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PerchLens vs Beam Analytics
Privacy-first, AI-aware web analytics. Here's how the AI-aware alternative — starting at $9/month — stacks up.
AI traffic analytics, AI Visibility scans, multi-site, and uptime monitoring — bundled.
What Beam Analytics does well
- Affordable starting price
- Lightweight tracking script
- Active AppSumo presence with previous LTD
- Decent dashboard design
Where PerchLens is different
- AI traffic detection is shallow — no engine-level breakdown
- No GEO recommendations or cited-pages view
- No streaming AI narration of what changed week-over-week
- No GitHub Releases or Vercel deploy auto-import for chart annotations
- Limited uptime monitoring
- No GSC integration
Feature comparison
Verifiable across both products' public docs as of August 2026. Spot something stale? Let us know.
| Feature | PerchLens | Beam Analytics |
|---|---|---|
AI Visibility scanning Track real prompts across ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude; score brand mentions and surface fix opportunities | ||
AI traffic analytics ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot referrer tracking with per-engine breakdown | ||
Chart annotation auto-imports GitHub Releases and Vercel production deploys become labelled lines on every chart automatically. Plus a generic webhook for Zapier, cron, CI. | ||
AI Traffic + visibility dashboard Dedicated AI-engine referrer analytics plus a separate AI Visibility workspace for prompt-based brand monitoring | ||
Privacy-first / no cookies GDPR-friendly tracking without consent banners | ||
Multi-site management Track multiple websites from one account | ||
Public dashboards Share read-only analytics URLs | ||
Uptime monitoring Built-in availability checks with alerts | ||
Google Search Console Native GSC integration for keyword data | ||
Conversion goals + funnels Track multi-step conversion paths | ||
Email reports & alerts Daily / weekly / monthly digests | ||
Self-hostable Run on your own infrastructure |
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