerts and the API.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Baidu Search Resource Platform or Google Search Console?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both Baidu Search Resource Platform and Google Search Console are free to use.
Which has a free plan, Baidu Search Resource Platform or Google Search Console?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both Baidu Search Resource Platform and Google Search Console have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.