Beacons

Beacons is a creator business platform that combines a customizable link-in-bio page with selling, email marketing, audience management, and media-kit tools. It suits creators who want those jobs under one roof; the free plan is a useful starting point, but its seller fee and small email quota matter if you begin making sales or building a list.

Overview

Beacons brings a storefront and audience tools together around a branded page, with no-code website templates, custom domains, SEO, and multi-currency support. Its store can handle merchandise, digital products, courses, and other offerings with mobile-optimized checkout. That breadth is useful for creators building a business beyond a list of social links, though the value depends on needing several of these tools rather than just a landing page.

Audience Manager holds subscriber information and supports CSV exports and Zapier data transfer, as well as email and SMS outreach. The marketing suite includes newsletters, automated DMs, and subscriber marketing. Auto-updating media kits can draw social statistics from Threads, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Snapchat. Beam, Beacons’ AI teammate, is described as supporting content strategy, growth analysis, outreach, negotiation, and deal tracking; the Free plan includes 30 daily AI credits.

Key features

• Page and store: Customizable link-in-bio pages, no-code website templates, custom domains, SEO, and multi-currency support make Beacons more than a link list. Creators can sell products and courses from a branded page, while mobile-optimized checkout is aimed at customers buying on phones.
• Email and audience: Free includes five email automations, but its 50 monthly sends are a tight ceiling for an active newsletter. Higher tiers raise or remove that limit. CSV export and Zapier support give creators ways to move subscriber data into other workflows.
• Media kits and social statistics: Auto-updating media kits and connections to four social platforms can reduce manual upkeep for creators presenting their reach to potential partners.
• Beam: Its stated remit spans strategy, growth analysis, and deal work, but Free’s 30 daily credits are a finite allowance rather than unlimited AI use.
• Integrations: Free lists Zapier and Mailchimp integrations, and appointment integrations include Google Calendar and Zoom.

Pricing

Beacons is freemium, with no free trial. Free costs nothing, free forever. It includes 30 daily AI credits, 50 email sends per month, unlimited digital products, and unlimited links. The trade-off is a 9% seller fee, even though the plan has no platform fees; it also retains Beacons branding. That fee is a meaningful cost for sellers, and the email cap may quickly constrain list growth.

Creator costs $100 a year, billed annually. It raises monthly email sends to 500 and includes one website with one page and unlimited links. It is a measured step up for creators who have outgrown Free’s email allowance, but it still caps sends and includes a single-page site.

Creator Plus costs $300 a year, billed annually. It offers unlimited email sends, one website with three pages, unlimited links, and 0% seller fees. This is the clearer fit for established sellers whose fees or email volume make Free or Creator limiting; the annual commitment is higher, so occasional sellers may not benefit enough.

Creator Max has custom pricing. It includes unlimited email sends, five websites with five pages each, and unlimited links, making it the tier for creators managing several sites rather than a single presence. A separate Free Forever plan is described for beginners, but no further plan terms are given.

Platforms

Beacons is available on web, Android, and iOS. It also provides a downloadable mobile app, while its store checkout is optimized for mobile.

Who it's for

Beacons is best suited to creators, influencers, coaches, and sellers who want a link-in-bio page connected to products, email, and audience tools. Its dedicated offerings also address creator managers, brands, agencies, and teams. A creator who only needs a basic link page may find the broader business suite unnecessary, while sellers should compare the Free plan’s 9% fee with Creator Plus’s 0% rate before choosing.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Page, store, email, audience management, and media kits sit in one service, which suits creators coordinating several parts of a business.
• Pro: Creator Plus removes seller fees and email-send limits, a concrete upgrade for active sellers and newsletter operators.
• Pro: Audience data can be exported or sent to Zapier, supporting workflows beyond Beacons.
• Con: Free charges 9% seller fees and keeps Beacons branding, reducing its appeal as a long-term storefront.
• Con: Free’s 50 monthly email sends and Creator’s 500-send quota can constrain creators with growing lists.
• Con: Creator and Creator Plus require annual billing, so their listed costs are commitments rather than monthly terms.

Alternatives

For a narrower link-page comparison, browse Link-in-Bio Tools or Social Media Bio Link Tools.

• Bitly is worth considering if a simple link-management tool is the priority: its Free plan allows five links per month, two QR codes, and three custom back-halves.
• Linktree is an alternative with a free plan offering unlimited basic links, product and course sales, and brand offers.
• Milkshake suits a creator who wants free hosting, unlimited links and cards, digital-file sales through Stripe, and 30 days of Insights analytics.
• Carrd is a fit for someone building simple websites rather than relying on a creator-business suite: its free Basic plan allows up to three sites per account.
• ContactInBio offers a free starter bio URL with custom links, social buttons, WhatsApp, a contact form, music services, and analytics.
• Hopp by Wix offers a free standard link-in-bio page for readers seeking that narrower starting point.
• Solo.to is another free option, with up to 25 custom links, 30 days of basic analytics, and two-factor authentication.
• Komi offers a free mini-site with unlimited content and affiliate links, brand deals, fan contacts, and performance analytics.

Verdict

Choose Beacons if you are building a creator business and want your page, store, email, and media kit connected in one platform. Its free plan lowers the barrier to starting, but the seller fee and email cap make it a poor default for a growing shop or newsletter; compare Creator Plus if removing both constraints justifies its annual price, or look elsewhere if all you need is a link page.