# Beacons alternatives for UGC creators

> Beacons alternatives for UGC creators: Passionfroot, Collabstr, Canva, Notion and Stan Store, with prices and fees from their own pages, and who should stay.

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Last updated: 2026-10-29

By the UGC Creator Portfolio team. Updated 2026-10-29.

Beacons is a link in bio, store, email tool and media kit in one, with a free plan. These are the alternatives worth a look if you mainly need a portfolio, a media kit or a way to get paid for brand deals, with what each costs and where Beacons is still the better pick.

## What Beacons gives you

Beacons’ free plan includes a link in bio, a "daily-updating media kit", a store for digital products, affiliate links and 50 email sends a month. Its help center describes the media kit as "a one-page digital resume" that pulls live stats from your connected accounts, and the core media kit is free. It also has a free invoicing tool that takes payment by PayPal, Stripe or bank account.

| Beacons plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | Seller / transaction fee | Email sends |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 ("free forever") | — | 9% | 50 a month |
| Creator | $10 | $100 ($8.33/mo) | 9% | 500 a month |
| Creator Plus | $30 | $300 ($25/mo) | 0% | Unlimited |
| Creator Max | $100 | $1,000 ($83.30/mo) | 0% | Unlimited |

## Reasons you might look elsewhere

- **The 9% fee.** Free and Creator plans carry a 9% seller fee; it drops to 0% only from Creator Plus at $30 a month.
- **A custom media kit domain is paid.** Beacons’ help center calls it a Pro feature; the pricing page lists a free custom domain from the Creator plan.
- **It does a lot.** If you only want a portfolio and a media kit, the store, courses and email tools are weight you carry.

## The alternatives

| Alternative | Best for | Price | Fee when a brand pays | Live stats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passionfroot | Selling sponsorships to B2B brands | Free for creators | None on deals you bring; 5% paid by the brand on storefront bookings; 15% on deals it sources | Yes: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Beehiiv, LinkedIn, X |
| Collabstr | Getting found by brands that buy packages | No up-front cost | 15% of each sale | Shown on your profile to brands |
| Canva | A designed media kit PDF or a simple site | Free; Pro CA$142/yr (as shown in Canada) | n/a | No, typed by hand |
| Notion | A portfolio page from a template | Free; Plus $10/seat/mo | n/a | No, typed by hand |
| Stan Store | Selling your own products and courses | $29/mo or $300/yr, no free plan | None stated in the help articles we read | No media kit in the help articles we read |

### Passionfroot

The closest match for brand deals. The creator side is free, the storefront is a media kit with live stats, rates, booking forms and scheduling, and Passionfroot generates the invoices. Its help center says it charges you nothing on deals you source yourself. It is built around B2B brands (tech, SaaS, AI, finance). Full comparison: [UGC Creator Portfolio vs Passionfroot](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/vs/ugc-creator-portfolio-vs-passionfroot), and the [Passionfroot alternatives](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/alternatives/passionfroot).

### Collabstr

A marketplace rather than a portfolio tool: you list packages for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, Twitter and UGC, brands buy them, and Collabstr holds the payment until the order is complete. There is no up-front cost; it takes 15% when you make a sale. See the [Collabstr review](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/reviews/collabstr).

### Canva

Canva lists 430 media kit templates you can customize and download, and Canva Websites publish free on a my.canva.site address (up to five live sites on the free plan). The numbers are whatever you type in, so they go stale. See [Canva alternatives](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/alternatives/canva).

### Notion

Notion’s free plan can publish a page to the web, and its template gallery has UGC portfolio templates from free to $79. A custom domain costs $8 a month per domain billed yearly, or $10 monthly.

### Stan Store

If what you liked about Beacons was the store, Stan is the usual comparison: $29 a month for Creator, $99 for Creator Pro, no free plan. Its help articles we read cover products, courses, memberships and bookings, not media kits or brand deals. See [Beacons vs Stan Store](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/vs/beacons-vs-stan-store).

### Where UGC Creator Portfolio fits

UGC Creator Portfolio today is free calculators, templates and guides: a [UGC rate calculator](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/ugc-rate-calculator) with usage rights, whitelisting and rush fees, an [influencer pricing calculator](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/influencer-pricing-calculator), money and engagement calculators, a [media kit template](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/media-kit-template), [contract](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/templates/ugc-contract), [proposal](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/templates/sponsorship-proposal), [pitch](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/templates/pitch-email) and [invoice](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/templates/creator-invoice) templates. No account needed, and every benchmark links to its source.

> What we don't have yet: a hosted portfolio or media kit page, live follower stats, invoicing or payments. Those are the next build; the early-access list below gets an email when they open.

## Who should stay on Beacons

- You want one link for everything: bio links, a store, email and the media kit.
- You want a media kit that updates itself from your connected accounts, free.
- You sell digital products or courses and can justify Creator Plus to drop the 9% fee.

Read the [Beacons review](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/reviews/beacons) or the head-to-head: [UGC Creator Portfolio vs Beacons](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/vs/ugc-creator-portfolio-vs-beacons).

## Where these facts come from

1. [Beacons: Pricing](https://beacons.ai/i/pricing)
2. [Beacons Help Center: Media kit](https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4704129)
3. [Beacons Help Center: Invoicing](https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4704577)
4. [Passionfroot: Creator pricing](https://www.passionfroot.me/creator-pricing)
5. [Passionfroot Help Center: Pricing](https://help.passionfroot.me/en/articles/11552638-pricing) (updated July 17, 2026)
6. [Passionfroot Help Center: Storefront](https://help.passionfroot.me/en/articles/11552776-storefront) (updated August 21, 2026)
7. [Collabstr: Frequently asked questions](https://collabstr.com/faq)
8. [Canva: Media kit templates](https://www.canva.com/media-kits/templates/)
9. [Canva: Website builder (FAQ: Are Canva Websites really free?)](https://www.canva.com/website-builder/)
10. [Canva: Plans and pricing](https://www.canva.com/pricing/) (prices shown in CAD to a visitor in Canada)
11. [Notion: Pricing](https://www.notion.com/pricing)
12. [Notion: Template gallery: "ugc portfolio"](https://www.notion.com/templates/search?query=ugc%20portfolio)
13. [Stan Help Center: Creator vs Creator Pro](https://help.stan.store/article/31-creator-vs-creator-pro) (updated June 23, 2026)

Checked 2026-10-29.

## Questions creators ask

### Is there a free alternative to Beacons for a media kit?

Yes. Passionfroot’s creator side is free and includes a media kit with live stats; Canva and Notion have free plans with media kit and portfolio templates you fill in by hand. Beacons’ own core media kit is also free.

### Which Beacons alternative takes no cut of brand deals?

Passionfroot’s help center says it charges no fee on deals you source yourself. Canva and Notion take no cut because they don’t handle payments. Collabstr takes 15% of each sale.

## Related

- [UGC Creator Portfolio vs Beacons](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/vs/ugc-creator-portfolio-vs-beacons)
- [Beacons review](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/reviews/beacons)
- [Beacons vs Stan Store](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/vs/beacons-vs-stan-store)
- [Best media kit makers for influencers](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/best/media-kit-makers-for-influencers)
- [UGC rate calculator](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/ugc-rate-calculator)
- [Media kit template](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/media-kit-template)