In short
If all you do is gather links, free Linktree is enough. If you sell, look at the fee before the plan price: Linktree keeps 12% on its free plan and Beacons 9%. If you work by appointment, look for a real calendar, not a button that sends people to another app. And if clients pay you by bank transfer in Mexico, Colombia, Argentina or Venezuela, check that the tool lets you get paid from your link: several do not.
All seven, side by side
Each tool’s public prices, checked in October 2026. They can change: check their pricing page before deciding.
What it costs you to sell USD 500 a month
The fee weighs more than the plan price as soon as you start selling. With USD 500 a month in sales from your link, this is what each platform keeps, not counting the payment processor (Stripe or PayPal), which you pay everywhere.
One by one
Linktree: the best known, the highest fee
What it does well: put all your links in one place, quickly and without thinking. What it lacks: no booking (you link another app), no orders, and on its free plan it keeps 12% of every sale. And from Colombia we saw it does not let you collect sales in Mexico, Colombia, Argentina or Venezuela (September 2026). It is enough if all you do is share links.
Storio and Linktree, side by sideBeacons: more creator tools, 9% per sale
What it does well: the kit for working with brands and selling digital products. What it lacks: it keeps 9% of every sale on Free and Creator, and booking depends on the service you connect. It suits you if you live from brand deals more than from appointment clients.
Storio and Beacons, side by sideStan Store: you pay before you sell
What it does well: selling courses, guides and calls, with emails and funnels. What it lacks: no free plan (USD 29 a month after 14 days, whether you sell or not), and it charges by card or PayPal, not with a transfer receipt. It suits you if your business is digital products and you can pay from day one.
Storio and Stan Store, side by sideCarrd: cheap, but you build it
What it does well: a nice page for USD 9 to 49 a year. What it lacks: you design and maintain every block, and bookings and orders come through forms or other people’s services. It suits you if you only need a presentation page.
Storio and Carrd, side by sideZaap: selling starts on a paid plan
What it does well: a link in bio with digital products and email. What it lacks: selling needs Pro (USD 9 a month), your own domain needs Ultra (USD 19), and there is no booking in its plans. It suits you if you sell content and your business lives on your email list.
Storio and Zaap, side by sideCalendly: a great calendar, but only a calendar
What it does well: booking meetings, mostly for work. What it lacks: free has one event type, charging for bookings and sending reminders needs Standard (USD 10 to 12 per person a month), and it does not sell products. It suits you if you only book meetings or interviews.
Storio and Calendly, side by sideStorio: your store, your calendar and your chats in one link
What it does well: your clients see your real free hours and book right there, order products for pickup or delivery, and pay you by transfer with a receipt without Storio keeping anything. Storio answers your messages on Telegram with your prices and hours, and soon on WhatsApp and Instagram. What it lacks: it is not a course platform or a free-form page editor. It suits you if you work by appointment or sell your own products.
What almost nobody compares
A calendar is not a link to another calendar. If your client taps a button and lands in another app, that is where bookings get lost. Check that the tool shows free hours on the same page and stops two people from taking the same slot.
How you get paid in your country. In Latin America many people pay by bank transfer, Nequi, Pago Móvil or Mercado Pago. If the platform only charges by card, or does not charge in your country, your link will not sell however good it looks.
Who answers the messages. The client asking «any slot tomorrow?» at 11 at night goes with whoever answers first. Ask whether the tool answers and books in the chat, and which channels it works on today.
How to choose in a minute
Ask yourself four questions. Do I sell from my link? Then the fee matters more than the plan price. Do I work by appointment? Then I need a calendar on the same page. How do my clients pay me? If it is by transfer, the tool has to accept it. Do people message me? Then it is worth having someone answer for me.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best free alternative to Linktree?
It depends on what you do. For a business that works by appointment or sells its own products, Storio is free to start, books on the same page and charges no fee when you are paid with a transfer receipt. For a creator who lives from brand deals, Beacons has more tools, at 9% per sale.
Does Linktree charge a fee per sale?
Yes. According to its public prices from October 2026, 12% on the free plan and 9% on Starter and Pro. 0% comes with Premium, at USD 35 a month.
Can I get paid with Linktree in Colombia or Mexico?
When we checked from Colombia in September 2026, Linktree did not let you collect sales in Mexico, Colombia, Argentina or Venezuela. In Storio your client pays you in your currency by transfer and uploads the receipt, with no fee.
Does Linktree have appointment booking?
Not as part of your page: to book, you link another service. Storio comes with booking included, with real free hours and never two bookings in the same slot.
Can I take my Linktree links with me?
Yes. In Storio you paste your Linktree address and it brings your photo, your bio and your links; you see how it looks before creating anything.
Sources: the public pricing pages of Linktree, Beacons, Stan Store, Carrd, Zaap and Calendly, checked in October 2026; Linktree’s payouts in Latin America, seen from Colombia in September 2026. The brands belong to their owners.