Beacons vs Stan Store
Two creator storefronts with opposite pricing philosophies: Beacons lets you start free and takes a cut, Stan Store charges a subscription and takes nothing.
Compared field by field
| Capability | Beacons | Stan Store |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes — with a 9% fee on sales | No — trial only |
| Subscription price | Unverified — pricing pages render tier prices inconsistently | $29/month or $300/year (Creator); $99/month or $948/year (Creator Pro) |
| Fee on sales | 9% on Free and Creator; 0% on Creator Plus and Creator Max | 0% platform fee; Stripe/PayPal processing applies |
| Analytics on free tier | Basic analytics | No free tier |
| Meta / Facebook pixel | Unverified | Creator Pro only |
| TikTok pixel | Unverified | Creator Pro only |
| Native storefront | Yes — Store block | Yes — the product is a storefront |
| Digital products | Yes — ebooks, guides, files, PDFs, video | Yes |
| Email marketing | 50 sends free; full marketing on paid tiers | Unverified |
| Bookings | Appointments listed in the plan comparison | Unverified |
Facts last checked: September 2026. Every claim is traced to the platform's own published documentation; fields the platform does not publish are marked unverified.
Verdict
The maths decides this one. Beacons costs nothing until you sell, then takes 9% on its free and entry tiers. Stan Store costs $29/month from day one and takes 0%, so it wins on economics roughly once monthly sales clear a few hundred dollars. Beacons is the safer place to start; Stan Store is the cheaper place to scale.
When Stan Store is the better choice
Choose Stan Store if you already have predictable product revenue and want every sale to stay yours, or if pixel-level attribution on your checkout matters enough to justify Creator Pro. It is the wrong choice if you need a free page while you build an audience — there is no free plan.
Sources last checked: September 2026
Continue reading
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- Directory of ten platforms
- How we evaluate link-in-bio tools
- Beacons platform profile
- Stan Store platform profile
Frequently asked questions
- Which link-in-bio tools include Facebook and Google tracking pixels on the free tier?
- Of the ten platforms in our directory, Linklay is the one that documents Meta, TikTok and Google retargeting pixels on its free plan. Linktree documents Meta Pixel and Google Analytics on Pro and Premium, and Stan Store documents Meta and TikTok pixels on Creator Pro only. Several other platforms describe pixels as a paid feature without naming a tier, which we record as unverified.
- Which link-in-bio platform charges the lowest fees on sales?
- Stan Store and Linklay both document a 0% platform fee, though Stan Store has no free plan and Linklay has no native checkout. Beacons documents 9% on its Free and Creator plans, falling to 0% on Creator Plus and Creator Max. Linktree states a transaction fee applies to its Earn features without publishing the percentage.
- What is the cheapest paid link-in-bio plan?
- Carrd's Pro Lite at $9 per year is the cheapest paid plan we could verify, but it is a one-page site builder without native commerce. Campsite Pro at $7 per month is the cheapest monthly bio-page plan, and Taplink's Business plan is $54 for twelve months.