What is the difference between fetch and render?
 

What is the difference between fetch and render?

Fetch as Googlebot: The Fetch as Google tool enables you to test how Google crawls an URL on your site.
Fetch and render: Fetches a specified URL in your site, displays the HTTP response and also renders the page according to a specified platform (desktop or smartphone).

Fetch as Googlebot: The Fetch as Google tool enables you to test how Google crawls an URL on your site.

Fetches a specified URL in your site and displays the HTTP response. Does not request or run any associated resources (such as images or scripts) on the page. This is a relatively quick operation that you can use to check or debug suspected network connectivity or security issues with your site, and see the success or failure of the request.

Fetch and render: Fetches a specified URL in your site, displays the HTTP response and also renders the page according to a specified platform (desktop or smartphone). This operation requests and runs all resources on the page (such as images and scripts). Use this to detect visual differences between how Googlebot sees your page and how a user sees your page.

Under the Crawl tab on the left-hand side of Google's Search Console navigation menu, click on “Fetch as Google.” Once there, you will be prompted to input a URL. To look at your home page, leave the box blank, and click the Fetch and Render button.