Bento.me Shut Down. Now What?

lnk.boo is a link-in-bio tool with bento grid layouts built in. Pick a theme, add your content, and your page arranges into a grid of tiles — images, links, social profiles, quotes, stats, maps — at whatever sizes you want. It's the closest thing to what Bento.me offered.

The differences from Bento.me: lnk.boo has pre-built themes (dark-first, because that's what people actually pick), no branding on any tier, and it costs $1.99. One time. The free tier works too, if you want to try it before paying.

Been running since 2021 as linkbun.io. 1,000+ creators, 70,000+ link clicks. Not a weekend project that might disappear — which, given what happened with Bento.me, probably matters to you right now.

Full lnk.boo vs Bento.me comparison

Linktree is the biggest name in link-in-bio. Millions of users, integrations everywhere, solid analytics on the paid plans. If all you need is a list of links and don't care about the visual grid thing, it works.

But that's the catch. There are no bento grids. No image tiles, no content blocks arranged in a mosaic. Every Linktree page is a vertical list. If you used Bento.me specifically because of the layout, Linktree will feel like a downgrade on the design front. It also costs $5–9/month for the features you'd actually want, which adds up to $60–108 per year.

Carrd is a one-page site builder. You could, in theory, recreate a bento-style grid using its layout tools — but you'd be building it from scratch. Carrd gives you full control over positioning, sizing, and styling, which is powerful and also time-consuming.

No dedicated link management. No social profile integration. No link click tracking. At $19/year it's reasonably priced, but it's a general-purpose tool being stretched into a use case it wasn't built for. Good if you want total control. Not great if you want to set something up in five minutes.

Bio Sites is free, and if you already use Squarespace for your website, it ties in neatly. That's about the extent of the appeal. No bento grids, limited theme options, and the whole product feels designed to nudge you toward a full Squarespace plan rather than to be a great standalone link page.

As a Bento.me replacement it's a stretch. The visual identity that made Bento.me appealing — the grid, the tiles, the designed feeling — none of that is here. It's a basic link list with Squarespace branding.

CSS Grid makes bento layouts straightforward to code. If you're a developer, you could build exactly what you want — host it on Vercel or Netlify, own the whole thing. Some people did exactly this when Bento.me went away.

The trade-off is time and maintenance. Every link update means editing code and redeploying. No analytics unless you wire them up. No themes to switch between. Works for devs who enjoy tinkering. Less practical for everyone else.