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BeaconsvsSimplero

Beacons is a creator toolkit: link in bio, store, email marketing, and invoicing in one. Simplero runs courses, coaching, email, CRM, and checkout from one login.

How Beacons and Simplero compare

Beacons is more than a link page. A link-in-bio, digital product store, email marketing, media kit, brand-deal invoicing, and AI tools give a creator a mini back office without leaving the app. For someone monetizing social attention with sponsors and downloads, it is a clever, generous bundle.

Simplero is built for coaches, course creators, and teachers who are tired of paying for a stack of tools that do not talk to each other. Courses with drip schedules, quizzes, and certificates, memberships and communities, email and a CRM that remembers every purchase and lesson, scheduling links, and a checkout with payment plans, upsells, and order bumps all share one contact record, and Simplero takes no transaction fee on sales. Its AI, Simplero Coach, can draft a course, a sales page, and the welcome sequence inside your account. For a coach whose business is a program people pay for and finish, Simplero covers the whole job.

Where they are different

Choose Beacons when you are monetizing a social audience with sponsors, downloads, and a bio link.

Choose Simplero when the business is a program: courses, coaching, or a membership people pay for and work through, sold with funnels and affiliates, with an AI that builds inside the account.

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What's on Beacons and Simplero

A check means that capability is available. Beacons and Simplero are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.

Site and brand

  • Workspace site
    Beacons: Included
    Simplero: Included
  • Custom domain
    Beacons: Included
    Simplero: Included
  • Editor Mode
    Beacons: Included
    Simplero: Included
  • Theme and fonts
    Beacons: Included
    Simplero: Included
  • Brand kit
    Beacons: Included
    Simplero: Not included

Public content

  • Blog
    Beacons: Not included
    Simplero: Included
  • Reader engagement
    Beacons: Not included
    Simplero: Included
  • Shop pages
    Beacons: Included
    Simplero: Included

Audience and email

  • Audience
    Beacons: Included
    Simplero: Included
  • Marketing emails
    Beacons: Included
    Simplero: Included
  • Campaign workflows
    Beacons: Included
    Simplero: Included

Messaging

  • Messaging Center
    Beacons: Not included
    Simplero: Included

Commerce

  • Shop payments
    Beacons: Included
    Simplero: Included
  • Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
    Beacons: Included
    Simplero: Included

Team

  • Admin users
    Beacons: Included
    Simplero: Included
  • AI Assistant
    Beacons: Included
    Simplero: Included

* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Beacons or Simplero, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Beacons or Simplero may add or remove features that are not shown here.

Beacons vs Simplero pricing

Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.

  • Beacons

    Current plans and prices

    See what Beacons charges on their pricing page.

  • Simplero

    Current plans and prices

    See what Simplero charges on their pricing page.

Cardel: An alternative to
Beacons and Simplero

You don't pay until you publish.

Cardel provides a home for your craft. Share and sell your work, grow your audience, and bring your community together on a site of your own.

Common questions

  • Is Cardel an alternative to Beacons or Simplero?

    Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Beacons or Simplero when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Beacons and Simplero are marked.

  • Can I use Cardel with Beacons or Simplero?

    Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Beacons or Simplero for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.

  • How much does Cardel cost compared with Beacons and Simplero?

    You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Beacons and Simplero set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.

  • How do I switch from Beacons or Simplero to Cardel?

    Start with Build Your Site, set up your home, and bring your work over at your own pace. You do not have to move everything on day one.