Beacons review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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Beacons report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for a link-in-bio page with a small shop
Beacons is a link-in-bio page with a store for digital products, a media kit, email sends and AI credits, free to start. The free plan takes a 9% seller fee, and 0% fees, courses and memberships start at Creator Plus, $300 a year.
Who Beacons is for
- Fits if you want a link-in-bio page, a media kit and a small shop in one place
- Works for a creator selling a few downloads
Who Beacons is not for
- Pricey if you sell much, because the free plan takes 9% a sale and 0% needs $300 a year
- Skip it if you want courses or memberships on a cheaper plan, as they start at Creator Plus
- Tight if you email: 50 sends a month on Free and 500 on Creator
- Watch out: web only, as the pricing page lists no mobile apps
Why Beacons gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyCreator is $100 a year ($10 monthly), but 0% seller fees and courses start at Creator Plus, $300 a year ($30 monthly), above the category's $22 middle.
- BFree plan and trialA free plan with the link in bio, media kit, unlimited digital products at a 9% seller fee, 50 email sends a month and 30 daily AI credits.
- CFeaturesLink in bio, a store, email, a media kit and AI credits. The listing's gap: courses with video hosting and memberships are Creator Plus features.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record, and the page, store and email all need building.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with no mobile apps or integrations listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Beacons's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Beacons's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 4 of the 28 other tools for selling digital products we grade, and level with 4.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 12 of 28) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $8.33 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $16.76 for the category: 3 of the 14 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 8 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 29 tools for selling digital products we grade, cut by the letter each got. Beacons’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 3 of 28, level with 20
- BFree plan and trialAbove 12 of 28, level with 7
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 28, level with 14
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 28, level with 25
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 28, level with 3
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 20 tools for selling digital products. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Beacons, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Beacons you would be making checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 20 of the 28 other tools for selling digital products grade higher. It costs $100 a year.
What you could make
- Digital downloads and online courses: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you.
- Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Beacons’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Beacons?
Beacons is a creator platform built around a link in bio page. Alongside the page it offers a store for digital products, courses and memberships, email sends, a media kit, affiliate links, Instagram auto replies and AI writing and image tools metered by daily credits.
Worth knowing
- The Free plan takes a 9% seller fee; 0% fees start at Creator Plus, $300 per year.
- Courses with video hosting and memberships are Creator Plus features, not Creator.
- Plan prices are shown per year; the monthly figures are $10, $30 and $100.
- The pricing page lists no mobile apps, so the platform is recorded as web only.
Key features
- Link in bio page
- A customizable page that collects your links in one place, with real-time analytics on every plan.
- Store for digital products
- Sells unlimited digital products on the Free plan at a 9% seller fee; courses with video hosting and memberships need Creator Plus.
- Email sends
- Sends email to subscribers, capped at 50 a month on Free and 500 on Creator, and unlimited on Creator Plus and above.
- Instagram auto replies
- A Smart Reply feature answers Instagram direct messages automatically; it is listed on the Free plan.
- AI tools on daily credits
- Text, image, page-design and chat features draw on a daily credit allowance of 30, 300 or unlimited depending on the plan.
- Media kit and affiliate links
- A media kit that updates daily and tools to create affiliate links; Creator Plus lets you keep 100% of affiliate link commissions.
Beacons pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Beacons has a free plan, and paid plans start at $100 per year (Creator), or $10 per month billed monthly.
- Starts at
- $100 per year (Creator), or $10 per month billed monthly
- Free plan
- Link in bio, media kit, unlimited digital products at a 9% seller fee, 50 email sends a month and 30 daily AI credits.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Link in bio, daily-updating media kit, unlimited digital products at a 9% seller fee, 50 email sends a month, 30 daily AI credits. |
| Creator | $100per year ($10 per month billed monthly) | Adds a free custom domain, 500 email sends a month, 300 daily AI credits and advanced SEO and marketing features. |
| Creator Plus | $300per year ($30 per month billed monthly) | 0% seller fees, unlimited courses and memberships, unlimited emails and AI credits, Buy Now Pay Later at checkout. |
| Creator Max | $1,000per year ($100 per month billed monthly) | Adds a Google Workspace account, white glove onboarding, prioritized support and a physical NFC card linked to your page. |
Read from beacons.ai on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Beacons before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountTwo months free on annual billing
The pricing page labels the annual toggle as two months free; Creator is $100 a year against $10 a month, and the other paid plans follow the same pattern.
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Common questions
Does Beacons have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Beacons is listed for Web.
Does Beacons have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Beacons is listed for Web.
Is Beacons open source?
Beacons is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Sources for this page
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