hasl.ink vs Beacons
Feature bloat vs sharp focus.
Beacons tries to be everything — link page, email marketing, online store, media kit, invoicing. That's a lot. If you want an all-in-one creator platform, Beacons has a pitch. If you want the best link page with AI superpowers, hasl.ink is built for exactly that. No distractions. No feature creep. Just a link page that actually works harder for you.
Feature breakdown
| Feature | hasl.ink | Beacons |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free (beta) | Free–$100/mo |
| AI Chat | GPT-4 — answers as you | No visitor-facing AI |
| AI Design Studio | Yes — prompt-based | Basic AI features |
| Analytics | Free — full breakdown | Basic free, advanced paid |
| Link Page Focus | Core product | One of many features |
| Email Marketing | No | Yes (paid) |
| Online Store | No | Yes (with fees) |
| Custom Themes | Full design studio | Templates |
| Knowledge Base | Upload docs for AI | No |
| Speed | Edge-cached, sub-50ms | Heavier load times |
| Drag & Drop | Yes | Yes |
| Simplicity | Minimal, focused | Complex, multi-purpose |
The full picture
Beacons wants to replace your entire creator toolkit. Link page, store, email list, invoicing, media kit — it's all in there. For some creators, that's appealing. One login, one dashboard.
The problem is focus. When a product does 10 things, it usually does 7 of them poorly. Beacons' link page is decent but it's clearly not the priority. The UI is cluttered. The free tier is limited. The paid plans go up to $100/month.
hasl.ink does one thing: your link page. And it does it with AI that no other link-in-bio tool has. Your visitors can chat with an AI that sounds like you, trained on your knowledge base. It's not a gimmick — it's the difference between a static page and a page that actually engages.
The design studio is another gap. Beacons gives you templates. hasl.ink gives you an AI design assistant. Describe what you want and it generates a complete theme. Then tweak every detail — backgrounds, gradients, link styles, hover effects, social icons. Full creative control without the template constraints.
On speed, it's not close. hasl.ink is edge-cached globally with sub-50ms load times. Beacons loads heavier because it's loading an entire platform runtime for what should be a simple page.
Where Beacons wins: if you genuinely need email marketing, digital product sales, and invoicing in the same tool and you're willing to pay for it. Those are real features that hasl.ink doesn't have and isn't building.
Read more: Learn how AI chat converts 3x more visitors on your link page. Check out all hasl.ink features or follow our step-by-step setup guide.
Verdict.
Beacons is a Swiss Army knife — lots of tools, none of them best-in-class. hasl.ink is a scalpel — sharp, fast, focused on making the best link page possible with AI. If your link page is your priority, hasl.ink wins.