Alternatives to Linktree in 2026: Honest Comparison

You pay five to nine euros per month for a page that lists buttons. The brand of the platform is still downstairs, the dominance of your own costs separately and, when you sell something, they still take a commission. This is the complaint we hear the most from those who use link-in-bio in 2026 — and it is the reason this article exists.

We compared the six most talked about alternatives this year, including ours. Notice in advance: Kortilink is ours, and you'll notice that. But a comparison that only praises the product itself does not convince anyone, so we say where each competitor is better than us.

What to compare before choosing

Ignores 40 feature lists. In practice, five criteria decide almost everything:

• Real price — Does the free plan serve, or does it force you to pay to take the brand off the platform?
• Sales Commission — How much is it on the way when someone pays you?
• self-domain — is it included or is it an extra?
• Page speed — On weak mobile network, a heavy page loses visitors before opening.
• portability — Can you go out with your links, or are you stuck?

Linktree: The default, with standard price

The Linktree remains the name everyone knows, and that has value: integrations with almost everything, abundant documentation, and no one finds a linktr.ee link. If you need an obscure integration, it is likely that only Linktree has it.

The problem is what you get for the price. The free plan shows their brand on your page, own domain requires a paid plan, and the page itself is heavy: in our measurements, the public bio of a Linktree profile makes 109 orders and transfers about 190 KB before being usable. For a page whose only job is to show half a dozen links, it's a lot. We explain why this matters in the article about Bio page speed.

SERVES FOR: Who depends on a specific integration or wants the most recognized option, and doesn't mind paying for it.

Beacons: does a lot, supports little

The Beacons is the Swiss Army Knife in the category: Media Kit, Store, Email Marketing, AI Tools. On paper, it replaces three subscriptions.

In practice, there are two butts. First, the page is also heavy — we measured 77 orders and 146 KB. Second, and more serious: when something goes wrong, the support has a note 2.3 out of 5 in the TrustPilot. For a tool that generates your payments, an unresponsive support is a real risk, not a detail.

SERVES FOR: Who wants everything in one tool, has patience for the learning curve and never needs to talk to support. This last point is difficult to guarantee.

Lynkdo: Simplicity First

Lynkdo has gained ground in 2026 precisely because he doesn't try to do everything. Buttons, a theme, little more. It's quick to set up and cheap.

The reverse is evident: without A/B testing, no scheduled blocks, limited monetization. If your use is “a list of links and nothing else”, it is an honest choice. If your business grows, you'll hit the ceiling quickly.

SERVES FOR: Who wants the least, well done, without thinking about it anymore.

Astrolink: bet on design

Astrolink is the alternative for those who find all bios the same. Themes are visually more ambitious than the average and the customization goes deeper.

The counterpart: it is one of the most recent on the list, and pages with a lot of visual effect tend to weigh. Beautiful design that takes four seconds to open on a cell phone on the metro loses to a simple design that opens in a second.

SERVES FOR: Creators in visual areas — photography, fashion, design — where the aesthetics of the bio itself is a business card.

Bio Sites: For those who already live in Squarespace

The Bio Sites inherits the Squarespace finish: polished templates, solid brand from behind. If you already have your site there, the integration is natural and the management is all in the same place — and in that it is better than any independent, including us.

Outside the Squarespace ecosystem, it loses interest: the monetization tools and analytics are shallower than those of dedicated platforms.

SERVES FOR: Squarespace customers. For the rest, there are more complete options at the same price.

Stan Store: a store, not a bio

The Stan Store is a case apart. It's not a link-in-bio with store; It is a link-in-bio-looking store. Built-in checkout, sales funnels, a huge community of breeders showing results. To sell courses, ebooks and mentorships, their purchase flow is one of the best we've tested — better than ours in upsell funnels, and it's fair to say it.

The limits: it costs from about 29 dollars a month, the focus is on the North American market, and if you don't sell digital products you are paying for a store you don't use.

SERVES FOR: Who lives from selling digital products and earns enough for the price if they pay themselves.

Kortilink: What we do and what we still don't do

Our bet is different in three concrete points:

• 0% commission on sales. Payment goes by Stripe straight to your account. We don't touch the money.
• Speed. Bio is rendered on the server: 3 requests and 19.4 KB. In weak mobile network, it is the difference between opening and giving up.
• No hostages. The importer reads your Linktree or Beacons public page and recreates the blocks — without asking for credentials. Change costs minutes, not an afternoon.

To this is added multi-page, scheduled blocks, A/B testing by block, own domain and bio multi-language — useful for those who speak to Portugal and the diaspora at the same time. Prices are at pricing, without asterisks.

And what we don't have: the list of Linktree integrations, the Stan Store funnels, the catalog of templates for ten years. We are more recent and the community is smaller. If you depend on one of these three things, be honest with you and choose accordingly.

Summary: Who should choose what

1. Linktree — You need specific integrations and the price doesn't weigh you down.
2. Beacons — You want all-in-one and accept the risk of support.
3. lynkdo — You want the least, without growing.
4. Astrolink — The aesthetics of bio is your portfolio.
5. Bio Sites — Already paid Squarespace.
6. Stan Store — Sell digital products seriously, especially to the US.
7. Kortilink — You want speed, 0% commission and self-control without paying twice as much. Before assembling yours, see the errors that cost — are valid for any platform.

Frequently asked questions

Can I change platforms without losing my links?

Yes. The links remain yours; What changes is the page that shows them. In Kortilink, the importer reads your public Linktree or Beacons page and automatically re-creates the blocks. You just have to update the URL in the bio of the networks.

Does the free plan arrive, or will I have to pay?

Depends on what bothers you. On almost all platforms, the free one shows their brand and blocks their own domain. If your bio is a professional showcase, you have the paid plan on anyone — and compare what each plan gives, not just the price.

Is it worth having self-control in bio?

If you build it, yes. A link with your name conveys more confidence than a shared subdomain, and if you ever change platforms the link doesn't die. It is the difference between renting and owning your home.