# UGC Creator Portfolio vs Beacons

> UGC Creator Portfolio vs Beacons for UGC creators: what each does today, prices and fees from Beacons’ own pages, and which to use for what.

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Last updated: 2026-10-29

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

Short version: Beacons hosts your media kit, link in bio and store today, and we don’t host anything yet. What we do have is free, sourced pricing: a UGC rate calculator that itemises usage rights and whitelisting, and the contract, proposal and invoice templates to go with it. Plenty of creators will use both.

## 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](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/ugc-rate-calculator) (usage rights, whitelisting, hooks, rush) and [influencer pricing calculator](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/influencer-pricing-calculator), every default sourced | Lists a "Pricing Calculator" and rate cards among its brand-deal features |
| Contracts | [UGC contract](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/templates/ugc-contract) and [influencer contract](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/templates/influencer-contract) templates | None found on its pricing or help pages we read |
| Invoices | [Invoice template](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/templates/creator-invoice) 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](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/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](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/templates/ugc-contract), [sponsorship proposal](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/templates/sponsorship-proposal) and [pitch emails](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/templates/pitch-email) 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](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/alternatives/beacons), the [Beacons review](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/reviews/beacons), and [Beacons vs Stan Store](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/vs/beacons-vs-stan-store).

## 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. [Beacons Help Center: Exporting your audience](https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/4703745)
5. [Beacons Help Center: Brand Collabs articles](https://help.beacons.ai/en/categories/1088065-brand-collabs-%F0%9F%92%B8)

Checked 2026-10-29.

## 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.

## Related

- [Beacons alternatives](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/alternatives/beacons)
- [Beacons review](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/reviews/beacons)
- [Beacons vs Stan Store](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/vs/beacons-vs-stan-store)
- [Compare creator tools](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/compare)
- [UGC rate calculator](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/ugc-rate-calculator)
- [Media kit template](https://ugccreatorportfolio.com/media-kit-template)