What Indexing API Google does
The Google Indexing API lets websites notify Google about new and updated pages so they can be crawled and indexed faster. Its documentation is hosted on developers.google.com as part of Google Search tooling. AI tools built on the API help publishers automate indexing requests and track crawling status across large sites. The listing describes these tools as a way to keep indexing requests manageable at scale.
How Indexing API Google compares with its closest alternatives
4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Indexing API Google does. Only Ahrefs AI Tools lists a starting price, $29 a month. 4 of the 5 offer an API, as Indexing API Google does. Indexing API Google was founded in 2018; the alternatives were founded between 2006 and 2023, 2 of them earlier.