Best Beacons Alternatives in 2026

The best Beacons alternative depends on which part of Beacons you actually use. If you want a link in bio without a 9% cut on sales, look at hoo.be, Linktree or Campsite.bio. If selling digital products is the main job, Stan Store charges 0% on its $29 plan. If you love a mobile-first, swipeable look, try Milkshake. If you want a tiny one-page website for a few dollars a year, Carrd is hard to beat on price.

Beacons does a lot. Its free plan bundles a link in bio, a store, auto-updating media kits, email marketing, auto-DMs and an AI assistant called Beam. That breadth is the reason people join, and also the reason some leave: you may only need one of those tools, and the free plan takes a 9% seller fee on every sale.

Below, you will find what Beacons costs in 2026, six alternatives compared on their own published pricing, and a simple way to move your page without losing clicks.

What does Beacons cost in 2026?

Beacons' pricing page leads with two plans, Free and Creator Plus. Its help centre lists four in total.

Sources: Beacons pricing page and Beacons Help Center, October 2026. Payment processing is separate.

Why do creators look for a Beacons alternative?

Beacons is a capable all-in-one platform. The reasons people move are usually specific:

• The free-plan seller fee. At 9%, $1,000 of sales costs $90 before card processing. Getting to 0% means $30 a month.
• They only use one part of it. If you never send email or sell a product, you are carrying features you do not need.
• They want a different look. Some creators want a more minimal page, a swipeable mobile site or a page that matches their brand more closely.
• They already pay for a specialist tool. If your email lives in Kit or your store lives in Shopify, a lighter link page may be enough.

What are the best Beacons alternatives in 2026?

Here is how the six main options compare. Prices are monthly billing unless noted, and card processing is extra.

From each company's pricing page or help centre, October 2026.

hoo.be: a link in bio built from blocks

hoo.be gives you a page at hoo.be/yourname made of blocks: links, swipeable carousels, titles, products with a price and shop button, tips, events with ticket links, and contact and form blocks. It embeds 19 platforms, including Instagram, YouTube and Shorts, TikTok, Spotify, Substack, ShopMy and Ticketmaster, and supports up to 100 social icons.

It suits creators who earn from recommendations. Product links recognise 30 shopping platforms, including Amazon, LTK, ShopMy, Etsy and Sephora, and you can add Facebook and TikTok pixels, a Google Analytics ID and an Amazon affiliate tag. Tips run through Stripe with a 9% hoo.be fee on Free, 5% on Pro and 0% on Premium. Premium adds custom domains, up to five profiles and CreatorPass brand-campaign applications. If you sell digital files, a dedicated checkout like Stan, Payhip or Gumroad handles delivery, and you can link to it from your hoo.be page.

Linktree: the familiar default

Linktree has a free plan with unlimited basic links and email and phone sign-ups. Starter costs $8 a month ($6 billed yearly), Pro $15 ($12 yearly) and Premium $35 ($30 yearly). It can sell digital products and Kajabi-powered courses, with a Linktree fee of 12% on Free, 9% on Starter and Pro, and 0% on Premium, plus Stripe's 2.9% + $0.30.

Pick Linktree if your followers already know it and your page is mostly links. If you sell a lot, the fee schedule makes Beacons Creator Plus or Stan cheaper. See our Linktree alternatives guide for more.

Stan Store: for selling first

If the Beacons store is the feature you rely on, Stan Store is the cleanest swap. Creator costs $29 a month ($300 a year) and includes a storefront, calendar bookings, a course builder, recurring subscriptions, lead magnets and Stan AutoDM for Instagram. Creator Pro, at $99 a month, adds discount codes, upsells, payment plans, affiliate management, email flows and pixels. Both plans charge 0% transaction fees, and there is a 14-day free trial but no free plan.

Our Stan Store alternatives guide compares Stan with Payhip, Gumroad, Kit and Podia if you want more selling options.

Milkshake: a swipeable site you build on your phone

Milkshake turns your bio link into a mobile website made of Cards, pages that visitors swipe through like Instagram Stories. You build and edit it in the iOS or Android app. The free plan includes unlimited links and Cards, templates, colour and font customization and 30 days of analytics. Paid plans start at $2.99 a month (Lite, removes branding), with Pro at $6.99 a month and Pro+ at $10 a month billed quarterly.

You can sell digital files through a Stripe-powered Sell Card on any plan. Milkshake's fee is 12% on Free and Lite, 9% on Pro and 7% on Pro+, plus Stripe processing, and prices are limited to $1 to $100 while the feature is in beta. Our Milkshake alternatives guide covers it in depth.

Campsite.bio: clean link pages with pro tools

Campsite.bio's free plan includes unlimited links, advanced customization, contact details, link locking, and embeds for YouTube, Twitch, Vimeo, Facebook and Spotify. Pro costs $7 a month and adds link scheduling, opt-in forms, Jotform and Typeform embeds, tracking pixels, blog feeds and your own domain. Pro+ at $24 a month adds six profiles, collaborators and lifetime analytics. Yearly billing saves 16%, and paid plans start with a 10-day trial.

It is a good fit if you liked Beacons' page builder but never used the store. Our Campsite alternatives guide compares it with others.

Carrd: a one-page website for a few dollars a year

Carrd is not a link in bio tool, but many creators use it as one. You build a single responsive page, and the free plan covers up to three sites. Pro Lite costs $9 a year and removes branding. Pro Standard at $19 a year adds custom domains, forms (including signup forms for Kit, Mailchimp, beehiiv and others), payment-enabled forms, embeds for Stripe, PayPal and Gumroad widgets, and analytics.

Carrd takes more design effort than a block-based link page, but it is the lowest-cost way on this list to put a branded page on your own domain.

Which alternative has the lowest selling fees?

If you sell on a free plan, the platform fee is the number that matters most. Here is what each tool takes from a single $20 sale before card processing.

Platform fee on a $20 sale, by plan

Linktree Free (12%)$2.40

Milkshake Free (12%)$2.40

Beacons Free (9%)$1.80

Milkshake Pro+ (7%)$1.40

Stan Creator ($29/mo)$0

Beacons Creator Plus ($30/mo)$0

A percentage fee is cheaper while sales are small. A flat monthly plan wins once you sell regularly. On Beacons, the $30 Creator Plus plan pays for itself at about $334 of monthly sales, because 9% of $334 is $30.

How do you replace Beacons feature by feature?

Beacons bundles four jobs. If you leave, decide what replaces each one.

Splitting tools can cost more in total than one bundle, so add up the monthly fees before you switch. It is worth it when each replacement does its job better for you, or when you only need one or two of the four.

How do you switch from Beacons without losing clicks?

1. Audit your current page. Note every link, product, form and embed, and which ones actually got clicks in the last 30 days.
2. Keep your contacts. Make sure you have a copy of your email subscribers and customers before you change anything.
3. Build the new page. Recreate the links that earn, drop the ones that do not, and put your best offer at the top.
4. Test on your phone. Open the new page from inside Instagram and TikTok, tap every link and run one test purchase if you sell.
5. Swap your bio links. Update every profile, your email signature and any QR codes in the same session.
6. Watch the numbers for two weeks. Compare clicks with your old page, then cancel any paid Beacons plan.

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