Linktree alternative for local businesses (2026): the price and the hours on the page, not behind a link

What a visitor finds without tapping anything

This is the whole comparison. Both products are one link in a bio; the question is what is on the other side of that first tap. The Linktree column is Linktree's free page and its paid tiers — the paid tiers add appearance, analytics, link scheduling and commerce, and Linktree's feature list has no hours block, no price list and no address card at any price.

On the page the visitor lands on	Linktree Free	Linktree paid	MapToSite Card · $0
Price list with the prices on it Typed once and printed as a clean list — the question a Maps pin never answers.	—	—	Yes
Opening hours + “open now” badge Worked out from the hours you typed, so a visitor at 8pm knows before calling.	—	—	Yes
Address, map link, directions On the page, with the directions line you wrote (parking, the entrance, the corner).	link only	link only	Yes
Call in one tap A call button pinned to the bottom of the screen, on every scroll.	one of the buttons	one of the buttons	Yes
Review highlights Two or three quotes you choose, not a feed you cannot edit.	—	—	Yes
Editable at the same address An edit key from publishing opens the page for changes; the link never changes.	Yes	Yes	Yes
The page itself Card plan: $0, no card, no account.	—	—	$0

Rows are read from each vendor's own product pages on 11 November 2026. “One of the buttons” means you can add a phone link or a link to a menu, exactly like any other link — the difference marked here is whether the information is on the page or behind a tap.

Linktree versus MapToSite: a Linktree page is five link buttons with the price and hours behind them; a MapToSite page shows the price list, opening hours with an open-now badge, the address with directions and a pinned call button. Three-year cost: Linktree Starter $252, Pro $504, Premium $1,080, MapToSite Card $0 and Sign $503.64. — Two pages, one link each. The cost row is 36 months at each plan's yearly rate, read 11 November 2026.

The three-year cost, on both sides

Linktree's free plan is genuinely free, and so is MapToSite's — so price is not what separates them at the bottom. It separates them at the top: the Linktree features a shop usually ends up paying for (branding removed, analytics, custom designs) cost $252 to $1,080 over three years, and none of them put the price list or the hours on the page.

Linktree Starter, 3 years (36 × $7, billed yearly)$252

Linktree Pro, 3 years (36 × $14, billed yearly)$504

Linktree Premium, 3 years (36 × $30, billed yearly)$1,080

MapToSite Card, 3 years$0

MapToSite Sign, 3 years (36 × $13.99)$503.64

Linktree prices are the USD figures on linktr.ee/s/pricing billed annually (monthly billing is $9 / $17 / $35). MapToSite Sign is $13.99 a month at its launch price; Board is $6.99 a month and is live too; the total uses Sign because that is the plan that carries your own domain. Three years is used only because it is the horizon a shop can plan on — both products are month-to-month or yearly, no lock-in on either side.

The honest line

For the same three-year money as Linktree Pro ($504), MapToSite Sign is $503.64 — and it includes your own domain, the page built for you once, and the answers on the page rather than behind a button.

Why one tap matters more to a shop than to a creator

A creator's link list is a menu of destinations: the new video, the shop, the tour dates. That is what a list is for, and Linktree does it well. A local shop's link has a different job: the visitor is already deciding whether to walk in, call, or book. Almost every one of them has the same three questions, in the same order — how much, are you open, where are you.

On a link list each of those questions is a tap out and a tap back, and every one of those hops is a place a customer can stop. On a MapToSite page they are answered in the first scroll: the price list is a price list, the hours turn into an “open now” badge worked out from the text you typed, the address carries the directions line you wrote, and the call button sits pinned to the bottom of the screen. Nobody has to decide to look — they just see it.

What MapToSite does not do

No commerce, no tips, no memberships, no link scheduling, no app, no multi-page site, no booking engine. It takes a reservation or a question as a message into your dashboard inbox — not as a booked table. If you sell courses or merch from your bio, that is Linktree's job and keep it.

Where a link list still wins

Creators and venues with many destinations, anyone selling digital products or collecting tips, and teams running several profiles. If your bio link genuinely needs to be a switchboard, a switchboard is the right tool — the two can run side by side, with the MapToSite page as the first button.

Switching, in three steps

Build the page

Pick your business type — hair, café, restaurant, home services, classes, fitness, shop — then type your name, phone, hours and your three most-asked prices.

Publish and copy the link

You get /s/your-shop and an edit key. Put the key somewhere safe: it opens the page for edits and cannot be shown again.

Put it in the bio

Either replace the Linktree link, or add the page as the first button on the Linktree and keep the rest. Nothing on the old page breaks.

A shop that wants its own domain adds Sign at $13.99 a month and we connect it — and build the page for you once, if you would rather send us the details than type them.

Questions this comparison raises

Is MapToSite a Linktree alternative for a local shop?

Yes, for one job: putting the answers a customer asks for — the price, the hours, where you are, how to call — on one page behind one link. A Linktree page is a stack of links; a MapToSite page holds the price list, the hours with an “open now” badge, your address with directions, review highlights and a call button pinned to the bottom of the screen. It is not a replacement for everything Linktree does: there is no commerce, no tips, no link scheduling and no app.

Does Linktree show my opening hours?

Not as hours on the page. Linktree's own feature list for a profile is links, appearance, analytics, link scheduling, commerce and integrations (linktr.ee/s/features, read 11 November 2026). You can add a link to a page that lists your hours, but then the customer leaves the Linktree page to read them — and a bio link that sends people away twice loses the ones who wanted one answer.

Both have a free plan. What is the difference?

Linktree Free is $0 with unlimited basic links and email/phone sign-ups. MapToSite Card is $0 forever with no card and no account, and the page itself carries the price list, hours, address, reviews and call button. The difference is not the price, it is what the visitor finds without tapping: on a link list, nothing but the buttons.

What does MapToSite cost after the free plan?

Card is $0 forever. Board is $6.99 a month and is live now: a six-photo gallery, a notice line under your name, and no “Free page” line in the footer. Sign is $13.99 a month at its launch price (list $20.99), live now, and adds your own domain, the page built for you once by us, and priority support. Payments are taken on Polar's checkout page, never on this site, and you can cancel from the receipt.

Can I keep my Linktree and use MapToSite too?

Yes, and that is the usual first step: publish the MapToSite page, then put it as the first button on your Linktree — “Menu, hours, prices”. When the bio link is the MapToSite page instead, the answers are one tap away instead of two.

Do I need my Google listing, a logo or photos?

No. Pick your business type, type your name, phone, hours and your three most-asked prices, and the page is complete. A photo and a Maps link are optional; the page works without them and never invents a fact you did not type.

Can Google find the page?

Yes. A published page is a public address such as /s/your-shop with its own title, description and preview image, and published English pages are listed in this site's sitemap. Demo pages are kept out of search on purpose.

Does MapToSite take orders or payments?

No, and it does not pretend to. There is no card processing and no commission: a customer who wants to book or ask something leaves a name, contact and message on the page, and it arrives in the page's inbox in your dashboard, newest first. If you sell online you need a shop, not this page.

Where the numbers come from. Linktree plans and prices: linktr.ee/s/pricing (Free $0 · Starter $7/mo billed annually, $9 monthly · Pro $14/mo annually, $17 monthly · Premium $30/mo annually, $35 monthly · Teams from $49/mo), read 11 November 2026 in USD; prices vary by region and are shown in local currency on the checkout page. Linktree's feature set (links, appearance, analytics, link scheduling, commerce, integrations): linktr.ee/s/features, same date. MapToSite plans and prices: this site's pricing section — Card $0, Board $6.99, Sign $13.99 (list $20.99). Three-year totals are 36 × the monthly figure. Linktree is a trademark of Linktree Pty Ltd; MapToSite is not affiliated with it.
The longer version of this argument, with the three questions to ask any vendor before you enter a card: Why paying $9/mo for Linktree hurts your local business.

Two questions, one page, thirty seconds.

Type your shop name, your hours and three prices. The page is live before your coffee is cold — free, with no card and no account.

⚡ Create your page — free See a café page

Already decided? The three plans, on one line

Card is free with no card and no account. Board ($6.99) and Sign ($13.99) add the six-photo gallery, remove every MapToSite line and — on Sign — connect your own domain. Sign costs $13.99 a month against Linktree Pro's $14, for a page that answers the price and the hours instead of linking to where they might be.

Card — $0 Board — $6.99/mo Sign — $13.99/mo

Monthly, cancel any time — no lock-in. Card details are entered on Polar's checkout page, never on this site. Polar emails a license key; paste it on your dashboard and the plan is applied to your page.