Cabana Studio vs Beacons

Beacons is a link-in-bio product with a storefront, email tools, and a media kit feature attached. Cabana Studio is a creator business platform built around the records behind a deal: intake, stages, contracts, invoices, payout history, affiliate tracking. Beacons leans toward selling to an audience. Cabana Studio leans toward running paid brand work.Beacons and Cabana serve different needs. Compare the page, deal records and invoicing; keep the tools that fit your work.

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Capability by capability

Public page and links: Cabana: Yes, portfolio plus Link Page blocks; Beacons: Yes, this is Beacons's core product
Brand intake form tied to a record: Cabana: Yes, each inquiry becomes a deal; Beacons: Contact links or a form, no deal record
Brand deal pipeline with stages: Cabana: Yes; Beacons: No

Contracts stored with the deal: Cabana: Yes; Beacons: No
Invoicing and payout records: Cabana: Yes, invoice from the agreement; Beacons: Product and tip payments, not deal invoicing
Media kits and tailored variants: Cabana: Planned; Beacons: Yes, a media kit feature is included
Digital storefront and email tools: Cabana: Offers and commerce links, no email marketing suite; Beacons: Yes, a core part of the product
Growth Score and weekly brief: Cabana: Planned; Beacons: Analytics dashboards, no equivalent brief
Marketplace readiness readout: Cabana: Planned; Beacons: No

Capabilities of Cabana Studio compared with Beacons
Capability	Cabana Studio	Beacons
Public page and links	Yes, portfolio plus Link Page blocks	Yes, this is Beacons's core product
Brand intake form tied to a record	Yes, each inquiry becomes a deal	Contact links or a form, no deal record
Brand deal pipeline with stages	Yes	No
Contracts stored with the deal	Yes	No
Invoicing and payout records	Yes, invoice from the agreement	Product and tip payments, not deal invoicing
Media kits and tailored variants	Planned	Yes, a media kit feature is included
Digital storefront and email tools	Offers and commerce links, no email marketing suite	Yes, a core part of the product
Growth Score and weekly brief	Planned	Analytics dashboards, no equivalent brief
Marketplace readiness readout	Planned	No

When Beacons is the better choice

Beacons is a genuinely strong choice for creators selling to their own audience.

Your income is mostly digital products, courses, or storefront sales
You want email marketing and audience tooling bundled with your page
You want a media kit generated quickly without building deal records
You prefer one product covering audience monetisation broadly

When Cabana Studio fits better

Cabana Studio fits when brand deals are the main income and the paperwork is the problem.

You need a deal pipeline with stages, follow-ups, and contract storage
You invoice brands and want the fee and payout on the same record
You want media kit variants tailored per brand category
You want to know which marketplaces you currently qualify for

Pricing facts

Published prices only, checked on September 7, 2026. Prices change, so confirm on each provider's own pricing page before deciding.

Beacons published plans
A free plan plus paid tiers published on beacons.ai, in the low-tens to low-thirties monthly range depending on tier, with a percentage fee applied to store sales on the free tier.
Cabana Studio published plans
Free $0/mo, Growth $29/mo, Scale $59/mo, with two months free on annual billing.
Per-deal fee
Cabana Studio: Direct Engagement creators pay 5% on Free or 0.5% on Growth and Scale, capped at $200 per creator per calendar month. Creator Call creators pay zero Cabana Call commission; brands pay the separate graduated per-hire fee. No fee on affiliate income; Direct Engagement brands pay no Creator Call hiring fee.

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