Beacons vs Kreosus

Beacons is an all-in-one creator platform from a US startup that began as a link-in-bio tool and grew into a small business suite for social media creators. A single Beacons page sits behind the bio link on Instagram, TikTok or YouTube and can host a storefront for digital products, an email signup form, a media kit for brands and links to everything else a creator does.

Beyond the link page, Beacons includes a store for selling digital downloads, courses and coaching, an email marketing tool for building and messaging a list, a media kit that pulls in audience statistics, invoicing for brand deals and a set of AI tools for captions, pitches and product descriptions. The free plan lets creators start without paying but takes a fee on sales; Creator Pro adds tools but keeps the same fee, and Store Pro removes it while unlocking more customisation.

Beacons fits creators who want monetisation, email and brand partnership admin in one place without stitching together several apps. It is less suited to businesses that need a full website, detailed analytics or precise design control, and the number of features can feel sprawling for someone who only needs a link page. Linktree is the simpler and better-known link page, Stan Store focuses on selling products and courses from the bio link, and Kit (formerly ConvertKit) is stronger when email is the main channel.

Kreosus is a crowdfunding and membership platform for content creators, built for the Turkish market. It is developed by Tree of Evolution LLC, the Texas-based company with Turkish roots behind the science outlet Evrim Ağacı, whose founder Çağrı Mert Bakırcı leads the project. Its core job is to let followers support creators with monthly subscriptions or one-time payments, in Turkish lira or major foreign currencies.

Creators set up a profile, define membership tiers with rewards, share supporter-only posts and use an embed code to collect support from their own website. A control panel shows earnings, commission, deductions and supporters in real time. Failed recurring charges are retried automatically. Kreosus is free to join: the platform fee starts at 0% and rises in steps (2%, 4%, 6%, 8%) to a 10% cap as a creator's lifetime earnings grow, and card processing costs 2.9 to 3.9% plus $0.30 per transaction. The site says more than 1,500 creators use it, including Evrim Ağacı, Doğruluk Payı, Teyit and Akademiklink.

Kreosus suits Turkish creators, independent media and nonprofits whose audiences prefer paying in lira on a Turkish interface. Patreon offers a far larger global audience and tooling, Buy Me a Coffee and Ko-fi are simpler for international tips, and none of them charge in TRY with a Turkish-first experience.

Buying tip: the 0% starting fee makes it cheap to test, but plan for 10% at scale. Have your bank and invoicing details ready, since payouts require them.