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Both cover link in bio and digital products & storefronts. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
| Beacons | Zaap | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | 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 | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | 9% of what you earn | Not stated |
| Runs on | Not stated | Web |
| Covers | Link in Bio, Brand Deals & Sponsorships, Digital Products & Storefronts | Link in Bio, Digital Products & Storefronts, Email Marketing & Automation |
| Works with | YouTube, TikTok, Instagram | TikTok, Instagram |
| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
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.
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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.
Our note
The reason to pay for this over Linktree is the mailing list, because an address you own outlives a platform's algorithm and a bio link does not. If nothing is being sold and no list is being built, the free tiers elsewhere are the same product.
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