Beacons is a link list.
Portfolio is a website.
Beacons is a link-in-bio built for creators, and for that it is strong: one page of links, plus tools to sell, tip, and grow an audience. If your goal is monetizing a following from a single bio link, Beacons is made for it. But a bio page is not a professional website. Portfolio builds a real multi-page site from your resume in about a minute, on your own domain, with a matched designer resume and live ATS scoring. For creator income, use Beacons. For a career website, read the fair comparison below.
What Beacons is great at.
A fair read before the comparison. Beacons is built for creators, and the strengths below are real reasons to pick it.
One bio page that gathers every link for a social profile audience.
Tips, digital products, and creator income tools sit right in the page.
Made for people driving traffic from Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.
A single bio page of links and blocks, not a multi-page site.
Beacons and Portfolio, judged fairly.
Different goals. Beacons wins on creator monetization and the link-in-bio. Portfolio wins when you want a real multi-page career website from a resume.
| Beacons | Portfolio | |
|---|---|---|
| Best at | Creator monetization and link-in-bio | A real multi-page website from your resume |
| Shape | One bio page of links and blocks | Separate pages: work, about, projects, contact |
| Audience | Social creators driving bio traffic | Professionals presenting career work |
| How you build it | Add links and blocks by hand | Paste a resume, get a full draft |
| Resume tooling | None, it is a bio page | Matched designer resume, 48 layouts, live ATS scoring |
| Cover letter | No | A matched cover letter drafted alongside |
| Selling and tips | Yes, creator income tools | No, it is a career site, not a storefront |
| Custom domain | On paid plans | Yes, TLS handled automatically |
Growing and monetizing a following from one bio link? Beacons is built for that. Presenting your career on a real website from a resume? That is Portfolio.
When to choose Beacons.
Portfolio is not a link-in-bio and has no creator storefront. If your job is monetizing an audience, Beacons is the better tool, and we will say so.
Move to Portfolio if you
- +Want a real multi-page career website, not a single page of links.
- +Have a resume to draft from and want separate work, about, and contact pages.
- +Want a matched designer resume, live ATS scoring, and a cover letter with the site.
- +Are applying for jobs and need a site a recruiter and an ATS can read.
Keep Beacons if you
- −Are a creator monetizing an audience from a bio link. Beacons wins here.
- −Want tips, digital products, and selling tools built into the page.
- −Drive most of your traffic from a social profile and need one link that holds everything.
- −Want a single link page and do not need separate site pages or a resume.
Beacons questions, answered.
Straight answers about link pages, real sites, and when each tool fits.
Is Portfolio a link-in-bio like Beacons?
No. Beacons builds one bio page of links with creator income tools. Portfolio builds a real multi-page website from your resume, with separate work, about, and contact pages. If a bio link is all you need, Beacons is the better fit.
Can Portfolio sell products or take tips?
No, and that is on purpose. Selling and tips are Beacons' strength. Portfolio is a career website tool: it turns your resume into a site and a scored resume, not a storefront.
Does Beacons score my resume?
No, because Beacons is a bio page for creators. Portfolio gives you 48 resume layouts and live ATS scoring so an applicant tracking system can read your resume. Try the free ATS score checker first.
Why a full site instead of a link page?
For a job search, a recruiter wants to see your work, not a list of links. Portfolio drafts a multi-page site from a resume in about a minute. See resume to portfolio for how that works.
Do both support a custom domain?
Yes. Beacons connects a custom domain on its paid plans, and Portfolio connects one with TLS handled automatically. On that point they are comparable.
Should I switch from Beacons to Portfolio?
Only if your goal is a career website rather than a creator bio. Beacons stays the better choice for monetizing an audience from one link. Portfolio is for people who want a real site and a scored resume.
Keep reading.
The product, how a resume becomes a site, and the free tool to check your resume.
More than a link list?
Start from your resume.
Keep Beacons for the creator income it does so well. When you want a real career website, paste your resume into Portfolio and get a multi-page site, a scored resume, and a matched cover letter in about a minute, with TLS handled for you.