Beacons runs a store and processes the payment. SettleQuik shows the payment methods you already have and steps out of the way.
Create a free payment pageThese tools do different jobs. This is where they differ, including where Beacons does more.
| Feature | SettleQuik | Beacons |
|---|---|---|
| Who receives the money | ✓ You do, on your own apps | Their checkout Processed on the platform |
| Percentage taken from payments | ✓ None | Check their pricing Fees apply on transactions |
| Deep links that open the payment app | ✓ Venmo, Cash App, Revolut, Bitcoin and more | × Card checkout on the platform |
| Payment methods you can display | ✓ 20, including Paxum, Wise, Pix and crypto | Card-led Primarily card checkout |
| Built for restricted and adult-adjacent verticals | ✓ Yes | Restricted Standard terms apply |
| Invoice builder | ✓ Pro and above | × |
| Clicks tracked per payment method | ✓ Pro and above | General Store analytics |
| Multi-creator roster management | ✓ Agency plan | × Individual creators |
| Link health monitoring | ✓ Weekly checks on Agency | × |
| Selling digital products | × Not what it does | ✓ Built-in store |
| Email marketing | × Not what it does | ✓ Included |
| Free plan | ✓ 1 page, 3 methods | ✓ |
Beacons details reflect their publicly published plans and pricing at the time of writing, and their fees vary by plan. Check beacons.ai for their current terms.
Beacons processes payments through its own checkout, which is why it can charge a fee on them. SettleQuik never handles a payment, so there is nothing to take a percentage of. Your client pays you directly on Cash App, Wise or wherever — the same as if you had sent them your handle yourself.
SettleQuik deep-links into the apps your client already has open. No new account, no card entry, no platform in the middle. If one method stops working, you swap a link rather than rebuild a store.
Beacons operates under standard terms that restrict adult and high-risk categories. SettleQuik exists because those creators lose payment links regularly and need somewhere that expects it.
If you want to sell digital products, run email campaigns or take card payments through a hosted store, Beacons does those and SettleQuik does not. The two aren't substitutes for each other in every case — plenty of creators would sensibly use both.
SettleQuik never takes a percentage of what your clients pay you.
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