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Beacons alternative for small businesses
Beacons is built for creator commerce — media kits, courses, brand deals. If you are a shop, café, coach or freelancer who mostly needs a page, bookings and a shortener, UrlsTree is simpler and cheaper.
What Beacons does well
- Creator monetisation: digital storefront, courses, memberships, invoicing and a media kit for brand deals.
- Appointments with Google Calendar sync on Store Pro (~$30/mo).
- AI content tools and email marketing built in.
Where UrlsTree is different
- Price of bookings: native appointment booking with Google Calendar sync is in UrlsTree Pro (~$5/mo); on Beacons it needs Store Pro (~$30/mo).
- Fees: UrlsTree takes 0 % at every tier. Beacons charges 9 % on the free tier and drops to 0 % on Store Pro.
- Shortener: UrlsTree includes an unlimited URL shortener with QR codes and click stats; Beacons has no standalone shortener we could find.
- Scope: UrlsTree does not have a media kit, courses, memberships or invoicing. If you need those, Beacons is the right tool.
Side by side
Beacons pricing and help pages, checked August 2026 (some Beacons figures come from third-party pricing trackers). Verify before deciding.
| UrlsTree | Beacons | |
|---|---|---|
| Native appointment booking | Pro, ~$5/mo | Store Pro, ~$30/mo |
| Google Calendar sync for bookings | Yes (Pro) | Yes (Store Pro) |
| Fee on sales | 0 % | 9 % (Free) → 0 % (Store Pro) |
| Free URL shortener | Yes, unlimited | No |
| Media kit / brand deals | No | Yes |
| Courses / memberships / invoicing | No | Yes (paid tiers) |
| Custom domain | Pro | Creator Pro and above |
| AI assistant control (MCP) | Yes | No |
Pick Beacons if…
You are a creator selling courses, memberships or brand deals and want the media kit and storefront in one place.
Pick UrlsTree if…
You want a fast page with bookings, a shortener and your own domain for a few dollars a month, and you sell through your own checkout.
Questions
- Does UrlsTree have appointments like Beacons?
- Yes. Services, weekly hours, slots in the visitor’s timezone, calendar invites, reminders, reschedule links, intake questions and Google Calendar sync — inside the ~$5/mo Pro plan.
- Does UrlsTree have a media kit or courses?
- No. Those are Beacons strengths; UrlsTree focuses on the page, bookings, the shortener and analytics.
- Which is cheaper?
- For a page plus bookings, UrlsTree Pro (~$5/mo) versus Beacons Store Pro (~$30/mo). Both have free tiers; UrlsTree’s free tier includes the shortener and analytics.
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Claim your name, add your links. Free forever; Pro is about $5 a month when you want your own domain, bookings and email capture.
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Competitor details checked August 2026. Names and marks belong to their owners; this page is UrlsTree’s own comparison, not an endorsement.