TL;DR: Yes. Linktree's free plan is $0 forever and it's more generous than people assume: unlimited links, a QR code, most link apps, email collection. What it doesn't include is your own branding. Taking Linktree's name off your page starts at $12/month billed annually — $144 a year. Smart link routing is further up again, on the $30/month Premium plan. Full breakdown below, every price read off Linktree's own pricing page on 30 August 2026.
By Denis Qyra, Marketer at Linkie · Last updated 30 August 2026
Where these numbers come from. Every Linktree price and feature limit in this article was read directly off Linktree's pricing page on 30 August 2026, including the full plan comparison table, not just the three plan cards. Linkie's own numbers came off our pricing page the same day. Pricing in this category moves, so the date matters, if you're reading this months later, check both before you decide. Where Linktree doesn't publish something, I've said so instead of guessing.
Is Linktree free? The short answer
Yes, Linktree is free. The Free plan costs $0 forever, with no trial clock and no card required.
You get unlimited links, a QR code, the Instagram grid, most of the link apps, video embeds, email and phone collection, and two-factor authentication. For a lot of people that's genuinely the whole job, and if that's you, stop reading and go use it.
The catch isn't a link cap. It's that the page isn't quite yours. Linktree's branding stays on it until you reach the Pro plan at $12/month, and a few things you'd assume were basic, scheduling a link, redirecting one, seeing which individual link got tapped — sit behind a paid tier too.
That's the honest version. Now the detail.
What's actually included in the Linktree free plan
More than the "free plans are useless" crowd will tell you.
You get:
Unlimited links
QR code
Instagram grid and Instagram profile link app
Most link apps — Music, Maps, Book, FAQ, Text, Typeform, Reddit, Snapchat, Discount Code, TikTok profile
Video embeds from Twitch, TikTok, Instagram, Vimeo, Facebook and YouTube
Email and phone number collection
Social icons, custom profile image, title and bio
Free themes and custom wallpaper colors
Lifetime insights and social icon insights
Linktree Shop, Sponsored Links, and stores via Shopify, Spring and Bonfire
Multi-factor authentication, the mobile app, and archive links
You don't get:
Removal of Linktree's branding
Link scheduling, redirects, or link locks
Individual link insights — you can see traffic, not which link earned it
Analytics beyond the last 28 days
SEO settings, Google Analytics, UTM parameters, or email integrations
12% fee on digital products and courses, versus 9% on paid plans and 0% on Premium
Support inside 48 hours
The pattern is clear enough once you see it laid out. Linktree gives away the page and charges for control of it, how it looks, when links appear, and what you're allowed to know about them.
What removing Linktree branding actually costs
This is the part most articles skim, so here it is plainly.
"Remove Linktree branding" is a Pro feature. Pro is $12/month billed annually, or $15/month if you pay monthly.
The $6 Starter plan does not remove it. I want to be specific about that because it's the natural assumption — you pay something, the logo goes. It doesn't. Starter gets you a personalized Linktree, basic analytics and lower seller fees, and Linktree's name stays on your page.
Linktree's own comparison table confirms it twice: there's a separate row called "Hide Linktree Footer" further down, and it's ✗ on Free, ✗ on Starter, ✓ on Pro.
So the real number:
$144 a year to take someone else's logo off your own page. $180 if you pay month to month.
Whether that's worth it depends entirely on what the page is for. If it's a personal link list you send to friends, who cares. If it's the page your customers land on from an ad, or the one a brand looks at before signing a deal, you're paying $144 a year to not look like you're using the free tier of something.
For what it's worth, Linkie doesn't have a plan that removes branding — because there's no branding to remove. No watermark gets added on any plan, including the free one. That's not a feature we sell, it's a row that doesn't exist in our table. Our paid plan is $7.50/month billed yearly, and it's for analytics, a custom domain and smart links, not for making your own page look like your own page.
Linktree pricing in 2026: every plan compared
All four plans, verified 30 August 2026.
Plan | Billed annually | Billed monthly | What it adds |
|---|---|---|---|
Free | $0 forever | $0 | Unlimited links, QR code, most link apps, email collection |
Starter | $6/mo · $72/yr | $8/mo · $96/yr | Personalized Linktree, basic analytics, 9% seller fees, scheduling, redirects |
Pro | $12/mo · $144/yr | $15/mo · $180/yr | Removes Linktree branding, custom themes and fonts, advanced analytics, SEO settings |
Premium | $30/mo · $360/yr | $35/mo · $420/yr | 0% seller fees, dynamic links and smart routing, data export, Instagram auto-replies |
Pro is the one Linktree marks "Recommended". Pro and Premium both come with a 7-day free trial.
If you want this compared against the rest of the category rather than just Linktree's own ladder, I've broken the whole market down in our link in bio pricing guide.
The things you only get on Premium
Here's what surprised me reading the full table rather than the plan cards.
Four things are locked to Premium at $30/month — and Pro, at $12, doesn't get them:
Data export. You can see your analytics on Pro. You can't take them with you.
Instagram auto-reply and DM triggers. Not on Pro at all.
Rules Power-Up.
Dynamic links and smart routing.
That last one is the one worth pausing on. Routing a single link by country, device or browser, sending iPhone visitors to the App Store and Android to Google Play, or Brazilian traffic to a Portuguese page, is Linktree's most expensive tier. $360 a year.
I'd argue that's backwards for who actually needs it. The people who most need one link to behave differently for different visitors are usually the ones with an international audience and no budget yet, not the ones already spending $30 a month. If you want the mechanics of how that routing should be structured, our smart links guide covers the rule order and what happens to visitors who match nothing.
On Linkie, smart links are unlimited on the $7.50/month plan. Same idea, quarter of the price.
Which Linktree plan do you actually need?
Short version, because this is where most people overspend.
Stay on Free if you're collecting links and the branding doesn't bother you. It's a good free plan. Don't pay for a problem you don't have.
Starter ($6/mo) if you want scheduling and redirects and lower seller fees — but understand you're still on a branded page. In my view this tier is the weakest value of the four, because it takes your money without solving the most visible limitation.
Pro ($12/mo) if the page needs to look like yours. That's the real reason to buy Pro. Custom themes, SEO settings and 365 days of analytics come along with it.
Premium ($30/mo) if you're selling enough that 0% seller fees beat 9%, or you genuinely need smart routing and data export. Do the math on your own volume before assuming it's expensive — if you're moving real product, the fee difference can pay for the plan on its own.
Free Linktree alternatives worth checking
If you got here because the branding or the pricing pushed you to look around, here's the honest comparison. Both columns verified 30 August 2026, both one click from checking yourself.
Linktree | Linkie | |
|---|---|---|
Free plan | $0 forever | $0 forever |
Cheapest paid tier | $6/mo (Starter) | $7.50/mo yearly · $9/mo monthly (Plus) |
Tier that removes platform branding | Pro — $144/yr | No such tier — nothing is added |
Smart / dynamic link routing | Premium — $360/yr | Plus — $90/yr |
SEO settings | Pro — $144/yr | Free |
Analytics on the free plan | Last 28 days | None |
Email collection on the free plan | Yes | No |
Three things fall out of that table:
Removing platform branding costs $144 a year on Linktree. On Linkie there's nothing to remove.
Smart routing is a $360/year feature on Linktree and a $90/year one on Linkie — four times cheaper for the same idea.
Linktree charges $144 a year for SEO settings. Ours are on the free plan, along with custom title, description, favicon, social sharing image and indexing control.
A note on that last one, since it's my actual job: your bio page can rank, and the settings that decide whether it does — title, description, whether search engines are allowed to index it at all — are pretty fundamental. Putting those behind a $144/year plan is a choice.
Linkie's Plus pricing scales with how many pages you need, by the way. $7.50/month is the one-page price. Nineteen pages is $99.60/month billed yearly, with bundle discounts along the way. If you're an agency running client pages, that's the number to look at, not the single-page one.
For the wider set of options beyond us two, our roundup of Linktree alternatives covers the rest, and the free tools comparison is the one to read if budget is the whole constraint.
Where Linktree's free plan is genuinely better than ours
I'm not going to write a comparison where the company I work for wins every row. You'd check, and you'd be right to.
Analytics. Linktree's free plan gives you 28 days of analytics plus lifetime insights. Linkie's free plan gives you none — every analytics row on our free tier is a cross. If you want to see what your page is doing without paying anything, Linktree is the better free plan, straightforwardly.
Email collection. Linktree includes email and phone collection on all four plans, including Free. On Linkie it's Plus-only.
Linktree is also broader on link apps, has scheduling and redirects at a lower tier than we do, and has a commerce stack we simply don't compete with. If you're selling courses and digital products directly through your bio page, that's their category and not ours.
What I'd actually say is this: the two products are aimed at different things. Linktree is building a place to sell from. We're building a page that looks like yours and routes traffic properly. Pick based on which of those you need.
FAQ
Is Linktree truly free to use?
Yes. The Free plan is $0 forever, not a trial. It includes unlimited links and most link apps. The limits are on branding, analytics depth and a few link controls, not on how many links you can add.
Does it cost money to use Linktree?
Only if you want branding removed, deeper analytics, lower seller fees or smart routing. Paid plans run $6, $12 and $30 a month billed annually.
How much does Linktree cost per month?
Starter $6, Pro $12, Premium $30 when billed annually. Month to month it's $8, $15 and $35. Verified 30 August 2026.
Is it free to make a Linktree?
Yes. Creating an account and publishing a page costs nothing, and there's no time limit on the free tier.
Why did people stop using Linktree?
The two reasons that come up most are branding and cost stacking — the page carries Linktree's name until $12/month, and the features people expected to be mid-tier, like smart routing and data export, are on the $30 plan. Some people also moved because they wanted the page on their own domain. It's less that Linktree got worse and more that the category filled up with tools that price those things differently.
What can I use instead of a Linktree?
Plenty of options, and it depends what you're optimizing for. If it's branding and routing, Linkie is worth a look — no watermark on any plan and smart links at $7.50/month. If it's selling digital products directly, honestly, Linktree Premium or Beacons will serve you better. Our full alternatives list goes through the rest.
One last thing. If the only reason you're considering a paid plan is to get someone else's logo off your page, check whether the tool you're looking at puts one there in the first place. That's a $144-a-year question and it takes about thirty seconds to answer.
You can see Linkie's plans here — the free one included.
