Quick Start Guide

Overview

RenderBeam pre-renders your JavaScript site for search and AI crawlers, then serves the same cached HTML to every bot. See How we serve bots for the why.

1. Create your account

Sign up at renderbeam.com with your email. You get a 30-day free trial — no card required.

2. Add your domain

In Domains → Add Domain, enter the domain you want to render (e.g. example.com). The trial allows 1 domain.

3. Verify ownership

Add a single TXT record at _renderbeam.yourdomain.com with the verification token shown on screen. See Domain Verification for the per-provider walkthrough. Most DNS providers propagate in 1–10 minutes.

4. Connect the edge

Two paths:

• Cloudflare — deploy our Worker. 5–10 minutes.
• Vercel / Netlify / other — use the *.edge.renderbeam.com CNAME flow. No worker needed.

The dashboard auto-detects your platform and shows the right flow.

5. Test your setup

Click Test bot render on your project page. You can also curl from your machine:

curl -A "Googlebot" -I https://yourdomain.com

Look for X-Cache-Status: HIT|MISS and X-Rendered-By: RenderBeam.

What's included on the trial

• 1,000 renders over 30 days (hard cap — no overage)
• 1 domain
• Standard bot preset: 24 top search & social crawlers (locked)
• 72-hour cache duration (fixed)

Upgrade any time to unlock all 84 bots, configurable cache (6h–30d), more domains, and metered overages at $1.25 / 1,000.