Beam Us Up vs Integrity (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Beam Us Up if

• Fits if you want a site crawler without a subscription
• Works for developers who want to run crawls from the command line or a server

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you need support you can count on, as it's one developer's project answered through site comments
• Too light for very big audits, since crawls use up to half your computer's memory and Excel exports stop at 65,536 rows
• Skip it if you want crawls run in the cloud, as it only runs on your own computer
• Watch out: its own site says paid crawlers such as Screaming Frog and Netpeak do more

Pick Integrity if

• Fits if you have a Mac and want a free broken-link check of a personal site
• Makes sense if you'd rather pay $20 or $59 once than a monthly fee

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you're on Windows or want it in a browser, as it's macOS only
• Tight if you stay free, with no export, search, sitemaps or SEO checks, and business use asked to pay
• Not for you if you need scheduled scans, logins or client reports, which need the maker's $149 Scrutiny
• Watch out: licences are per user, so a team buys one each

Beam Us Up

• It is desktop software only: crawls run on your own computer and can use up to half of its memory.
• The Excel export stops at 65,536 rows per sheet.
• It is a personal project of its developer, and support is offered through comments on the site.
• Its own site says paid crawlers such as Screaming Frog and Netpeak are more capable.

Integrity

• It runs only on macOS 11.5 or later; older versions remain for older Macs.
• The free edition is for personal use and cannot export results; business users are asked to buy Plus or Pro.
• Scheduled scans, login-protected sites and client reports need Scrutiny, the maker's $149 app.
• Licences are per user; there is no web or Windows version, only a paid online scan service.

Beam Us Up

Technical crawl checks

Finds broken links, server and client errors, redirects, duplicate content, page titles, meta descriptions, H1 to H3 headings, canonicals and blocked URLs.

PageSpeed scores in bulk

Pulls Google PageSpeed results, including Core Web Vitals from real visitors, for crawled pages using a free Google API key.

JavaScript rendering

Version 2.0 can render pages using a Chrome or Edge browser already installed on the computer, set to never, auto or always.

AI bot access checks

An AI Access tab shows which of 27 search and AI bots the site's robots.txt allows, checks llms.txt, and can export an llms.txt draft.

Crawl comparison

Compares two crawls to show fixed, new and remaining issues and changed pages, with results exported as CSV files.

Command line and MCP

Installs a command-line crawler for scripts and servers, and can connect to AI apps such as Claude, Cursor and VS Code over MCP.

Integrity

Link checking

Crawls a site and checks every internal and external link and image, including soft 404s, with problems highlighted in color.

XML sitemap export

Plus and Pro export an XML sitemap, optionally with images and PDF files, with rules for priority and change frequency.

SEO warnings

Integrity Pro flags missing titles and descriptions, thin content, keyword-stuffed pages, images without alt text and mixed content.

HTML validation and spelling

Pro checks the HTML of each page as it scans and runs a spell check using the Mac's own dictionary.

Search, filter and export

The paid editions let you search and filter scan results and export them, and keep settings for many sites.

Beam Us Up

• Free$0

  The full desktop crawler for Windows, macOS and Linux, with no limits stated on the site.

Integrity

• Integrity$0

  Donationware link checker for personal use: checks images and all internal and external links, with soft 404 detection.

• Integrity Plus$20

  one-time, per user

  Adds search, filters and export, XML sitemap generation, archiving and managing as many sites as you like.

• Integrity Pro$59

  one-time, per user

  Adds SEO warnings, HTML validation, spell checking, JavaScript rendering and checking links inside PDF and Word files.

Beam Us Up

No public discounts listed.

Integrity

• Education

  Extra 20% off for education and nonprofits

  PeacockMedia gives schools, colleges, universities, students, nonprofits and charities a further 20% off its one-off licences, on request.

• Other savings

  Bulk licence discounts from five users

  Five to 20 licences are each 15% off the single-user price, and more than 20 are each 30% off.