Comparison
JomContact vs Beacons.ai
Two products, two different jobs. Here is the honest breakdown.
Quick verdict
If you are a creator selling digital products, courses, or merch to an online audience — Beacons.ai is built for you. If you are a professional, business owner, or networker who meets people in real life and keeps losing track of business cards — that is what JomContact does. Many users actually need both. They do not compete.
Who it is built for
Beacons.ai
Creators, influencers, and online personalities who need to monetise audience traffic from Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.
JomContact
Professionals aged 20–50 — lawyers, agents, founders, sales people, freelancers — who collect business cards in real life and want to remember everyone.
Feature by feature
| What you need | Beacons.ai | JomContact |
|---|---|---|
| Public profile / link in bio | Yes — designed for it | Yes — your jomcontact.com/handle profile |
| Scan a paper business card | No | Yes — OCR in English, Malay, Mandarin |
| Search contacts in plain language | No | Yes — "lawyer I met in Penang" |
| Sell digital products / courses | Yes — core feature | No — not the use case |
| Tip jar / fan donations | Yes | No |
| Email list / fan capture | Yes — built in | No |
| Brand deals marketplace | Yes | No |
| Save the visitor as a contact | No — visitors are anonymous | Yes — both sides exchange details |
| Team / shared contact library | No — single creator | Yes — invite your whole org |
| Native MY / SG pricing | USD only | RM, SGD, USD |
| Pricing entry point | Free tier, Pro from ~$10/mo | Free tier, Pro RM35 / SGD11 / USD8 monthly |
| Data export | Limited | vCard + CSV (in roadmap, free, no support ticket) |
| Pledged not to shut down overnight | No public pledge | 90-day notice + open-source last resort |
Where Beacons wins
If your job is to convert followers into paying customers — Beacons has a more complete monetisation toolkit. They have spent years building store, email, and creator-economy plumbing that JomContact does not have and does not plan to build. Use the right tool for the job.
How to pick
Do strangers find you on social media first?
Beacons.ai is the better fit.
Do you meet people in person and exchange cards?
JomContact is the better fit.
Do you do both?
Use both. Beacons for fans, JomContact for the people you actually shake hands with.
Try JomContact
Be remembered. Remember everyone.
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This page is an independent comparison written by the JomContact team. Beacons.ai is a trademark of its respective owner. Information is accurate to the best of our knowledge as of April 2026 — please verify the latest features on the respective product pages.