Yes, Beacons is free. The Free plan costs $0, is labeled “free forever”, and includes a customizable link in bio page, a media kit, a store, 50 email sends a month and 30 daily AI credits. The store carries a fee: Beacons keeps 9% of every sale on the Free plan, plus the payment processor’s fee. Paid plans run $10, $30 and $100 a month (beacons.ai, November 2026).
If you only need links, the Free plan covers you for good. If you sell a $29 preset pack, $3.75 of each sale goes to fees, and that number decides whether free stays the cheap option.
This guide breaks down what the Free plan includes, what each paid plan adds, and the exact monthly sales figure where paying $30 a month costs less than the 9% fee. Every price below was checked against Beacons’ own pricing page and help center in November 2026.
Key Takeaways
- Beacons has a permanent free plan. It costs $0 with no time limit and includes unlimited links, a media kit and a store (beacons.ai, November 2026).
- The free plan charges a 9% seller fee on sales. Payment processing comes on top: Stripe at 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction, per Beacons’ help center (help.beacons.ai, November 2026).
- The $10 Creator plan keeps the 9% fee. Only Creator Plus ($30 a month) and Creator Max ($100 a month) drop it to 0%.
- Creator Plus pays for itself above about $333 a month in sales on monthly billing, or about $278 on annual billing.
- The plan names are Free, Creator, Creator Plus and Creator Max. The earlier names “Creator Pro” and “Store Pro” no longer appear on Beacons’ pricing page.
Is Beacons free to use?
Beacons is free to use for building and running a link in bio page. The Free plan has no trial period and no monthly charge, and its pricing page labels it “free forever”. You can add unlimited links, customize the page, build a media kit and list digital products. The plan only costs you money when you sell something, through a 9% seller fee on each sale (beacons.ai, November 2026).
That makes Beacons one of the more complete free tiers among link in bio tools. A media kit, a store and email sends on a $0 plan are uncommon; see how it compares in our roundup of the best link in bio tools. If you are new to the format itself, start with what a link in bio is and how it works.
What the Beacons free plan includes
The Free plan covers the page, light selling and light email. Beacons lists the following for it, as of November 2026:
| Feature | Beacons Free plan |
|---|---|
| Price | $0, free forever |
| Link in bio page | Unlimited links, custom colors, fonts and images |
| Media kit | Included, updates daily |
| Store | Unlimited digital products, 9% seller fee |
| Email marketing | 50 sends per month |
| AI credits | 30 per day |
| Instagram auto-DM | Smart Reply included |
| Analytics | Real-time |
| Custom domain | Not included |
| Beacons logo removal | Not included (starts at Creator Plus) |
Source: beacons.ai pricing page and help.beacons.ai plan overview, November 2026.
Two limits matter most in practice. The 50 monthly email sends cover a small list, but a single newsletter to 51 subscribers already exceeds them. And the page stays on a Beacons URL with the Beacons logo, because a custom domain starts on Creator and logo removal starts on Creator Plus (help.beacons.ai, November 2026).
How much do Beacons paid plans cost?
Beacons has four plans: Free, Creator, Creator Plus and Creator Max. Paid plans cost $10, $30 and $100 a month on monthly billing. Annual billing cuts that to $100, $300 and $1,000 a year, which Beacons describes as two months free. The seller fee is 9% on Free and Creator, and 0% on Creator Plus and Creator Max (beacons.ai, November 2026).
| Plan | Monthly billing | Annual billing | Seller fee | What it adds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 9% | Page, media kit, store, 50 email sends, 30 daily AI credits |
| Creator | $10/mo | $100/yr ($8.33/mo) | 9% | Custom domain, more email sends (500 on the plan card, 50 in the comparison table), email from your own domain, 300 daily AI credits |
| Creator Plus | $30/mo | $300/yr ($25/mo) | 0% | Unlimited email sends, courses with video, memberships, Buy Now Pay Later, logo removal |
| Creator Max | $100/mo | $1,000/yr ($83.30/mo) | 0% | Google Workspace, NFC card, white glove onboarding, priority support |
Source: beacons.ai pricing page and help.beacons.ai, November 2026.
The Creator plan is the one people misread. It costs $10 a month and still charges 9% on sales, except invoices, which are 0% (help.beacons.ai, November 2026). You upgrade to Creator for the custom domain and the bigger email allowance, never to lower your fees. If the domain is the reason, our guide to setting up a custom domain for your link in bio covers what it involves on any tool.
What does the 9% Beacons fee cost per sale?
On the Free plan, a sale pays two fees: Beacons’ 9% seller fee and the payment processor’s fee. Beacons’ help center lists Stripe at 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction and PayPal at 3.49% plus a fixed fee (help.beacons.ai, November 2026). On a $29 product sold through Stripe, you keep about $25.25 on Free or Creator, and about $27.86 on Creator Plus.
The arithmetic for that $29 sale:
| Free or Creator | Creator Plus or Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Sale price | $29.00 | $29.00 |
| Beacons seller fee | $2.61 (9%) | $0.00 (0%) |
| Stripe fee (2.9% + $0.30) | $1.14 | $1.14 |
| You keep | $25.25 | $27.86 |
Our calculation from the fee rates on help.beacons.ai, November 2026. Taxes and currency conversion not included.
The processor fee stays the same on every plan. The only part an upgrade removes is the 9%. That gives you a clean way to decide.
When is it worth upgrading to Creator Plus?
Creator Plus is worth it once 9% of your monthly sales is more than the plan’s price. On monthly billing that point is $333 in sales a month, because 9% of $333 is $30. On annual billing it drops to about $278 a month, since 9% of $278 is $25. Below that, the Free plan is cheaper even after fees.
| Monthly sales | 9% fee on Free | Creator Plus (monthly) | Cheaper option |
|---|---|---|---|
| $100 | $9.00 | $30 | Free, by $21.00 |
| $250 | $22.50 | $30 | Free, by $7.50 |
| $333 | $30.00 | $30 | Break-even |
| $500 | $45.00 | $30 | Creator Plus, by $15.00 |
| $1,000 | $90.00 | $30 | Creator Plus, by $60.00 |
| $3,000 | $270.00 | $30 | Creator Plus, by $240.00 |
Our calculation from beacons.ai prices, November 2026. Processor fees apply on both plans and are left out of the comparison.
In product terms, 12 sales of a $29 preset pack is $348, which is already past the monthly break-even. If your sales swing month to month, use your average over the last three months, not your best month.
If you are weighing Beacons against Linktree on the same numbers, our Beacons vs Linktree comparison finds the sales level where each one costs less.
Creator Max follows the same fee math as Creator Plus. Its extra $70 a month buys Google Workspace, an NFC card and dedicated support, so it only makes sense if you would pay for those anyway. For more on what to sell and how to price it, see our guide to selling digital products from your link in bio.
Where Beacons wins, and what to compare it with
Beacons bundles a lot into one account: a link page, a store, a media kit, email marketing, Instagram auto-replies and AI tools. If you pitch brands and sell digital products, the Free plan gives you all of those to start. The trade is the 9% seller fee and Beacons branding until you move to Creator Plus.
If you are weighing other tools, compare them on the same three questions:
- What is the seller fee on the plan you would use?
- Which plan includes a custom domain and removes the tool’s branding?
- What does the page do for visitors who are not people?
The third question is newer. ChatGPT, Perplexity and shopping agents now read creator pages to answer “what does this person sell” and “how do I book them.” A page built only from buttons gives them little to work with. Our Beacons alternatives comparison runs the first two questions across nine tools, the Linktree alternatives guide covers 15 options from the Linktree side, and More.You keeps a side-by-side More.You vs Beacons comparison for the third.
A free page that people and AI can both read
More.You publishes this blog and competes with Beacons, so every number in this guide names its source. More.You is an AI-native link in bio platform built around that third question. The More.You Free plan is free forever and includes one page with every block type, the full theme gallery and templates, QR codes, basic analytics, and import from any other link in bio tool. Every page also ships an llms.txt file, an agent manifest and structured data generated from its blocks, so AI agents can read your products, events and FAQ.
To move, paste your current Beacons URL, and import proposes your header, avatar, socials and links. Nothing is written until you confirm each item. Create your More.You page and keep the Beacons comparison above for the day your sales cross the break-even.
FAQ
Is the Beacons free plan free forever?
Yes. Beacons labels its Free plan “free forever” on its pricing page, and it has no trial period or end date. You can keep a link in bio page, media kit and store on it with no monthly charge. You pay only through the 9% seller fee when you make a sale (beacons.ai, November 2026).
Does Beacons take a percentage of sales?
Yes, on two of its four plans. Free and Creator charge a 9% seller fee on sales, except invoices on Creator, which are 0%. Creator Plus at $30 a month and Creator Max at $100 a month charge 0%. Stripe or PayPal processing fees apply on every plan (help.beacons.ai, November 2026).
Can I use a custom domain on Beacons for free?
No. A custom domain starts on the Creator plan at $10 a month or $100 a year. Beacons’ help center says the domain is free for your first year on that plan. The Free plan keeps your page on a Beacons URL (help.beacons.ai, November 2026).
Does the free Beacons plan show Beacons branding?
Yes. Beacons lists “Remove the Beacons logo” as a Creator Plus feature, covering the link in bio page and product pages. Free and Creator pages keep the Beacons logo (help.beacons.ai, November 2026).
Is there a free trial of Beacons paid plans?
Beacons’ pricing page lists no time-limited trial for its paid plans as of November 2026. The Free plan works as the trial: you build your page at $0 and upgrade in place when you need a custom domain, more email sends or 0% fees (beacons.ai, November 2026).
Sources
- Beacons pricing page, plans, prices and feature lists (beacons.ai/i/pricing, November 2026)
- Beacons help center, pricing plans overview (help.beacons.ai, November 2026)
- Beacons help center, product transaction fees and payment processor fees (help.beacons.ai, November 2026)
- More.You pricing, Free plan features, AI-readable pages and import (more.you/pricing, more.you/features/ai-native-pages and more.you/features/import, November 2026)
Platform rules and prices checked November 2026.
