Side by side
| Feature | Beacons | Biotrail |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes, with every feature |
| Fee on your sales | 9% on Free and Creator, 0% on Creator Plus and Creator Max | 0% on every plan |
| Cheapest way to pay 0% on sales | $30 / month (Creator Plus) | $0 |
Beacons figures from its own pricing and help pages, checked 23 October 2026, monthly billing in US dollars (yearly billing in brackets). Prices change; check Beacons's site for the latest. Card processing fees from Stripe or PayPal apply on every platform.
Sources: Beacons pricing
What Beacons costs when you sell
- Beacons Free$0 · 9% of sales
- Beacons Creator$10 / month ($8.33 yearly) · 9% of sales
- Beacons Creator Plus$30 / month ($25 yearly) · 0%
- Beacons Creator Max$100 / month ($83.30 yearly) · 0%
- Biotrail$0 · 0% of sales
- Beacons Free$1,620 a year
- Beacons Creator$1,740 a year
- Beacons Creator Plus$360 a year
- Biotrail$0 a year
Yearly cost = subscription + platform fee on your sales. Beacons figures checked 23 October 2026. Card processing applies on every platform.
Sources: Beacons pricing
What Beacons does well
To be fair, it may suit you better if you need:
- An all-in-one store: digital products, courses and checkout hosted for you.
- Built-in email marketing and AI writing tools.
- A media kit builder aimed at brand deals.
Free on Biotrail, for every page
- 54 link layouts, 12 palettes, photo and video wallpapers
- Analytics: views, clicks, sources and devices, with no cookie banner
- Social planner for 10 networks (early access)
- Custom domain
- Remove Biotrail branding
- Product links, tip jar, gated downloads, email signup, bookings
- Business card with QR code, and a media kit
- Export everything, any time
Why creators switch from Beacons
No cut of your sales
Sell through the checkout you already use, such as Stripe, PayPal, Gumroad or Shopify. Biotrail links to it and takes 0%.
Analytics without a cookie banner
See views, clicks, sources and devices on the free plan, counted without cookies or stored IP addresses.
54 layouts, not one template
Metro lines, bento grids, editorial lists, app icons and more, with 12 palettes, so your page doesn't look like everyone else's.
Questions about switching
Does Biotrail have a store like Beacons?
Biotrail has product blocks that link to your own checkout (Stripe, PayPal, Gumroad and others), plus tip jars, gated downloads and email signups. It doesn't host checkout itself, which is why it takes no fee.
Does Biotrail have a media kit?
Yes. A free media kit page shows your real stats from Biotrail analytics, your audience, rates and contact email.
Is there email marketing?
Biotrail collects email signups into your audience list, which you can download as a CSV and import into the email tool you already use.