Pricing-Model Alternative
Pay once for your link page, not every month
Linktree is $15/month. Beacons is $10/month. Stan Store is $29/month. lnk.boo is $1.99, once. Same job, very different five-year bill.
$1.99 lifetime. Free build mode before you pay.
What a subscription actually costs over five years
Most link-in-bio tools price for monthly recurring revenue: the page is cheap to host, the marketing budget is real, and the subscription is the way the spreadsheet works. From a creator's side, the price feels small. $15 a month, $10 a month, $29 a month. None of those numbers scare anyone in isolation.
The math gets uglier in aggregate. Linktree Pro at $15/month is $180 a year, $900 over five years, $1,800 over a decade. Beacons Pro at $10/month is $600 over five years. Stan Store at $29/month is $1,740 over five years. For a page that hosts your eight links and a profile photo.
lnk.boo is $1.99 paid once. Every theme, bento grid layouts, all content blocks, custom URL, no branding, link click tracking. Single payment at signup, no monthly billing afterwards. The five-year difference between lnk.boo and even the cheapest paid subscription tier is roughly a flight, give or take. If you're specifically searching for a free tier with click analytics, the free link in bio with analytics breakdown walks through what's actually included on each free plan. And if you want a step-by-step setup, the free link-in-bio guide has the five-minute version. If a custom domain is the specific thing you're weighing, the custom-domain comparison breaks the price down by tier.
One-time vs subscription
Same features, different billing model.
Subscription column reflects the typical paid-tier feature set across Linktree, Beacons, Stan Store, and similar tools as of April 2026.
$1.99 once. No subscription.
What the subscription side of the market looks like
Linktree
Free / $8 / $15 / $35 per monthThe biggest name. Free tier shows their branding. $8/month Starter still keeps the branding. $15/month Pro removes it. $35/month Premium adds SEO and team features. Linktree raised prices roughly 60-90% in November 2025, so any older articles you read are quoting numbers that no longer exist.
Five-year cost on Pro: $900. Compare to lnk.boo at $1.99 once. The full lnk.boo vs Linktree comparison covers the feature side; this page is just the price side.
Beacons
Free / $10 / $25 per monthBeacons has more creator-economy features than Linktree (email marketing, AI-generated bios, store templates) and a steeper paywall to use them. The free tier is generous on links but limits the rest. The $10/month tier is the practical entry point for most users.
Five-year cost at the $10 tier: $600. Beacons is genuinely more featureful than a basic link-in-bio tool. If you actually use the email-and-storefront stuff, the price makes sense. If you just want a link page, you're paying for software you aren't using.
Stan Store
$29 per monthStan Store is positioned as a creator-storefront tool with a link-in-bio attached. $29/month, no free tier, no lower paid tier. Features include digital products, course hosting, booking, and email automation. If you're monetizing a product catalogue, the bundle can pay for itself.
For someone who just wants a link page, $29/month for a product catalogue you don't need is overkill. Five-year cost at $29/month is $1,740, which is most of a used car.
Carrd (annual, recurring)
Free / $19 per yearCarrd is technically a subscription, but the annual billing makes it feel one-time-ish. $19/year for the Pro tier, which covers most of what you'd want for a link page (custom domains, forms, embeds, removed branding). It's also a one-page site builder rather than a dedicated link-in-bio tool, so setup is more work.
Five-year cost: $95. Cheaper than the monthly subscriptions but still 47× more than lnk.boo's $1.99. If you need Carrd-specific features like contact forms and custom HTML, use Carrd. If you just need a link page, see the lnk.boo vs Carrd comparison.
lnk.boo (one-time)
$1.99 once, lifetimelnk.boo is the only mainstream link-in-bio tool with a one-time price. Build the page free, pay $1.99 to publish, done. Every theme, bento grid layouts, all content blocks, custom URL at lnk.boo/yourname, link click tracking, no branding on any plan.
Five-year cost: $1.99. Same as it was on day one. lnk.boo has been running since 2021 (originally as linkbun.io), so it's not a brand-new project that might disappear next quarter.
When a subscription tool genuinely makes sense
If you run a digital storefront from your bio link (courses, digital products, paid coaching) and need email marketing, automated funnels, or product hosting baked in, Beacons or Stan Store will pay for themselves. You're using a business platform, not a link page.
If you want enterprise-grade analytics, A/B testing, team collaboration, or commerce features, the paid tiers of Linktree or a full storefront tool fit your shape. You're running a small media operation; the per-month cost is a line item on a real P&L.
For everyone else — creators with a few links, a portfolio, a Discord, a Patreon, a newsletter — paying $15-$29/month for a link page is just paying $15-$29 a month for a link page. lnk.boo at $1.99 is the same job with a smaller bill. The case is sharpest for freelancers already managing tight margins on tools and software.
One-time payment, lifetime access
Build your page free. Pay $1.99 to publish. Never get billed again.
$1.99 once. Not $180/year.
Common questions
Are there really link-in-bio tools with a one-time payment instead of a subscription?
Most link-in-bio tools are subscription-only: Linktree, Beacons, Stan Store, and the rest charge monthly forever. The non-subscription options are limited. Carrd has a one-time-feeling annual at $19/year (still recurring). lnk.boo is the standout: $1.99 once, lifetime access. No monthly billing, no annual renewal.
Why do most link-in-bio companies charge a subscription?
Recurring revenue is what venture-backed software businesses are designed around. A $15/month subscription becomes $180/year, then $360 over two years, then $900 over five. From the company's side, that's a much better business than a one-time $1.99 payment. From the creator's side, it's a recurring tax on a page that mostly just sits there.
What's the catch with $1.99 once? Are there feature limits?
No. The full version on lnk.boo is $1.99 once: every theme, bento grid layouts, all content blocks, custom URL at lnk.boo/yourname, link click tracking, and no platform branding. There's no free tier and no further upsell after the $1.99. That single payment covers everything for life.
How does $1.99 lifetime stack up against Linktree Pro over a year?
Linktree Pro is $15/month after their November 2025 price increase, which works out to $180/year just to remove their branding. lnk.boo is $1.99 once. After a year, you're 90× cheaper. After five years, you're 450× cheaper. The gap doesn't close.
Is lnk.boo going to suddenly add a subscription later?
No plans to. lnk.boo has been running since 2021 (originally as linkbun.io) on the same single-payment model. The product economics work because the page-builder runs as a static-by-default site without expensive per-user infrastructure. Recurring billing isn't needed to keep the lights on.
Can I export my page if I want to leave?
Your page is at a public URL (lnk.boo/yourname) so the content is always viewable. There's no formal data export today, but the page is intentionally simple: links, sections, content blocks, social profiles. Recreating it on another tool would take a few minutes if you ever wanted to.