Search Console MCP vs Google Search — FlashData
Search Console MCP is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by AminForou. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Google Search — FlashData is an MCP server published by flashdata-dev. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-14. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Search Console MCP |  Google Search — FlashData |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 251 Stars (GitHub): 1 910 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | Search Console MCP | Google Search — FlashData |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 910 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 251 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp-search-console) | On your machine (https://github.com/flashdata-dev/flashdata-mcp/releases/download/smithery-task-servers-v0.1.1/flashdata-google-search-0.1.1.mcpb) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 3, secrets among them: 2 | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 5 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/aminforou/mcp-gsc | github.com/flashdata-dev/flashdata-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-13 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
Search Console MCP
Connect Google Search Console to Claude Code. Query rankings, inspect URLs, audit indexing, and find content opportunities through natural language. Built for SEO workflows.
Google Search — FlashData
Google Search rankings, URLs and snippets for localized SERP research. Paid FlashData API.
How to run each
Search Console MCP As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install search-console-mcp@claude-communityGoogle Search — FlashData
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Requires: FLASHDATA_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Only Search Console MCP asks for
GSC_CREDENTIALS_PATH (secret)GSC_DATA_STATEGSC_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE (secret)
Only Google Search — FlashData asks for
FLASHDATA_API_KEY (secret)
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Search Console MCP · What it can do: Google Search — FlashData · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.