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Linkme vs Beacons: Creator platform or social operating system?

On our marks, Linkme scores 8.5 and Beacons 7.0 out of 10. Linkme covers more on two of the ten jobs and eight are even.

Beacons is a creator store: a page with a store, email marketing and Instagram Smart Reply for one creator account. Linkme is the social operating system. The same page posts to up to seven networks, runs comment to DM automations on Instagram and Facebook, captures leads, sends email campaigns and sells, and a manager can sign in to help through the Agency plan.

Updated October 2026

Linkme vs Beacons, job by job

Linkme
8.5out of 10

Covers 8.5 of the 10 jobs

Jobs ahead
2Linkme
8Even
0Beacons
Beacons
7.0out of 10

Covers 7.0 of the 10 jobs

  1. Linkme
    Your page gets unlimited links, a shop, lead forms and its own QR code.Included
    01

    Your page

    Even
    Beacons
    Unlimited links, sub pages, a store and lead forms on your page.Included
  2. Linkme
    Post to All sends one post to up to 7 networks, now or on a schedule, with no cap on posts.Included
    02

    Post to your networks

    Linkme ahead
    Beacons
    It does not post to your social networks.Not offered
  3. Linkme
    Unlimited comment and keyword DM automations on Instagram and Facebook, for up to 100,000 contacts a month.Included
    03

    DM automations

    Even
    Beacons
    Smart Reply sends unlimited Instagram DMs from comment and DM keywords.Included
  4. Linkme
    There is no social inbox on the people plans.Not offered
    04

    Social inbox

    Even
    Beacons
    There is no social inbox for comments and DMs.Not offered
  5. Linkme
    Forms capture names, emails and phone numbers into Leads, with CSV export.Included
    05

    Lead capture

    Even
    Beacons
    Forms on your page collect emails and phone numbers into Audience Manager.Included
  6. Linkme
    Send email campaigns to your contacts and see who opens and clicks.Included
    06

    Email campaigns

    Even
    Beacons
    Built in email marketing with unlimited sends on Creator Plus.Included
  7. Linkme
    Sell digital products, courses and merch, and take tips.Included
    07

    Selling

    Even
    Beacons
    Digital products, courses and memberships with a 0% Beacons fee.Included
  8. Linkme
    Real time analytics show visitors, clicks, locations and sales.Included
    08

    Analytics

    Even
    Beacons
    Advanced traffic, website and sales analytics.Included
  9. Linkme
    Link makes posts, images and video, then schedules them after you approve.Included
    09

    AI

    Even
    Beacons
    Beam AI writes text, makes images and designs your page and emails.Included
  10. Linkme
    A manager can sign in to help only through the Linkme Agency plan.Partial
    10

    Help from your team

    Linkme ahead
    Beacons
    There is no way to give a helper their own login.Not offered

On our marks, Linkme 8.5, Beacons 7.0. Linkme covers more on 2 jobs and 8 are even.

We marked each tool from its own site. A tool is ahead on a job when it covers that job more fully: included beats partial, and both beat not offered. The score out of 10 adds up the ten marks: 1 for included, 0.5 for partial and 0 for not offered.

Sources: beacons.ai/i/pricing, beacons.ai/i/app-pages/smart-reply, beacons.ai/i/whats-new, beacons.ai/i/managers, home.beacons.ai, help.beacons.ai (1, 2) and link.me/pricing. Checked 19 October 2026.

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Built for the people a creator toolkit holds back

Creators who post everywhere

Post to All sends one post to any of Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, X, LinkedIn and Threads. Your page, your store and your DM automations live in the same login.

  • With Post to All you publish your posts, not only changes to your page.
  • Instagram and Facebook comments turn into DMs with your link.
  • Your total followers and a verification badge show on the page from Plus.

Brands, restaurants and venues

Your page captures customers and reports what worked, on plans built for a business instead of a single creator account.

  • Leads keeps every contact, with CSV export on Pro.
  • Page analytics show views, clicks, traffic sources and locations.
  • Linkme Business comes in three packages, AI Standard, AI Power Maxed and Enterprise, each with Link, your AI Social Media Manager, unlimited users and unlimited brands. They differ in AI credits: AI Standard has 20,000 a month, AI Power Maxed 50,000 and Enterprise 100,000 or more. Pricing is agreed on a demo.

Agencies and talent managers

Run each client page from one Linkme agency dashboard on the Agency plan. Give each person a role: Owner, Super Manager, Manager or Member.

  • Every client page sits under one login.
  • Roles replace a shared password.
  • Each person signs in with their own login.
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Move from Beacons to Linkme in a few steps

  1. 01

    Claim your link.me

    Pick the handle your followers already know from your Beacons page.

  2. 02

    Add your links and products

    Paste the links from your Beacons page. Merch and tips sell from the free plan, and digital products and courses start on Plus. Export your contacts from Beacons first so your list comes with you.

  3. 03

    Swap the bio link

    Put your link.me in your Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X bios. Nothing else on your accounts changes.

Linkme vs Beacons, answered

Is Linkme better than Beacons?

On our marks, yes. We scored both on the same ten jobs as every rival on /compare/people. Linkme 8.5, Beacons 7.0. Linkme covers more on 2 jobs and 8 are even. Linkme covers more on posting to your networks and help from your team, and the two are even on your page, DM automations, the social inbox, lead capture, email campaigns, selling, analytics and AI.

Is Beacons free?

Yes. Beacons' pricing page lists a Free plan with 50 email sends a month and a 9% Beacons fee on sales. Creator is $10 a month, or $8.33 billed yearly at $100 a year, with 500 sends and the same 9% fee. Creator Plus is $30 a month, or $25 billed yearly, with unlimited sends, a 0% Beacons fee and Beacons branding removed. Linkme's free plan includes your page, unlimited links, tips, merch and 10 posts with Post to All. Linkme Pro is $16.67 a month billed yearly ($199.99 a year), or $29.99 billed monthly. Beacons costs $25 a month for one creator, $8.33 more than Linkme, and covers less, scoring 7.0 to Linkme's 8.5 on our marks.

How do I move from Beacons to Linkme?

Create your Linkme page, add the same links and products and put your link.me in your Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X bios. If you collected emails on Beacons, export your contacts there first so you keep your list.

Does Beacons post to social media?

No. Beacons does not publish posts to your social accounts. Its scheduling only changes your page in advance. Post to All is on every Linkme plan: 10 posts on Free, and unlimited posts on Plus and Pro. Each plan sets how many networks one post can go to at once.

How do DM automations compare?

Beacons Smart Reply sends unlimited Instagram DMs from comment and DM keywords, and it works on Instagram only. Linkme's comment to DM automations run on Instagram and Facebook Pages: a keyword or any comment sends a DM with the link you choose. Free includes 3 keyword and 4 any comment automations, and Pro is unlimited for up to 100,000 contacts a month.

Which is better for a team, venue or agency?

Linkme. On Beacons there is no way to give a helper their own login. On Linkme, a manager signs in to help through the Agency plan, and every page sits under one login. Give each person a role: Owner, Super Manager, Manager or Member. Linkme Business comes in three packages, AI Standard, AI Power Maxed and Enterprise, each with Link, your AI Social Media Manager, unlimited users and unlimited brands. They differ in AI credits: AI Standard has 20,000 a month, AI Power Maxed 50,000 and Enterprise 100,000 or more. Pricing is agreed on a demo.

Does Linkme have a media kit?

No. Linkme has no media kit. From the Plus plan, your page shows your total followers across every connected network as one number, next to your verification badge.

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