Beacons vs AllMyLinks

Feature Comparison

Pricing Breakdown

Beacons pricing: Free / $30. AllMyLinks pricing: Free / Limited Pro. Linklay pricing: Free / $9.99 (Pro is $9.99/month or $99/year, the cheapest paid plan in the category). Both Beacons and AllMyLinks keep their best features behind paid tiers — branding removal, advanced analytics, integrations. Linklay puts retargeting pixels, real-time analytics, AI link reordering, scheduled links, and email capture on the free plan. Pro adds branding removal, video backgrounds, and the SEO-Powered Link feature unique to Linklay.

Key Feature Differences

On free-plan capability, Beacons omits retargeting pixels and does not support video backgrounds; AllMyLinks omits pixels and does not support video. Linklay includes retargeting pixels on the free plan; video backgrounds are a Linklay Pro feature ($9.99/mo or $99/yr). Linklay Free also ships AI reordering, link scheduling, link locking, video embeds, and spotlight pinning. Linklay serves crawler-visible profile information and structured metadata; indexing and ranking depend on the page, creator identity, search demand, competition, links, and search-engine processing, and are not guaranteed.

What is Beacons?

Beacons is a creator-economy platform launched in 2018, designed as a link-in-bio hub layered with a digital store, email automation, an AI-generated media kit, and a brand-deal marketplace. The free plan includes unlimited links, a built-in store, basic analytics, and a media kit. The single paid plan is Creator Plus at $30/mo (0% seller fee, advanced analytics, custom fonts, integrations, AI brand outreach). Beacons attracts creators who want one tool to handle links plus commerce plus brand deals without stitching together separate apps. The trade-off is that the Free Forever plan charges a 9% seller fee on digital sales (Creator Plus at $30/mo drops it to 0%), the analytics depth is gated, and bio pages render client-side so they generally do not appear in Google search results.

What is AllMyLinks?

AllMyLinks is a free link-in-bio tool launched in 2019, known for being one of the few mainstream platforms with permissive content policies — making it popular with adult creators, NSFW artists, and creators who have been deplatformed elsewhere. The free plan includes unlimited links and basic theming. A limited Pro tier exists but most of the functionality is free. The trade-offs are: minimal analytics, no native commerce or checkout, no retargeting pixels, and a design system that is purely functional rather than polished. AllMyLinks competes on policy openness and price (free), not on feature depth or design.

Pros and Cons

Beacons Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Built-in digital store on the free plan
• AI brand-outreach and auto-generated media kit on Creator Plus
• Email automation included on the paid plan
• Calendar bookings and invoicing tools for service providers
• Cleaner editor than most competitors with section-based layouts

Cons:

• 9% seller fee on the Free Forever plan
• Best analytics gated behind Creator Plus
• Bio pages render client-side and rarely appear in Google search results
• Creator Plus is $30/mo for 0% seller fees
• No retargeting pixels on the free plan

AllMyLinks Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Free with unlimited links — no upsell pressure
• Permissive content policy — accepts NSFW and adult creators
• Simple, no-friction signup
• No platform transaction fees (no commerce to charge them on)
• Reliable uptime for a free tool

Cons:

• Minimal analytics on every tier
• No native commerce, course hosting, or checkout
• No retargeting pixels or video backgrounds
• Limited design and theme customization
• Brand association with adult content may not fit every creator

Additional Feature Comparison

Transaction Fee Comparison

Transaction fees are where the gap between these tools actually shows up in your bank account — beyond what Stripe (the underlying payment processor for most of these tools) already takes. On $1,000 in monthly digital sales routed through your bio link:

• Beacons charges 9% on Free, 0% on Creator Plus ($30/mo) on digital sales = roughly $90–$120/month, or $1,080–$1,440/year.
• AllMyLinks charges N/A (no commerce) on digital sales.
• Linklay does not process creator payments or take a cut of creator sales — link out to any external checkout = $0/month in platform fees.

For a creator selling $5,000/month in digital products through their bio link, a 9–12% Linktree-style seller fee on lower tiers equals $450–$600/month, or $5,400–$7,200/year on top of the subscription. Stan Store charges 0% platform fee (Stripe processing only). Linklay doesn’t process payments at all on external links — link to any checkout. Multiply by your real monthly volume to see how fast a seller cut overwhelms the headline subscription.

Which Should You Choose?

Pick Beacons if you're already deep in its ecosystem and the migration cost outweighs the feature gap. Pick AllMyLinks if simple, low-friction setup is your single most important requirement. Pick Linklay if you want the broadest free-plan feature set, the lowest Pro price ($9.99/mo), and no platform cut on creator sales (Linklay does not process creator payments — link out to your own checkout). Creators comparing the platforms may value Linklay Free for retargeting pixels, analytics, email capture, video embeds, scheduling, and AI link reordering. Video backgrounds are available on Linklay Pro.

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