# Beacons review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Link in bio page with a store, email and media kit for creators Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** Selling Digital Products - **Made by:** Beacons - **Website:** https://beacons.ai - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you sell much, because the free plan takes 9% a sale and 0% needs $300 a year. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## 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. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **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 | $100 per 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 | $300 per 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 | $1,000 per 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 https://beacons.ai/i/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Beacons before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Two months free on annual billing** (Annual discount): 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. Source: https://beacons.ai/i/pricing ## 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. ## Good for - Creators who want a link page and a store from one account - Selling digital products with no monthly fee while the seller fee is 9% - Creators who want email and Instagram replies bundled with the page ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: C.** Creator 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. - **Free plan and trial: B.** A 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. - **Features: C.** Link 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. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and the page, store and email all need building. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with no mobile apps or integrations listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among tools for selling digital products - 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/digital-products ## Keep it, 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. - You could make: Digital downloads and online courses: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. - You could not: Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Digital downloads, Online store, Online courses, Email campaigns, AI features ## Alternatives - [Linktree](https://toolgpa.com/tools/linktree): Link in bio pages with a store, email sign-ups and scheduling. 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