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Compare Beacons and Carrd for building link and card pages: what each does, pricing, getting started, and how to choose.

Connections MyConnect, made by the team that publishes this site, gives you a public card page a visitor opens in a browser, with a QR code and one-tap vCard download. Beacons and Carrd each build pages too, but their own pages describe them differently, so the sections below set out what each one's sources say.

| Option | Free option | Paid plans | Sales commission |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacons | Free and Creator plans charge a 9% commission on sales [^1] | Paid monthly plans start at $10 per month, or $8.33 per month billed annually [^1]; Creator $10 per month or $8.33 billed annually ($100 billed annually) [^1]; Creator Plus $30 per month or $25 billed annually ($300 billed annually) [^1]; Creator Max $100 per month or $83.3 billed annually ($900 billed annually) [^1] | 9% on Free and Creator plans [^1]; 0% on Creator Plus and Creator Max plans [^1] |
| Carrd | Up to three sites per account for free [^2] | Pro starts at $19 per year [^3]; Pro Lite $9 per year for three sites [^3]; Pro Lite 10 $14 per year for ten sites [^3]; Pro Standard $19 per year for ten sites [^3]; Pro Standard 25 $39 per year for 25 sites [^3]; Pro Standard 50 $69 per year for 50 sites [^3]; Pro Standard 100 $119 per year for 100 sites [^3] | Not published |
| Connections MyConnect | Connections Free costs $0, with no time limit [^4] [^4] | Connections Pro is $39.99 a month [^4]; Connections Business is $99.99 a month [^4]; both sold under the name Pass [^4] | Not published |

## The short answer

Beacons is described on its own page as a creator's AI-powered business platform meant to build, grow and monetize a creator business, and its paid monthly plans start at $10 per month, or $8.33 per month billed annually. [^1] Beacons charges a 9% commission on sales on the Free and Creator plans. [^1] Carrd lets you build up to three sites per account for free, starting from a template or a blank page. [^2] [^2]

Connections MyConnect is made by the team that publishes this site. It gives you a public card page that anyone can open in a browser, with a QR code you share from the workspace and a one-tap vCard download for visitors. [^4] [^4] [^4] Whether one of these matches your needs comes down to whether you want an AI business platform with a commission, low-cost yearly pages, or a card page visitors open in a browser.

## What Beacons and Carrd are built for

Beacons is described on its own page as a creator's AI-powered business platform designed to help you build, grow and monetize a creator business. [^1] Beacons charges a 9% commission on sales as part of the Free and Creator plans. [^1] Paid monthly subscription plans start at $10 per month, or $8.33 per month when billed annually. [^1] The Creator Plus and Creator Max plans charge no commission on sales. [^1] The Creator plan includes 500 email sends per month. [^1]

Carrd's page says you can build up to three sites per account for free and use all of Carrd's core features. [^2] It offers dozens of templates, or a blank page, as a starting point. [^2] Carrd accepts PayPal and all major credit and debit cards. [^2] A Pro upgrade starts at $19 per year, and Carrd prices its plans by the year with set numbers of sites. [^3] [^2]

## What Connections MyConnect is built for

Connections MyConnect is made by the team that publishes this site, Uncommon Comforts. A MyConnect card is a public web page, so a visitor opens it in a browser and needs no app. [^4] You get a public page for your card that anyone can open in a browser. [^4] Your card has a QR code that you can share from the workspace, and you can add a logo to it. [^4]

A visitor can download your details as a contact file in one tap. [^4] A visitor can add your card to Apple Wallet. [^4] A visitor can type in their own details and send them to you, and they arrive in your workspace. [^4] Two people can swap contact cards in person by pairing their phones. [^4]

You can paste a Linktree address and bring its links into your card. [^4] You can set a link to show only between a start time and an end time. [^4] The analytics panel shows which of your links visitors tap. [^4] You can make an email signature from your card, as HTML you copy and paste into your email. [^4] You can export your contacts to a CSV file. [^4]

## Pricing and fees

Beacons' paid monthly subscription plans start at $10 per month, or $8.33 per month when billed annually. [^1] Beacons charges a 9% commission on sales as part of the Free and Creator plans. [^1] The Creator Plus and Creator Max plans charge no commission on sales. [^1] The individual plan prices are set out in the table below.

Carrd's Pro upgrade starts at $19 per year. [^3] Its plan prices are also shown in the table. Connects's own price figures are not published on the Connections pages cited here, so a price for Connections MyConnect is not stated. [^4] Connections Free has no time limit. [^4] Paid plans are sold under one name, Pass, and premium features apply across every Connections app. [^4]

The table sets out what is published for each.

## Getting started

Beacons' sign-up steps are not described on the pages cited here, so look at its first screens to see what it asks for. Carrd lets you build up to three sites per account for free, starting from a template or a blank page, so that is where a new page begins. [^2] [^2]

To start with Connections MyConnect, sign in to the Connections workspace and open the MyConnect section. [^4] Then you can paste a Linktree address and bring its links into your card. [^4] Your card is a public web page, so you share the page and its QR code and visitors open it in a browser. [^4] [^4] The sign-up steps for Connections are not covered here, so check the first screens before you commit.

## Things to check before you choose

Ask whether you sell through your page, because Beacons charges a 9% commission on sales on its Free and Creator plans. [^1] Ask how many pages or sites you need, since Carrd allows up to three sites per account for free and prices its paid plans by the year. [^2] Ask whether your visitors can get your details without an app. A MyConnect card is a public web page, and a visitor can download it as a contact file in one tap. [^4] [^4] Ask whether you want to collect a visitor's own details or share a QR code, and check which tool offers that before you choose.

## How to choose

If you want an AI business platform with email sends, Beacons' own page describes one, and its page lists 500 email sends per month. [^1] [^1] If a commission on sales matters, Beacons charges 9% on its Free and Creator plans, and its Creator Plus and Creator Max plans charge none. [^1] [^1]

If you want low-cost yearly pages, Carrd's Pro plans start at $19 per year. [^3] If you want a public card page a visitor opens in a browser, with a QR code and a one-tap vCard download, Connections MyConnect has those. [^4] [^4] [^4] If you want visitors to save your card to Apple Wallet, MyConnect offers that. [^4]

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Carrd free for building web pages?

Carrd's page says you can build up to three sites per account for free and use all of Carrd's core features. [^2] It offers templates or a blank page as a starting point. [^2] A Pro upgrade starts at $19 per year, and individual plans are priced by the year with set numbers of sites. [^3] Before committing, check whether three free sites covers your need and which Pro plan's site count you want.

### How much does Beacons cost?

Beacons' paid monthly subscription plans start at $10 per month, or $8.33 per month when billed annually. [^1] The Creator plan is $10 per month or $8.33 per month billed annually ($100 billed annually), Creator Plus is $30 per month or $25 billed annually ($300 billed annually), and Creator Max is $100 per month or $83.3 billed annually ($900 billed annually). [^1] [^1] [^1] Check the current page for full plan details.

### Does Beacons charge a commission on sales?

Beacons' page says it charges a 9% commission on all sales as part of the Free and Creator plans. [^1] It also says it offers 0% commission on sales as part of the Creator Plus and Creator Max plans. [^1] So the commission depends on which plan a seller is on, and a person who runs things should confirm the plan that applies to the sales they expect.

### Can Carrd build more than one site?

Carrd's page says you can build up to three sites per account for free. [^2] Its Pro plans allow more, priced by the year: Pro Lite covers three sites at $9 per year, and higher Pro plans cover 25, 50 or 100 sites. [^3] [^3] [^3] [^3] If more than three sites are needed, check which Pro plan's site limit fits.

### Can Connections MyConnect share a card without an app?

A MyConnect card is a public web page, so a visitor opens it in a browser and needs no app. [^4] You get a public page anyone can open, with a QR code you share from the workspace. [^4] [^4] A visitor can download the details as a contact file in one tap or add the card to Apple Wallet. [^4] [^4]

The free base has no time limit. [^4] Connections Free costs $0, and going over a limit stops the feature rather than billing you. [^4] - [Visit Connections MyConnect](/go/start-connections-myconnect)

## Sources

[^1]: Beacons, beacons.ai/i/pricing, read 2026-10-08 (https://beacons.ai/i/pricing)
[^2]: Carrd, carrd.co, read 2026-10-23 (https://carrd.co)
[^3]: Carrd, carrd.co/pro, read 2026-10-23 (https://carrd.co/pro)
[^4]: Connections MyConnect's own description of itself (the product of this site's publisher) (/go/start-connections-myconnect)