Viralyze vs Beacons: Link in Bio Compared
Beacons and Viralyze both put a creator page behind the single link Instagram allows. Beacons is a link-in-bio platform with a store and creator tools, priced in USD. Viralyze is an Instagram Auto-DM and creator business app with its own bio page, a shop with UPI checkout at 0% platform fee, bookings and analytics, priced in INR. This article compares what each page can do and where the two diverge.
What does Beacons offer as a link in bio?
Beacons gives you a customisable bio page with links, a store for digital products, and additional creator tools such as a media kit, aimed at influencers working with brands. It is a capable page builder, and if brand partnerships are your main income and your buyers pay in dollars, it may fit well.
What does the Viralyze bio page include?
A link-in-bio page that updates itself and shows tap counts per link, plus smart links with click tracking you can share anywhere. On the page you can place:
- Products with their own checkout: digital downloads, physical products, courses and 1:1 sessions at 0% platform fee
- Lead magnets that collect an email
- A booking link with a service menu, Google Calendar two-way sync and UPI payment upfront
Payments run through UPI, cards or net banking via an RBI-authorised aggregator, with weekly payouts to your bank.
Which one sends your links to people who comment?
Viralyze. This is the main difference. Set a keyword on a reel, and commenters receive a DM with any item from your bio page in about a second. The automation can ask the person to follow first, reply publicly with rotated variations so the thread looks alive, and vary each DM slightly with AI.
Replies come to one Inbox with the original comment attached, inside Instagram's 24-hour window. Every conversation becomes a contact.
How do the numbers compare?
The home screen shows DMs sent, link clicks, follower growth and revenue over 7, 30 or 90 days, and lists top reels by DMs. Each automation reports a funnel from comments to matched, delivered, clicked and signed up. The bio page adds tap counts per link.
A bio-page tool typically reports page views and link clicks; it cannot show a comment-to-DM funnel because it does not run one.
An example: a travel creator with a presets pack
A travel creator in Goa sells a ₹399 pack of Lightroom presets and offers a free packing checklist.
1. On Beacons, both items sit on the bio page, and visitors who find the link can buy or download. 2. With Auto-DM, the presets are a digital download with UPI checkout, the checklist is a lead magnet collecting emails, and a reel captioned "comment PRESETS" sends the checkout by DM. The creator sees 2,600 comments, how many were delivered and clicked, and the revenue on the home screen.
Who should pick which?
Pick Beacons if your income is mostly brand deals, you want media kit tools, and your audience pays in USD.
Pick Viralyze if you sell to an Indian audience with UPI, want 0% platform fee and INR pricing, and want your products and bookings delivered from comments rather than waiting in the bio. Starter is ₹199 a month or ₹1,990 a year; Pro is ₹1,199 a month. Both have a 7-day free trial with no card needed.
Frequently asked questions
**Can I customise the look of the bio page?** The page is built for you from your products, links and booking menu and updates itself as you add or remove items.
**Is a Facebook Page needed for Auto-DM?** No. You log in through Meta's own screen with an Instagram Business or Creator account.
**Can I export my leads?** Yes. Every lead from DMs, links and bookings sits in one contacts list with source tags, exportable to CSV anytime.
Start your 7-day free trial of Viralyze, no card needed, and let your next reel deliver your bio page by DM.