Beacons vs Linktree: Which Link-in-Bio Tool Fits You?

Choose Linktree when you want a familiar, dedicated link hub with a broad publishing and creator-feature catalog. Choose Beacons when the link page must sit inside a wider creator-business workspace for email, media kits, selling, affiliate links, and automation. Neither is universally better: the right answer depends on the workflow you will actually maintain.

Short answer: both have a free plan, and both keep their own branding on it. Beacons Free includes a link-in-bio page, media kit, unlimited digital products, and 50 email sends a month, with a 9% Beacons seller fee on sales; paid plans cost $10, $30, or $100 a month, and the fee drops to 0% from Creator Plus. Linktree Free includes unlimited basic links, email and phone sign-ups, and 28 days of analytics history; Starter, Pro, and Premium are priced in local currency, and Linktree's pricing page now lets only Pro and Premium sell paid digital products and courses, with a 0% Linktree fee, while Free and Starter can offer free products only. Payment processing is extra on both.

This comparison is published by Liink and is not independent. Liink is unaffiliated with Beacons and Linktree. Plan prices, free-plan limits, and seller fees were rechecked on the official pricing and help pages on November 3, 2026; other product details were checked August 5, 2026. Features, prices, fees, currencies, limits, and regional availability can change, so verify the current checkout before moving a revenue-producing page.

Beacons vs Linktree at a glance

The table summarizes public product positioning, not every feature or plan boundary. A missing row does not prove a feature is unavailable. Use the official sources below and test the editor, published page, checkout, exports, and support path yourself.

Free and paid tiers: compare the usable workflow

The table lists every current plan from Linktree's pricing page and Beacons' pricing page, both checked November 3, 2026. The seller fee is each platform's own percentage on digital-product sales, before payment processing.

*Linktree shows prices in the visitor's local currency. These are the euro prices its pricing page displayed when we loaded it from France on November 3, 2026; visitors elsewhere see their own currency, and tax or promotions can change the total. Beacons shows its prices in dollars. Payment processing is charged on top of every seller fee: Linktree lists Stripe processing of 2.9% + $0.30 per digital-product or course purchase, and Beacons lists 2.9% + $0.30 for Stripe and 3.49% plus a fixed fee for PayPal.

Linktree's pricing page labels Free "free with restrictions". Its main limits are one featured link, 28 days of analytics history, no mailing-list integrations, free products only, and Linktree branding; Starter lifts the featured-link limit, while Pro removes the branding, adds integrations and 365 days of analytics history, and lets you sell paid products and courses. Some commerce features depend on country or eligibility.

Beacons' pricing page describes Free as "free forever". Its main limits are the 9% seller fee, 50 email sends a month, Beacons branding, and no custom domain; Creator adds a custom domain and 500 email sends, while Creator Plus removes the seller fee and the branding and makes email sends unlimited.

Do not compare only the subscription headline. Record platform seller fees, payment processing, email volume, domain needs, branded footers, integrations, export, and the cost of recreating a page. A free tier can be economically expensive when sales fees or migration work dominate.

Selling and monetization fees

Linktree sells digital products and courses through a Stripe-connected checkout. Its pricing page lets only Pro and Premium set a price on digital products, courses and bookings, with a 0% Linktree fee; Free and Starter can offer them for free only. Its fee guide adds Stripe processing of 2.9% + $0.30 per purchase on every plan, and selling is available only in supported countries. Confirm the fee and eligibility in your account before pricing an offer.

Beacons charges a 9% seller fee on sales made on Free and Creator, and 0% on Creator Plus and Creator Max, according to its pricing page and transaction-fee guide. Payment processing is separate: the guide lists Stripe at 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction and PayPal at 3.49% plus a fixed fee that depends on the currency. Creator Plus also adds courses with video hosting, memberships, and unlimited email sends.

Model a realistic month before choosing: sales count, average order value, refunds, payment-processing rate, platform percentage, subscription, tax obligations, and fulfillment. A lower percentage is not automatically cheaper if the paid plan or unused suite costs more than the savings.

What each product is designed to do

Linktree: a recognizable profile-link workflow

Linktree starts from the public profile link: destinations, media, collections, QR sharing, audience capture, analytics, scheduling, Instagram replies, and selling features are organized around that hub. It is a practical benchmark when visitors already understand the conventional Linktree page pattern.

Beacons: a broader creator-business workspace

Beacons connects the public bio page to a store, media kit, email marketing, audience records, affiliate tools, Instagram automations, and AI-assisted creator workflows. That breadth can reduce integrations, but it also means the real comparison is the whole creator operation rather than the appearance of one page.

Email, analytics, and page maintenance

A safe migration checklist

Where Liink fits—and where it does not

Liink is a narrower option for an image-led visual profile with text, sections, destination cards, social links, files, and supported audio or video embeds. It does not replace Beacons or Linktree commerce, native email marketing, checkout, social automation, media kits, or automatic imports.

Use Liink only when your store, booking, newsletter, and payments already live in specialist tools and the public profile itself is the missing piece. Rebuild manually with media and links you control; Liink does not claim one-click migration.

Frequently asked questions

Is Beacons or Linktree cheaper?

Both start free. Beacons' paid plans cost $10, $30, or $100 a month, less when billed annually; Linktree prices Starter, Pro, and Premium in local currency, as shown in the plan table above. If you sell, the plan you need can matter more than the headline price: Beacons Free sells with a 9% Beacons fee, while Linktree needs Pro or Premium to sell paid products, with a 0% Linktree fee; payment processing is extra on both. Calculate a representative month with your own sales before choosing.

Is Beacons free?

Yes. Beacons' pricing page lists a Free plan at $0 a month, described as free forever, with a link-in-bio page, media kit, unlimited digital products, and 50 email sends a month. Sales on Free carry a 9% Beacons seller fee plus payment processing, so free publishing is not the same as zero business cost.

Which is better for selling digital products?

Both document digital-product workflows. Compare supported countries, product types, checkout, fee totals, customer export, email automation, fulfillment, refunds, and the paid tier needed for your expected volume.

Can you sell on Linktree's free plan?

Only free products. Linktree's pricing page lists free digital products, bookings and courses on Free and Starter; setting a price needs Pro or Premium, which carry a 0% Linktree fee plus Stripe processing. Beacons lets you sell paid products on its Free plan with a 9% Beacons fee.

Official sources checked

Linktree plan comparison — checked November 3, 2026.

Linktree paid-feature overview — checked November 3, 2026.

Linktree digital-product guide — checked November 3, 2026.

Linktree transaction and processing fees — checked November 3, 2026.

Beacons plan comparison — checked November 3, 2026.

Beacons transaction-fee guide — checked November 3, 2026.

Beacons Link in Bio product page — checked August 5, 2026.

Compare one focused visual-profile option

If you need only a visual public profile, build the same small draft in Liink and one finalist. Keep the page your audience understands and your team can maintain.

Create a visual Liink page without pretending it replaces the wider creator-business suites.

Need more options? Compare the Linktree alternatives guide or the dedicated Beacons alternatives guide.

For a closer creator-commerce matchup, continue with Beacons vs Stan Store and compare the complete selling and audience workflow rather than the bio page alone.