Beamly Review: Is This the Creator Platform You’ve Been Looking For?

If you’re one of the people who jumped on the massive Podcast craze a couple of years ago, you’re probably already familiar with Beamly (previously Podcastpage.io). It was one of the initial startups promising to help podcasters create their own websites without the hassle.

Now, it’s mutating into something a lot more versatile. Beamly’s paying attention to a growing demand in the ecommerce space a lot of us have already noticed. Creators are growing up, and they’re tired of using glued-together tools for branding, selling, and growth. They want all-in-one platforms.

That’s the shift Beamly’s clearly made. It stopped trying to be a single clever tool and started acting more like a box of parts you can actually build with. Site, products, audience, all living in the same place. It sounds obvious when you say it out loud. Whether it actually works long term is the interesting part.

This review is the result of my attempt to find out.

Quick Verdict

Beamly isn’t another “creator tool” with a fresh coat of paint. It’s a real shot at replacing the stack of half-working platforms most of us have duct-taped together over time.

If you're serious about building something that lasts — and want everything (site, podcast, video, blog, memberships, courses, products) in one place, under your own domain, Beamly’s got the muscle for it.

No platform fees. Clean structure. Actually usable AI. A website builder that respects your time.

But if all you want is a link page, or if your entire business runs on community feeds or custom plugins, this ain’t it.

Beamly is built for creators who are done playing small and want a serious HQ — not another rented profile.

Why You Can Trust This Review

I’ve been working in ecommerce long enough that I’ve lost the novelty phase. I’ve tested a lot of software, worked alongside plenty of brands, and launched things that looked great on paper and fell apart once real people showed up. I don’t write reviews based on demos or feature lists. If I’m talking about it, I’ve spent time living with it.

I spend an uncomfortable amount of time inside these platforms. I care about the boring parts: what happens after you import real content, how annoying it is to tweak layouts for the third time, whether monetization feels thought through.

This review isn’t here to “sell” you anything, it’s just a series of honest insights from someone who might have been through the same things as you.

Beamly Pros and Cons

Beamly feels like it came from people who know what creator work looks like when it’s messy and repetitive, not just exciting. That’s what I noticed first. There’s some friction while you’re learning it, and I’d still like to see more integrations over time, but as a whole it feels considered. Solid in the way tools usually aren’t.

What I genuinely like

Everything lives on one site. Podcasts, posts, videos, courses, downloads. You’re not hopping between tools or duct-taping embeds together. Podcasting isn’t an add-on. Episode pages, transcripts, review imports, and private feeds are all built in, not bolted on later. 0% platform fees. You keep what you earn (Stripe still takes its cut, obviously). After watching other platforms nibble away at subscription revenue, this matters. AI where it actually helps. Drafts, summaries, metadata. No weird promises about replacing creators. The site builder feels approachable. You get enough control to make something you’re happy to put your name on, without every page turning into a three-hour design exercise.

Where it might frustrate you

There’s a learning curve past the templates. Not brutal, but it’s there once you start customizing layouts. Community tools are minimal. No native forums or feeds if that’s your core business. It’s overkill for tiny setups. If all you want is a link-in-bio or a single sales page, this is more platform than you need. What is Beamly? (and how it evolved)

Beamly started life as Podcastpage.io, which, if you’ve been around podcasting for a while, you might recognize as a solid way to spin up a proper podcast website without trying to learn WordPress. The platform was built around real publishing needs first: episode pages, SEO, transcripts, and structure.

The shift to Beamly happened once it became obvious that most creators don’t stick to one format forever. Podcasters start writing. Writers add audio. Video steps in. Courses and paid content follow. Instead of forcing people to glue on more tools, Beamly widened the platform.

Today, Beamly is an all-in-one creator hub where your site, your content, and your monetization live together. Podcasts, blog posts, videos, courses, downloads, memberships, all under one domain, using the same structure and the same system.

The throughline hasn’t changed, though. It’s still about ownership. Your brand. Your content. Your audience. No rented profiles.

Getting Started, Ease Of Use & Customer Support

Getting into Beamly doesn’t take much work. You sign up and you’re immediately dropped into a real dashboard, with handy starting points all laid out. Everything’s very content-focused. You choose what you want to create first, like a podcast, or an online store.

The free trial gives you full access. No fake “preview mode.” No paywall lurking behind basic actions. You can start from a blank site if you want, but most people won’t. Importing existing content is clearly the expected path. Drop in a podcast RSS feed, connect a YouTube channel or playlist, and Beamly does the heavy lifting. Episode pages appear. Videos slot into place. Navigation is already usable before you’ve touched a setting.

Connecting Stripe is straightforward. Once that’s done, monetization options add up easily. You can pick from memberships, gated content, and traditional paid products, among other things.

Things aren’t quite as breezy once you move past the templates. Custom layouts take longer. Pages with lots of widgets need more attention. You have to think a bit. I don’t really see that as a downside. I’d rather deal with that than hit the ceiling early and have nowhere to go.

Support is solid. The help docs are short, visual, and written by humans. When I reached out, responses weren’t instant, but they were clear and useful. Add in team access, automatic hosting, SSL, backups, and no maintenance to worry about, and Beamly starts to feel like something you could live inside without friction piling up.

Website builder & content publishing (pages, blog, video)

This is where I expected Beamly to start wobbling a bit. Most creator platforms don’t really match the likes of Shopify, Squarespace, or WordPress.

Beamly, to me, feels surprisingly professional. You choose a template and edit things with drag-and-drop capabilities, which is nice. You’re working with proper sections, blocks, and widgets: episode lists, video grids, reviews, opt-ins, and CTAs. There are also very few limitations. For instance, you can create unlimited landing pages, choose your own domain, and set systems to update automatically.

Blogging is straightforward in a good way. The editor stays out of your way. Categories, tags, custom excerpts, scheduled posts, and multiple authors are all there. It feels closer to a lightweight publishing CMS than a “blog add-on,” which matters if writing is more than an afterthought for you.

Video works the same way. You can upload files directly, or sync a YouTube channel or playlist and let it keep itself updated. I like that Beamly doesn’t try to replace YouTube, it treats it as a source, not a competitor. Your site becomes the archive. Your home base.

Design controls sit right in the middle, which is where I want them. Fonts, colors, headers, footers, navigation, sidebars, all easy to change without digging. If you want to get picky, custom CSS and code injection are there. If you don’t, you can ignore them and nothing feels half finished.

A small but meaningful detail: internationalization. Full site translation and RTL support are built in. Most platforms ignore that entirely unless you’re on an enterprise plan.

Podcasting features (Beamly’s strongest area)

Beamly shows its roots in podcasting straight away.

You can host a podcast directly on Beamly, or import an existing RSS feed (the easier option). Once that’s done, Beamly builds out a full podcast site on its own. Individual episode pages, proper URLs, metadata that actually makes sense.

There’s space to write real show notes without everything feeling cramped. You can add links, context, extra media, whatever belongs there. The audio player behaves the way you hope it will. It loads fast. It stays visible as you move around the site. Chapters and timestamps work. Deep links drop people straight into the right moment. It’s not flashy. It just makes listening feel easier, which you notice pretty quickly.

Transcripts are handled sensibly, too. If your feed already includes them, Beamly pulls them in. If not, AI-generated transcripts are available on higher plans. They’re readable, searchable, and actually useful, especially for SEO and accessibility.

One of the features I didn’t expect to care about, but ended up liking a lot, is how reviews are handled. Beamly pulls in reviews from Apple Podcasts and Podchaser and lets you show them on your own site. Social proof that doesn’t vanish because an algorithm changed its mind is always a win. You can also collect reviews directly on your site and moderate them yourself.

Private podcasts are another strong point. Each member gets their own RSS feed tied to their access. Cancel the subscription and the feed stops working. No hacks, no awkward cleanup.

Monetization: what you can sell with Beamly

This is usually where creator platforms start to lose me. Plenty of tools say they support monetization, but what they really offer is Stripe plus a paywall and a shrug. Beamly goes a little further.

Payments still run through Stripe, and Beamly doesn’t take a platform cut. still gets paid, obviously, but Beamly isn’t skimming your memberships or product sales on top of that. What’s really great here is how much you can sell in one place:

Memberships and subscriptions: Free or paid tiers, monthly or annual billing, with clean access rules. Private podcasts: Sold on their own or bundled into memberships, each listener gets a unique RSS feed. Gated content: Posts, pages, videos, podcast episodes, and courses — all handled the same way. Online courses: Built from modules and lessons, with video, audio, transcripts, and downloads living together. Digital downloads: Templates, ebooks, files, bundles: sold as simple products, not a separate store. One-time products: No forced subscriptions if you don’t want them.

Access control is granular. You decide exactly who sees what, and you can change your mind later without breaking the site. Free memberships double nicely as email-gated access, which I prefer over slapping a paywall on everything too early.

Beamly also leaves room for messier, real-world monetization, like ads and sponsorship placements, or donations.

Nothing here boxes you into a single way of doing things. You can keep it simple, mess around a bit, and add more later once you know what’s actually worth the effort.

SEO, marketing & growth tools

Beamly handles growth in a way that feels boring at first glance, which is exactly why I like it. There’s no “growth hacks” tab. No gamified nonsense. Just solid fundamentals, wired into the platform so you don’t have to think about them every time you publish.

SEO starts with structure, and Beamly gets that right. Clean URLs, predictable page hierarchies, and sensible defaults mean you’re not fighting the platform before you even touch metadata. On top of that, you get control where it matters:

Custom meta titles and descriptions on pages, posts, episodes, and videos AI-generated metadata and keyphrase suggestions if you want a starting point Automatic XML sitemaps and built-in schema markup Direct access to robots.txt and ads.txt, which is rare outside developer-heavy setups

I also really like the fact that site-wide search works well. Visitors can search across posts, podcast episodes, videos, guest profiles, and pages in one place.

Social sharing is handled sensibly too. Pages generate proper previews, and X/Twitter cards can include an embedded audio player for podcast episodes. That’s the kind of thing you only notice once you’ve tried sharing links from platforms that don’t bother.

On the marketing side, Beamly keeps things lightweight:

Email opt-in forms and simple funnels Comments across content for on-site engagement Auto-posting to X/Twitter if you want basic social distribution Integrations with Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Zapier

There are built-in stats on the higher plans, and they’re fine when you just want a quick sense check. When I need to really dig in, I still end up in GA. Beamly doesn’t try to pretend otherwise, which I respect.

AI features: The Helpful Kind

No surprise here, Beamly goes big on AI. All the ecommerce and website-building platforms I’ve tried lately do. What’s good is how the features seem to sit naturally in your workflows.

The first place you notice it is when you’re publishing. Writing a post, editing show notes, setting up a page, AI suggestions are there if you want them, but they don’t interrupt you. No pop-ups. No “let us rewrite your voice.” Just small prompts that help you move faster when you’re tired or stuck.

The writing assistant is genuinely useful for unblocking momentum. I used it to:

Turn raw bullet notes into readable show notes Shorten long rambly paragraphs that clearly needed editing Generate first-pass summaries I could then rewrite properly

The AI summaries and excerpts are more valuable than I expected. Beamly can pull clean summaries from long episodes, posts, or videos and reuse them across the site for episode pages, previews, and member-only content. That saves real time if you publish frequently and hate rewriting the same idea five different ways.

SEO is another place where AI helps, giving you:

Meta titles and descriptions SEO-friendly summaries Keyword-focused descriptions tied to the page or episode

There’s also AI support inside the website builder itself. You can generate page layouts and starter copy when setting up a site, which can be very handy for beginners.

Pricing & Value For Money

The first thing you’ll probably notice is the 14-day free trial, and the fact it doesn’t ask for your credit card. There’s no long-term free plan, but that feels reasonable given how much is packed into the platform.

The Creator plan is the cheapest option. It starts at $30 a month if you pay annually and includes support for 1,000 members, one website, a podcast, a video channel, and a course. You also get two team seats, unlimited posts, and full access to the monetization tools. Nothing important is held back.

The more expensive plans (Business for $64 per month, and the custom plan) really just give you more room, through extra hosting for courses, channels, podcasts, and team seats. Every single plan comes with 0% fees on anything you sell. Although you may still need to pay transaction fees for your payment processor.

Is Beamly the cheapest option if all you want is a single landing page or a basic storefront? No. But if you’re replacing a website builder, a podcast host, a membership tool, and a course platform, the value starts to look a lot more reasonable. More importantly, it feels sustainable rather than engineered to upsell you at every step.

Beamly Review: Who should (and shouldn’t) use Beamly

Beamly is interesting. It’s the kind of platform that rewards creators who are building something deliberately, not just posting wherever the algorithm feels generous that week.

Beamly is a good fit if you are:

A podcaster who wants a real home for your show, not just an RSS feed and a link tree Publishing across formats (podcast, blog, video, downloads) and tired of stitching tools together Selling memberships, premium content, private podcasts, or digital products Thinking in terms of libraries and archives, not disposable posts Protective of ownership: your domain, your content, your audience Running a small team or planning to collaborate without adding chaos

Beamly is not a great fit if you are:

Only looking for a link-in-bio page or a single landing page Running a community-first business where forums or feeds are the main product Wanting endless plugin-level customization and deep developer control Expecting a platform to do the thinking for you

That’s my final verdict. If you’re serious about taking your creator business to the next level, Beamly can help you get there. The free trial is worth checking out if you’re unsure. It gives you enough functionality to figure out pretty quickly if it’s right for you.

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