CompareBeacons alternativeUpdated October 2026
Your own website and app. Not a store in your bio.
Beacons and Linktree start with a link in your bio. Drate starts with your own website and app, on a domain you own, with memberships on every plan.
Why creators leave Beacons.
9% until you pay $30.
Beacons takes 9% of sales on its Free and $10 Creator plans. Only its $30 and $100 plans take 0%.
Memberships cost extra.
Memberships start at the $30 Creator Plus plan, each one holds up to 6 files, and its price can’t change after the first sale.
A domain that stays theirs.
Beacons says a domain you get through it remains Beacons’ property, and you don’t get access to its DNS records. Taking it with you costs $70.
What you get on Drate.
Memberships on every plan.
Monthly and yearly memberships and passes, with members-only posts, video, downloads and courses, on Regular and Pro.
Your website and your app.
A site on a domain you own, in your look, and your own iOS and Android app on Pro. Beacons’ app is for you, to run your business, not for your members.
A community and Discord roles.
A members community feed and Discord roles for each membership, beside your posts, video and courses.
$32 more, for your own app.
What you’d pay on $1,000 a month in memberships.
- Drate
- $62Drate Pro: $12 a month plus 5%
- Beacons
- $30Beacons Creator Plus, the plan memberships need, 0% fee
How switching works.
Drate can’t move billing from Beacons, so switching is something you invite your members to. Keep your Beacons store up while they do.
Start your site.
Pick a starting point, add your name and choose your look. Your site is ready in minutes, and nothing is public until you publish.
Set up your memberships.
Recreate your Beacons memberships as monthly or yearly ones, add passes, and choose what members get with each.
Bring your work over.
Upload your downloads, posts and video, and group your lessons into courses.
Invite your members.
Put your site in your bio and tell your members. Keep your Beacons store up until they’ve joined you on your site.
Side by side.
Everything below is included in Drate’s Regular plan unless it says otherwise.
| Feature | Drate | Beacons |
|---|---|---|
| Your home | ||
| Your own website, domain and look | Included | Domain on paid plans |
| Your own iPhone and Android app | On Pro | Not offered |
| Memberships & content | ||
| Monthly & yearly memberships | Included | From $30 a month |
| Fixed-length passes | Included | Course access with an end date |
| Members-only posts, video & downloads | Included | Up to 6 files a membership |
| Courses & content library | Included | 1 course; video hosting from $30 |
| Members community feed | Included | Not offered |
| Paid coaching & bookings | Included | Included |
| Discord roles by membership | Included | Not offered |
| Keep Patreon connected | Included | Not offered |
| Merch | ||
| Merch store | Included | Self-shipped |
| Print on demand, no inventory | Included | Links to Spring |
| Money | ||
| Monthly price | $9 or $12 | $0 to $100 |
| Fee on membership sales | 5% on every plan | 0% on its $30 plan |
| Who pays you | Your Stripe, directly | Your Stripe or PayPal |
Beacons details are from its public pricing and help pages, checked October 2026. Prices exclude payment processing, which applies on every platform. Plans change, so check the latest before you decide.