Beam Us Up vs Netpeak Software (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 Netpeak Software if

• Fits if you'd rather own a desktop crawler than rent a web suite, with lifetime licences from $496
• Works for checking hundreds of domains against Ahrefs or Moz metrics at once

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you need rank tracking or keyword research, which none of the apps does
• Not for you if you're on a Mac and need Checker, as it runs on Windows only
• Tight if you want several apps, since each is bought separately and bundles are yearly only
• Watch out: Limonity Backlinks only watches links you add; it doesn't find new backlinks
• Pricey if you want Limonity On-Page, at $99 a month per user, and there's no web or phone version

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.

Netpeak Software

• These are desktop apps for Windows and macOS with no web version, and Netpeak Checker runs on Windows only.
• Each app is bought separately; bundles of two or three apps are sold yearly only.
• Limonity Backlinks monitors links you add yourself; it does not discover new backlinks to your site.
• There is no rank tracking or keyword research; the apps cover crawling, bulk URL checks and monitoring.

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.

Netpeak Software

Netpeak Spider crawler

Crawls a site from your computer and flags 100+ technical issues, with JavaScript rendering through Chromium and several domains in one crawl.

Scraping, PageRank and sitemaps

Spider extracts data with up to 15 conditions (regex, XPath, CSS), calculates internal PageRank, and validates or generates XML and HTML sitemaps.

White-label audit reports

Exports a PDF technical audit with your logo and contacts, and sends reports to Google Sheets and Google Drive.

Netpeak Checker

Checks lists of URLs or domains against 450+ parameters from 25 services such as Moz, Ahrefs and Similarweb, and scrapes Google, Bing and Yahoo results.

Limonity monitoring apps

Limonity On-Page watches pages for changes and Limonity Backlinks rechecks links you list, running in the background on a PC or server.

Beam Us Up

• Free$0

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

Netpeak Software

• Netpeak Spider Free$0

  Desktop crawler limited to 500 URLs and 5 threads per crawl. Netpeak Checker's free edition stops at 20 URLs.

• Netpeak Spider Pro$20

  per user / month, billed monthly ($193 a year billed yearly)

  Unlimited URLs, 200 threads, JavaScript rendering, white-label PDF audits, and GA and Search Console data. Also $496 once for a lifetime license.

• Netpeak Checker Pro$28

  per user / month, billed monthly ($269 a year billed yearly)

  Bulk checks of 450+ parameters on unlimited URLs and SERP scraping on Google, Bing and Yahoo. Windows only; $690 for a lifetime license.

• Limonity Backlinks$29

  per user / month, billed monthly ($279 a year billed yearly)

  Daily or weekly checks on unlimited projects and backlinks you add, with change history and alerts. $837 for a lifetime license.

• Crawl & Check bundle$390

  per year for Netpeak Spider and Netpeak Checker

  Both Pro apps on a yearly plan at 15% off the $462 they cost apart. Other yearly bundles pair the Limonity apps with Spider or Checker.

• Limonity On-Page$99

  per user / month, billed monthly ($950 a year billed yearly)

  Unlimited on-page monitoring of projects and pages, with email and desktop alerts on changes. $1,900 for a lifetime license.

Beam Us Up

No public discounts listed.

Netpeak Software

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with yearly billing

  Each app's plan page lists yearly billing at 20% off: Netpeak Spider Pro is $193 a year instead of $240.

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime licenses from $496

  Each app can be bought once for lifetime access: Netpeak Spider $496, Netpeak Checker $690, Limonity Backlinks $837 and Limonity On-Page $1,900.

• Other savings

  15% off yearly bundles

  Bundles of two or three apps are sold yearly at 15% off, such as Netpeak Spider with Netpeak Checker for $390 instead of $462.

• Other savings

  80% off extra users

  The pricing page says users beyond the first get 80% off on monthly and yearly plans.

• Other savings

  Half off a first Limonity purchase

  The Limonity On-Page and Limonity Backlinks plan pages show 50% off on the first purchase.