Linktree alternatives, free and paid, sorted by what you need

First, decide what the page is for

A link in bio does one of four jobs, and the right tool depends on which:

• Point to content like videos, posts and episodes. Linktree is good at this.
• Sell things directly from the page: digital products, bookings, tips. That is creator commerce.
• Show what you have built, with proof that it is real. That is a maker page.
• Be a full website with several pages, a blog and your own design.

If you skip this step you end up comparing a storefront with a site builder, and every list looks contradictory. Pick the job, then pick the tool.

If you make products: makerhandle

makerhandle is built for the third job. Each project gets a card with a status (Active, Building, Acquired, On hold or Discontinued), a description, tags and a screenshot. Revenue can be verified from Stripe or Shopify with read-only access and shows a check mark.

You also get cookie-free analytics, an email subscribe box, seven templates and, on Pro, a custom domain with automatic SSL. The free plan covers five projects. Pro is $20 a year. See makerhandle vs Linktree for the direct comparison, or the three-way Carrd vs Linktree vs makerhandle.

If you sell to an audience

Creator commerce tools put a checkout on the page. Beacons and Stan Store are popular choices here, and Linktree itself has commerce features too. These tools usually take a fee on sales or charge more for lower fees, so read the pricing page with your expected volume in mind.

makerhandle does not process payments. If you sell, keep your store where it is and link to it as a project. If that store runs on Shopify, you can show its verified sales on your page.

If you want a full site, or the cheapest link page

For a full website, Carrd is the lightweight favorite, and Framer or a Notion site give you more room. They take longer to set up and you design the layout yourself.

For the plainest possible link list at a very low price, bio.link and Lnk.Bio are worth a look. Lnk.Bio is known for low-cost lifetime options. These are good tools when all you need is buttons.

Free Linktree alternatives

Linktree has a free plan, and for many people it is enough. People look elsewhere when they want something specific on a free plan: better analytics, a different look, or a page built for their kind of work. These are the free options worth trying, by use case. We make makerhandle, so it is on the list; everything else is described from what each product says about itself. Free plans change, so confirm the limits on each site.

• For makers and founders: makerhandle. Free forever for five projects, three templates, up to 100 email subscribers and seven days of cookie-free analytics, with a small badge. Each project can show verified revenue from Stripe or Shopify.
• For a professional profile: Peerlist. A free profile for people in tech, with projects and a network around them. See makerhandle vs Peerlist.
• For a plain list of links: bio.link and Lnk.Bio. Both have free plans for a clean list of buttons. See bio.link and Lnk.Bio.
• On a bio.site address: Squarespace Bio Sites. Free, made in Squarespace's Unfold app. See Bio Sites.
• For selling: Beacons. A free plan with creator tools and a storefront; check the fees on free tiers against what you expect to sell. See Beacons.
• For a whole one-page site: Carrd. A free plan on a Carrd subdomain, with custom domains on Pro Standard at $19 a year. See Carrd alternatives.

Indie Page has no free plan but sells one-time passes; see the Indie Page alternative.

What free plans usually leave out

Across most tools, free plans limit the same four things:

• Custom domains, usually paid
• Detailed analytics, like locations, devices and referrers
• Branding removal
• Commerce fees, often higher on free plans

Decide which of those you need before you choose. If it is a custom domain, compare yearly prices, not monthly ones: makerhandle's is $20 a year, everything included. If it is analytics, read how to track link in bio clicks with UTM tags first; tags work with any tool.

If your old tool closed

A lot of link in bio tools have shut down in the last few years, which is worth weighing when you pick the next one.

• Bento, which Linktree bought in 2023, closed in early 2026, and bento.me now redirects to Linktree.
• Koji was bought by Linktree, which said in December 2023 that it would close on January 31, 2024.
• Linkpop, Shopify's link in bio, has been discontinued and is no longer available in the Shopify App Store.
• Tap Bio has reportedly set its closing date for October 31, 2026.

Whatever you choose next, put it on a domain you own. Then the next shutdown is a DNS change, not an afternoon of updating bios. Read custom domain for your link in bio.