Beam vs Specsight
Beam and Specsight are both personal productivity tools. Beam is aimed at developers and creators, while Specsight is aimed at small businesses and enterprise. Only Beam has a free plan.
Open individual windows from one Mac as native windows on another
Plain-language product map and changelog built from your code
| Pricing | Freemium · $12 | Paid |
| Starting price | $12/mo | Not published |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Free trial | — | 7 days |
| Built for | Developers, Creators, Freelancers, Small businesses | Small businesses, Enterprise, Developers |
| Platforms | macos | web |
| Country | — | PL |
| Rating | — | — |
Choose Beam if
Developers and creators with two Apple silicon Macs who want a remote app to behave like a local window instead of a full screen share.
- Uses one remote app without taking over the whole desktop
- Window traffic goes directly between your Macs, not through Beam's servers
- Free plan has no card requirement and no limit on host Macs
Look elsewhere if: People who need to reach Windows or Intel machines or control a whole remote desktop across platforms (Jump Desktop, Parsec).
Choose Specsight if
Fast-shipping software teams whose product, sales and support staff need a current, plain-language view of the product.
- Keeps non-technical teams current without engineering time
- Documentation is regenerated from code, so it does not go stale
- Flat organization price instead of per-seat billing
Look elsewhere if: Teams that only want to publish hand-written release notes or developer-facing code docs (LaunchNotes, Mintlify).
Beam vs Specsight pricing
Beam
- Free$0Host unlimited Macs, join share links, 20 minutes a day of use
- Monthly$12/moUnlimited use on every Mac you own, send share links
- Yearly$84/yrSame as Monthly; works out to $7/mo billed annually
- Lifetime$199One-time payment, all future updates, direct connections
- Team$12/seat/moOr $84/seat/yr; 20% off from 10 seats, one invoice
Specsight
- Standard€150/moExcl. VAT; 3 projects, 50 members, 200 syncs/mo
- CustomCustomLimits and price set by quote
Beam · Key features
- Single windows from another Mac open as native windows with Dock and Command-Tab entries
- Beam several windows at once or share an entire display
- Direct typing, shortcuts, two-way resizing, app audio and clipboard sync
- Works with headless Mac minis and Mac Studios that have no display
- Encrypted Mac-to-Mac connection on local Wi-Fi or over Tailscale
- Guest share links open one window in any browser, view-only by default
Cons
- macOS only, with Apple silicon and Sonoma or later required on both Macs
- Free use is capped at 20 minutes a day
- Devices without the Mac app, such as phones, only get browser links
Specsight · Key features
- Product map of user journeys and feature connections from source code
- Product spec that documents behavior and updates as code changes
- Release changelog split into new, changed, removed and fixed items
- Questions answered in the app or through MCP
- Weekly team digests and drafted release notes
- GitHub and GitLab repository connection by branch
Cons
- No free plan; Standard starts at €150 a month
- Prices listed in euros only, excluding VAT
- Only GitHub and GitLab are named as integrations
Beam vs Specsight: FAQ
Do Beam and Specsight have a free plan?
Beam has a free plan. Specsight has no free plan, a 7-day free trial.