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If you already use Google Search Console, you may wonder whether Bing Webmaster Tools is worth setting up too. They overlap in purpose but give you different search-engine data.
Google Search Console shows how Google sees and surfaces your website. Bing Webmaster Tools provides similar monitoring for Bing and adds its own features such as Site Scan and IndexNow reporting. If organic search matters to the business, using both gives you a wider technical view.
| Task | Google Search Console | Bing Webmaster Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Submit XML sitemap | Yes | Yes |
| Inspect an individual URL | Yes | Yes |
| See search-performance data | Google Search data | Bing Search data |
| Technical crawl/site scan | Indexing and page reports | Dedicated Site Scan plus URL tools |
| IndexNow activity | Use Google's own crawl/index tools separately | IndexNow is integrated into Bing's submission ecosystem |
On 17 August 2026, Vantora Web Studio completed its own search-visibility setup and recorded a useful technical snapshot: the XML sitemap had been submitted to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools, 31 sitemap URLs were submitted through IndexNow, Bing reported the homepage as successfully indexed with no SEO/GEO issues, and a Bing Site Scan crawled 37 pages with 0 errors and 0 warnings.
Those results confirm that the technical discovery and crawl foundations were working at that point. They do not guarantee a search position, traffic level or future ranking.
The sitemap was submitted to Search Console and individual changed/new pages were inspected while Google processed the updated site.
Bing confirmed the homepage indexed successfully, accepted the sitemap for processing and completed a 37-page Site Scan with no errors or warnings.
Adding a property to Search Console or Bing Webmaster Tools does not create authority, relevance or customer demand. Their value is that they show you what the search engines are seeing so you can make better technical and content decisions.