Beacons Pricing (2026): Free Plan Limits, Fees & Paid Tiers Explained
Beacons advertises a free plan — and it is genuinely usable. But the pricing story lives in the fine print: a 9% seller fee on the free and $10 tiers, email caps, and upgrades that only pay off at certain sales volumes. Here is the whole picture, with real numbers.
Mohanned Farahat
Founder, MinglyLink
TL;DR
- • Beacons has four tiers in 2026: Free ($0), Creator ($10/mo), Creator Plus ($30/mo), Creator Max ($90/mo) — annual billing saves ~2 months.
- • The Free and Creator plans charge a 9% seller fee on everything you sell. It drops to 0% from Creator Plus up.
- • Selling more than ~$220/month? The $30 Creator Plus plan is already cheaper than staying "free."
- • Want $0/month and 0% fees? That combination is what MinglyLink offers.
1 Beacons Plans at a Glance
Quick naming note: the product is Beacons (beacons.ai) — you'll often see it written as "Beacons AI"; same tool. Prices below are taken from Beacons' own pricing page (verified July 2026). Annual billing is cheaper: roughly two months free on every paid tier.
| Plan | Price | Seller fee | Stand-out inclusions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 9% | Bio page, media kit, unlimited digital products, 50 email sends/mo, 30 daily AI credits |
| Creator | $10/mo ($100/yr) | 9% | Free custom domain, 500 email sends/mo, 300 daily AI credits |
| Creator Plus | $30/mo ($300/yr) | 0% | Courses & memberships, buy-now-pay-later checkout, 100% of affiliate commissions, unlimited email |
| Creator Max | $90/mo ($900/yr) | 0% | Google Workspace, priority support, onboarding, NFC card, events |
Payment-processor fees (typically ~2.9% + 30¢ via Stripe/PayPal) apply on top of any seller fee, on every plan — that part is true of every platform, including ours. Always confirm current pricing on beacons.ai before deciding.
2 What the Free Plan Actually Includes
Credit where due: Beacons' free plan is one of the more generous in the link-in-bio space. You get a customizable bio page, a daily-updating media kit (genuinely useful for brand pitches), the ability to sell unlimited digital products, basic email marketing, and a taste of their AI tools.
The limits you will actually feel:
- The 9% seller fee — the big one; more on the math below.
- 50 email sends per month — enough to test email marketing, not enough to use it.
- Beacons branding on your page, and no custom domain until the $10 tier.
- Upgrade prompts — Beacons monetizes by converting free users, so expect the nudges.
3 The 9% Seller Fee, in Real Money
Percentages feel abstract, so here is a concrete sale. You sell a $100 digital product on the Beacons free plan:
- • Beacons seller fee (9%): −$9.00
- • Payment processing (~2.9% + 30¢): −$3.20
- • You keep: ~$87.80
On MinglyLink the same sale costs you only the processing fee — you keep ~$96.80. Same product, same customer, $9 difference per $100.
The break-even logic follows directly: once you sell more than about $220/month, the 9% fee (~$20+) costs more than upgrading to a 0%-fee tier would. Below that volume, the free plan is rationally "cheap"; above it, staying free is the expensive choice — which is precisely how the pricing is designed.
4 When Upgrading Makes Sense (and When It Doesn't)
Stay on Free if you are testing the waters: occasional sales, no email marketing, and you do not mind the branding.
Creator ($10/mo) is oddly positioned — you pay a subscription and still pay the 9% fee. It makes sense mainly if the custom domain and larger email allowance matter to you before your sales volume does.
Creator Plus ($30/mo) is the real upgrade: 0% seller fees, courses, memberships, and unlimited email. If you consistently sell more than ~$330/month, it pays for itself against the free plan's fees.
Creator Max ($90/mo) is for creators running a business on Beacons who want support, onboarding, and the extras — the fee math is the same as Creator Plus.
5 Beacons vs the Alternatives
Beacons is a strong all-in-one if you will actually use the media kit, email marketing, and AI tools — that bundle is its honest advantage. If what you mainly want is a bio page that sells things, the fee structure deserves a hard look.
MinglyLink takes the opposite approach: everything free, forever — bio page, full customization, built-in shop and bookings, analytics — with a 0% platform fee and a 60% ad revenue share that pays you for the traffic you already have. The trade-off is that we are newer and do not have a media kit builder. Full head-to-head in our Beacons vs MinglyLink comparison.
Also worth knowing: Linktree gates selling features behind paid tiers (~$5–$24/mo), and Lnk.bio uses cheap one-time purchases but has no real commerce — we broke its model down in the Lnk.bio pricing guide. For the wider field, see the 7 best free Linktree alternatives.
6 Frequently Asked Questions
Is Beacons really free?
Beacons has a genuinely free plan — you can build a link-in-bio page, generate a media kit, and sell digital products at $0/month. The costs are indirect: a 9% seller fee on everything you sell, 50 email sends per month, and Beacons branding. Free to use, not free to sell on.
What are Beacons transaction fees?
Beacons charges a 9% seller fee on the Free and Creator ($10/month) plans, on top of standard payment-processor charges. The seller fee drops to 0% on Creator Plus ($30/month) and Creator Max ($90/month).
How much is Beacons per month in 2026?
Four tiers: Free ($0), Creator ($10/month, or $100 billed annually), Creator Plus ($30/month, or $300 annually), and Creator Max ($90/month, or $900 annually). Annual billing works out to roughly two months free.
Does the Beacons free plan include a store?
Yes — the free plan lets you sell unlimited digital products from your bio page, which is more generous than most competitors. The catch is the 9% seller fee on every sale and the 50-email-per-month cap on marketing.
What is a free alternative to Beacons with no seller fee?
MinglyLink — a free-forever link-in-bio with a built-in shop and bookings, a 0% platform fee (you pay only standard payment processing), and a 60% ad revenue share that pays you for your page traffic. See our Beacons vs MinglyLink comparison for the full picture.