Comparisons
Linky vs Carrd
Carrd is not really a link-in-bio service: it is a one-page site builder. You lay everything out yourself. It is also the cheapest paid tool compared here, billed per year.
Linky
$0, forever
No paid plan exists.
Carrd
Pro Lite from $9/year; Pro Standard $19/year; Pro Plus $49/year.
Free plan: Yes, up to three sites with Carrd branding.
Choose Carrd if
You enjoy laying out a page yourself and want total freedom, your own domain, forms and arbitrary embeds.
Where Carrd is stronger
- Blank-canvas freedom
- Custom domains
- Forms and arbitrary embeds on Pro
- Cheapest paid tier of any tool here
Choose Linky if
The page is the product: you want it to look like you, show live data, and cost nothing, and you do not need a store or a marketing suite attached.
Where Linky is different
- Zero cost
- Designed-for-creators blocks: polls, countdowns, game settings, live cards
- Analytics, badges, UID and a QR code out of the box
- Discord sign-in and a verified profile
- Five-minute setup, no layout work
Side by side
FeatureLinkyCarrd
Free plan✓Free, completeFree, 3 sites, branding
Cheapest paid plan✗None exists$9/year
Freedom✓Blocks and themesBlank canvas
Custom domain✓NoPro
Analytics✓Free, built inPro, cookie-free or third-party
Live data cards✓YesNo
Read from carrd.co on October 21, 2026. Prices change; check theirs before deciding.
What Linky does not do
- A storefront, checkout or digital product sales
- Sending newsletters (the Email signup block collects addresses; you send with your own tool)
- Social post scheduling
- Custom domains: every page lives at linky.moe/yourname
- Ad pixels and third-party analytics scripts
- Team seats, agencies or multiple profiles per account
Everything in Linky, for everyone
- Price: Free forever. There is no paid plan.
- Branding removal: The footer is a toggle on every page.
- Themes, fonts, layouts: 13 presets, 33 fonts, 4 layouts, 10 card looks, 8 button styles, all free.
- Animated & video backgrounds: 13 animated effects, image and video backgrounds, free.
- Analytics: Views, visitors, clicks per link, referrers, devices, languages, UTM. Cookieless. Free.
- Embeds & live cards: Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music, SoundCloud, Twitch, TikTok, GitHub, Discord, Roblox, Minecraft, weather.
- Sign-in: Discord only. No password to leak.
- AI apps: MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and others. Free.
Switching from Carrd?
Paste your Carrd page in the dashboard and Linky lists every link for you to pick. Nothing is written until you choose, and your old page is untouched.