Beacons alternatives
At 1 user with branded links, Beacons costs $30 a month. 1 link management tool costs less, from $15 (Linktree). The closest match, Stan, covers 87% of what Beacons does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.
What Beacons does
Core: Paid memberships & subscriptions (partly), Link-in-bio page, Sell from your page, Lead capture forms (partly).
Important: Branded storefront (partly), Built-in checkout (partly), Tips and donations (partly), Email marketing broadcasts (partly), Click analytics (partly), Email & SMS capture (partly), Blog & post publishing (partly).
Also has: Digital download sales (partly), Online course hosting (partly), Paid calls & coaching (partly), AI course & product creation (partly), Branded custom domains (partly), Dynamic QR codes (partly), Retargeting pixels (partly), Conversion attribution (partly), Native mobile apps (partly), Designed email templates (partly).
Alternatives to Beacons at 1 user with branded links, best match first
- Linktree: $15/mo Logo removal starts at Pro; team plans are contact-sales (Pro plan, billed monthly at $15/mo). It covers 77% of Beacons; missing or partial: Paid memberships & subscriptions, Digital download sales, Online course hosting, Paid calls & coaching, AI course & product creation. Free plan: Unlimited links and basic analytics (28-day history); the Linktree logo stays on the page.. Last price hike: Jul 2026.
- Bitly: $35/mo Growth monthly; annual $29/mo; team needs Enterprise (Growth plan at monthly billing ($35/mo)). It covers 57% of Beacons; missing or partial: Link-in-bio page (partly), Sell from your page, Email & SMS capture. Free plan: Free: $0 with ads, 5 new links/month, unlimited tracked clicks, no custom domain, no click analytics..
Other kinds of products that cover part of Beacons
- Stan (Digital product stores): covers 87% of Beacons; missing or partial: Dynamic QR codes, Native mobile apps
- Later (Social media tools): covers 40% of Beacons; missing or partial: Link-in-bio page (partly), Sell from your page (partly), Email & SMS capture, Branded custom domains, Dynamic QR codes
- Buffer (Social media tools): covers 30% of Beacons; missing or partial: Link-in-bio page (partly), Sell from your page, Email & SMS capture, Branded custom domains, Dynamic QR codes
Prices at every size
- Beacons: 1 user with branded links $30/mo, a 3-person team running 3 brands no public price (Creator Plus tier inferred; per-plan branding not stated)
- Linktree: 1 user with branded links $15/mo, a 3-person team running 3 brands no public price (Logo removal starts at Pro; team plans are contact-sales)
- Bitly: 1 user with branded links $35/mo, a 3-person team running 3 brands no public price (Growth monthly; annual $29/mo; team needs Enterprise)
Prices are USD per month on monthly billing (annual-only plans divided by 12) for the cheapest plan that puts one user's links under their own brand with click analytics: short links on your own domain (100 new links and 10,000 clicks a month) for URL shorteners, a bio page without the vendor's branding for link-in-bio tools, and logo-branded dynamic QR codes for QR tools. We also price a 3-person team running 3 brands at ten times the link volume.
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