Bento alternatives, now that bento.me is gone

What you are replacing

Bento (bento.me) was bought by Linktree in June 2023, according to TechCrunch, and closed in early 2026. Old bento.me links now redirect to Linktree. If you need the step by step for moving your page and fixing old links, read moving from Bento. This page is about choosing where to go.

People liked Bento for three things: a grid of tiles instead of a list of buttons, a page that felt personal rather than like a menu, and that it was free and quick. Judge each alternative on those three, then on the one Bento never had: a domain of your own, so the next shutdown does not break your links again.

The short list

Prices are what each product's own pricing page listed when we checked in October 2026, before tax and before the domain itself. Linktree prices its plans by region, so check its pricing page for yours.

Linktree: where your old links already go

Because bento.me redirects to Linktree, it is the path of least resistance, and reports say Linktree offered former Bento users a way across. Linktree has a free plan, a large set of integrations and commerce features, and it is the most familiar link in bio there is.

The trade-off is that it is built for creators pointing to content, not for showing products. See makerhandle vs Linktree or the wider list of Linktree alternatives.

makerhandle: a grid for people who make things

makerhandle's Bento template is a grid of tiles: your featured projects big, revenue and socials around them. It is one of nine templates, and you can switch between them without redoing anything.

What it adds over Bento is built for makers: a status on every project (Active, Building, Acquired, On hold or Discontinued), verified revenue from Stripe, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Gumroad, RevenueCat or Shopify, a page of its own for each project with a write-up and gallery, cookie-free analytics and an email subscribe box. Free covers five projects and three templates; the Bento template and a custom domain come with Pro at $20 a year.

Carrd, Peerlist and the plain lists

• Carrd gives you a blank one-page canvas. You can build a Bento-like grid yourself, and Pro Standard with custom domains is $19 a year per Carrd's pricing. Good if you enjoy designing. See makerhandle vs Carrd.
• Peerlist is a profile inside a professional network for people in tech, with projects and a feed around them. Good if you want the network as well as the page. See makerhandle vs Peerlist.
• bio.link and Lnk.Bio are fast, cheap lists of buttons. Good if the grid was never the point. See bio.link and Lnk.Bio.
• Framer builds anything, including a grid, if you are willing to design it. See makerhandle vs Framer.

When each one is the better choice

• Pick Linktree if you are a creator, your audience already knows the format and you want commerce and integrations in one place.
• Pick makerhandle if the tiles on your Bento were mostly products, apps or side projects, and you want them to show status and real revenue.
• Pick Carrd or Framer if you liked Bento because it felt like a homepage, and you are happy to design one yourself.
• Pick Peerlist if you want to be found inside a network of builders, not just to have a page.
• Pick bio.link or Lnk.Bio if you only need buttons, quickly and cheaply.

Whichever you choose, point a domain you own at it. Then a shutdown is a DNS change, not an afternoon of updating bios. Read custom domain for your link in bio.