Carrd vs Taplink Comparison 2026
Carrd's Pro plan is $19 a year for a page you design from a template. Taplink is built around a mobile bio link that can also take a booking or a payment, permanently free at the base, then $48 a year for PRO or $96 a year for BUSINESS with a CRM and payment collection. The choice is not really about price so much as whether the page needs to sell something.
At a glance
- Taplink starts cheaper, at $4.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
- Carrd bills annually only, so there is no month to try it for.
Side by side
Carrd | Taplink | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $19 | From $4 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing (they differ) | Annual only | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | 7 days | Not stated |
| API | Not stated |
Carrd
One-page sites that cost less than lunch
Carrd builds the single page most people actually need: a bio, a link list, a launch page, a form that collects email addresses. Three sites are free and Pro is priced by the year rather than the month, which is why it keeps winning link-in-bio arguments on price alone. A site that wants a blog or a shop outgrows it fast.
Our note
The cheapest way to stop handing out a social profile as though it were a home page. If Linktree's monthly bill is the one you keep meaning to cancel, this is the version you own.
Only on this side
- Covers landing pages & funnels
Taplink
A link in bio page that takes payments
Taplink builds a small mobile page out of blocks, and the paid tier turns it into something that sells: price lists, order forms, payment collection and a CRM behind them. That is further than most link pages go. The editor and the help text both read as translated, which is a fair warning about who the support team is.
Why people weigh these two
- Taplink instead of Carrd
- Taplink is the link-in-bio version of the job and takes payments, from $4 with a free tier, narrower than a full Carrd page.
- Carrd instead of Taplink
- Carrd builds a real one-page site rather than a stacked block list, for $19 a year, cheaper than a monthly bill if payments and forms are not the point.
Which one should you pick
Carrd is the cheaper option, and the better one, for a page that only needs to look good and collect a message: $19 a year against Taplink's $48, with forms for email capture and no commerce features to pay extra for.
Taplink earns its higher price the moment the page needs to sell rather than just link out. BUSINESS at $96 a year adds payment collection, lead forms and a built-in CRM, which turns a bio link into a place bookings and orders actually land. A service business or coach selling from Instagram gets more from that than from a cheaper page with nowhere to check out.
Common questions
- Which is cheaper?
- Carrd's Pro plan at $19 a year undercuts Taplink's PRO tier at $48 a year and its BUSINESS tier at $96.
- Can either take a payment directly on the page?
- Taplink can, on its BUSINESS plan: price lists, order forms and payment collection are built in. Carrd's forms collect messages and email addresses but do not process payment.
- Is either plan free forever?
- Taplink's free plan is stated as permanent, with unlimited links and page statistics. Carrd's free plan is also ongoing rather than a trial, and it covers three sites.
- Which one includes a CRM for leads and bookings?
- Taplink, on its BUSINESS plan: leads and payments land in one list with email notifications. Carrd has no CRM; it is a page builder rather than a sales tool.
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