SEO Skill vs treg
treg is an open source tool gateway with one MCP server and one key for over 4,100 API endpoints. Search Console works through your own Google connection. SEO Skill gives your agent your own Search Console, Google Analytics and keyword data for free, with nothing to install.
Get started freeRun it in a terminal, then sign in with Google.
Or run it on your machine
Installs the CLI, signs you in and adds the skill to your agents. Site crawls and Bing data run this way, on your own machine. A crawl fetches many pages, and Bing blocks our hosted server.
At a glance
The four things most people compare first, from each product's own pages.
SEO Skill
- Free use
- Every on-demand tool, no usage cap
- Paid
- $50 a month per site, for the weekly audit
- Works in web chat
- Yes
- Connect
- One URL and a Google sign-in
treg
- Free use
- Your own Search Console calls are not metered
- Paid
- Pay per call, no subscription
- Works in web chat
- Yes
- Connect
- Through its own account
Pick treg if
From treg's own pages.
You want one key for SEO, enrichment, social and ads data, paid per call.
You want to see the price of each paid call before your agent makes it.
You want your agent to manage Search Console sitemaps and sites.
Pick SEO Skill if
One hosted MCP server for your own search data.
You want a server built for SEO questions: quick wins, low CTR, content decay, cannibalization, traffic drops and index checks.
You want every tool your agent calls to be free, with no usage cap and no trial that ends.
You want Search Console, Google Analytics, URL Inspection and Clicky behind one Google sign-in, plus keyword research with your own DataForSEO or Ahrefs key.
You want no workspace or data flow to set up first, just a URL and a Google sign-in.
Side by side
Every fact we compared, with treg's taken from the sources at the end of this page.
SEO Skill: Add https://seoskill.dev/mcp to your agent and sign in with Google. Read-only access, no Google Cloud project, no API key.
treg: Create a treg account, add its server URL to the AI client, and connect your Google Search Console account once. treg keeps the credential on its servers and adds it to each call.
SEO Skill: 7 hosted tools: seo_sites, seo_report, seo_page, seo_compare, seo_index, seo_research and seo_data. The CLI adds the site crawl, internal links and Bing.
treg: 11 Google Search Console tools on its Search Console page, within a catalog of 4,100+ endpoints.
SEO Skill: Google Search Console, Google Analytics, URL Inspection, Clicky, and DataForSEO or Ahrefs with your own key. Bing Webmaster Tools in the CLI. Free Domain Rating by Ahrefs on research rows.
treg: Google Search Console, Google Analytics 4, Google Ads, Google Business Profile, 4,100+ catalog endpoints from 122 providers
SEO Skill: Claude Code, Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Le Chat and any remote MCP client
treg: ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor, Grok, Gemini CLI
SEO Skill: Yes
treg: Yes
SEO Skill: Every on-demand tool, with no usage cap and no time limit.
treg: Calls on your own connected Search Console account are never metered. New verified accounts get $1.00 of free credit once, with no card, for metered catalog calls.
SEO Skill: The weekly site audit is $50 a month per site: weekly crawl, daily Google index checks, stored history, drop and return alerts, and a Monday email and webhook. Cancel any time.
treg: No subscription. Prepaid balance charged per metered call at the provider's rate with no markup. Search Console calls on your own account are not metered.
SEO Skill: Read-only Google sign-in. Your agent can start the paid audit for a site, which returns a Stripe Checkout link for you to open.
treg: Its Search Console tools include submitting and deleting sitemaps and adding and removing Search Console sites.
SEO Skill: Search Console and analytics rows are fetched on each request and never stored, except what the paid weekly audit keeps for its sites. Your linked accounts and saved keys are kept, encrypted.
treg: Not stated for Search Console data. It says it stores the credential server-side and relays the provider's answer verbatim.
SEO Skill: Google's 16 months, read live. With the weekly audit, crawl and index history for the sites you audit.
treg: Not stated
SEO Skill: Hosted service, with the CLI and local MCP server open source (Apache 2.0)
treg: Apache 2.0 with additional terms that bar offering it as a hosted service to third parties without permission (LICENSE file).
Move from treg in a few minutes
Nothing to migrate: SEO Skill reads your accounts live. When you are done, remove treg from your agent and revoke its access.
- Add SEO Skill to your agentUse the setup box above, or the steps for your client on the integrations page.
Check your access
Ask "list my Search Console properties". Every Google account you link shows up.
- Add your research keySave a DataForSEO or Ahrefs key on your account page if you use keyword research.
Carry your prompts over
Prompts in plain words work as they are. Prompts that name treg's own tools need rewording.
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Questions about treg
Sources for treg, read 2 November 2026: 11 GSC tools, clients, setup, write tools, not metered, 4,100+ endpoints, 122 providers, open source, Prepaid balance, $1 credit, no markup, own accounts not metered, Licence terms, Stars and last commit, Version.