# Beam Us Up review (2026): is it any good? > Free desktop SEO crawler for Windows, Mac and Linux Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. Beam Us Up is a free SEO crawler that runs on your own computer and checks a site for broken links, redirects, duplicate content, missing titles and descriptions, headings, canonicals and sitemap problems. Version 2.0 added JavaScript rendering, a check of which AI bots robots.txt lets in, crawl comparisons, a command-line crawler and a connection to AI apps over MCP. It has no paid plans or crawl limits. - **Category:** Technical SEO & Site Audits - **Made by:** BeamUsUp (since 2013) - **Website:** https://beamusup.com - **Runs on:** Windows, macOS, Linux - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you need support you can count on, as it's one developer's project answered through site comments. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, Beam Us Up is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** The whole crawler is free with no stated crawl limits; PageSpeed scores need your own free Google API key. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | The full desktop crawler for Windows, macOS and Linux, with no limits stated on the site. | Read from https://beamusup.com on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Beam Us Up before buying. ## Key features - **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. ## Good for - Site owners and freelancers who want a crawler without a subscription - Small and mid-sized sites audited from a desktop computer - Developers who want to run crawls from the command line ## Worth knowing - 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.0 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. Beam Us Up is a free desktop crawler for Windows, Mac and Linux that finds broken links, redirects, duplicates and missing tags, and version 2.0 added JavaScript rendering and AI bot checks. Its own site says paid crawlers such as Screaming Frog are more capable. It's one developer's personal project, with support through comments on the site. - **Value for money: A.** Free, with no paid plans and no crawl limits stated. You download it and run it on your own computer, which counts as free and substantial on our ladder. - **Free plan and trial: A.** Free outright. The only extra is a free Google API key of your own if you want PageSpeed scores. - **Features: C.** Finds broken links, redirects, duplicates, missing tags and canonical problems, with bulk PageSpeed, JavaScript rendering, AI bot checks, crawl comparison, a command line and MCP. Its own site says paid crawlers such as Screaming Frog are more capable, and Excel exports stop at 65,536 rows. - **Ease of use: B.** No rating on record. You install it, type a site address and crawl, with nothing else to set up unless you want PageSpeed scores. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Windows, Mac and Linux, plus a command-line crawler and MCP links to Claude, Cursor, VS Code and Gemini CLI. Computers only, though: no web or phone version. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Beam Us Up's own pages on 23 October 2026. Its site turned our reader away (an HTTP 403) when we went back to check it the same day, so the listing was not compared again. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among technical SEO tools - Beam Us Up's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 73 of the 83 other technical SEO tools we grade, and level with 7. - It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 62 of 83) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 3). - Beam Us Up has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/technical-seo ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Beam Us Up is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.0 is higher than 73 of the 83 other technical SEO tools we grade. - You could not: A crawler that checks every page of a site. - You could not: Speed tests run from real browsers on a schedule. - You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows and Linux that stay in step with each other. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Google PageSpeed Insights, Claude and Cursor among them. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Google PageSpeed Insights, Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI **Tags:** Site audit, Page speed ## Alternatives - [Screaming Frog SEO Spider](https://toolgpa.com/tools/screaming-frog): Desktop website crawler for technical SEO audits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/beam-us-up-vs-screaming-frog) - [Sitebulb](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sitebulb): Website auditing crawler for Windows and Mac, with a cloud edition. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/beam-us-up-vs-sitebulb) - [Netpeak Software](https://toolgpa.com/tools/netpeak-software): Desktop SEO apps: site crawler, bulk URL checker and link monitors. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/beam-us-up-vs-netpeak-software) - [Visual SEO Studio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/visual-seo-studio): Desktop SEO crawler for Windows and Mac with XML sitemap tools. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/beam-us-up-vs-visual-seo-studio) - [Xenu's Link Sleuth](https://toolgpa.com/tools/xenu-s-link-sleuth): Free Windows program that checks a website for broken links. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/beam-us-up-vs-xenu-s-link-sleuth) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026: - https://beamusup.com - https://beamusup.com/2-0-0-biggest-release-ever-ai-crawling-mcp-100-extra-checks-cli-crawl-comparison-auto-updating-and-more-and-more/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/beam-us-up Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).