What each one costs over a year
Linktree's free plan costs nothing, and that matters. If you only need a list of links and don't mind the Linktree logo, it's hard to beat free. Hiyaly has a 14-day free trial but no free plan after it, so this is where Linktree wins.
Paid plans are a different story. Linktree Starter is $9 a month ($108 a year), or $84 a year if you pay yearly. Pro is $17 a month ($204 a year), or $168 billed yearly. Premium is $35 a month, or $360 billed yearly. Hiyaly has one plan, Pro, at $8 a month ($96 a year), or $72 if you pay yearly.
The fairest match is the plan that hides the logo. That's Pro on both: $72 to $96 a year on Hiyaly against $168 to $204 on Linktree. One thing to know: Hiyaly is priced per page. If you run two pages on Pro, that's $144 a year paid yearly.
Selling and bookings
Linktree can sell for you. On Pro and Premium you can sell digital products and courses and take paid bookings, and the pricing page lists these at 0% Linktree fees. Stripe still charges 2.9% + $0.30 per sale, and Linktree notes that other fees may apply. On Free and Starter you can only offer free products and bookings.
Hiyaly sells too, at 0% Hiyaly fees on its only plan. Its shop sells downloads and tips, and bookings run on your Google Calendar with paid sessions, all charged on your own Stripe account, so Stripe's processing is the only cost. Courses and physical products still live elsewhere, like a course platform or Shopify, and you link to them.
So the question is simple. If you sell courses, Linktree Pro handles that checkout. If you sell downloads, take tips or book calls, both can, and Hiyaly does it for $8 a month against $17.
Setting up and making it look like you
On Linktree you start from a template and add links one by one. Free gets the core themes; wallpapers, advanced themes and hiding the logo come with Pro. It has lots of link apps for music, events and social posts, which is handy if you use them.
On Hiyaly, Hiya does the first draft. It brings in your photo, bio and links from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or X and picks a theme that matches your feed. From there you have 52 themes, 29 fonts and 103 stickers, plus image and video wallpapers.
Badges, stats and the small things
Both offer a verified badge. Linktree's is on Starter and up and checks that your page matches the Instagram, TikTok or YouTube account you connect. It's labeled as a beta. Hiyaly's is on Pro, and a real person reviews each request.
For stats, Linktree keeps 28 days on Free, 90 on Starter, a year on Pro and all time on Premium. Hiyaly Pro shows the last 90 days. Both have short links and QR codes. Linktree doesn't list custom domains, so your page lives at linktr.ee/you; Hiyaly Pro lets you use your own domain as well as hiyaly.com/you.
