makerhandle vs Linktree

What Linktree does well

Linktree is the best-known link-in-bio tool, and it earned that. It is fast to set up, people recognise its links, and it supports a wide range of link types, embeds and integrations with platforms creators use. It also has commerce features for selling directly from your page.

As of 2026 it offers a free plan and paid tiers (Starter, Pro and Premium), with prices that vary by region. If you are a creator pointing people at videos, music, a podcast or a shop, it is a very good choice.

Built around projects, not buttons

makerhandle is organised around projects. Each one has a status (Active, Building, Acquired, On hold or Discontinued), a description, tags, a logo and, if you like, a screenshot. Pick one of seven templates (Stack, Showcase, Bento, Minimal, Spotlight, Terminal or Studio) and your work is laid out properly without any design decisions.

The templates are designed so you cannot break them: you fill in the content, the layout stays right on a phone and a laptop. Setup takes about two minutes. For a longer look, read Linktree vs a maker page.

Proof and stats included

makerhandle reads revenue from Stripe (a read-only restricted key) or Shopify (a read-only app with read_orders), shows it with a check mark and draws a revenue history chart. Projects with revenue can appear on the public leaderboard. Linktree is not built for showing product revenue.

Analytics are built in, with no cookies and no stored IP addresses: visitors, pageviews, bounce rate, visit duration, sources and UTM campaigns, locations, devices, project clicks and subscribes, realtime and CSV export. There is also a subscribe box with double opt-in, or a button to your Substack, beehiiv, Kit, Buttondown or Mailchimp.

Pricing

makerhandle has a free plan (five projects, three templates, up to 100 email subscribers, seven days of analytics, small badge) and one paid plan: Pro at $20 a year. Pro gives you unlimited projects, all seven templates and the theme builder, a custom domain with automatic SSL, unlimited subscribers, a year of analytics and no badge. Billed yearly through Stripe, cancel any time.

Linktree has several paid tiers with more features aimed at creators and sellers. Its prices vary by region, so check its pricing page for current figures where you are. See our pricing.

Which one should you pick?

Choose Linktree if most of your links point to content, you want creator commerce features, or you rely on its integrations.

Choose makerhandle if most of your links point to products you built. You get a page that shows what is live, what it earns and what people click, in a template that looks good without effort, for $20 a year.

You can also use both: a Linktree for content, a makerhandle page for products, each linking to the other. Try makerhandle on the free plan and see which one your visitors actually use.