Bento link in bio alternative for affiliate creators after the Bento.me shutdown, compared on price and earnings per link

The best Bento link in bio alternative for an affiliate creator is a page that takes any affiliate link, sits on a domain you own and tells you which link earned. Bento closed on February 13, 2026, and its links now send visitors to Linktree. Linktree is the default landing spot, and its free plan is fine for a short list. If your grid was full of products you earn commission on, a storefront that reads your commission reports is the better fit.

That is the short version. Below is what actually happened to Bento, what each replacement costs as the vendors state it, and the one change that makes the next shutdown a non-event.

What happened to Bento.me?

Linktree bought Bento in June 2023 and closed it on February 13, 2026. The closure was announced in December 2025 by Bento's co-founder and covered by AlternativeTo, which reported that Bento links would redirect to Linktree after the shutdown date and that users could export their page as a zip of images, videos, links and copy from the page settings before then. Linktree emailed Bento users a migration guide and a Linktree Pro offer.

It was the second time. Linktree bought Koji in December 2023 and shut it down on January 31, 2024, seven weeks later. Our Koji link in bio alternative page covers what Koji users were left with. Two acquisitions, two closures, and in both cases the people who paid the cost were creators whose address was printed in hundreds of old posts.

Is Bento shutting down or already gone?

Already gone. February 13, 2026 has passed, and a bento.me address in your bio no longer shows your page. Reported behavior is a redirect to Linktree, which means a follower who taps your old link lands on Linktree's site instead of your picks. The export window has closed too, so if you did not download the zip in time, you are rebuilding from memory and from your affiliate reports.

That second source is better than it sounds. Your Amazon Associates, brand program and network reports list every product that earned in the last 12 months. That is a more useful starting list than the old grid, because it is sorted by money rather than by how nice the tile looked.

Bento link in bio alternatives compared

Prices are annual billing as each vendor lists them on its own pricing page. The last column is the one most roundups skip, and for an affiliate creator it is the only one that changes what you earn.

Bento's appeal was the grid: tiles of different sizes, embeds and images instead of a column of identical buttons. Linktree has since added layouts that borrow from it, so if the look was all you cared about, the place Bento sends you is a reasonable place to stay. The difference shows up when the tiles are products you earn on. None of the grid-style pages tells you which tile paid.

What is the best alternative to Bento for affiliate links?

A page that reports commission per link. Taps tell you which tile people were curious about. Commission tells you which one pays your rent, and on most creator pages those are different products. A skincare creator with 30 picks usually finds that three or four earn most of the money, and those are rarely the three at the top of the page.

Favly Pro imports the commission report from each program you use, Amazon, brand programs on networks such as Impact or Awin, Shopify Collabs stores and software referrals, and matches each row to the link that earned it through a tag in the program's sub ID field. The storefront then shows earnings per link and per collection, so you know what to pin first. It costs $288 a year, takes no fee on your commissions, and you can build a demo storefront before paying.

If your Bento page was mostly things you sell yourself, such as presets, a course or coaching calls, that is a checkout job rather than a storefront job. Our Stan Store review and Beacons review cover the two creator shops that do it, including where their fees land.

Can you use your own domain for a link in bio page?

Yes, and after Koji and Bento it is the single most useful thing you can do. Bento pages lived at bento.me/yourname, so when Bento closed, every copy of that address in every caption, pinned comment, YouTube description and podcast show note broke at once, and there is no way to redirect a domain you never owned.

Put a domain you own, such as picks.yourname.com, in front of whatever page you use. Then a future closure, or simply a better tool, means changing one DNS record. Nothing printed in your old posts has to change. Favly Pro includes a custom domain for your link in bio. Linktree does not offer one on its plans; the page stays at linktr.ee/yourname.

How do I replace my Bento link everywhere?

Start with the places that still get traffic. Your Instagram, TikTok and X bios first, because those are tapped every day. Then pinned posts and the descriptions of your ten most viewed YouTube videos. Then anywhere the address is printed that you forget about: the footer of your newsletter, your media kit PDF, and your email signature. If a team sends mail on your behalf, email signature software can push the new address to every inbox in one change instead of asking each person to edit theirs.

Last, search your own old captions for bento.me. Posts from 2024 and 2025 still get found through search and saves, and each one is currently sending a tap to Linktree instead of to you.

Is Linktree good enough after Bento?

For a lot of former Bento users, yes. Linktree Free has unlimited basic links, Starter is $72 a year, and most followers recognize the page. We compare it with the rest of the field in Linktree alternatives, and the plan prices are broken down in Linktree pricing. Linktree is the wrong fit in two cases. One is when your income is affiliate commission spread across several programs, because it will not tell you which link earned. The other is when you do not want your page to sit on a domain owned by the company that closed your last one.

A simple rule: if your links earned less than about $300 in the last year, stay on Linktree Free and spend the money elsewhere. If they earned more, knowing which three links did it is worth more than the subscription.

Frequently asked questions

Does Bento redirect to Linktree?

Yes, according to the closure coverage. After February 13, 2026, bento.me links were set to redirect to Linktree. That keeps the address from showing an error, but the follower no longer sees your page or your picks, so any affiliate link that lived on it earns nothing.

Can I still export my Bento page?

No. The export option, a zip of the page's images, videos, links and copy, was available in page settings before the February 13, 2026 shutdown. After that there is nothing to log in to. Rebuild from your affiliate program reports and your own old posts instead.

Is there a free Bento alternative?

Linktree Free is the obvious one and fits a short list of links. Beacons also has a free plan. Favly offers one free demo storefront so you can build a page and see how it works before choosing Pro.

Do link in bio tools take a cut of affiliate commission?

Not on programs you join yourself. Amazon, brands and software companies pay that commission directly to you. Fees apply to sales through a tool's own checkout or its own brand marketplace, such as the 9% Beacons lists on marketplace commission below Creator Plus.

If your Bento grid was mostly product picks, you can start a Favly Pro storefront on your own domain and see which link earns before you pay for anything.