All the link-in-bio you need, plus the content protection Beacons leaves out.
Beacons bundles a link-in-bio with an online store, email marketing, a media kit and a growing set of AI tools. It aims to be the single dashboard a creator runs their business from. That breadth is the appeal — and the catch, since its free and lower tiers take a percentage of your sales.
We're biased — but honest.
Beacons is a capable all-in-one, but it monetises by taking a cut of your sales and gating the genuinely useful blocks behind paid tiers. Obsydian is narrower on purpose: a beautiful link page plus a real content-protection toolkit (watermarking + metadata scrubbing), at a flat price, with no cut of what you earn.
| Feature | Obsydian | Beacons |
|---|---|---|
| Links on the free plan | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Free page without their branding | Small badge on Free — removed on paid | — |
| Built-in image watermarking | Visible — 10/mo free, unlimited on paid | — |
| Invisible (steganographic) watermark | On paid | — |
| Automatic EXIF / GPS removal | Always on, every image | — |
| On-device video metadata scrubber | ✓ | — |
| Creator-friendly content policies | Yes — won't deplatform your niche | Limited |
| Click & view analytics | Free basic · deeper on paid | Yes |
| Custom domain | On Black | Add-on |
| Starting paid price | £9 / mo | $10 / mo + sales % |
Comparison reflects each provider's publicly listed plans and features as of June 2026. Details change — check each provider for the latest.
Comparison reflects each provider's publicly listed plans and features as of June 2026. Details change — check each provider for the latest.
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