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 siteBeacons: IncludedSimplero: Included
- Custom domainBeacons: IncludedSimplero: Included
- Editor ModeBeacons: IncludedSimplero: Included
- Theme and fontsBeacons: IncludedSimplero: Included
- Brand kitBeacons: IncludedSimplero: Not included
Public content
- BlogBeacons: Not includedSimplero: Included
- Reader engagementBeacons: Not includedSimplero: Included
- Shop pagesBeacons: IncludedSimplero: Included
Audience and email
- AudienceBeacons: IncludedSimplero: Included
- Marketing emailsBeacons: IncludedSimplero: Included
- Campaign workflowsBeacons: IncludedSimplero: Included
Messaging
- Messaging CenterBeacons: Not includedSimplero: Included
Commerce
- Shop paymentsBeacons: IncludedSimplero: Included
- Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.Beacons: IncludedSimplero: Included
Team
- Admin usersBeacons: IncludedSimplero: Included
- AI AssistantBeacons: IncludedSimplero: 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.
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