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UGC Creator Portfolio vs Beacons
By the UGC Creator Portfolio team · Updated
Side by side
| UGC Creator Portfolio | Beacons | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, no account | Free plan; Creator $10/mo, Creator Plus $30/mo, Creator Max $100/mo |
| Fee on sales | None (we don’t take payments) | 9% on Free and Creator; 0% on Creator Plus and Max |
| Hosted media kit | Not yet | Yes, "daily-updating", free |
| Live stats | Not yet | Pulled from connected accounts (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitch) |
| Pricing help | UGC rate calculator (usage rights, whitelisting, hooks, rush) and influencer pricing calculator, every default sourced | Lists a "Pricing Calculator" and rate cards among its brand-deal features |
| Contracts | UGC contract and influencer contract templates | None found on its pricing or help pages we read |
| Invoices | Invoice template you copy | Free invoicing tool: PayPal, Stripe or bank; Net 30/60/90; PDF |
| Link in bio, store, email | No | Yes |
| Your data out | Nothing stored: calculator inputs stay in your browser | Audience CSV export documented in its help center |
Where Beacons is ahead
Everything hosted. Beacons gives you a media kit page that keeps its numbers current, gated sections, view analytics, invoices that get paid by card or bank, and a link in bio with a store and email list, all on a free plan. We have none of that live yet.
Where we’re ahead
- Sourced UGC pricing. The UGC rate calculator prices a brief line by line (paid usage by duration, whitelisting per month, extra hooks, raw footage, rush) from named reports, each linked under the tool.
- The paperwork. A UGC contract, sponsorship proposal and pitch emails you can copy today.
- No account, no fee, nothing stored. Calculator inputs never leave your browser.
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 pick Beacons
- You need a media kit link to send brands this week.
- You want your link in bio, store and email list in the same place as your media kit.
- You want brands to pay invoices online.
Using both
Work out the rate for a brief here, then put the number in your Beacons rate card and send the contract from our template. More options: Beacons alternatives, the Beacons review, and Beacons vs Stan Store.
Where these facts come from
- 1.Beacons: Pricing
- 2.Beacons Help Center: Media kit
- 3.Beacons Help Center: Invoicing
- 4.Beacons Help Center: Exporting your audience
- 5.Beacons Help Center: Brand Collabs articles
Checked 2026-10-29. Spot something out of date? Tell us on the contact page and we'll update it.
Questions creators ask
+Is UGC Creator Portfolio a Beacons alternative?
Not yet for hosting: we don’t have a portfolio or media kit page live. Today we are free calculators and templates for pricing and paperwork, which work alongside Beacons. Portfolios and media kits are what we’re building next.
+Does Beacons take a cut of brand deals?
Beacons’ pricing page lists a 9% seller or transaction fee on the Free and Creator plans and 0% on Creator Plus and Creator Max. It doesn’t say on that page how the fee applies to invoices.
Keep going
- Beacons alternativesFive options for a UGC media kit, portfolio or brand-deal payments, and who should stay on Beacons.
- Beacons reviewPlans, the 9% fee, the free media kit, invoicing and data export.
- Beacons vs Stan StorePlans, prices, fees and brand-deal tools from each one’s own pages.
- Compare creator toolsBeacons, Passionfroot, Canva, Notion, Stan and Collabstr: prices, fees and features from their own pages.
- UGC rate calculatorPrice a UGC video with usage rights, whitelisting, hooks and rush fees, line by line.
- Media kit templateA one-page media kit layout brands read in 30 seconds.
Coming next
Your portfolio, media kit and deals in one place
A portfolio page brands can browse, a media kit with live stats, a rate card that turns into a quote, and a tracker that takes each deal from pitch to paid invoice. Free to start.