This guide explains every product in the Beacon suite, how they work together, and how to decide which ones you need. It is the single reference for understanding what Beacon is and how it fits into your business.
What Beacon Is
Beacon is a connected ecosystem of tools built by Digital Royalty for AI-powered growth, automation, and monitoring. Every product shares a single authentication system, unified entitlements, and a common data platform through the Client Dashboard.
The products are designed to work together, but each one stands on its own. You can use Beacon Lens without Workbench, Pulse without Bits, or any other combination that fits your needs.
Free Tools
WP Beacon Plugin
What it does: AI-driven growth automation for WordPress sites — site profiling, content analysis, and automated recommendations delivered inside the WordPress admin.
Who it is for: WordPress site owners who want to reduce manual audit work and get structured growth recommendations without hiring a consultant for every review.
Cost: Free to install. AI-powered features incur pay-as-you-go charges.
Learn more: WP Beacon Plugin
Beacon Lens
What it does: A browser extension that provides AI-powered assistance on any web page — summarise, analyse, research, and get answers without switching tools.
Who it is for: Anyone who spends significant time reading, researching, or evaluating information on the web.
Cost: Free to install. AI-powered features incur pay-as-you-go charges.
Learn more: Beacon Lens
Paid Products
Beacon Pulse
What it does: Mobile app for iOS and Android that delivers real-time alerts, project status, and decision support to your phone.
Who it is for: Business owners and project leads who need to stay informed and make decisions away from their desk.
Cost: £25/mo
Learn more: Beacon Pulse
Beacon Workbench
What it does: Desktop application for Windows, macOS, and Linux built for heavy data operations — site copy analysis, bulk extraction, and multi-step workflows.
Who it is for: Users who need to process large data sets, run comprehensive analyses, or execute tasks too heavy for a browser.
Cost: £25/mo
Learn more: Beacon Workbench
Beacon Bits
What it does: Monitoring for background processes that run unattended — cron jobs, scheduled scripts, data pipelines. Heartbeat monitoring with alerting when something stops.
Who it is for: Businesses running any process that operates silently and would cause problems if it stopped without anyone noticing.
Cost: £25/mo + one-time setup fee per applet
Learn more: Beacon Bits
Beacon Agents
What it does: Autonomous AI agents that handle business processes — sales qualification, customer support, process automation, and internal operations.
Who it is for: Businesses with repetitive processes that consume disproportionate human time relative to their complexity.
Cost: £25/mo base + pay-as-you-go execution charges
Learn more: Beacon Agents
How Pricing Works
Individual products: £25/mo each.
All Products Pack: £50/mo or £500/yr — access to every paid product at half the price of buying all four individually.
Loyalty discounts: Year 2 of continuous subscription = 10% off. Year 3+ = 20% off. Cancelling resets to Year 1 pricing.
Retainer clients: Active retainer clients receive the All Products Pack at no additional cost.
PAYG charges: AI-powered features across all products incur pay-as-you-go charges based on API consumption.
See Software Pricing for the complete pricing breakdown.
How They Connect
All Beacon products share the same account, the same data, and the same entitlements through the Client Dashboard. If you use Pulse on your phone and Workbench on your desktop, you are seeing the same information from different interfaces optimised for different contexts.
Bits monitoring data appears in both Pulse (mobile quick checks) and Workbench (full monitoring dashboard). Agent activity is visible across all connected products. The ecosystem gets more valuable as you use more products, but no single product requires another to function.
Where to Start
- WordPress site owner? Start with the WP Beacon Plugin — it is free and immediately useful.
- Need mobile alerts? Beacon Pulse is the fastest way to stay informed.
- Heavy data work? Beacon Workbench handles what browsers cannot.
- Background processes? Beacon Bits makes the invisible visible.
- Repetitive workflows? Beacon Agents does the work so your team does not have to.
- Not sure? Get in touch and we will help you identify the right starting point.
