# Beacons

Link-in-bio bundled with a storefront, email and AI tooling.

Free plan: yes. Category: Creator all-in-one.

Official website: https://beacons.ai

Facts verified: 2026-09-18
Canonical page: https://zentry.technology/creator-tech/link-in-bio-tools/beacons/
Methodology: https://zentry.technology/creator-tech/how-we-evaluate-link-in-bio-tools/

## Summary
- **Best for:** Creators who want one subscription covering a bio page, storefront, courses, email and AI content tools.
- **Weaker choice when:** You sell on a free or entry plan — the documented 9% fee on Free and Creator is the highest in this set, and 0% requires Creator Plus at $30/month.

## Score

Overall: 4.1/10 (rank 3 of 10). Scores are computed from the verified fields below by the published rubric, not assigned by hand; an undocumented field scores zero.

- **Measurement and retargeting** (30% of the score): 3.3/10
- **Free-tier capability** (20% of the score): 1.4/10
- **Cost of entry** (15% of the score): 8.5/10
- **Branding and page control** (15% of the score): 4.3/10
- **Commerce** (10% of the score): 6.5/10
- **Technical and search visibility** (10% of the score): 3/10

## Pricing and free tier
- **Free plan limits:** Free plan documents unlimited links, up to five link-in-bio pages, a media kit, 50 email sends per month and a 9% transaction fee on sales. [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4695681]
- **Monthly price:** $10/month (Creator); $30/month (Creator Plus); $90/month (Creator Max) — previously recorded as unverified; the plan-comparison help article now states the figures [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4695681]
- **Annual price:** $100/year (Creator); $300/year (Creator Plus); $900/year (Creator Max) [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4695681]
- **One-time / lifetime price:** None offered [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4695681]
- **Platform fee on sales:** 9% on Free and Creator; 0% on Creator Plus and Creator Max. Stripe (2.9% + $0.30) or PayPal processing applies on top [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4700289]
- **Profiles or sites included:** Five link-in-bio pages on the free plan [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4695681]

## Analytics and acquisition
- **Analytics on the free tier:** Basic analytics [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4695681]
- **Analytics on paid tiers:** Advanced website analytics on higher tiers [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4695937]
- **Live / real-time analytics:** _(unverified)_ unverified — not described in the help centre
- **Analytics history retained:** _(unverified)_ unverified — no retention window is published
- **Meta (Facebook) pixel:** Your own Facebook, TikTok and Pinterest pixels on paid plans; the help centre documents the pixel settings screen without restating the tier [source: https://beacons.ai/i/pricing, https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/5229377, https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4698689]
- **TikTok pixel:** Your own TikTok pixel on paid plans [source: https://beacons.ai/i/pricing, https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/5229377]
- **Google tag / Analytics:** GA4 tracking ID supported in pixel settings [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4698625]
- **UTM parameter support:** _(unverified)_ unverified — not documented
- **Analytics export (CSV):** _(unverified)_ unverified — not documented

## Branding and page control
- **Custom domain:** Creator plan and above; free for the first year on Creator [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4695681]
- **Platform branding removal:** Creator Plus — removes the Beacons logo from the page and product pages [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4695937]
- **Unlimited links:** Yes, on the free plan [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4695681]
- **Custom CSS:** _(unverified)_ unverified — not documented
- **Custom fonts:** _(unverified)_ unverified — not documented
- **Video backgrounds:** _(unverified)_ unverified — not documented
- **Link scheduling:** Per-link scheduling in the Links block [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4696577]
- **Password protection:** Media kit can be password locked — we found no documented password lock for the main page [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4695937]

## Audience
- **Email capture:** Yes, with email marketing on paid tiers [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4695681, https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4695937]
- **Email marketing / sending:** 50 sends/month on Free; 500/month on Creator; unlimited on Creator Plus [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4695937]
- **QR codes:** Downloadable QR code for the page [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4697409]
- **Mobile app:** iOS and Android apps published [source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/beacons-creator-tools/id6444589346, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.beacons.beacons]

## Commerce
- **Native storefront:** Yes — native store with mobile-optimised checkout [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4699009]
- **Native checkout:** Yes [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4699009]
- **Digital products:** Yes — ebooks, PDFs, video, music, images and zip files [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4699009]
- **Courses:** Yes — course products with video hosting on Creator Plus [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4695937]
- **Memberships / subscriptions:** Yes — listed as a Creator Plus feature [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4695937]
- **Bookings and appointments:** Yes — calendar sync, book and sell appointments [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4695937]
- **Tips and donations:** Yes — tips and donations [source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/beacons-creator-tools/id6444589346]
- **Payment processors:** Stripe and PayPal [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4700289]

## Technical and integrations
- **Server-rendered profile HTML:** _(unverified)_ unverified — Beacons does not document its rendering, and we have not published a reproducible observation
- **SEO / meta controls:** SEO settings with a search-appearance preview [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4695937]
- **Public API:** _(unverified)_ unverified — no public API documentation found
- **Integrations:** Documented pixel and analytics integrations for Meta, TikTok, Pinterest and GA4 [source: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/5229377, https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4698625]

## Comparisons
- Linklay vs Beacons: https://zentry.technology/vs/linklay-vs-beacons/
- Linktree vs Beacons: https://zentry.technology/vs/linktree-vs-beacons/
- Beacons vs Stan Store: https://zentry.technology/vs/beacons-vs-stan-store/
- Beacons vs Campsite: https://zentry.technology/vs/beacons-vs-campsite/

## Corrections to this record
- 2026-09-18 — Monthly and annual price: "unverified — Beacons' own pricing pages render tier prices inconsistently" → "$10/month or $100/year (Creator); $30/month or $300/year (Creator Plus); $90/month or $900/year (Creator Max)"

## First-party sources
- Beacons pricing plans: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4695681
- Beacons Pro plan features: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4695937
- Product transaction fees: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4700289
- Store overview: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4699009
- Beacons pricing page: https://beacons.ai/i/pricing
- Tracking pixel settings: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/5229377
- Facebook Pixel ID: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4698689
- Google Analytics tracking ID: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4698625
- Links block: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4696577
- Sharing your Link in Bio page: https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4697409
- Beacons: Creator Tools on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/beacons-creator-tools/id6444589346
- Beacons on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.beacons.beacons

A field marked "unverified" could not be confirmed in the platform's own published documentation at the time of checking. It is not the same as a documented "no".

Dataset: https://zentry.technology/data/link-in-bio-tools.json · https://zentry.technology/data/link-in-bio-tools.csv
Buyer guide: https://zentry.technology/creator-tech/best-link-in-bio-tools/
Directory: https://zentry.technology/creator-tech/link-in-bio-tools/