Beacons
Beacons is a creator business platform available on Android, iOS, and the web, centered on a custom link in bio.
What Beacons is
Beacons is a creator business platform available on Android, iOS, and the web, centered on a custom link in bio. Its tools include websites, a store, email marketing, media kits, Instagram DM automation, and affiliate links. Creators can sell digital products, courses, and memberships. The platform’s AI teammate Beam is described as supporting content strategy, growth analysis, brand outreach, rate negotiation, and deal tracking. Media kits can update daily, including audience and engagement data from linked social accounts. The Free plan costs nothing and includes 50 email sends per month and 9% seller fees. Creator costs $10 a month, billed annually at $100, with 500 email sends monthly and 9% seller fees. Creator Plus costs $30 a month, billed annually at $300, with unlimited email sends and 0% seller fees. Creator Max costs $90 a month, billed annually at $900, and includes Google Workspace, white glove onboarding, and prioritized online support. Listed integrations include music and event embeds and Shopify; the pricing page also lists Klarna or Affirm pay-later options and Apple or Google Pay.
Good
- Includes websites, email marketing, and media kits.
- Supports sales of products, courses, and memberships.
- Creator Plus lists unlimited email sends.
- Creator Plus and Max list 0% seller fees.
Watch out
- Free plan limits email to 50 sends monthly.
- Free and Creator plans charge 9% seller fees.
- Paid plans are billed annually at listed totals.
Who it suits
Beacons suits creators who want a link-in-bio presence alongside tools for selling products, courses, or memberships. Its plan limits and seller fees matter to creators planning email campaigns or sales.
Verdict
Beacons combines creator-facing web, marketing, and selling tools in one platform. Compare plan email allowances and seller fees with your expected use before selecting a tier.
Plans and prices
From Beacons's own pricing page, checked 21 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 30 daily AI credits · unlimited digital products · 9% seller fees · 50 email sends/month · Smart Reply auto-DMs · real-time analytics · free forever |
| Creator | $10 a month | 300 daily AI credits · free custom domain · 500 email sends/month · advanced SEO and marketing · $100 billed annually or $10 monthly |
| Creator Plus | $30 a month | unlimited daily AI credits · 0% seller fees · buy-now-pay-later · unlimited courses with video hosting · unlimited memberships · unlimited email sends · $300 billed annually or $30 monthly |
| Creator Max | $90 a month | Google Workspace · white-glove onboarding · prioritized support · physical NFC card · VIP Beacons events · $900 billed annually or $90 monthly |
The facts
Each one read from Beacons's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI
- Beacons says its AI teammate Beam handles content strategy, growth analysis, brand outreach, rate negotiation, and deal tracking.checked 3 Oct 2026
- AI assistant
- Beam is described as an AI teammate for analytics, content strategy, brand outreach, rate calculations and deal tracking.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Audience marketing
- Beacons says creators can send newsletters, automate Instagram DMs, and track performance with its subscriber marketing suite.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Creator tools
- Its listed tools include a link in bio, websites, a store, email marketing, media kits, Instagram DM automation, and affiliate links.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Developer access
- The legal agreement does not grant source-code possession and restricts reverse engineering, sublicensing and derivative works.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Digital commerce
- The platform supports selling merchandise, digital products and courses directly from a Beacons page.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The help center is organized into categories including FAQ, custom domains, link-in-bio, products, email marketing, Smart Reply, audience, brand collaborations, settings and safety.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Email limits
- The Free plan includes 50 email sends per month, Creator includes 500, and Creator Plus includes unlimited sends.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Email marketing
- The product includes newsletters, subscriber collection, automation sequences and audience management.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Flodesk integration
- A Link in Bio signup block can send new subscribers directly to Flodesk without CSV exports or Zapier.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Founder and CEO
- Y Combinator identifies Neal Jean as Beacons founder and CEO and lists David Zeng and Jesse Zhang as founders.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Funding
- CB Insights reports a $23 million Series A announced on November 2, 2023; Crunchbase lists five funding rounds but obscures amounts.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Hosted service
- Legal terms describe Beacons as a hosted platform and grant internal-use access while reserving platform intellectual property and source-code rights.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Instagram automation
- Smart Reply can automatically send Instagram direct messages triggered by comments and report sends and clicks.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Help documentation lists integrations including Google Calendar and Zoom for appointments, Stripe and PayPal for payments, and Shopify support.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: G2 subscription management
- A G2 reviewer says backend subscription management is difficult for viewing or changing plans.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: Trustpilot reliability
- Trustpilot reviewers describe configuration bugs, error messages and storefront pages that fail to load.checked 21 Oct 2026
The company
- Company founding
- Crunchbase says Beacons was founded in 2019.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- Crunchbase lists San Francisco, California, United States as the headquarters location.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company identity
- The homepage identifies the company as Beacons AI Inc.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- Crunchbase identifies the legal entity as Beacons AI, Inc.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company size
- Crunchbase lists 11–50 employees, while Dealroom reports a 100–500 headcount range.checked 21 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Limit: Android app
- Google Play reviewers report emails that fail to send or remain pending and difficulty editing links from mobile or desktop.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: Apple app reliability
- An App Store reviewer reports that the storefront sometimes fails to load and shows an error to customers.checked 21 Oct 2026
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