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Link-in-bio tools for promo codes, compared

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Only two of the six shortlisted tools can display a brand's promo code as a first-class object, and the rest of the decision comes down to what else you need the page to do, which is why the criteria are stated before any product is named.

How we checked

The six criteria were fixed before any product was scored, so the scoring could not be arranged to produce a winner. Every changeable fact, plan names, prices, analytics windows and fee tiers, was read from the product's own pricing or help documentation on 2026-08-13 and is linked in Sources. Capabilities a vendor shows only as an unlabelled icon are reported as unconfirmed, and the page names the scenarios where usecode.sh is the wrong answer.

The six criteria, before any product names

Write down which of these you actually care about before you read the table. Most of the disagreement about bio tools is people answering different questions.

  1. Is a code a real object? A code you type into a button label cannot be styled as a code, counted on its own, or retired on its own. A code that is its own thing in the tool can be all three.
  2. How many taps to the clipboard? Every tap between seeing a code and having it copied is a chance to mistype it at checkout.
  3. Does anything code-specific get counted? Views and clicks describe the link path. Someone who copies a code and opens the brand's app directly leaves no click behind, so a tool that counts only clicks cannot see them.
  4. How far back does your tier let you look? The retention window matters the month a brand asks about last quarter, not the week you sign up. Check the window on the tier you will actually be on, which for most creators is the free one.
  5. What does it take from money you earn elsewhere? Several of these tools take a percentage of commissions earned through their own catalog or store. That is a real cost that never appears on the sticker price.
  6. What else has to live on the page? A page that only does codes is the wrong tool if you also sell a course, and a storefront subscription is the wrong tool if you never sell anything.

The reasoning behind the criteria themselves, applied by tool type rather than by product, is in picking a link-in-bio tool for promo codes. This page is the applied version: the same questions, answered against each product's published plans on the verification date.

The six against the criteria

  • Linktree

    Codes
    Discount Code link app, documented in the help center and app marketplace
    What it counts
    Insights define views, unique views, clicks, unique clicks, click rate, subscribers, sources; no copy metric is defined
    Entry-tier history
    28 days on Free, 90 on Starter, 365 on Pro, lifetime on Premium
    Entry price
    Free, then $6/mo billed annually

  • Beacons

    Codes
    Discount codes are store coupons for your own products; a brand code goes in link text
    What it counts
    Real-time and advanced traffic analytics; no copy metric documented
    Entry-tier history
    No retention window published on the plan table
    Entry price
    Free, then $10/mo ($8.33 billed annually)

  • Stan Store

    Codes
    Checkout discount codes, Creator Pro only, applied to your own products
    What it counts
    Store, product and course analytics
    Entry-tier history
    No retention window published; custom date ranges documented
    Entry price
    $29/mo, 14-day trial, no free plan

  • Later Link in Bio

    Codes
    No code feature; a code can only be text on a button or banner
    What it counts
    Link in Bio clicks and page views, plus views by location
    Entry-tier history
    Up to 1 year on Starter, 2 years on Scale
    Entry price
    $18.75/mo billed yearly, 14-day trial

  • Campsite.bio

    Codes
    No discount-code type among its documented link types
    What it counts
    Views, clicks, click-through rate, referrer, country, device
    Entry-tier history
    14 days plus lifetime totals on Free, 60 days on Pro, lifetime on Pro+
    Entry price
    Free, then $7/mo

  • usecode.sh

    Codes
    Every card is a code with tap-to-copy and the shop link under it
    What it counts
    Page views, shop taps and code copies, per card per day
    Entry-tier history
    Full history
    Entry price
    Free

Two rows are worth reading twice. The history column is where free tiers differ most and where the difference shows up latest. And the counting column is not a scoreboard: counting copies tells you a code was interesting enough to take, which is not the same as knowing it was redeemed. No tool on this page can see a redemption unless the brand tells it.

Where each one is the right answer

  • Linktree when the bio has many jobs and codes are one of them, or when you want the address people already recognise. It is also the only tool here besides usecode.sh with a purpose-built way to show someone else's code, and its Premium tier is the only plan on this page that gives you lifetime history plus CSV export in one product.
  • Beacons when you want the widest free bundle: the daily-updating media kit, rate card, invoices and past-projects record are on the free plan, which is more brand-deal admin than anyone else gives away. Take the 9% seriously first, see the fee criterion below.
  • Stan Store when you sell your own course, coaching or membership. Its checkout is what the $29 buys, it charges no transaction fee on sales, and if that is your income then a free code page is answering a question you do not have.
  • Later Link in Bio when you already schedule with Later. The page is bundled with the scheduler, your posts become linkable, and it carries a Mavely affiliate-link integration on every plan. If your bio's job is routing people to the post they just saw, the feed shape is right and a code page is not.
  • Campsite.bio when you need forms, opt-ins or scheduled links at the lowest honest price. Embeds are free there, so they are not part of the upgrade case. Its link scheduling is genuinely useful for codes with end dates even though it has no code type, and a custom domain starts at $7/mo, cheaper than most.
  • usecode.sh when followers come to the bio specifically for codes, you want copies counted, and you want full history without a subscription. It does one job.

Where usecode.sh is the wrong answer

  • You sell your own products. There is no checkout, no cart and no way to take a payment, and there is no plan to add one. Stan Store and Beacons both do this properly.
  • You need a custom domain. Not offered at any price. Campsite starts at $7/mo for one and Beacons includes one from $10/mo.
  • You need email capture, a scheduler, forms or an app ecosystem on the page. Beacons and Campsite bundle these; usecode.sh has none of them.
  • Codes are a minor part of a bio doing five other things. A general link page carries that better than a page whose every card is a code.

What is not verified here

  • Whether Linktree's Discount Code app is available on the free plan is not stated on either its help article or its marketplace listing, and the current pricing page no longer enumerates apps by tier. Neither page states the visitor-side copy interaction in text either, so this comparison describes the app as displaying a code and treats one-tap copy as unverified rather than absent.
  • Whether any of these tools counts code copies internally is unknowable from outside. The claim made here is narrower and checkable: their published metric definitions describe views and clicks, and none of them defines a copy metric.
  • Beacons publishes which tiers carry 0% seller fees but not an analytics retention window, and the per-tier availability of its store discount codes is shown as icons rather than stated in text. Both are treated as unpublished, not as absent.
  • The absence of a code feature in Later and Campsite.bio is an absence finding across their documented link types and feature tables on the verification date. If either ships one, this page is wrong until it is revised.
  • Prices are the US-dollar figures published on the verification date; Linktree's pricing page serves local currency by region. All names here are trademarks of their owners, this is an independent comparison, and the sources below are the authority.

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