Linktree Alternatives 2026: What’s Actually Free, Compared
The best free Linktree alternatives in 2026 are MinglyLink (shop and booking with no paid tier), Lnk.Bio (unlimited links, cheap lifetime upgrades), Squarespace Bio Sites (free, 8% fee on sales), Beacons (free, 9% fee), Trimrly (free bio pages plus a URL shortener) and Carrd (one-page sites from $9 a year). Linktree Free takes 12% of sales.
Mohanned Farahat
Founder, MinglyLink
Full disclosure: I built MinglyLink, so it is on this list. Its row states its limits as plainly as the others, and every competitor figure comes from the vendor’s own pricing page or help centre, numbered in the sources at the end.
1 Linktree and 10 alternatives, compared
| Tool | Free plan | Fee per sale on free plan | Branding on free plan | Analytics on free plan | Shop | Booking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linktree1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 | $0 | 12% on digital products and courses | Linktree logo on page and QR code (hidden from Pro) | Last 28 days | Digital products and courses; Shops and affiliate earnings (US) | Bookings, added in 2026 (plans not stated) |
| MinglyLink | $0 (the only plan) | 0% MinglyLink fee: you’re paid via your own payment link, processor fees only. | Small “Powered by MinglyLink” footer line on every page | Clicks and views per item for any date range; all-time page visits; counted first-party | Yes: cart and orders for physical products, downloads and services | Yes, free: booking calendar on your page (no payment step at booking) |
| Beacons7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 | $0 | 9% | Beacons branding (removable from Creator Plus, $30/mo) | Not stated by the vendor | Yes: digital products and appointments | Yes: Appointments in the Store, with Google Calendar sync (Free-plan access not stated) |
| Lnk.Bio14, 15, 16, 17 | $0 | 5% on Booking Calendar sales (the shop needs Unique) | Lnk.Bio branding (removed on Unique) | Views and clicks per link (history length not stated) | Shop add-on on Unique ($24.99 one-time): digital, physical and services | Booking Calendar add-on ($4/mo) |
| Squarespace Bio Sites18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 | $0 (up to 10 Bio Sites) | 8% on downloads, tips and crowdfunding; 0% on appointments | Not stated by the vendor | All-time view available | Yes: digital downloads, tips and crowdfunding | Yes: 1:1 appointments, up to 10 a month |
| Trimrly24 | $0 (the only plan: 5 bio pages and 50 short links a month) | No selling built in | Trimrly branding (removal locked as “Advanced”) | Full click history for as long as the account exists | None | None listed |
| Carrd25, 26, 27, 28 | $0 (up to 3 sites) | No selling on Free | “Made with Carrd” footer (removed from Pro Lite) | None built in (analytics integrations on Pro) | No shop; payment forms on paid plans | None built in (third-party embeds on paid plans) |
| Taplink29, 30, 31, 32 | $0 (BASIC) | No selling on BASIC | Taplink logo and link (removed on BUSINESS) | Page views (history length not stated) | Yes on BUSINESS: digital products and payments | Request form only (BUSINESS) |
| The Leap33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 | $0 (up to 3 live products) | 0% | Not stated by the vendor | Not stated by the vendor | Yes: digital products and bookings | Yes: “Book My Time” calendar, including on Free |
| Campsite.bio39, 40 | $0 | 0% on requests and tips, for a limited time | Campsite logo (removed on paid plans) | Last 14 days plus totals | Paid requests and a tip jar; no product store | None listed |
| Milkshake41, 42, 43 | $0 | 12% | Milkshake branding (removed from Lite) | 30 days | Yes: digital files through Stripe | No scheduler; a Pro contact form can take requests |
Payment-processor fees (typically 2.9% + 30¢ in the US) are extra everywhere. For paid-plan fees and payouts, see the link-in-bio fees table.
2 The paywall problem
You sign up for Linktree. It takes about five minutes to set up. Your page looks decent. You share it. Then you want to remove the Linktree logo: that needs the Pro plan[4]. You want to look back further than 28 days in your analytics: that needs a paid plan too[3].
Look, I am not saying Linktree is bad. It is the default for a reason. It is simple, it works, and basically everyone knows what it is. But the free plan is built to lead you to an upgrade, and for creators who are just starting out, $8–$15 a month[1] adds up fast next to editing software, a domain, a scheduling tool and everything else.
And the paid plans got pricier in late 2025: Starter went from $5 to $8 a month (+60%), Pro from $9 to $15 (+67%) and Premium from $24 to $35 (+46%)[44]. Selling through Linktree costs extra on top: 12% on the Free plan, 9% on Starter and Pro, and 0% only on the $35 Premium plan[2]. The full breakdown is in Linktree pricing.
3 What you actually need (for free)
Before I get into the alternatives, let me be honest about what most creators actually need from a link-in-bio tool. It is not 50 integrations. It is not a Zapier connection on day one. It is not AI-powered anything.
- Your own look: your colours and photo, with at most a small platform credit
- Click analytics: which links get clicked and how often, over more than a few weeks
- Mobile-friendly and fast, since most of your traffic comes from phones
- More than just links: products, a booking form or email signup when you need them
- No big cut of your sales
That is the baseline. If a "free" tool cannot give you at least that, it is not really free. It is a trial.
4 The free alternatives worth trying
I tested a bunch of these. Some are genuinely good. Some are "free" with asterisks. Here is what I found, and I will be honest about all of them, including my own.
MinglyLink
Full disclosure: I built this. MinglyLink has one plan, and it is free: every feature is included from the moment you sign up. A built-in shop where visitors add items to a cart and place an order, a booking calendar, email collection, analytics and your own colours. On sales: 0% MinglyLink fee: you’re paid via your own payment link, processor fees only.
The part that is different: you can earn from the page itself. Switch on brand offers and you keep 60% of the ad revenue, with no minimum audience. The trade-offs: we are newer and less known, there is no automatic file delivery or card checkout on the page yet, a small “Powered by MinglyLink” line stays in the footer, and a page holds up to 100 items. The full breakdown is in Linktree vs MinglyLink.
Beacons
Beacons has a decent free plan: a bio page, a store with digital products and appointments, and email tools, which is handy if you want everything in one place[10][11].
The catch is a 9% seller fee on the free plan (and on the $10 Creator plan); it only drops to 0% from Creator Plus at $30 a month, and Beacons branding stays until then[8][12]. That adds up quickly if you sell with any volume. More in Beacons pricing.
Lnk.Bio
Simple and cheap. The free plan gives you unlimited links, many templates and embeds, with Lnk.Bio branding on your page[14]. Upgrades are famously cheap: Mini is $0.99 a month or $9.99 once, and Unique is $24.99 once, for life[15].
It can sell, too, with caveats: a shop add-on on Unique and a $4-a-month booking calendar, both with a 5% fee on sales[16]. The donation box is free of commission on every plan. Good for the "I just need links" crowd who hate subscriptions.
Bio Sites (by Squarespace)
Bio Sites comes from the Squarespace/Unfold team, and the templates are genuinely pretty. It is free, with up to 10 Bio Sites per account, and there is no paid tier left to upsell you to: Bio Sites Pro was retired and its features made free[18][19].
The catch is the fee: Bio Sites adds 8% to digital downloads, tips and crowdfunding, on top of Stripe or PayPal fees. One-to-one appointments carry no fee, capped at 10 a month[20][21]. As a clean, free landing page it is great; as a place to sell, the fee stings.
Trimrly
Trimrly is a link-management suite with free bio pages and a URL shortener under one roof. Its one plan is free: 5 bio pages and 50 short links a month, 45+ widgets, link scheduling and a full click history[24].
The trade-offs: custom domains and removing the Trimrly branding are marked as locked “Advanced” features, and there is no selling built in. If you mainly want free bio pages plus a URL shortener in the same account, it is a tidy pick.
Carrd
Technically a website builder, not a link-in-bio tool, but a lot of creators use it as one. The free plan allows up to three sites with a “Made with Carrd” footer[25].
Pro starts at $9 a year (Pro Lite), with Pro Standard at $19 and Pro Plus at $49, all billed yearly[26]. There is no built-in click analytics or shop: analytics integrations need Pro, and payment forms need Pro Plus[27]. Good if you want full design control; not great if you want something quick.
Taplink
Taplink’s free BASIC plan covers unlimited links, text blocks and page-view stats, with the Taplink logo at the bottom[29]. PRO costs $4 a month billed annually at US prices (prices vary by region, and you prepay at least three months)[31]. Selling needs the BUSINESS plan, which then takes 0% commission[30].
Also worth a look for selling: The Leap takes 0% of sales even on its free plan and delivers files automatically[33][35], while Campsite has free analytics and Milkshake sells digital files at a 12% fee on its free plan[43].
5 Best free Linktree alternative for…
- Selling: MinglyLink if you want a free shop with a cart and orders and are happy to be paid through your own payment link; The Leap if you need automatic delivery of digital files at 0%. Paid options are compared in Stan Store alternatives.
- Booking: MinglyLink, whose booking calendar is free; Bio Sites takes up to 10 appointments a month at no fee. Otherwise you are linking out to Calendly, whose Free plan allows one event type[46]; see link in bio with booking.
- Privacy: MinglyLink’s public pages set no cookies and load no third-party trackers; Wonderlink, a Berlin company, says it uses only German servers[45]. Our GDPR checklist goes deeper.
- Musicians: Lnk.Bio, with its large library of music and video embeds on the free plan.
- Restaurants: MinglyLink, with your menu as items on the page, a WhatsApp button and a free QR code for the tables; see the free QR code menu guide.
6 How to switch from Linktree in 10 minutes
- List your Linktree links in order, with their titles and URLs.
- Sign up for the new tool and claim your name (on MinglyLink: ming.ly/yourname).
- Recreate your links in the same order, then add products or booking if you need them.
- Test every link on your phone.
- Swap the link in your bios on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X, and reprint any Linktree QR codes.
- Downgrade or cancel your Linktree plan from Billing; paid features last until the end of the billing cycle[47].
The side-by-side feature map for this move is on the free Linktree alternative page.
7 What Reddit users say they actually want
Read a few "Linktree alternatives" threads on Reddit and a clear pattern emerges. Nobody asks for more integrations — the asks are almost always the same four things: unlimited links on the free plan, no platform branding on my page, a one-time price or genuinely free instead of another subscription, and — especially from European users — privacy: no tracking cookies, no data leaving the EU.
Mapped to this list: MinglyLink covers "genuinely free" and "no tracking cookies" (a small footer credit stays, and its page caps are generous rather than unlimited) and adds shop, booking and earnings on top; Lnk.Bio is the one-time-payment answer; and Wonderlink is the German-hosted option.