Linktree costs $0, $8, $15 or $35 a month in US dollars in 2026 for its Free, Starter, Pro and Premium plans. Paid for a year, Linktree's Starter, Pro and Premium work out to $6, $12 and $30 a month. On digital products and courses, it takes 12% of each sale on Free, 9% on Starter and Pro, and 0% only on Premium.
On monthly billing, the cheapest plan follows your sales. Under about $270 a month, Free costs least. Over $300, Premium does. In between, Starter wins by pennies.
Checked October 2026 (2 October, plans and fees re-read 8 October) against Linktree's own pricing page. That page shows prices in the visitor's local currency, so the figures here are its US-dollar version. Fees come from the same page's comparison table and from Linktree's blog; one line on the pricing page disagrees with both, covered below.
Linktree pricing: four plans, and only Premium sells at 0%
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly (per month) | Cut on product and course sales | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 12% | — |
| Starter | $8 | $6 ($72/yr) | 9% | None listed |
| Pro | $15 | $12 ($144/yr) | 9% | 7 days |
| Premium | $35 | $30 ($360/yr) | 0% | 7 days |
Agencies and enterprises get custom pricing. Yearly totals are the per-month price times twelve; the page shows only the per-month figure.
Is Linktree still free?
Yes. The Free plan is still on Linktree's pricing page in October 2026, labelled "Free with restrictions": unlimited basic links and email and phone sign-ups, with the Linktree logo on your page and a 12% cut of anything you sell. What costs money is everything past that: more featured links and scheduling (Starter), your own look and no logo (Pro), and 0% on sales (Premium). If you were charged, it wasn't for Free; the reasons are below.
Which plan holds the feature you want
Free: a list of links, and a 12% cut if you sell
Free has unlimited links, one featured link, email and phone sign-ups, a QR code, 28 days of analytics and up to 1,000 Instagram auto-reply messages a month. You can sell digital products and courses on it at a 12% cut. The page carries the Linktree logo, and Linktree labels the plan "Free with restrictions".
Starter: scheduling and better link controls
Starter adds unlimited featured links, animated and spotlighted links, scheduled links, a redirect link, link locks, grid and carousel layouts for collections, a verified badge, per-link insights and 90 days of analytics. It doesn't remove the Linktree logo or unlock the advanced themes.
Pro: your own look, and your marketing tools
Pro is where the page stops looking like everyone else's. It removes the Linktree footer and adds advanced themes, button and font styles, image or video wallpapers, a hero or video profile image and a logo title.
It also connects the tools a marketer wants: Google Analytics, Facebook's Conversion API, UTM parameters, SEO settings, and Mailchimp, Klaviyo, Kit or Google Sheets for your sign-ups. Analytics go back 365 days.
Premium: 0% on sales, link rules and data export
Premium drops Linktree's cut on digital products and courses to 0%, and on Linktree Shop and sponsored links the table says you "keep 100% of earnings". It adds link rules that show, hide or change a link by visitor location or referrer, data export, all-time analytics, unlimited Instagram auto-replies and Instagram DM triggers on all posts. Support answers within 4 hours, against 48 on Free.
Does Linktree take a percentage?
Yes, on every plan except Premium. On digital products and courses Linktree keeps 12% of each sale on Free and 9% on Starter and Pro; Premium is 0%. Stripe's processing, 2.9% + 30¢ on a US card, comes on top on every plan, Premium included, and a $0.25 charge applies per payout.
On Linktree Shop and sponsored links the cut works differently: it's a percentage of the commission you earn, not of the order, and Premium lists "keep 100% of earnings" there. Which plan is cheapest at your sales level is worked out further down.
Is Pro 0% or 9% on sales?
On digital products and courses, plan on 9%. The Pro card at the top of the pricing page lists "Sell and earn with 0% fees". The comparison table on the same page says "9% Fee" for Pro, and so does Linktree's blog: "12% on Free, 9% on Starter and Pro, and 0% on Premium".
Nothing in the table gives Pro a 0% rate or a "keep 100%" line, on Shop and sponsored links either. So the bullet stands alone.
If 0% on Pro is why you'd upgrade, ask Linktree support first, and check your first payout.
What you actually pay at $0, $500 and $2,000 a month
The plan price is half the bill; the cut is the other half. This is what each plan costs you a month at three sales levels, billed monthly, assuming a $25 product (20 sales at $500, 80 at $2,000):
| Plan | Plan price | Cut | Selling nothing | At $500 in sales | At $2,000 in sales | You keep of $2,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 12% | $0 | $60 | $240 | $1,678 |
| Starter | $8 | 9% | $8 | $53 | $188 | $1,730 |
| Pro | $15 | 9% | $15 | $60 | $195 | $1,723 |
| Premium | $35 | 0% | $35 | $35 | $35 | $1,883 |
Stripe's processing is the same on every plan, so it's left out of the cost columns. On Stripe's standard US card rate of 2.9% + 30¢ it comes to about $20.50 at $500 and $82 at $2,000; the "you keep" column takes off both. A $0.25 charge per payout is also listed in the pricing page's FAQ. On yearly billing, the three paid plans cost $2, $3 and $5 a month less than the cost columns show.
Which plan is cheapest at your sales level, billed monthly:
- Under about $267 a month in sales: Free. Starter's cut is 3 points lower, and 3% of $267 is the $8 it costs.
- From about $267 to $300: Starter, by less than a dollar.
- Over $300: Premium. That's where its $35 matches 9% of your sales.
Billed yearly, each line moves down. Starter beats Free from $200 a month in sales, and Premium beats every other plan from about $267.
Pro is never the cheapest plan for selling. It has the same 9% as Starter for more money; you buy it for the design and integrations. At $2,000 a month, Premium leaves you $160 more than Pro. A walkthrough of the checkout itself, with other tools' fees, is in how to sell digital products from your Instagram bio.
Why is Linktree charging me?
Almost always for one of four reasons, all in Linktree's own terms and help center:
- A free trial ended. Pro and Premium start with "Try free for 7 days". The terms say that unless you cancel, the subscription "will automatically continue" and Linktree charges your payment method on each renewal date. Cancel before day 7 if you only wanted the trial.
- The plan renewed. "At the end of each billing cycle, your paid plan will automatically renew", monthly or yearly, until you cancel.
- You cancelled, but the cycle hadn't ended. A cancelled plan keeps running to the end of the period you paid for, then drops to Free (Linktree Help: cancel your plan). It doesn't refund the rest of the period.
- A $1 charge you don't recognize. That's a pre-authorization when you subscribe; Linktree says it "isn't an actual charge" and is reversed automatically (Linktree Help: $1 charge).
If you subscribed in the iPhone or Android app, cancel through Apple or Google; Linktree says it can't refund app-store purchases. Payments are otherwise non-refundable, with a possible exception at Linktree's discretion if you cancel within 72 hours.
Cheaper ways to get what Linktree charges for
Three upgrades drive most Linktree bills: your own design, no logo, and 0% on sales. Here is what each costs on Linktree and on InBio.
| What you want | On Linktree | On InBio |
|---|---|---|
| Every theme, font and layout, video backgrounds | Pro: $15/mo, or $12/mo billed yearly | Beginner: $4/mo, or $40/yr (InBio branding stays) |
| Remove the platform's branding | Pro: $15/mo, or $12/mo billed yearly | Pro: $9/mo, or $90/yr |
| 0% on digital product sales | Premium: $35/mo, or $30/mo billed yearly | Business: $29/mo, or $290/yr |
On yearly billing, that last row is $290 against $360 a year. InBio Business pays out through your own Stripe account and takes 0%. Paid InBio plans start with a 14-day free trial for first-time subscribers; the details are on InBio's pricing page.
Two limits decide it the other way. Selling on InBio starts at Business, $29 a month. Below about $240 a month in sales, Linktree Free's 12% costs you less. And InBio doesn't host courses or send Instagram auto-replies; if either is why you're on Linktree, Premium fits better.
For other tools with their own fees, see our Linktree alternatives, the Linktree-vs-Beacons breakdown and the wider link-in-bio tools comparison.
Is Linktree worth it? Which plan to pick
- A list of links: Free does it, with unlimited links and one featured link. You pay only in the Linktree logo.
- Scheduling, redirects and per-link stats: Starter, at $6–8 a month. It's the cheapest way to stop editing your page by hand at midnight.
- A page that looks like your brand, wired to your email and ad tools: Pro, at $12–15. Logo removal and the advanced themes start here. If design and no logo are all you're after, InBio's Pro does both for $9.
- Selling more than about $300 a month: Premium, or a 0% plan elsewhere. At that volume the 0% pays for the plan.
- Selling a little: stay on Free. On yearly billing, below about $200 a month in sales every paid Linktree plan costs more than it saves you in fees.
Whichever you pick, check the price on the pricing page in your own currency before you pay; it can differ from the dollar figures here.
This post is part of our link in bio basics series.
We make InBio. Both tools, InBio included, were checked the same way: on their own pricing pages and help centers, October 2026.
