Constants charges a flat 6% fee on every sale, no matter which plan you're on. Beacons charges 9% on its free plan, or drops to 0% if you pay $30/month for Creator Plus. Which one actually keeps more of your money depends entirely on how much you're selling, and the two platforms aren't actually built for the same job.

The free plans: 6% vs 9%

Both platforms let you start selling without paying anything monthly, and the fee gap here is the simplest part of the comparison. Constants' free Essentials plan takes a flat 6% cut on digital products, bookings, and events. Beacons' Free Forever plan takes 9% on everything you sell. On a $1,000 month in sales, that's $60 in fees on Constants versus $90 on Beacons — a real $30 difference, every month, for as long as you stay on the free tier. Beacons' free plan does include things Constants' free plan doesn't, like auto-updating media kits for brand pitches and five free email automations, so the comparison isn't purely about the fee. But if the main thing you're doing is selling directly to your audience, the free-plan math favors Constants outright.

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The paid plans: where Beacons pulls ahead on fees

This is the part worth being honest about instead of glossing over. Constants Premium costs $29.99/month and adds unlimited AI credits, deeper AI reasoning modes, advanced analytics, a fully customizable landing page, and a verification badge — but it does not lower the 6% sales fee. You pay 6% whether you're on Essentials or Premium. Beacons Creator Plus costs $30/month, functionally the same price, and drops the seller fee to 0%, plus adds unlimited memberships, unlimited email sends, buy-now-pay-later checkout, and a free custom domain. If your only question is "which paid plan makes my transaction fees cheapest," Beacons Creator Plus wins at every sales volume, because Constants' fee never moves and Beacons' does.

The real question: does upgrading actually pay off

Here's where the math matters more than the headline fee. Staying on Constants' free plan costs you 6% of sales, with no monthly bill. Paying $30/month for Beacons Creator Plus to get to 0% only pays for itself once your fee savings exceed that $30 — which happens at $500/month in sales (6% of $500 is $30). Below $500/month, staying on Constants free actually costs you less overall than paying for Beacons' 0% fee. Above $500/month, Beacons Creator Plus starts winning on pure fee arithmetic, and the gap grows every month after that. Constants Premium, because its fee never drops, doesn't have an equivalent crossover point against Beacons' paid tier — it's priced for the AI and analytics tools it adds, not for fee reduction, so it's the wrong comparison to make if fees are your main concern.

What each platform is actually built for

The fee comparison only tells half the story, because Constants and Beacons aren't chasing the same customer. Beacons leans hard into the influencer side of the creator economy — auto-updating media kits, brand outreach tools, and an AI teammate built around landing brand deals and negotiating rates. Constants leans into direct audience monetization — digital products, 1:1 bookings, events, and memberships all live on one page, backed by an AI agent that works across your notes, your content, and your community, not just your brand pitches. If brand partnerships are your main income stream, Beacons' tooling is built for that job in a way Constants isn't. If your income comes from your audience buying directly from you, Constants' Sell tools are the more direct fit

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Bottom line

If you're not selling much yet, or you're not sure what you'll end up selling, Constants' free plan costs less than Beacons' free plan on every dollar you make, full stop — 6% beats 9% at any volume. Once you're consistently clearing $500 or more a month and fees are your main concern, Beacons Creator Plus's 0% fee starts to genuinely out-earn staying on Constants, and that's worth taking seriously rather than ignoring. The platform that actually fits you, though, comes down to what you're selling: your own products, bookings, and community, or your access to brand deals. You can see everything on Constants' free plan, including what upgrading actually unlocks, on the pricing page. If you're weighing more than just Beacons, the roundup of Beacons alternatives covers a few other platforms worth comparing too.