Link in bio · replacement recipe

Go from Linktree to Beacons

The job: Link-in-bio page (Link-in-bio page with unlimited links, Custom themes, fonts and layouts, Click analytics, No Linktree branding). Pick where you are today and where you want to land; the move below follows your pick.

From · what you pay for now
Linktree
Linktree Pro · $15/mo
Year one+$130modeled
To · your pickBest fit
Beacons
Free plan · $0 a month
Change where you land

The money

$15/mo today , then $0/mo

Linktree Pro

Year one, net+$130
Pays back in3.3 months

Modeled from public list prices, with your time at $50 an hour. Show the math

Does it do the job? 3 of 4 covered

  • Covered: Link-in-bio page with unlimited links
  • Covered: Custom themes, fonts and layouts
  • Covered: Click analytics
  • Not covered: No Linktree branding

The work

Setup
About 1 h
Upkeep
None
Watch out
Doesn't cover: No Linktree branding

Make the move in four steps

  1. Export from Linktree

    Profile analytics from Insights: activity (views, clicks, click-through rates), cities, countries, devices and referrers. Format: ZIP file of CSV files

    Export steps
  2. Set up Beacons

    Suits a creator who wants design control and analytics for free: Beacons Free has unlimited links, full customization and analytics…

    Details
  3. Switch links and integrations

    Point links, embeds and integrations at Beacons, then send a test through every one.

  4. Cancel Linktree

    Turn off renewal before your renewal date, once the new setup works. Access runs until: The end of the current billing cycle; the account then converts to the free plan.

    How to cancel Linktree
Open BeaconsHow to cancel Linktree
Modeled, not measured. Savings use public prices and planning assumptions: the bill you stop paying, minus the new tool, your upkeep time and your setup time at $50/hour, over the first 12 months. Paths marked Tested by Stackcut were run end to end by us on our own products. They're our tests, not customer results. Check the must-haves in each recipe before you switch.

The whole recipe: 3 ways out, best first

What you use

  • Link-in-bio page with unlimited links
  • Custom themes, fonts and layouts
  • Click analytics
  • No Linktree branding

Not covered

  • Email and SMS collection with mailing-list integrations
  • Sell digital products
  • QR code for the page
  • Social post scheduling and Instagram auto-replies

Check before switching

  • You only rely on: Link-in-bio page with unlimited links, Custom themes, fonts and layouts, Click analytics, No Linktree branding
  • Export your data from Linktree before canceling

Agents: get_recipe("replace-linktree") on the Stackcut MCP server.

3 ways out, best first

Switch vendorBeacons (free tier)Saves $130 in year one
$15/mo today → $0/mo · setup 1 h · then $180/yr · payback 3.3 mo
If your use fits the free tier (Free forever: unlimited links, customizable link in bio, media kit and analytics on a Beacons URL; Beacons branding; no custom domain; 9% seller fees; 50 email sends a month; 1 website with 1 page.).
Covers 75% of the core features (not: No Linktree branding)
Suits a creator who wants design control and analytics for free: Beacons Free has unlimited links, full customization and analytics, but shows Beacons branding and has no custom domain.
How we got this
You pay now: Linktree Proflat price$15/mo
New cost: Beacons (free tier)free plan$0/mo
Difference each month$15 − $0+$15/mo
Over 12 months+$15 × 12+$180
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$180 − $50+$130
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $180 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Open sourceLinkStackCosts $1,280 more in year one
$15/mo today → $5/mo + 2 h upkeep · setup 4 h
Covers 100% of the core features
Suits someone who can run a small PHP or Docker app: LinkStack is free (AGPL-3.0) with themes, built-in analytics and QR codes.
License: open_source
How we got this
You pay now: Linktree Proflat price$15/mo
New cost: LinkStacka small server (modeled)$5/mo
Your upkeep time2 h/mo × $50/h$100/mo
Difference each month$15 − $5 − $100−$90/mo
Over 12 months−$90 × 12−$1,080
Setup, once4 h × $50/h−$200
Year one−$1,080 − $200−$1,280
  • Not counting your time (28 h in year one): saves $120 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

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