Links
The buttons are still there.
Social links and a button group sit at the top of the page, so the tap-through people came for works exactly as it did. You fill in form fields to arrange it. There is no CSS to write and no HTML to edit.
Linktree alternative
The Linktree alternative where the link opens a site you own.
The best Linktree alternative is not another link list, it is a real website with the links on it. Folio publishes that site at portfolio.wrxstack.com/yourname on the free plan, so the single URL you paste into Instagram or TikTok opens your projects, a downloadable resume, a blog, a contact form and first-party analytics instead of a card of buttons. Free is honest about the trade: it includes zero custom domains and it shows Made with Folio branding, so mapping yourname.com and taking the badge off means Pro at Rs 599 or $9 a month, which is the same deal Linktree Pro asks for. You do not switch to save money. You switch because the link finally leads somewhere.
Give the link in your bio somewhere to go.
Start on Free with no card. Your links, your work and your resume go live at portfolio.wrxstack.com/yourname, and the page carries a Made with Folio badge until you move to Pro. Everything you write stays exportable, so leaving is a click rather than a negotiation.
- link that opens a whole site
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- Portfolio, resume, blog, contact form, analytics
The short answer
What is better than Linktree? Depends what the link is for.
Linktree is free to use, it is safe to use, and it does the job it was built for. You get a hosted card of buttons at linktr.ee/yourname, you paste that URL into your Instagram or TikTok bio, and people tap through. None of that is broken. So the honest answer to what is better than Linktree starts with a question back: what is the link actually for?
If it exists so a friend can find your Spotify, a list of buttons is enough and you should stop reading. If it is how a recruiter, a client, a curator or an editor decides whether to take you seriously, the list is a dead end. It holds no work. It carries no case study. It cannot hand anyone a resume. It ranks for the platform name instead of yours, and the visit it earns is logged on somebody else dashboard.
Folio takes the other road. The URL in your bio opens a real site: your projects with proper write-ups, a resume people can download, a contact form that files the lead, a blog, and analytics that tell you where the traffic came from. The links still sit at the top of the page. They are just no longer the entire page.
What sits behind the link
Everything a link list cannot hold.
One account, one URL in your bio, and a whole site behind it. The buttons survive the move.
Work
The projects, not just the URLs.
Case studies with images, galleries, video embeds and real write-ups. Someone who taps your bio link can read what you actually did, which is the one thing a row of buttons can never carry.
Resume
A resume they can download.
Build the resume in the same account and export it as a PDF or a DOCX on the Free plan, with no card and nothing stamped on the file. It is scored from 0 to 100 across 7 weighted criteria first, and structure alone is worth 30 of those points.
Analytics
Numbers that belong to you.
First-party analytics on every plan: page views by path, the referrer host behind each visit, and conversion events such as a resume download or a booking opened. Contact leads are counted on the server, not inferred from a pixel.
Inbox
A contact form that files the lead.
A link list can show an email address and hope. Folio takes the message, files it in a lead inbox you can reply from, and runs a newsletter if you want to keep the people who found you.
Honest limits
What the Free plan does not give you.
Zero custom domains, so the page lives at portfolio.wrxstack.com/yourname. A Made with Folio badge on the site. Ten AI drafting generations a month, and core designs only, since the full 60-theme gallery is Pro. Pro is Rs 599 or $9 a month and lifts all four. Better you read that here than find it at the publish button.
Link list vs real site
The trade, stated plainly, including the part that favors them.
Link-in-bio tools are good at links. The gap opens the moment a visitor wants more than a tap.
| Capability | Folio | Linktree | Beacons | Carrd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What the link in your bio opens | A full site: work, resume, blog, contact | A hosted list of links | A hosted creator page | A single scrolling page |
| Provider branding removed for free | No. Made with Folio shows until Pro | No, removal is a paid feature | No, removal is a paid feature | No, removal is a paid feature |
| Your own domain | Pro, up to 3 domains | Paid plan | Paid plan | Paid plan |
| Case studies and long-form work | Yes, with galleries and embeds | Not offered | Short blocks only | One page, built by hand |
| Downloadable resume with an ATS score | Built in, ungated on Free | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| Contact form and a lead inbox | Built in | Not offered | Varies by plan, verify | Forms need a paid plan |
| A blog and extra pages on the same site | Built in, block based | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
Competitor cells describe published tier behavior as of 11 July 2026 and quote no prices on purpose, because plans and trial terms move and a stale figure misleads. One concession worth making: some link-in-bio tools do ship a free tier with no badge at all, and Folio does not. If a bare, badge-free list of links is the whole requirement, one of those is the better buy, and you should go get it. Verify current terms on linktr.ee, beacons.ai and carrd.co before you decide anything.
How to switch
Move off the link list in an afternoon.
You are not starting from a blank page. Bring the links you already have and the resume you already wrote.
01
Paste what you already have.
An old resume, or a few honest lines about what you do. Folio drafts a structured first version of the site from it and you edit every field. Free includes 10 AI drafting generations a month, which is more than a first draft needs.
02
Put the links back at the top.
Add your social links and a button group so the tap-through behaves the way it did on Linktree. Set a headline, a photo and a short bio around it. It is all form fields and picked options, not a stylesheet.
03
Add the part a link list could not hold.
The case studies, the downloadable resume, the contact form, the blog. This is the only step that takes real thought, and it is the entire reason the switch is worth the afternoon.
04
Publish, then repaste the URL.
Go live at portfolio.wrxstack.com/yourname on Free and swap the link in your Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn bios. Move to Pro and you map yourname.com, the badge comes off, and the whole 60-theme gallery opens up.
Our numbers, not borrowed ones
Four first-party facts, including the awkward one.
Everything below is in the product or on the price list. Nothing here is a statistic found on a convenient chart.
0
custom domains on the Free plan
Free publishes to portfolio.wrxstack.com/yourname
$9
a month for Pro, or Rs 599
Your domain, no badge, all 60 designs
$199
one time for Lifetime Pro
More up front, then nothing to renew
7
weighted criteria in the resume ATS score
Deterministic, and structure is worth 30
The point
Rent the list, or own the address.
A link list is a lobby with no building behind it. It goes up in five minutes, it works, and it belongs to whoever runs it. The address people know you by is theirs. The traffic it earns is measured on their terms. And when the plans change, you find out at the same moment as everyone else, with an audience already pointed at a URL you cannot move.
Folio is more work on day one and much more page on day thirty. The same link opens your work, your writing, your resume and your inbox, and on Pro it sits on a domain you bought and keep. Leave one day and the domain and the content leave with you. That is the whole argument. If a row of buttons was genuinely all you needed, keep the row of buttons. We will still be here on the day the link has to do more than point.
FAQ
Honest answers.
Is Linktree free to use, or is it not free anymore?
Linktree still publishes a free tier. What sits on the paid tiers is the custom domain, the branding removal and the deeper analytics, which is why people who started free eventually feel the ceiling. Folio will not pretend to undercut that, because a Folio page also shows a Made with Folio badge until you move to Pro. What is being sold here is a bigger page, not a cheaper one.
What is better than Linktree?
For a row of buttons, honestly, very little is better than Linktree. It is fast, it works, and it is free. For anything where a stranger has to decide about you, a real site wins, because it can hold the projects, the case studies, the resume and the contact form that no list of links can carry. Folio puts all of that behind the one URL you paste into a bio, so the tap-through still works and the page keeps going after it.
Is there a free Linktree alternative without a watermark?
Yes, and it is not this one, which you deserve to know before you sign up. Several link-in-bio tools ship free tiers with no badge on the page, and if a plain list of links is your entire requirement, go and use one of them. Folio Free shows Made with Folio, and removing it costs Rs 599 or $9 a month, the same shape of trade Linktree Pro asks for. The reason to pay Folio is what comes with the page, not the absence of a badge.
Is there a Linktree alternative without a subscription?
Folio has one, and it costs more up front rather than less, so read the number before you like the idea. Lifetime Pro is a single payment of $199, or Rs 14,999, and it grants Pro forever: your own domain, no badge, the full design gallery, nothing to renew and nothing to cancel. If the aim is to spend as little as possible this month, take the Free plan instead. If the aim is to never see a recurring charge again, one payment closes the subject permanently.
Which Linktree alternative has analytics?
Folio ships first-party analytics with every site, on every plan including Free. You see page views by path, the referrer host that sent each visit, and conversion events such as a resume download or a booking opened, and contact leads are counted server side rather than guessed at from a tracking pixel. Because the site belongs to you, so do the numbers, and there is no third-party script in the way.
How do I put the link in my Instagram or TikTok bio?
Copy your published Folio URL, open the app, edit your profile, and paste it into the website field. Instagram accepts a bio link on any account. TikTok restricts the bio link by account type, which is why so many people search for why they cannot add one at all. Until yours unlocks, put the URL in your video captions and in every other profile you keep, and it still leads to the same site.
Is Linktree safe to use?
Yes. It is a legitimate, widely used service and there is nothing dangerous about tapping one. The exposure is not safety, it is dependence. The address is theirs, the audience data is theirs, and every visit you work for builds equity in a page you can never take with you. Owning the domain is what removes that, and it is a completely different problem from trust.
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