The best Beacons alternative depends on one question: do you sell on the page, or link out to a shop you already have? If you sell on the page, The Leap or Stan Store are the closest matches. If you link out and care about where visitor data goes, Elido is the pick, with the limits spelled out below. Linktree is the safe default hub, and Carrd is the cheap route to a one-page site.
Beacons is a toolkit. Replacing it well means knowing which part you use. This round-up checked the vendor pages on 2026-10-02 and builds Elido's section from the product code, not from marketing copy. For the head-to-head with its biggest rival, see Linktree vs Beacons; for the wider field of hub tools, Linktree alternatives.
Why People Leave Beacons
Three reasons come up. Money, fit, and where your data goes. The fee math is the one people discover late.
Per the Beacons pricing page (accessed 2026-10-02), the ladder runs Free at $0, Creator at $10 a month, Creator Plus at $30 and Creator Max at $100, with annual billing lowering each. The 9% transaction fee applies on Free and Creator and drops to 0% only at Creator Plus. A worked example: sell $500 a month on the Free plan and the fee is $45. Sell $1,000 and it is $90. Creator Plus costs $30 a month, so it starts paying for itself at about $333 of monthly sales ($30 divided by 0.09). Below that, the free plan is cheaper; above it, you are paying a premium for not upgrading.
Fit is the second reason. Beacons bundles AI credits, email sends, plus courses and memberships. Wanted a clean link page? Then most of that is surface you never open. The third is data handling. The Beacons privacy policy (accessed 2026-10-02) says the company is headquartered in the United States and that personal information may be transferred to the US, and it does not mention GDPR or a data processing agreement. If you sell to European audiences, that gap is worth a question to the vendor. The European Commission's overview of EU-US data transfers explains what to ask for.
How We Ranked These
Five criteria, weighted for a creator who sells to Europeans or simply wants to know where visitor data goes:
- Fees and price. Subscription cost plus any per-sale cut, from vendor pages with the access date.
- Native selling. Does checkout happen on the page, or do you link out?
- Data handling. Is a DPA or EU residency published? See GDPR for why it matters.
- Click data. Do you see which button gets tapped, by country and device?
- Honest limits. What the tool does not do, which vendor pages rarely say.
Where a vendor page would not load or did not state a figure, this post leaves the figure out rather than guessing. No tool wins on all five, so the order below is by fit. Elido is listed first because it is ours and wins on data handling and click data; it loses badly on native selling, and the entry says so.
Beacons Alternatives Compared
| Tool | Best for | Sells on the page | Verified price (2026-10-02) | Data handling stated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elido | Link out, EU data handling, click data | No | Free plan, 1 bio page; Pro 5, Business unlimited | EU residency and DPA on all plans |
| Linktree | Simple, recognized hub | Check vendor | Free, Starter, Pro, Premium (prices vary by region) | Check vendor policy |
| Stan Store | Selling as the whole point | Yes | Not verified, see vendor page | Check vendor policy |
| The Leap | Free creator store | Yes | Free; Pro $19; Elite $59; 2.9% Stripe fee only | Check vendor policy |
| Carrd | Cheap one-page site | Via embeds | Free (3 sites); Pro from $19 a year | Check vendor policy |
| Beacons | All-in-one toolkit (for reference) | Yes | Free; $10; $30; $100; 9% fee below $30 | US-headquartered, no DPA mentioned |
"Check vendor" means the vendor page did not state it in a form this post could confirm. Prices move. Confirm before paying.
1. Elido: Link Out With EU Data Handling
Elido is the pick if your shop already lives somewhere else (Shopify, Substack, your own site) and you want the bio page to be a measured, privacy-conscious front door. It is a link-management platform first, and the bio pages feature sits on the same workspace as your short links, QR codes and analytics.
What the product does today, checked against the editor and the public renderer in the repo. You set a display name, a short bio and an avatar (PNG or JPEG or WebP, up to 1 MiB). You pick colors for background, text and buttons, plus a corner radius. Buttons come in filled, outlined or soft. You add links with a title and a URL, then flip a published switch; drafts return 404 publicly. The public page carries Open Graph and Twitter card metadata built from your page details. Every tap on a link records the visitor's country, device, browser and referrer, and the editor shows per-link click bars so you can see which button earns its place. The pricing matrix lists 1 bio page on Free, 5 on Pro and unlimited on Business, and lists EU data residency and a DPA on all three, with the DPA text at legal/dpa.
The editor above is a demo workspace with example data, so the zero click counts are placeholders, not results.
Now the honest part. Elido is not a creator store. There is no on-page checkout, no memberships, no email capture and no social-icon or embed blocks in the renderer today, and the theme is three colors, a radius and a button style, not a template gallery. If you want any of that, pick a tool below. Elido also does not import from Beacons, so migration is by hand (see the next sections). Its edge is narrower: a clean page, per-link click data, and a vendor that publishes where data lives and offers a DPA on the free plan. For wider context on that angle, see EU alternatives to US SaaS and GDPR-friendly URL shorteners.
Pick Elido if you link out and sell to Europe. Start a free bio page and see whether the editor above covers what you need before moving anything.
Four Other Beacons Alternatives
These four cover the cases Elido does not: selling on the page, brand recognition and a cheap standalone site. Each entry says who it fits and where it falls short.
Linktree
Linktree is the most recognized hub, and audiences know a linktr.ee link on sight. Its own pricing page (accessed 2026-10-02) lists four tiers, Free, Starter, then Pro and Premium, with prices that vary by region and are shown in local currency, so this post quotes none. The free tier is described as unlimited links with core appearance options and basic analytics; removable branding sits in Premium. Choose it for familiarity and speed. It is a link list, though. Our Elido vs Linktree comparison goes deeper.
Stan Store
Stan Store is built around selling: digital products and bookings from one storefront link. This is the one to look at if checkout on the page was the reason you chose Beacons. The vendor pricing page redirected and did not load cleanly on 2026-10-02, so this post states no price or fee for it; check stan.store directly, and read the fee line before comparing it with Beacons' 9%.
The Leap
The Leap is the closest like-for-like swap on the selling side. Its pricing page (accessed 2026-10-02) lists Free at $0 with up to 500 contacts and 3 live products, Pro at $19 a month and Elite at $59, and states that the platform takes no cut of sales beyond Stripe's 2.9% processing fee. At $500 of monthly sales that is about $14.50 in Stripe fees on the free plan against $45 of Beacons fees on its free plan. The trade-off is the product cap on Free and no EU data statement on the pricing page.
Carrd
Carrd is a one-page site builder rather than a link-in-bio product, which is exactly why it suits some people. The Carrd site (accessed 2026-10-02) shows a free plan with up to 3 sites, and Pro starting at $19 a year with a custom domain, forms, payment embeds and analytics through Google Analytics, Plausible or Matomo. Most design freedom here for the least money. Also the most manual.
Moving Your Links Off Beacons
Migration is a copy job, and the order matters more than the tool. I could not confirm a Beacons export for link lists in its public pages (the terms page did not load on 2026-10-02), so assume you are doing this by hand.
- List every link on your Beacons page with its exact title and URL, and note which ones are products or forms rather than plain links.
- For anything you sell natively on Beacons, decide first where it will live. If the new tool only links out, move the product to a shop before you cut over.
- Rebuild the page in the new tool, publish it, and open it on a phone.
- Swap the one bio URL on Instagram, TikTok and your email signature last.
- Keep the old page live for a couple of weeks and watch for stragglers.
One habit pays off for good: point your bio at a short link you control, with the bio page behind it. Then the next tool switch is a destination edit, not a bio rewrite in six apps. What is link management covers that layer, and Build a link in bio in 5 minutes walks through a first page.
Picking the Right One
Match the tool to the job.
- Sell products or bookings on the page: The Leap or Stan Store.
- Link out, sell to Europe, want click data: Elido.
- Recognition and a simple hub: Linktree.
- A cheap, flexible one-page site: Carrd.
- Stay put: Beacons, if you sell more than about $333 a month and use the bundled tools.
The honest summary is that nobody here replaces everything Beacons bundles. Replace the part you use.
The bio pages list above is also a demo workspace with example data.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best Beacons alternative?
It depends on whether you sell on the page or link out. Native selling: The Leap or Stan Store. A recognized hub: Linktree. A cheap one-page site: Carrd. If you link out to an existing shop and care about EU data handling and per-link click data, Elido is the pick. There is no single winner, only a best fit for your setup.
Is there a free Beacons alternative?
Yes. Carrd, The Leap, Linktree and Elido each have a free plan (accessed 2026-10-02). The catch differs: Carrd's free plan allows 3 sites, The Leap's free plan caps live products at 3 and contacts at 500, and Elido's free plan includes 1 bio page. Check the cap that matters to you before pointing your bio link at it.
How much does Beacons charge in fees?
Beacons lists a 9% transaction fee on the Free and Creator plans, and 0% on Creator Plus ($30 a month, or $25 a month billed annually) and Creator Max (accessed 2026-10-02). At 9%, break-even against Creator Plus is roughly $333 of sales per month.
Is Beacons GDPR compliant?
Its privacy policy, read on 2026-10-02, says the company is headquartered in the United States and that data may be transferred to the US, and it does not mention GDPR or a data processing agreement. That is not proof of non-compliance, but if you need a DPA, ask Beacons directly or pick a tool that publishes one.
How do I move my links from Beacons to another tool?
Copy your link titles and URLs into the new tool, rebuild the theme and publish. Then swap the single URL in your social bios. Do the swap last. The old page stays live until the new one is checked. Plan on about 20 to 40 minutes for a page with 10 to 15 links.
Which Beacons alternative is best for privacy?
Pick the one that publishes a data processing agreement and states where data is processed. Elido lists EU data residency and a DPA on every plan, including free. Most US-based hubs do not state EU residency on their pricing pages, so check the privacy policy of whichever tool you pick.
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