Beacons vs Zaap Comparison 2026
Beacons is a link page built around brand deals: a media kit, per-deal invoicing and a store, free to start with a 9 percent cut of what sells. Zaap is a link page built around an email list, collecting addresses on the free Basic plan and sending to them once Pro turns on at $9 a month, with up to 25,000 emails included. Both put a shop behind the bio link. Only one of them owns a mailing list that outlasts the platform it was built on.
Link in bio that doubles as a store and a media kit
A bio link with a shop and a mailing list
At a glance
- Zaap starts cheaper, at $9.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Beacons | Zaap | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $10 | From $9 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | 7 days |
| API | Not stated |
Beacons
Link in bio that doubles as a store and a media kit
Beacons started as a link page and grew into email, a shop and a media kit for brand deals. Having the pitch deck and the store in the same place is genuinely useful. The free tier carries branding.
Our note
Good if the media kit is the reason you are here. If it is not, Beacons is a heavier link page than most people need, and the 9 percent on the cheap plans is easy to miss until a product sells well.
Only on this side
- Covers brand deals & sponsorships
- Works with YouTube
Zaap
A bio link with a shop and a mailing list
Zaap is a link-in-bio page that also sells digital products and sends the email, so an audience arriving from a profile can be captured and sold to without a second subscription underneath. The free plan builds the page and collects addresses. Paying removes the Zaap branding and turns on the store, the blog and the sending.
Why people weigh these two
- Zaap instead of Beacons
- Bio link, shop and mailing list from $9 with a free tier, matching Beacons' page-plus-store shape for a dollar less.
- Beacons instead of Zaap
- Beacons doubles as a store and a media kit rather than adding email sending, with a free tier and plans from $10, a media-kit angle Zaap does not have.
Which one should you pick
Beacons suits a creator who takes brand deals and wants the pitch deck and the store on one page, with invoicing where the deal actually happened. The free plan carries branding and a 9 percent cut of store sales; paying from $10 a month keeps that same cut until two tiers above remove it. It is the stronger choice when sponsorships, not a mailing list, are the point of the page.
Zaap suits a creator whose bio link is the top of a funnel, currently paying separately for a page, an email tool and a checkout. The free Basic plan builds the page and collects addresses. Pro at $9 a month removes Zaap's branding and turns on digital product sales, blog posts and up to 25,000 emails a month; Ultra at $19 raises that to 50,000 and adds custom domains and team members. Somebody who needs a list of links and nothing else is better off on a free plan elsewhere, and anybody with a real catalogue needs a proper store instead.
Common questions
- Which one actually sends email to my list?
- Zaap does, up to 25,000 emails a month on the $9 Pro plan and 50,000 on the $19 Ultra plan. Beacons collects subscribers from the same page as the store, turning a link click into a list you own, but sending is not among its stated features.
- Do both take a cut of what I sell?
- Beacons keeps 9 percent of store sales on its free plan and its $10 tier. Zaap's digital product sales run through its flat monthly fee starting at $9 for Pro, with no percentage mentioned on top.
- Is there a trial on either?
- Zaap gives seven days on its paid tiers, enough to test the store and the sending before committing to $9 a month. Beacons has no stated trial, so its free plan, branding, 9 percent cut and all, is what you test against instead.
- How many profiles does Zaap's Agency plan cover?
- Five profiles for $49 a month, then $9 for each one after that. Beacons prices per single profile rather than in a batch, starting free and moving to $10 a month plus the 9 percent cut.
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