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Beacons vs Circle
| Beacons | Circle | |
|---|---|---|
| What it says it does | Link in bio, online store, media kit and email marketing for creators, with AI credits on every plan. Sell unlimited digital products and create affiliate links from one page. | Build a home for your community, events, and courses — all under your own brand. |
| Pricing | Free plan $0 (9% seller fees, 30 daily AI credits, 50 email sends/mo); Creator $10/mo or $100/yr; Creator Plus $30/mo or $300/yr (0% seller fees); Creator Max $100/mo or $1,000/yr (official) | Professional $89/mo (2% transaction fee); Business $199/mo (1% fee); Scale $419/mo; Circle Plus custom; prices billed annually; 14-day free trial, no card required (official) |
| Website | https://beacons.ai/ | https://circle.so/ |
Which to use
Beacons wins when you want to start selling from a link-in-bio page for $0, then move to Creator Plus to drop the 9% seller fee once sales justify $30 a month. Circle wins when you want a polished, branded home for a paid community with courses and events.
- Choose Beacons if you are a creator who wants a link in bio, store, media kit and email list in one free page.
- Choose Circle if you want a branded community with courses, events and paid memberships in one place.
This is an editorial fit note from each vendor's public site and docs, not a sponsored ranking and not a price quote. Descriptions in the table come from those sites. Confirm current prices there. How we review tools.
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