Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools tell you what Google and Bing see. StoreVitals tells you what your store actually has — running independently of search engines, on your schedule, with no waiting for the next crawl.
These tools answer different questions. Google Search Console tells you what Google sees and how it ranks you. StoreVitals tells you what your store has and where it's broken. The first is essential — every store should have GSC verified and check it weekly. The second runs alongside it: while GSC reports issues weeks after Google's crawler notices, StoreVitals' independent weekly crawl catches them immediately. The right setup is both: GSC for search-side visibility, StoreVitals for crawler-side monitoring. Neither replaces the other.