Bento.me Alternative in 2026: What Happened and Where to Rebuild Your Grid

Bento.me shut down on 13 February 2026 and its links now lead to Linktree's homepage. What happened, how to rebuild your grid and 8 alternatives with checked prices.

Published August 2, 2026 · 10 min read · by Kasbu Team

Tags: Bento Alternative, Link in Bio, Migration

Bento.me shut down on 13 February 2026. We checked on 14 October 2026: bento.me, any bento.me/yourname and even the shutdown page itself answer with a permanent redirect (HTTP 301) to Linktree's homepage, not to your profile. Even if you moved to Linktree, your old link sends people to its sign-up page.

This guide explains what happened, what you can recover and where to rebuild your page. It is written by Kasbu, which is part of the comparison. That is why every price comes from each product's official website, checked on 14 October 2026, and every outside fact links to its source.

What was Bento.me?

Bento was a link in bio service that showed your links, photos, music and social profiles as a grid of blocks in different sizes instead of a list of buttons. In February 2023 it raised $1.6 million in a pre-seed round led by Sequoia Arc (TechCrunch). Its widgets included Spotify, YouTube, GitHub, maps, Calendly, Figma, Substack and Instagram (landing.bento.me).

Many people used it as a portfolio: "bento.me portfolio" is one of the searches Google suggests most often about Bento, in Spanish and in English.

What happened to Bento.me?

Linktree kept Bento running for almost two years and eight months. The shutdown notice promised an email with instructions to move to Linktree and a "special Linktree Pro offer". The terms of that offer were never published, and we have found no evidence that Linktree moved Bento pages over to its service automatically.

Where your bento.me link goes today

To Linktree's homepage, with its sign-up button. Every bento.me/yourname still out there is a visit you lose. Check:

• Your Instagram, TikTok, X, Threads and LinkedIn bios
• YouTube descriptions and pinned comments
• Your email signature and your PDF résumé
• Printed QR codes: business cards, stickers, restaurant menus, posters
• Your GitHub profile README and your portfolio website

Two things people say about Bento that aren't true

"bento.me links don't go anywhere anymore." They go to linktr.ee with a 301 (checked on 14 October 2026).

"Your bento.me link redirects to your new Linktree." No. Every bento.me URL leads to the same Linktree homepage, whoever the link belongs to.

What to look for in an alternative

• A real grid, with cards you drag and resize, not a vertical list
• Content that shows on the page itself: Spotify, YouTube, maps, GitHub, photos
• A free plan that is actually free, without silly limits and with all the design options included
• In your language: check that the interface speaks your language; the websites of own.page and Avely, for example, are only in English

The alternatives, compared

Sources: Kasbu plans; Avely pricing and its price list; own.page; tini.bio; taap.bio; Linktree pricing and its help article on domains; Carrd; Taplink. Prices in dollars or euros as each website shows them; several adjust prices by country.

About Linktree: it raised prices by 46% to 67% in November 2025 (Starter from $5 to $8, Pro from $9 to $15, according to Shelfy and PriceTimeline; Linktree doesn't publish its price history). And its official help center is clear: "We don't offer the option to use a custom domain to replace the linktr.ee URL".

Where Kasbu isn't the best choice

• If you want the cheapest custom domain: Carrd Pro Standard costs $19 a year with your own domain. You design everything by hand, with no ready-made cards.
• If you need unlimited links for free: own.page and Linktree don't limit links on their free plans. Kasbu limits the free plan to 25 cards per profile.
• If you collect leads or forms: Avely has contact management, its own forms and an AI form builder on Pro (Avely). Kasbu only embeds Google Forms or Typeform and has no contact card (vCard).

The full comparison, with 10 alternatives: Bento.me alternatives in 2026.

Kasbu, specifically

Kasbu is a grid of cards you drag and resize, with 8 columns on desktop and 4 on mobile, and the two layouts are independent: the mobile version is not a shrunken copy of the desktop one.

• Interface in English and 8 more languages: Chinese, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish.
• Free plan: 25 cards and 3 pages per profile, 2 profiles per account, 150 MB of files and all 36 card types.
• Design free since 13 October 2026: colors (a 24-color palette and a free picker), 30 animated backgrounds, background photos and all 14 fonts, on every plan.
• Apple Wallet and Google Wallet passes and a QR code for your profile, free. Few alternatives have this: Avely offers a Wallet pass with its Business Card (Avely).
• Analytics: total visits and today's full breakdown (devices, countries, browsers) on the free plan; 7, 30 and 90-day history and cities on Pro.
• Branding: free pages show visitors a small button with the Kasbu logo at the bottom of the page ("Join yourname on Kasbu"). On Pro the button just says "Follow", without the logo.
• Your data: Settings → Account → Download my data gives you a ZIP with your pages, your cards and every file you uploaded, on any plan.
• Custom domain on Pro: your page at yourname.com.

Kasbu is not owned by Linktree.

How to rebuild your page

1. Create your free account at kasbu.bio/register and try to keep the same name: bento.me/yourname becomes kasbu.bio/yourname if it's available.
2. Start with the big blocks: an image card with your photos. With 2 or more images it turns into a carousel.
3. Paste each link into a link card. Kasbu fetches the title, the preview image and the icon on its own.
4. Rebuild your widgets with the matching card (table below).
5. Use a separator card for section titles and a text card for notes.
6. Switch to the mobile view and arrange it separately.
7. Replace your bento.me link everywhere (list above) and download your new QR code from Settings.

If you moved to Linktree: open your Linktree in another tab and paste each link into a Kasbu card. Keep the Linktree until all your bios point to the new page.

If you don't have your links at hand: Bento only held links. Your Spotify, YouTube, GitHub and social profiles still exist. Recover the links from your bios, your screenshots or the Internet Archive by searching for bento.me/yourname: some public pages were saved, not all of them, and the images don't always load.

The full step-by-step guide: How to migrate from Bento.me.

Does Kasbu work as a portfolio?

Yes. Image carousels, Figma, Behance and GitHub cards, the résumé card and up to 3 pages per profile on the free plan cover most portfolios. You can browse real pages made with Kasbu before signing up.

Don't let it happen again

Bento had Sequoia Arc funding and still closed less than three years later. No company can promise it will be around forever, us included. What you do control:

• A backup. On Kasbu: Settings → Account → Download my data. Before you build your page on another tool, check whether it has something similar.
• Your own domain. If yourname.com points to your page, switching tools means changing one DNS record, not every bio, QR code and printed card. Kasbu, Avely, own.page and Carrd offer it on paid plans; Linktree doesn't.

Frequently asked questions

When did Bento.me shut down?

On 13 February 2026, almost two years and eight months after Linktree announced the purchase in June 2023. The shutdown was announced on 18 December 2025, with 57 days' notice.

Can I recover my Bento page?

Not from Bento: the shutdown notice said user and profile data would be deleted on 13 February 2026. Rebuild it from your bios, your screenshots or the Internet Archive.

Did Linktree move my Bento page over automatically?

There's no evidence of that. Bento's notice promised an email with instructions and a Linktree Pro offer whose terms were never published.

Is Kasbu really free? What's the catch?

The free plan doesn't expire and includes 25 cards and 3 pages per profile, 2 profiles, all 36 card types, all design options, a QR code and a Wallet pass. What it doesn't include: visitors see a small button with the Kasbu logo, analytics only show today's breakdown and files are capped at 150 MB. Pro ($4.99/month or $54.99/year, with a 14-day trial the first time) removes the branding and adds unlimited cards and pages, a custom domain, 7, 30 and 90-day analytics, 30 GB and up to 10 profiles.

Does it work for businesses or only for creators?

Both. There are WhatsApp, phone, email, map, product and WiFi network QR cards, which cover a one-page business mini site.

What if I'm looking for someone else's Bento page?

It no longer exists: bento.me/theirname opens Linktree's homepage. Look for their new link in their Instagram, TikTok or X bio.

Sources

All checked on 14 October 2026. Kasbu's figures come from our own product and are the ones in effect on that date.

• TechCrunch, Bento's pre-seed round, 15 February 2023: https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/15/sequoia-backed-bento-wants-be-more-than-a-link-in-bio-tool-for-creators
• Bento (@joinbento) on X, 5 June 2023: https://x.com/joinbento/status/1665837936607379456
• Tech.eu, 6 June 2023: https://tech.eu/2023/06/06/sequoia-backed-bento-boxed-up-by-linktree
• TechCrunch, Koji acquisition, 14 December 2023: https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/14/linktree-acquires-link-in-bio-platform-koji-in-its-second-investment-of-the-year/
• Eike Drescher (Bento) on X, 18 December 2025: https://x.com/eikedrescher/status/2001695639806316904
• AlternativeTo, December 2025: https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/12/bento-to-shut-down-in-2026-as-linktree-takes-over-and-offers-migration-path/
• Roboin, 23 December 2025: https://roboin.io/article/2025/12/23/bento-shuts-down-the-end-of-a-simple-profile-link-aggregation-service
• Linktree price increase (third parties): https://www.shelfy.today/blog/why-is-linktree-so-expensive and https://pricetimeline.com/news/181
• Pricing: https://avely.me/pricing, https://avely.me/api/billing/prices/, https://own.page/pricing, https://tini.bio/vs-bento, https://taap.bio, https://linktr.ee/s/pricing, https://carrd.com/pro, https://taplink.at/en/prices.html

Ready to rebuild your grid? Create your page for free or read what happened to Bento and how the alternatives compare. For more background on the shutdown: what happened to Bento.me.