Kasbu vs Taap.bio (2026): Which Bento-Style Grid Is Better?
Taap.bio is now a paid creator store at $19 a month with no free plan. Kasbu is a free grid page with a $4.99 Pro. What each one includes, what a year costs and who should pick which, checked on 14 October 2026.
Published · 5 min read · by Kasbu Team
Tags: Bento Alternative, Taap.bio, Comparison, Link in Bio
When Bento.me closed on 13 February 2026, Taap.bio was one of the first grid tools people tried. It has a real drag and drop bento layout and "smart widgets" that build themselves from a pasted link, which is close to how Bento felt.
What changed since then is the business model. On 14 October 2026 Taap.bio's pricing page lists a single Creator plan at $19 a month (or $180 a year) and says plainly that a free plan "is not offered". There is a 14-day trial, and it asks for a card at signup. Taap now sells itself as a creator store: a bento page on top, with selling, an email list and analytics underneath.
So the comparison is less "which grid is nicer" and more "do you need a store, or a page".
The short version
- Pick Taap.bio if you sell digital products (ebooks, templates, courses) and want the checkout, the email list and the page in one place. You pay $19 a month for that, and Taap takes 0% of your sales on top of the payment processor's fee.
- Pick Kasbu if you want a rich page with your links, music, video, a map and your work, and don't need checkout. The free plan has 25 cards per profile and doesn't expire. Pro is $4.99 a month or $54.99 a year.
What a year costs
| Kasbu | Taap.bio | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes: 25 cards per profile, 3 pages, 2 profiles, no time limit | No |
| Trial | 14 days of Pro at checkout, once per customer | 14 days, card required |
| Monthly | $4.99 (Pro) | $19 (Creator) |
| Yearly | $54.99 (Pro) | $180 (Creator) |
| Your own domain | Pro | Included in Creator |
| Fee on sales | No checkout, so no sales fee | 0% from Taap, processor fees still apply |
Both prices are in US dollars. Kasbu's checkout shows the equivalent in your currency before you pay.
What they have in common
- A real grid. Both let you place cards of different sizes and drag them around, the way Bento did. Neither is a vertical list.
- Live embeds. Taap's homepage lists "10+ rich widgets" including YouTube, Spotify and maps. Kasbu has 36 card types, and pasting a link suggests the right one: a YouTube video plays inside the card, a Spotify or Apple Music track plays without leaving the page.
- Your own domain, on Taap's only plan and on Kasbu Pro.
Where Taap.bio wins
- Selling. Taap has a store built in: digital products, a checkout and a "0% transaction fees" promise. Kasbu has a product card (photo, price and a button that links to your shop), but the payment happens on your shop, not on Kasbu.
- An email list. Taap collects subscribers on the page. Kasbu doesn't have a newsletter form of its own. You can link one or embed a Typeform.
- Hosting in Europe. Taap says it is hosted in France and GDPR compliant, which matters to some EU businesses.
Where Kasbu wins
- It's free to start, and stays free. 25 cards, 3 pages and 2 profiles with no trial clock. The median Kasbu page uses 4 cards (our data, July 2026), so most people never hit the limit.
- The look is free too. Since 13 October 2026 every color, background, background photo, effect and the 14 fonts are free on Kasbu, and so are all 36 card types.
- More card types. Players for Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and SoundCloud. YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok and Loom videos. A map, GitHub, Calendly, Google Calendar, Typeform, Google Docs, Figma, Canva, Behance, file downloads, a WiFi card, an experience card and an HTML/code card.
- Offline sharing. Every Kasbu profile has a QR code and a pass for Apple Wallet and Google Wallet. Show it at a market stall or a meetup and people scan your page from your lock screen.
- The price if you do upgrade. Kasbu Pro for a year costs $54.99, less than four months of Taap Creator.
- 9 interface languages. English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Chinese and Finnish.
Moving from Bento
Bento announced that user and profile data would be deleted at shutdown, and every bento.me address now redirects to Linktree's homepage. Whichever tool you pick, you rebuild your page.
On Kasbu that takes four steps:
- Create a free account and claim your username.
- Paste your links one by one into the card menu. Kasbu detects YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, X posts, Calendly and more, and suggests the matching card.
- Drag and resize the cards, first on desktop (8 columns) and then on mobile (4 columns).
- Swap the bento.me link in your bios for kasbu.bio/yourname.
Our step-by-step migration guide covers where to find your old links.
Frequently asked questions
Does Taap.bio have a free plan?
No. On 14 October 2026 Taap.bio's pricing page lists one Creator plan at $19 a month or $180 a year, with a 14-day trial that asks for a card.
Is Kasbu free?
Yes. Kasbu Free includes 25 cards per profile, 3 pages, 2 profiles, all 36 card types, every font and background, a QR code and a Wallet pass. A small "Follow on Kasbu" button stays on free pages. Pro removes it and costs $4.99 a month or $54.99 a year.
Can I sell products on Kasbu?
You can show them: the product card has a photo, a price and a buy button that links to your shop (Gumroad, Shopify, Etsy or any URL). Kasbu doesn't process the payment. If you want checkout on the same page, Taap.bio is built for that.
Sources
Checked on 14 October 2026.
- Taap.bio pricing: https://taap.bio/pricing
- Taap.bio homepage (widgets, store, hosting): https://taap.bio
- Bento shutdown notice, Eike Drescher (Bento) on X, 18/12/2025: https://x.com/eikedrescher/status/2001695639806316904
- Kasbu prices and limits: kasbu.bio/pricing and Kasbu plan settings on 14 October 2026.
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