B
Bento
A bento-grid link-in-bio page that looks designed, not generated.
NOT REALLY
why this verdict
Keep it — OpenAI has not replaced it
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the social media job, so this one is still worth keeping open.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- AI site builders generate a personal page in one prompt. OpenAI, January 1, 2025 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers not the job editorial call
- Parts of it. The job still needs the tool to get finished.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 3 of 3 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Linktree, Beacons and Carrd.
- What the call is worth nothing to cancel
- No paid entry tier tracked, so there is no subscription to cancel.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- OpenAI
- Since
- January 1, 2025
- List price
- free
- Per year
- —
The backstory
You can ask any model to build a personal page and it will produce something worse-looking that you then have to host. Bento's product is the constraint: a grid of tiles, good defaults, live embeds, zero maintenance and a bento.me URL people recognise. Taste and hosting are the moat.
Escape hatches
L
Linktree The incumbent, free tier.
linktr.ee open_in_new B
Beacons More monetisation features.
beacons.ai open_in_new C
Carrd More control for $19/yr.
carrd.co open_in_new3 of 3 replacements have a usable free tier.