Beacons

A whole creator business suite that happens to include a link-in-bio.

Free plan
Yes — link page plus a limited set of blocks, with Beacons branding.
Paid from
Creator $10/mo ($100/yr), Creator Plus $30/mo, Creator Max $90/mo
Best for
Creators running a business — media kits, brand deals, email lists and a storefront in one place.

What Beacons actually is

Beacons is the most feature-dense option in this list. It bundles a link page with a store, an email tool, a media kit builder, invoicing and brand-deal tooling. That is genuinely useful if you need those things; it is a lot of product to navigate if you only wanted a good-looking bio link.

Strengths

  • Built-in store and digital product sales
  • Media kit builder aimed at pitching brands
  • Email marketing included rather than bolted on
  • Rich block library — the page can become a real mini-site
  • Custom domains on paid plans

Limitations

  • Considerably more product than a link-in-bio needs, with the learning curve to match
  • The free tier carries Beacons branding
  • Top tiers are expensive relative to a link page
  • Block-stack layout rather than a visual content grid

What Beacons does better than eltree

eltree is our product, so this section exists to keep the page honest.

  • A bigger storefront — Beacons handles larger catalogues and more selling tools; eltree’s shop suits a handful of products, downloads or services
  • A lower platform fee on the free plan — 9% against eltree’s 10%, and 0% on its upper tiers
  • Email marketing and subscriber capture, which eltree does not have
  • Media kit generation for brand pitches
  • Invoicing and brand-deal management

Where eltree is the better choice

eltree is focused: one page, visual, free, set up in a couple of minutes. Tips and a shop for products, downloads and services are built in and free to switch on, without a separate store to configure or an upsell path through the design features.

Pick Beacons if you want to sell products, run an email list and pitch brands from the same dashboard.

Pick eltree if you want the best-looking free bio page, with tips and a simple shop built in.

See the full eltree vs Beacons comparison

Questions people ask about Beacons

Is Beacons free?

Yes — link page plus a limited set of blocks, with Beacons branding. Paid plans start at creator $10/mo ($100/yr), creator plus $30/mo, creator max $90/mo. Pricing last checked 2026-09-21.

Is there a better alternative to Beacons?

It depends on what you need. You want to sell products, run an email list and pitch brands from the same dashboard. — in that case Beacons is the right choice. Choose eltree instead if you want the best-looking free bio page, with tips and a simple shop built in.

What does Beacons do better than eltree?

A bigger storefront — Beacons handles larger catalogues and more selling tools; eltree’s shop suits a handful of products, downloads or services. A lower platform fee on the free plan — 9% against eltree’s 10%, and 0% on its upper tiers. Email marketing and subscriber capture, which eltree does not have. Media kit generation for brand pitches. Invoicing and brand-deal management.

Pricing and feature details last checked 2026-09-21 against Beacons's own site . Vendors change plans without notice — confirm before you buy.

Other Linktree alternatives

Linktree

The original link-in-bio tool, and still the default for most people.

Carrd

A one-page website builder that many people use as a link-in-bio.

Bio.link

A clean, genuinely generous free link-in-bio.

Lnk.Bio

The budget option, with an unusual one-off lifetime payment.

All alternatives compared

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