Bento.me is gone. Your grid doesn't have to be.
Linktree bought Bento in 2023 and switched it off on February 13, 2026. Today every bento.me link, yours included, lands on Linktree's homepage. ContentLinks is a free bento-grid link in bio that is very much still here, and you can rebuild your page in about ten minutes.
- Free plan for life
- A real bento grid
- 14 days of Premium, no card
By Saiprasad Acharya, founder. Updated
HTTP/2 301 Moved Permanently
location: https://linktr.ee/
linktr.ee, the homepage. Not your page.
Still have bento.me in your bio?
Then every tap on it sends your followers to Linktree's homepage, not to you. We checked on November 10, 2026: bento.me/anyone answers with a permanent redirect to linktr.ee. Swap that link today, ideally for a page that's still a grid.
The short answer
What's the best Bento.me alternative?
If you chose Bento for its grid, pick something built on one. ContentLinks is a bento-grid link in bio tool with a free plan for life: resizable tiles, live post embeds, a map block, 160+ fonts and SEO settings, with Premium at $9 a month. Linktree, where bento.me now points, is still a column of buttons.
ContentLinks is the better fit if
- You liked Bento because it looked like a designed page, not a list
- You want it free, without a trial clock running
- You want tiles in different sizes, embeds and a map, like before
- You'd like your page to show up in search
Linktree is the better fit if
- You already moved to Linktree and you're happy with a column of links
- You need Linktree's built-in checkout, Instagram auto-replies or post scheduler
Timeline
What happened to Bento.me
The short version, with dates.
2023
Linktree buys Bento
Bento was the free, design-first link in bio built on a bento grid. Linktree acquired it.
January 2024
Linktree buys Koji, and closes it
Another link in bio tool joins Linktree and is shut down shortly after. In hindsight, a hint.
December 2025
Bento announces the shutdown
Users are told to export anything they want to keep and are pointed to a Linktree Pro offer. Linktree says it has added Bento-inspired layouts and content blocks.
February 13, 2026
Bento closes
Profiles and user data are permanently deleted, and bento.me links start redirecting to Linktree.
November 2026
Where things stand
Every bento.me address we tried, profile pages included, sends visitors to Linktree's homepage. The grids are gone.
Why Bento people end up here
It's what Bento was. Plus the part where it stays online.
We didn't build ContentLinks as a Bento clone. We built a bento-grid page builder, and it turns out that's what a lot of Bento users were looking for.
It's still a grid.
Big tiles, small tiles, wide ones, all on one canvas. That's what you liked about Bento, and it's the whole idea of ContentLinks.
It's still free.
Not a trial. One full page with 17 block types, every font and the SEO settings, free for as long as you want it.
It runs a business, too.
Opening hours, a WhatsApp button, email signup and a contact card are free, so the page can work as a one page website. Products, payment links, tip jars and contact forms are on Premium.
Search engines can find it.
Write your own meta title and description, choose whether the page is indexed and add Person or Organization schema, on the free plan.
A person answers.
ContentLinks is built by a small team, and the founder reads every email. When something breaks, you're writing to the person who fixes it.
Nothing vanishes if you stop paying.
If Premium ends, your page stays live and nothing is deleted. After what happened to Bento, that felt worth putting in writing.
Moving in
Everything you built on Bento, and where it lives here
If you used Bento, the ContentLinks link page builder will feel familiar. Here's the translation.
- On Bento.meOn ContentLinksPlan
- Square, wide and tall tilesBento Blocks you resize freely on a 1 to 4 column gridFree
- Links that turned into rich previewsThe Social Post block plays YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X, Spotify and moreFree
- A map tileThe Location block, with an embedded map and directionsFree
- Section titlesDivider and Title blocksFree
- Text notesDescription and Quote blocksFree
- Social iconsSocial Badges, round icons for each profileFree
- Photo tilesImage blocks and swipeable CarouselsFree
- It cost nothingA free plan for life, with one full pageFree
Also on the free plan
- 160+ fonts
- SEO title and description
- Email signup with CSV
- Opening hours
- WhatsApp and call buttons
- Save contact card
- FAQ block
- 10 templates
- 7 days of analytics
Feature by feature
ContentLinks vs where bento.me sends you
Bento.me has nothing left to compare, so here's ContentLinks next to Linktree, the page your old link now opens.
ContentLinks comes out ahead on 9 of 12 rows. Linktree wins 2. We left those in.
| Feature | ContentLinks | Linktree |
|---|---|---|
| The Bento part | ||
| Page layoutLinktree can feature a link or group links in a collection (Starter and up), but the page still reads top to bottom. | Bento grid, free | A column of links |
| Embed YouTube videos | Free | Pro, $17/mo |
| Choose your own fonts | 160+, free | Pro, $17/mo |
| Your own image as the background | Free | Pro, $17/mo |
| Hero or banner header | Premium, $9/mo | Pro, $17/mo |
| Everything around it | ||
| Unlimited links | Free | Free |
| SEO title and description | Free | Pro, $17/mo |
| Remove the platform's logo | Premium, $9/mo | Pro, $17/mo |
| Traffic sources and countries | Premium, $9/mo | Pro, $17/mo |
| History on the free plan | 7 days | 28 days |
| Instagram auto-replies | Not offered | Pro, $17/mo |
| Everything on this page | Premium, $9/mo | Premium, $35/mo |
Linktree's side is from its pricing page and help center, checked November 10, 2026, in US dollars on monthly billing. Spot something that changed? Email us and we'll fix it.
About ContentLinks
A link in bio that was a grid from day one
ContentLinks is the link in bio tool inside ContentAnchor, and the bento grid isn't a theme painted over a list. Every block, from a link to a map to a product card, sits on a canvas you resize and rearrange, which is exactly the part of Bento people say they miss.
It also goes further than a links page. With SEO settings, opening hours, an email signup and a contact form, your link page at contentanchor.com/yourname can stand in for a small website, and search engines can find it.
Explore the link in bio toolLink page builder
Drag links, posts and products into a bento grid and make the important ones bigger.
One page website builder
A hero, your services, proof and a contact form on one indexable page.
Example link pages
A creator, a shop, a founder, a musician, a coach and a restaurant, all built in ContentLinks.
Free vs Premium
Every feature in one table: what's free, and what Premium adds for $9.
In the wild
Real pages, run by real businesses.
A garden equipment shop in France and a hair and makeup studio working across four countries. Neither of them is a list of buttons. Tap one to see it live.
See more example pages
Switching
Rebuild your bento in about ten minutes
Bento deleted its data, so there's nothing to import from it. This is the fastest way back.
- 1
Find your old links
Check your Instagram, TikTok and X bios for what you linked. The Wayback Machine (web.archive.org) may also have a snapshot of bento.me/yourname you can copy from.
- 2
Claim your name
Your Bento username might be free here. Grab contentanchor.com/yourname with a free account, no card, and get 14 days of Premium to play with.
- 3
Start from a template
Pick one of 10 free templates or a blank grid, then paste your links. Post links turn into live embeds. The example pages show what a finished grid looks like.
- 4
Size it like Bento
Drag the tiles that matter to the big sizes, add a map, your newest video and a few words about you.
- 5
Publish and fix every bio
Publish, then replace bento.me in your bios, your email signature and any QR codes you printed.
Questions
Bento.me questions, answered.
What happened to Bento.me?
Linktree acquired Bento in 2023. In December 2025 Bento announced it would shut down, and it closed on February 13, 2026. Profiles and user data were permanently deleted, and bento.me links now redirect to Linktree's homepage.
Can I get my Bento page back?
Not from Bento: it said all profile data would be permanently deleted after February 13, 2026. If you exported your content before the deadline, start from that. Otherwise the Wayback Machine at web.archive.org may have a snapshot of bento.me/yourname that you can copy your links from.
Where does my old bento.me link go now?
To Linktree's homepage, not to your page. We checked on November 10, 2026: every bento.me address we tried returned a permanent redirect to linktr.ee. Replace it in your bios as soon as you can.
What's the best Bento.me alternative?
If you liked Bento for its grid, pick a tool that's built on one. ContentLinks is a bento-grid link in bio with a free plan for life: resizable tiles, live post embeds, a map block, 160+ fonts and SEO settings, with Premium at $9 a month.
Is ContentLinks free like Bento was?
Yes. The free plan is not a trial: one published page with 17 block types, every font, 10 templates, SEO settings and 7 days of analytics. Premium at $9 a month adds unlimited pages, all 29 blocks and full analytics, and new accounts get 14 days of it free, no card. The free vs Premium table has the full list.
Can I import my Bento page into ContentLinks?
No, and nobody can: Bento deleted the data. If you moved to Linktree after the shutdown, paste your linktr.ee link in our start dialog and we'll import that instead, with your name, bio, photo, links and social icons.
Did Linktree add a bento grid?
Linktree says it added Bento-inspired features such as visual layouts and content blocks. Its pages are still built around a vertical list of links, and layout options like collections and hero or banner headers need a paid plan.
Will ContentLinks shut down too?
We can't promise forever, and nobody honestly can. What we can promise: ContentLinks is independent, the founder reads every email, and if you ever stop paying, your page stays live and nothing is deleted.
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How we compared
We build ContentLinks, so we have a side. Every claim about Bento.me comes from its own public pages or from something we checked ourselves, last on . Prices and plans change; if something here is out of date, email us and we'll correct it.
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