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title: "Windsor.ai alternative | SEO Skill"
description: "Windsor.ai alternative: compare it with the free SEO Skill MCP server on setup, tools, AI clients, price and data handling."
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# SEO Skill vs Windsor.ai

Windsor.ai is a data integration platform with over 350 sources. Its hosted MCP server lets your AI query Search Console next to GA4, Google Ads and more. SEO Skill gives your agent your own Search Console, Google Analytics and keyword data for free, with nothing to install.

[Get started free](https://seoskill.dev/account)

Run 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

### Windsor.ai

Free use

1 data source, 30-day history

Paid

$19 a month, billed yearly

Works in web chat

Yes

Connect

Through its own account

## Pick Windsor.ai if

From Windsor.ai's own pages.

-   You want Search Console next to Google Ads and other paid channels in one connector.

-   You want extra Search Console fields such as words in a query and URL path levels.

-   You want to add it from Claude's connector directory or as a ChatGPT plugin.

## 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 Windsor.ai's taken from the sources at the end of this page.

SEO SkillWindsor.ai

Connect

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.

Windsor.ai: Sign in to Windsor.ai, connect Search Console once and pick the property, then add Windsor in the assistant: from Claude's connector directory, as a ChatGPT plugin, or by URL in Claude Code.

Tools

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.

Windsor.ai: Not stated

Data sources

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.

Windsor.ai: Google Search Console, Google Analytics 4, Google Ads, 350+ other data sources

AI clients

SEO Skill: Claude Code, Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Le Chat and any remote MCP client

Windsor.ai: Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Gemini Enterprise, Copilot, Perplexity, Cursor, Grok, Manus, Lovable, Antigravity

Works in web chat

SEO Skill: Yes

Windsor.ai: Yes

Free

SEO Skill: Every on-demand tool, with no usage cap and no time limit.

Windsor.ai: 30-day free trial (1 user, 10 data sources, 15 accounts, 30-day history limit), then a Forever Free plan with 1 user, 1 data source and 1 account. No credit card needed.

Paid plans

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.

Windsor.ai: Basic $19 a month billed annually or $23 monthly (3 sources). Standard $99 annually or $118 monthly (7 sources). Plus $249 annually or $299 monthly (10 sources). Professional $499 annually or $598 monthly (14 sources). Enterprise by quote.

Can it change anything

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.

Windsor.ai: Read-only for Search Console, per its Search Console MCP page, with no URL inspection and read-only sitemaps. Its pricing page says write functions such as pausing campaigns or adjusting budgets are on every plan for other sources.

Your data

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.

Windsor.ai: Not stated for Search Console data. Its pricing FAQ says it refreshes a data cache every 6 hours and its servers are in Germany.

History

SEO Skill: Google's 16 months, read live. With the weekly audit, crawl and index history for the sites you audit.

Windsor.ai: Its Search Console page cites Google's 16 months for Search Analytics. Its pricing page lists up to 10 years of data history on all plans, and a 30-day limit during the free trial.

Licence

SEO Skill: Hosted service, with the CLI and local MCP server open source (Apache 2.0)

Windsor.ai: Hosted service

## Move from Windsor.ai in a few minutes

Nothing to migrate: SEO Skill reads your accounts live. When you are done, remove Windsor.ai 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.](https://seoskill.dev/integrations)
-   ### 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.](https://seoskill.dev/account)
-   ### Carry your prompts over

    Prompts in plain words work as they are. Prompts that name Windsor.ai's own tools need rewording.

## More comparisons

Other ways to give your agent search data, next to SEO Skill.

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### Coupler.io

Free: 1 data source, 100 rows a run. Paid: $24 a month, billed yearly.

SEO Skill vs Coupler.io](https://seoskill.dev/alternatives/coupler)[

### Supermetrics

Free: 14-day trial. Paid: $44 a month, billed yearly.

SEO Skill vs Supermetrics](https://seoskill.dev/alternatives/supermetrics)

## Questions about Windsor.ai

Sources for Windsor.ai, read 2 November 2026: [Setup, read-only, no URL inspection, clients, fields, 16 months](https://windsor.ai/connect/google-search-console-mcp/), [Plans, prices, free plan, history, cache, write functions, destinations](https://windsor.ai/pricing/).
