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Beacons vs Polar
| Beacons | Polar | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Polar is the Merchant of Record for developers building AI-era software: payments, subscriptions, and usage-based billing, with global tax handled for you. |
| 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) | Starter free with 5% + 50¢ per transaction; Pro $20/mo (3.8% + 40¢); Growth $100/mo (3.6% + 35¢); Scale $400/mo (3.4% + 30¢); +1.5% for non-US cards; Stripe payout fees passed through (official) |
| Website | https://beacons.ai/ | https://polar.sh/ |
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. Polar wins when you want a Merchant of Record with public, simple fees for selling software and subscriptions.
- Choose Beacons if you are a creator who wants a link in bio, store, media kit and email list in one free page.
- Choose Polar if you sell software, SaaS subscriptions or digital products and want tax handled for you.
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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