Google Console is a free tool provided by google search console. This tool helps website owners to monitor the performance of website. Along with monitoring website owners can maintain and troubleshoot the problems related to their site. Google Console provides valuable insights of how google crawler rate and index your content is its search results.
Once You Click on the verification then google console will confirm the ownership of website. Then click on the go to property and find the google console page of your website.
Along with multiple benefits there are some drawbacks of google console.
API Indexing is a plugin which is installed in the WordPress plugin of a website. On the other hand google search console is browsed from google result pages.
API key provides instant indexing feature to users. It is good option to index those pages who has minor changes and upgrades. Because API indexing will submit that particular page to crawler for instant indexing. But on the other hand google search console indexing means comprehensive checking of each and every page of website.
Another Difference between Google Console and API indexing is the speed. As the name indicates API is the fasted mode of indexing but on the other hand google console does not work on instant basis.
Google Console provides in-depth information of the submitted URLs like breadcrumbs, sitemaps, page can be indexed or not while API indexing do not provide information for performance and diagnosis of the website or URL.