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How much does your link in bio really cost? Linktree vs Carrd vs Wix vs building it with AI

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Paying every month for a list of buttons never made sense to me. Now there’s a new option: ask Claude or ChatGPT to build the page for you. Free? Not quite. Whatever you don’t pay in money, you pay in hours.

Run the numbers with your own situation:

1Which currency do you want to see?

Carrd, Wix and the AI chatbots all charge in USD.

USD

Your numbers never leave your device

Everything runs in your browser. Nothing is sent or saved, not even your salary.

How it works and how to check
  • The page downloads a small JavaScript program and your computer or phone does the math. No server receives what you type.
  • There's no submit button, database, cookies or browser storage. Reload the page and it's all gone.
  • The only thing I log, anonymously and without cookies (Umami), is that someone used the calculator. No numbers.

Check it yourself: open your browser's developer tools (F12 or Cmd+Option+I), go to the Network tab and type your salary: no request goes out. You can also go offline and the calculator keeps working. Or read the code.

Not sure? Work it out from my salary

3Tell me about your situation

Your best option

All options

Real cost = what you pay + what your time is worth.

OptionWhat you payYear 1: plan, domain, AIYour timeYear 1: hours × your rateReal costYear 1: paid + timeYear 2 onwardsReal cost, once it's built

Year 1 includes building your page; from year 2 on, just keeping it updated. Amounts in USD.

Adjust prices and assumptions
Prices as of November 8, 2026.

The four options, briefly #

  • Linktree: the easiest, but you pay every month forever, and on the Starter plan your page still shows Linktree branding.
  • Carrd: what I recommend. Your own domain and no branding for $19 a year. Here’s a free template and step-by-step tutorial .
  • Wix: worth it if you need a store or a blog. For a link in bio, you’re paying $17 a month for features you won’t use.
  • Building it with AI: the page takes minutes and the domain takes a little while. What adds up is learning to publish it the first time, and going back to the code and republishing every time you change a link. If you already know how and already pay for an AI subscription, it’s the cheapest. If not, you pay in hours (though you’ll learn something).

Where the hours come from #

They’re my estimates. If it would take you more or less, keep that in mind when you read the result.

Option Year 1 After that
Linktree 1 h 1 h
Carrd, with a template 2 h 1 h
Wix 4 h 2 h
With AI, if you’ve never published a site 5 h 3 h
With AI, if you already know how 3 h 1 h

Prices #

Checked on November 8, 2026. If they change, you can edit them in the calculator.

Item Price Source
Linktree Starter $7/month billed yearly ($84/year) RecurDash
Carrd Pro Lite / Standard $9 / $19 per year (Lite has no custom domain) Carrd
Wix Light $17/month billed yearly, free domain for the first year Wix
Claude Pro or ChatGPT Plus $20/month Each one’s pricing page
.com domain ~$11 per year Typical price

Linktree uses regional pricing: in Mexico, for example, Starter is about 1,190 pesos a year. Switch the calculator to MXN to see it.

Going with Carrd? #

Here’s how to build it from scratch, step by step (the video is in Spanish):

“Try Carrd” is my referral link: it costs you the same and gives me a small commission. Even so, the calculator tells you when something else is a better fit.

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