BookBeam on the BookBird Author Score
Author Score · kDP research & sales tracking · #3 of 8
Best for: Publishers researching niches across several Amazon stores on a subscription
69 of 100 points = 6.9 out of 10. How this score is calculated
Author jobs, from BookBeam’s own pages
- Yes: Amazon keyword search estimates
- Yes: Category finder
- Yes: Sales estimates for competing books
- Yes: Amazon Ads keyword lists
- Not stated: Your own royalties in one dashboard (not stated)
- Yes: Amazon stores outside the US
- Yes: Works on the Amazon page
BookBeam pricing
Subscription. The plans as BookBeam’s own site listed them on October 7, 2026, in US dollars:
- Basic: $47 a month
- Basic (annual): $348 a year ($29/mo x 12)
- Publisher: $69 a month
- Publisher (annual): $576 a year ($48/mo x 12)
- Publisher Pro: $119 a month (5 seats)
- Publisher Pro (annual): $984 a year ($82/mo x 12)
7-day money-back guarantee; quarterly billing also offered, price not recorded. Annual includes BookBeam Create AI tools.
What BookBeam offers
From BookBeam’s own pages, checked on October 7, 2026:
- Chrome extension showing sales, royalties and income for any Amazon book
- Niche finder over a database of 200M+ books
- Keyword research with estimated search volume, reverse keyword tool
- Category explorer and category history
- Book tracker for BSR, sales and royalty estimates over time, plus keyword rank tracking
- Keyword and product targets for Amazon Ads
- US, CA, UK, DE, FR, ES and IT marketplaces, plus Audible data
- Listing optimizer, description formatter and trademark checker
Runs on: web and browser extension. Needs an internet connection.
Who BookBeam suits, and what its pages do not say
Best for: Publishers researching niches across several Amazon stores on a subscription.
Not confirmed on BookBeam’s pages when we checked: your own royalties in one dashboard. That is what the vendor states, not a test; a feature can exist without being described, and the score only credits what is.
About 880 people a month search Google in the US for “bookbeam”, down 8% over the past year (Google Ads data via DataForSEO).
BookBeam alternatives
| Software | Score | Price from | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher Rocket | 7.5 | $199 one-time | Authors who prefer a one-time purchase over a research subscription |
| KDSpy | 7.4 | $79 one-time | Authors wanting research on Amazon pages for a one-time price |
| Titans Pro | 6.7 | Free plan; paid from $180 a year | KDP publishers wanting research plus book-creation tools, free tier to start |
| Book Bolt | 6.4 | $239.88 a year | Low-content and puzzle book publishers wanting research and design together |
| ScribeCount | 4.6 | $5.99 a month | Wide or KU authors tracking royalties across many stores, priced by income |
Compare: All kDP research & sales tracking · All software for authors
BookBeam questions
How much does BookBeam cost?
$348 a year. BookBeam lists 6 plans; the full list is under Pricing above.
What does BookBeam run on?
web and browser extension, according to its own site.
How the score is computed: the formula, step by step. Prices and features were read from BookBeam’s own site on October 7, 2026; nobody pays to be listed.