What is BookBeam used for?

Mostly research for Amazon self-publishers: sales and royalty estimates, keyword search volume, category and trademark tools, and tracking for your books, across 7 Amazon stores. It also sells BookBeam Create, an editor for making journals, coloring books and puzzle books.

How much does BookBeam cost?

Its pricing page lists Basic at $47 a month, Publisher at $69 and Publisher Pro at $119. Billed yearly, they’re $29, $48 and $82 a month. BookBeam Create on its own is $27 a month, or $198 a year.

Does BookBeam have a free trial?

No. Its pricing page says it doesn’t offer one, and gives a 7-day money-back guarantee instead, which doesn’t apply to two subscriptions in a row. Its free tools include royalty and sales calculators and Chrome Extension Lite.

Can BookBeam make AI coloring books?

BookBeam Create generates coloring pages with AI, alongside puzzles, layouts and a cover creator, and you put the book together in its editor. Its pages don’t list drawing a whole book from one description. ColorCraft plans and draws the whole book.

Can BookBeam make storybooks or comics?

Not that its pages list. BookBeam Create lists journals, planners, coloring books, puzzle books and activity books. ColorCraft makes storybooks with consistent characters, and comic books.

Does ColorCraft do keyword research like BookBeam?

Partly. Its Niche Research gives a verdict on a niche from Amazon US sales ranks, with a price, a page count, publish-by dates and the words competing titles use. It estimates sales from those ranks, as a range. It doesn’t show search volume or other Amazon stores, and BookBeam does. Creator includes 30 searches a month, and Mini, Starter and the free trial include 3 in total.

Where does BookBeam’s search volume come from?

Its keyword page says its core data is sourced directly from Amazon. Its Terms say its estimates of sales, sales rank and search volume come from its own formulas, third-party data and public information, and it doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. Amazon doesn’t publish search volume, so every tool’s figure is an estimate.

Does ColorCraft check trademarks like BookBeam?

Not in the trademark registers. Niche Research flags licensed characters among a niche’s top books, and it isn’t legal advice. BookBeam’s Trademark Checker searches the US and EU registers, or you can search them yourself before you title a book.

What’s a good BookBeam alternative?

It depends what you use BookBeam for. ColorCraft is an alternative for checking a niche on Amazon US and making the book, with covers, mockups, listings and printed copies. It estimates sales as a range but doesn’t show search volume, so if you rely on that, you’d still want a research tool.

How does BookBeam compare with Book Bolt?

Both are research platforms first, with tools for making books alongside. Book Bolt starts at $23.99 a month and has a 3-day trial. BookBeam’s full research tools start at $47 a month and cover 7 Amazon stores, and it says it has no free trial. Our Book Bolt comparison has Book Bolt’s side in full.

Is ColorCraft cheaper than BookBeam?

Its plans start lower: $9 a month for 40 pages, against $27 a month for BookBeam Create and $47 for BookBeam Basic, billed monthly. They don’t do the same job, though: BookBeam Basic and up add its full research tools to Create.

Do either of them put my book on Amazon?

No. With both, you export the files and upload them to KDP yourself.

Can I use BookBeam and ColorCraft together?

Yes. You could research a niche in one and make the book in the other. Your files are yours to upload however you like.

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ColorCraft vs BookBeam: Which Is Better for KDP Research and Books?

Updated November 8, 2026 · By the ColorCraft Team

The short answer: BookBeam is a research platform first: choose it for Amazon sales estimates, keyword search volume, and category and trademark tools across 7 Amazon stores. ColorCraft is an AI book publishing platform with niche research built in: choose it to check a niche on Amazon US and then have the whole book made, from the pages to the cover wrap. BookBeam starts at $27 a month for BookBeam Create, or $47 with its full research tools, and says it has no free trial. ColorCraft starts at $9 a month for 40 pages.

We make ColorCraft, so we have a stake in this comparison. We aren’t affiliated with BookBeam. Facts about BookBeam come from its own site, checked on November 7, 2026. Spot a mistake? Tell us and we’ll correct it.

BookBeam is one of the research platforms built for Amazon self-publishers, and it says more than 40,000 publishers trust it. It estimates sales and search volume, tracks books and keyword rankings, and checks categories and trademarks, across 7 Amazon stores. It also sells BookBeam Create, an editor for making journals, coloring books and puzzle books.

ColorCraft is an AI book publishing platform, built around an AI assistant called Paige: you describe a book, Paige plans and draws the pages, you fix what you want, and you export the interior and full cover wrap. It makes coloring books, storybooks, comic books and puzzle books. Its Niche Research checks a niche on Amazon US before you start, and the book can start from the report.

Both can check a niche and help you make a book for KDP. The difference is where each goes deeper: BookBeam on Amazon data, across more stores and with more tools. ColorCraft on making the whole book, with a niche check before it.

BookBeam or ColorCraft: our verdict

BookBeam

BookBeam for Amazon data

Choose BookBeam if Amazon data drives what you publish: sales estimates, keyword search volume, category history and a trademark checker across 7 Amazon stores, plus tracking for your books and an editor for journals and puzzle books.

ColorCraft

ColorCraft from niche to finished book

Choose ColorCraft if you want a niche checked and the book made from it: a verdict on demand and competition, then the whole book drawn for you, including storybooks and comic books, with cover and page editors, mockups, listings, printed copies and a store to sell in.

Both can produce books for Amazon KDP. BookBeam’s facts come from its own public pages. This verdict rests on what each is built to do.

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BookBeam vs ColorCraft pricing: how many pages each plan draws

Your allowance is one shared balance, not a set number of books. Split it across as many books as you like, of any kind, long or short. Prices in US dollars, before tax. BookBeam’s were checked on November 7, 2026.

ColorCraft and BookBeam subscriptions: price, allowance and how many pages that allowance can draw
Plan	Price (month / year)	Monthly allowance	Your allowance can draw any of these
Plan	Price (month / year)	Monthly allowance	Coloring pages	Storybook pages	Comic pages
ColorCraft
Free trial	Free for 7 days	40 pages	40	40	20 (40 to 120 panels)
Mini	$9 / $90	40 pages	40	40	20 (40 to 120 panels)
Starter	$14 / $140	100 pages	100	100	50 (100 to 300 panels)
Creator	$32 / $320	320 pages	320	320	160 (320 to 960 panels)
Professional	$59 / $590	700 pages	700	700	350 (700 to 2,100 panels)
Studio	$119 / $1,190	1,500 pages	1,500	1,500	750 (1,500 to 4,500 panels)
BookBeam
Create	$27 / $198	250 AI credits	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
Basic	$47 / $348	250 AI credits	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
Publisher	$69 / $576	350 AI credits	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
Publisher Pro (5 seats)	$119 / $984	500 AI credits	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed

ColorCraft

Free trial: Free for 7 days · 40 pages; Your allowance can draw any of these; Coloring pages40; Storybook pages40; Comic pages20 (40 to 120 panels)

Mini: $9 / $90 · 40 pages; Your allowance can draw any of these; Coloring pages40; Storybook pages40; Comic pages20 (40 to 120 panels)

Starter: $14 / $140 · 100 pages; Your allowance can draw any of these; Coloring pages100; Storybook pages100; Comic pages50 (100 to 300 panels)

Creator: $32 / $320 · 320 pages; Your allowance can draw any of these; Coloring pages320; Storybook pages320; Comic pages160 (320 to 960 panels)

Professional: $59 / $590 · 700 pages; Your allowance can draw any of these; Coloring pages700; Storybook pages700; Comic pages350 (700 to 2,100 panels)

Studio: $119 / $1,190 · 1,500 pages; Your allowance can draw any of these; Coloring pages1,500; Storybook pages1,500; Comic pages750 (1,500 to 4,500 panels)

BookBeam

Create: $27 / $198 · 250 AI credits; Your allowance can draw any of these; Coloring pagesNot listed; Storybook pagesNot listed; Comic pagesNot listed

Basic: $47 / $348 · 250 AI credits; Your allowance can draw any of these; Coloring pagesNot listed; Storybook pagesNot listed; Comic pagesNot listed

Publisher: $69 / $576 · 350 AI credits; Your allowance can draw any of these; Coloring pagesNot listed; Storybook pagesNot listed; Comic pagesNot listed

Publisher Pro (5 seats): $119 / $984 · 500 AI credits; Your allowance can draw any of these; Coloring pagesNot listed; Storybook pagesNot listed; Comic pagesNot listed

One ColorCraft page of your allowance draws one coloring or storybook page. A comic page uses 2 however many panels it has, and holds 2 to 6, each its own picture. An AI cover side uses 2. Every page you make stays in My Pages, and adding it to another book uses nothing more. During the free trial, Paige makes books of up to 24 pages.
BookBeam’s AI credits are for BookBeam Create. Its public pages don’t list what one AI picture costs in credits, so the pages a plan draws aren’t shown. Create includes 8 trial searches each in its Niche Finder and Keyword Research Tool; Basic and up add the full research tools. It also offers quarterly billing.

BookBeam vs ColorCraft: side by side

BookBeam’s column was checked on November 7, 2026.

ColorCraft and BookBeam compared
Feature	ColorCraft	BookBeam
Trying it
Free trialHow long you get, and how much you can make.	Yes 7 days and 40 pages. A card is required.	No Its pricing page says “We do not offer a free trial”, and offers a 7-day money-back guarantee on a first subscription.
Free toolsWhat you can use without paying.	Yes Calculators for spine width, cover size, margins, printing cost and royalties One free page, no account.	Yes Royalty, sales and cost calculators Chrome Extension Lite, a free browser extension Its sales calculator gave us one estimate, then asked for a name and email
Books you can make
AI coloring booksA whole book drawn from a description.	Yes 11 art styles and 3 detail levels. See the coloring book generator	BookBeam Create generates coloring pages with AI, and you put the book together in its editor. Its pages don’t list drawing a whole book from one description.
AI storybooksIllustrated stories that keep the same characters.	Yes Consistent characters, in 12 illustration styles 4 to 48 pages Drawing a character’s look is free See the storybook maker	Not listed on its pages.
Comic booksStories told in panels, with speech balloons.	Yes Describe the idea and Paige writes the story panel by panel, then draws it in one of 15 art styles with speech balloons and captions. See the comic book maker	Not listed on its pages.
Puzzle booksPuzzles with answer pages at the back.	Yes including sudoku, mazes, crosswords, word search and cryptograms, with solution pages. See the puzzle book maker	Yes Sudoku, crosswords, mazes and word search, with solution pages.
Journals and plannersLined and dated books built from templates.	No	Yes BookBeam Create lists journals, planners and activity books.
Research and listing
Keyword and niche researchData on what people search for and what sells on Amazon.	Yes Niche Research: search a niche and get a verdict on demand and competition, from Amazon US sales ranks A suggested price and page count, seasonal timing, and the words competing titles use Weekly niche picks and a watchlist Estimated sales for each book, as a range, from its 90-day average rank No search volume 30 searches a month on Creator and up; 3 in total on Mini, Starter and the free trial How Niche Research works	Yes Sales and royalty estimates for any book on Amazon Estimated keyword search volume, and the keywords a book ranks for Category Explorer and Category History Sales rank history: a year on Basic, all of it on higher plans 7 Amazon stores, plus Audible
Trademark checksWhether a word or name is someone’s trademark.	Niche Research flags licensed characters among a niche’s top books It doesn’t search trademark registers, and it isn’t legal advice	Yes Its Trademark Checker searches the US (USPTO) and EU (EUIPO) registers
Tracking booksFollowing sales rank, reviews and keyword positions over time.	The Niche Research watchlist follows books daily and niches weekly, and flags changes in rank, reviews, price or verdict No keyword rank tracking	Yes Book Tracker: sales, rank, royalty estimates and reviews over time Keyword rank tracking, from 100 keywords on Basic Email updates
Listing toolsHelp with your Amazon description and keywords.	Yes Writes an Amazon description and 20 keywords from your finished book Creator ($32/month) and up, and every free trial How listings work	Yes Listing Optimizer scores a listing’s reviews, categories, description and A+ content Keyword Filler fills KDP’s 7 keyword boxes Description Formatter, and descriptions drafted by its AI Assistant
Book mockupsPhoto-style pictures of your book for listings and ads.	Yes Photo-style pictures of your book, from 11 templates Creator and up, and every free trial See book mockups	Not listed on its pages.
Design tools
Book editorChange pages after they’re made.	Yes Add or redraw pages, and put them in order Add text and graphics Adjust pages for print Layers you can group, blend, fade and mask with a shape Undo as you go; it saves automatically	Yes BookBeam Create: a drag-and-drop editor with ready-made layouts Remove backgrounds or upscale images with AI
Cover editorChange the title, art and back cover yourself.	Yes Edit the title, fonts, colors, back layout and blurb Add shapes, graphics or your own pictures Guides for bleed, safe area, spine fold and barcode Checks the cover, then exports the full wrap See the cover generator	Yes Its Cover Creator makes the front, back and spine in one file It works out the spine width
Spine, bleed and print setupThe sizes and margins that get a book printed correctly.	Yes Wrap sized from your trim and page count Interior PDFs in KDP’s bleed format at 300 DPI Warns you before export, such as when a book is too short for spine text	Yes Page sizes, layouts and exports built around KDP’s print specs It says to check your files in KDP’s Print Previewer
Stickers and graphicsReady-made art to drop onto pages and covers.	Yes Elements is a searchable library of hundreds of ready-made stickers and graphics.	Yes Hundreds of ready-made assets, shapes, icons and fonts.
Your own imagesBring your own pictures, characters or finished pages into a book.	Yes Pages: import your own pictures or PDFs as pages in a coloring book Characters: upload up to 3 photos, drawings or existing art, and Paige keeps the character looking the same on every page Covers: place your own pictures in the cover editor	Yes It says you can add your own images and fonts, if you have the rights to use them.
Selling
Selling what you makeWhat each tool’s terms allow.	Every plan allows commercial use.	Its FAQ says BookBeam Create is for making books to sell, subject to its licensing terms.
Printed copiesOrder physical copies without going through KDP.	Yes Order a proof or personal copies Shipped to US addresses Books up to 100 pages How printing works	Not listed on its pages.
MarketplaceA store where readers can buy your book, separate from Amazon.	Yes List printed copies in the ColorCraft Bookstore Each copy is printed when ordered and shipped to US addresses Every sale pays you a royalty Separate from KDP, so you can do both	Not listed on its pages.

Free trialHow long you get, and how much you can make.: ColorCraftYes 7 days and 40 pages. A card is required.; BookBeamNo Its pricing page says “We do not offer a free trial”, and offers a 7-day money-back guarantee on a first subscription.
Free toolsWhat you can use without paying.: ColorCraftYes
Calculators for spine width, cover size, margins, printing cost and royalties
One free page, no account.; BookBeamYes
Royalty, sales and cost calculators
Chrome Extension Lite, a free browser extension
Its sales calculator gave us one estimate, then asked for a name and email
AI coloring booksA whole book drawn from a description.: ColorCraftYes 11 art styles and 3 detail levels.
See the coloring book generator; BookBeamBookBeam Create generates coloring pages with AI, and you put the book together in its editor. Its pages don’t list drawing a whole book from one description.
AI storybooksIllustrated stories that keep the same characters.: ColorCraftYes
Consistent characters, in 12 illustration styles
4 to 48 pages
Drawing a character’s look is free
See the storybook maker; BookBeamNot listed on its pages.
Comic booksStories told in panels, with speech balloons.: ColorCraftYes Describe the idea and Paige writes the story panel by panel, then draws it in one of 15 art styles with speech balloons and captions.
See the comic book maker; BookBeamNot listed on its pages.
Puzzle booksPuzzles with answer pages at the back.: ColorCraftYes including sudoku, mazes, crosswords, word search and cryptograms, with solution pages.
See the puzzle book maker; BookBeamYes Sudoku, crosswords, mazes and word search, with solution pages.
Journals and plannersLined and dated books built from templates.: ColorCraftNo; BookBeamYes BookBeam Create lists journals, planners and activity books.
Keyword and niche researchData on what people search for and what sells on Amazon.: ColorCraftYes
Niche Research: search a niche and get a verdict on demand and competition, from Amazon US sales ranks
A suggested price and page count, seasonal timing, and the words competing titles use
Weekly niche picks and a watchlist
Estimated sales for each book, as a range, from its 90-day average rank
No search volume
30 searches a month on Creator and up; 3 in total on Mini, Starter and the free trial
How Niche Research works; BookBeamYes
Sales and royalty estimates for any book on Amazon
Estimated keyword search volume, and the keywords a book ranks for
Category Explorer and Category History
Sales rank history: a year on Basic, all of it on higher plans
7 Amazon stores, plus Audible
Trademark checksWhether a word or name is someone’s trademark.: ColorCraft
Niche Research flags licensed characters among a niche’s top books
It doesn’t search trademark registers, and it isn’t legal advice; BookBeamYes
Its Trademark Checker searches the US (USPTO) and EU (EUIPO) registers
Tracking booksFollowing sales rank, reviews and keyword positions over time.: ColorCraft
The Niche Research watchlist follows books daily and niches weekly, and flags changes in rank, reviews, price or verdict
No keyword rank tracking; BookBeamYes
Book Tracker: sales, rank, royalty estimates and reviews over time
Keyword rank tracking, from 100 keywords on Basic
Email updates
Listing toolsHelp with your Amazon description and keywords.: ColorCraftYes
Writes an Amazon description and 20 keywords from your finished book
Creator ($32/month) and up, and every free trial
How listings work; BookBeamYes
Listing Optimizer scores a listing’s reviews, categories, description and A+ content
Keyword Filler fills KDP’s 7 keyword boxes
Description Formatter, and descriptions drafted by its AI Assistant
Book mockupsPhoto-style pictures of your book for listings and ads.: ColorCraftYes
Photo-style pictures of your book, from 11 templates
Creator and up, and every free trial
See book mockups; BookBeamNot listed on its pages.
Book editorChange pages after they’re made.: ColorCraftYes
Add or redraw pages, and put them in order
Add text and graphics
Adjust pages for print
Layers you can group, blend, fade and mask with a shape
Undo as you go; it saves automatically; BookBeamYes
BookBeam Create: a drag-and-drop editor with ready-made layouts
Remove backgrounds or upscale images with AI
Cover editorChange the title, art and back cover yourself.: ColorCraftYes
Edit the title, fonts, colors, back layout and blurb
Add shapes, graphics or your own pictures
Guides for bleed, safe area, spine fold and barcode
Checks the cover, then exports the full wrap
See the cover generator; BookBeamYes
Its Cover Creator makes the front, back and spine in one file
It works out the spine width
Spine, bleed and print setupThe sizes and margins that get a book printed correctly.: ColorCraftYes
Wrap sized from your trim and page count
Interior PDFs in KDP’s bleed format at 300 DPI
Warns you before export, such as when a book is too short for spine text; BookBeamYes
Page sizes, layouts and exports built around KDP’s print specs
It says to check your files in KDP’s Print Previewer
Stickers and graphicsReady-made art to drop onto pages and covers.: ColorCraftYes Elements is a searchable library of hundreds of ready-made stickers and graphics.; BookBeamYes Hundreds of ready-made assets, shapes, icons and fonts.
Your own imagesBring your own pictures, characters or finished pages into a book.: ColorCraftYes
Pages: import your own pictures or PDFs as pages in a coloring book
Characters: upload up to 3 photos, drawings or existing art, and Paige keeps the character looking the same on every page
Covers: place your own pictures in the cover editor; BookBeamYes It says you can add your own images and fonts, if you have the rights to use them.
Selling what you makeWhat each tool’s terms allow.: ColorCraftEvery plan allows commercial use.; BookBeamIts FAQ says BookBeam Create is for making books to sell, subject to its licensing terms.
Printed copiesOrder physical copies without going through KDP.: ColorCraftYes
Order a proof or personal copies
Shipped to US addresses
Books up to 100 pages
How printing works; BookBeamNot listed on its pages.
MarketplaceA store where readers can buy your book, separate from Amazon.: ColorCraftYes
List printed copies in the ColorCraft Bookstore
Each copy is printed when ordered and shipped to US addresses
Every sale pays you a royalty
Separate from KDP, so you can do both; BookBeamNot listed on its pages.

Making a 40-page coloring book: how the workflows compare

This comes from what each company publishes. It shows the steps, not which one is faster or draws better pages.

The steps to one coloring book in each tool
Feature	ColorCraft	BookBeam
Starting the book	Describe the book once: title, theme, audience and art style. Paige can suggest ideas if you’re stuck.	Start from a ready-made layout in BookBeam Create, at a KDP page size.
Getting the pages	Paige writes a prompt for every page, you check the list, and it draws the pages in the background.	Generate coloring pages with AI, or add puzzles and assets, and put each page together in the editor.
Choosing the style	You set one art style and detail level for the book.	It says you choose the direction and customize the design.
Changing a page	Open the book in the editor and redo any page. Each redo uses a page from your balance.	Edit it by hand in the editor, or remove a background or upscale an image with AI.
The cover	AI front and back art, then a full wrap sized to your trim and page count. Each book’s first AI front cover is on every plan; more come with Creator and up, and with every free trial.	Design the front, back and spine in its Cover Creator, which works out the spine width.
Files for KDP	It checks the book, then you download a print-ready interior PDF in KDP’s bleed format at 300 DPI, plus the cover PDF. You upload both to KDP yourself.	Export the files and upload them to KDP yourself. It says to check them in KDP’s Print Previewer first.

Starting the book: ColorCraftDescribe the book once: title, theme, audience and art style. Paige can suggest ideas if you’re stuck.; BookBeamStart from a ready-made layout in BookBeam Create, at a KDP page size.
Getting the pages: ColorCraftPaige writes a prompt for every page, you check the list, and it draws the pages in the background.; BookBeamGenerate coloring pages with AI, or add puzzles and assets, and put each page together in the editor.
Choosing the style: ColorCraftYou set one art style and detail level for the book.; BookBeamIt says you choose the direction and customize the design.
Changing a page: ColorCraftOpen the book in the editor and redo any page. Each redo uses a page from your balance.; BookBeamEdit it by hand in the editor, or remove a background or upscale an image with AI.
The cover: ColorCraftAI front and back art, then a full wrap sized to your trim and page count. Each book’s first AI front cover is on every plan; more come with Creator and up, and with every free trial.; BookBeamDesign the front, back and spine in its Cover Creator, which works out the spine width.
Files for KDP: ColorCraftIt checks the book, then you download a print-ready interior PDF in KDP’s bleed format at 300 DPI, plus the cover PDF. You upload both to KDP yourself.; BookBeamExport the files and upload them to KDP yourself. It says to check them in KDP’s Print Previewer first.

Images, covers, listings and prompts

How each tool handles them.

How each tool handles images, covers, listings and prompts
Feature	ColorCraft	BookBeam
ImagesHow the pictures are made and how large they are.	Drawn at 1024 × 1328 pixels, upscaled to 300 DPI when you export 11 art styles and 3 detail levels	AI coloring pages, illustrations and puzzle art in BookBeam Create AI background removal and upscaling Picture sizes not listed on its pages
CoversHow the AI cover is made, and whether you can change it.	AI front and back art in your book’s style The title stays editable text, so you can change it without redrawing	You design it in its Cover Creator Front, back and spine in one file, with the spine width worked out
ListingsThe words that sell the book on Amazon.	A description and 20 keywords, written from your finished book	Listing Optimizer and Description Formatter Keyword Filler for KDP’s 7 keyword boxes Descriptions drafted by its AI Assistant
PromptsThe instruction the AI draws each page from.	Paige writes one for every page Read, edit, reorder, add or remove them before anything is drawn	Not listed on its pages for a whole book. It says you choose the direction and customize the design.

ImagesHow the pictures are made and how large they are.: ColorCraft
Drawn at 1024 × 1328 pixels, upscaled to 300 DPI when you export
11 art styles and 3 detail levels; BookBeam
AI coloring pages, illustrations and puzzle art in BookBeam Create
AI background removal and upscaling
Picture sizes not listed on its pages
CoversHow the AI cover is made, and whether you can change it.: ColorCraft
AI front and back art in your book’s style
The title stays editable text, so you can change it without redrawing; BookBeam
You design it in its Cover Creator
Front, back and spine in one file, with the spine width worked out
ListingsThe words that sell the book on Amazon.: ColorCraft
A description and 20 keywords, written from your finished book; BookBeam
Listing Optimizer and Description Formatter
Keyword Filler for KDP’s 7 keyword boxes
Descriptions drafted by its AI Assistant
PromptsThe instruction the AI draws each page from.: ColorCraft
Paige writes one for every page
Read, edit, reorder, add or remove them before anything is drawn; BookBeamNot listed on its pages for a whole book. It says you choose the direction and customize the design.

What it costs to make a coloring book

On ColorCraft, a 40-page coloring book of 20 pictures with blank backs, plus AI front and back covers, uses 24 pages from your balance, plus any redos. That fits Mini’s 40 a month.

BookBeam Create is $27 a month or $198 a year, with 250 AI credits a month, and every BookBeam research plan includes it. Its public pages don’t list what one AI picture costs in credits, so a book’s cost there isn’t worked out here.

Whichever tool you use, KDP takes its printing cost out of your royalty on every copy. Work out the printing cost.

Where BookBeam is stronger

Deeper Amazon data
BookBeam estimates sales and keyword search volume, shows sales rank history, and adds its data to Amazon’s own pages with a Chrome extension. ColorCraft’s Niche Research estimates sales from a niche’s sales ranks, as a range, but shows no search volume and has no browser extension.
Seven Amazon stores, and Audible
Its research covers Amazon in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain, plus Audible. ColorCraft’s Niche Research covers Amazon US.
Trademark and category tools
Its Trademark Checker searches the US and EU registers, and Category Explorer and Category History help you choose and time your categories. ColorCraft shows the categories competing books use and flags licensed characters, but doesn’t search trademark registers.
Tracking your books
Book Tracker follows sales, rank and reviews over time, with keyword rank tracking and email updates. ColorCraft’s watchlist follows books and niches, but not keyword rankings.
More kinds of book
BookBeam Create covers journals, planners and activity books as well as coloring and puzzle books. ColorCraft doesn’t make journals or planners.
Tools for writers
An AI Editor for manuscripts, an AI Assistant for outlines and descriptions, and royalty calculators for ebooks, Kindle Unlimited and audiobooks.

Where ColorCraft is different

The whole book drawn for you
Describe the book once, and Paige plans and draws every page. BookBeam says that in Create you choose the direction and put the finished book together yourself.
See the coloring book generator
Storybooks and comic books
Illustrated storybooks that keep the same characters, and comic books with speech balloons and captions. BookBeam’s pages don’t list either.
See the storybook maker
Research that starts the book
Niche Research checks whether a niche is worth a book, from Amazon US sales ranks. It suggests a price and page count, and when to publish if the niche is seasonal. Start the book from the report, and Paige begins with that spec.
How Niche Research works
A lower starting price, and a trial
Plans start at $9 a month for 40 pages, every plan allows commercial use, and the 7-day free trial lets you make a book before you pay.
See every plan
Lifestyle mockups
Photo-style pictures of your book for your listing and social posts, from Creator ($32/month) and up, and with every free trial.
See book mockups
Printed copies
Order a proof before your KDP launch, or copies for family or an event, without listing on Amazon.
How printing works
A store of its own
List printed copies in the ColorCraft Bookstore and earn a royalty on each sale, as well as selling on KDP.
See the Bookstore
Free KDP calculators
Work out spine width, cover size, margins and bleed, printing cost and royalties for any book, whichever tool you use.
Try the spine width calculator

Who should use each

Choose BookBeam if:

You choose what to publish from Amazon data, like sales estimates and keyword search volume.
You publish in more than one Amazon store, or on Audible.
You want to track your books’ rank and keyword positions, or check trademarks.
You make journals, planners or activity books.

Choose ColorCraft if:

You want a niche checked and the book made in the same place.
You’d rather describe a book than put it together page by page.
You want to make storybooks or comic books as well as coloring and puzzle books.
You want a lower starting price, and 7 days to make a book before you pay.

What if you want to sell without Amazon?

ColorCraft also runs its own Bookstore, separate from KDP. You list a printed book there, each copy is printed when it’s ordered and shipped to US addresses, and every sale pays its author. Exporting for KDP stays exactly the same, so you can do both.

See the Bookstore · Read the fees and royalties

BookBeam and ColorCraft: common questions

Our recommendation

If you choose books by Amazon data, like sales estimates and search volume, or you publish in several Amazon stores, BookBeam goes further. It’s also the one to pick for journals, planners, trademark checks and tracking your books.

If you want a niche checked and then the whole book made, ColorCraft does both: read the verdict, start the book from the report, check the pages, and export the interior and cover wrap.

Know the niche. Then get the whole book made.

BookBeam is a research platform first, with a book editor alongside. ColorCraft is an AI book publishing platform with niche research built in: it checks a niche, then takes you from your idea to a KDP-ready book and cover.

From idea to finished book, in one place:

Step 1
Describe your book
Tell Paige your idea, or get some suggestions.
Step 2
Get every page drawn
Paige plans the book and draws it for you.
Step 3
Make it yours
Edit pages, and add text, stickers and your own pictures.
Step 4
Finish the cover
AI art, and a full wrap with bleed, spine and barcode guides.
Step 5
Download your files
KDP-ready PDFs, built to KDP’s published specs.
Step 6
List it and sell it
Listing copy, mockups, printed copies and the ColorCraft Bookstore.

40,000+ pages created · Built for Amazon KDP · 1,400+ creators

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You can make a whole book during the free trial, then decide. Or try one free page, with no account. KDP reviews every book before it goes on sale.

BookBeam or ColorCraft: our verdict

BookBeam for Amazon data

ColorCraft from niche to finished book

BookBeam vs ColorCraft pricing: how many pages each plan draws

BookBeam vs ColorCraft: side by side

Making a 40-page coloring book: how the workflows compare

Images, covers, listings and prompts

What it costs to make a coloring book

Where BookBeam is stronger

Deeper Amazon data

Seven Amazon stores, and Audible

Trademark and category tools

Tracking your books

More kinds of book

Tools for writers

Where ColorCraft is different

The whole book drawn for you

Storybooks and comic books

Research that starts the book

A lower starting price, and a trial

Lifestyle mockups

Printed copies

A store of its own

Free KDP calculators