# About.me review (2026): is the free plan enough? > One-page personal profile site with an optional AI chat twin Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. About.me lets you build a single personal page that collects a short bio, links and a photo under a short about.me address. Paid plans add an AI Virtual Twin that chats with visitors, lead capture and appointment buttons, and a custom domain. It suits freelancers and professionals who want a simple link to share. - **Category:** Website & Landing Page Builders - **Made by:** about.me - **Website:** https://about.me - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you need more than one page or a shop, as it is a single profile. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, About.me has a free plan, and paid plans start at $5 per month, billed annually ($60). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** One page at about.me/yourname with an email signature that carries your free link. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Your page on about.me with a free link and an email signature. | | Standard | $5 per month, billed annually ($60) | Adds the Virtual Twin AI, lead capture into the about.me CRM and appointment scheduling. | | Pro | $7.50 per month, billed annually ($90) | Adds a custom domain, removal of about.me branding, testimonials, portfolio, video and Google Analytics stats. | Read from https://about.me/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with About.me before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Two months free with annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page's billing toggle advertises 2 months free when you pay annually instead of monthly. Source: https://about.me/pricing ## Key features - **Single profile page:** A simple page for your name, headline and links, reachable at a free about.me/yourname address. - **Virtual Twin AI:** An interactive version of your page that answers visitor questions in your tone; listed under the Standard and Pro plans. - **Spotlight button:** A call-to-action button for visiting your site; Pro adds lead capture, appointment booking and contact-me variants. - **Email signature:** A snapshot of your page is added to outgoing email and links back to your page or custom domain. - **Custom domain:** On Pro you can connect a domain you own or buy one, and the about.me logo and ads are removed. - **Portfolio, video and stats:** Pro adds a mini portfolio of images and video, testimonials, editable search results and Google Analytics data. ## Good for - Freelancers who need one shareable link instead of a full website - Job seekers and consultants who want a custom-domain profile - People who want a simple email-signature link to a page ## Worth knowing - It is a single profile page, not a multi-page site builder or store. - A custom domain, branding removal, portfolio and analytics need the Pro plan. - Lead capture and scheduling work through your Google account and calendar. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. About.me makes one personal page for a short bio, links and a photo, at $5 a month billed yearly for the AI and lead tools. A custom domain and branding removal need Pro, and it is a single profile page, not a site builder. - **Value for money: B.** $5 a month billed yearly is inside the category's cheapest quarter, but the domain and branding removal sit on Pro at $7.50. - **Free plan and trial: B.** The free page with your own about.me link and an email signature, enough for one person, with nothing else unlocked. - **Features: C.** It does a single profile page fully, with a Virtual Twin AI and lead capture on paid plans, but it is a smaller job than a site builder. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and you still build and word the page yourself. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with Google Calendar and Google Analytics as its listed links. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from About.me's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among website and landing page builders - About.me's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 91 of the 104 other website and landing page builders we grade, and level with 8. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 92 of 104) and worst on features (C, above 5). - Its paid plans start at $5 a month, against a middle price of $11.50 for the category: 12 of the 89 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 3 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/website-builders ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of About.me you could make: digital business card and email signature. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 91 of the 104 other website and landing page builders we grade. It costs $60 a year. - You could make: Digital business card and email signature: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Booking pages that read and write other people's calendars and send the emails. - You could not: A chatbot builder hooked into the messaging apps. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Google Calendar, Google Analytics **Tags:** Digital business card, AI features, Email signature, Booking links, Chatbots ## Alternatives - [Taplink](https://toolgpa.com/tools/taplink): Link-in-bio page builder with forms, products and payments. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/about-me-vs-taplink) - [Milkshake](https://toolgpa.com/tools/milkshake): Phone app for building a swipeable link-in-bio website. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/about-me-vs-milkshake) - [Carrd](https://toolgpa.com/tools/carrd): One-page website builder with yearly plans from $9. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/about-me-vs-carrd) - [Strikingly](https://toolgpa.com/tools/strikingly): Simple website builder for small sites, stores and memberships. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/about-me-vs-strikingly) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://about.me/ - https://about.me/pricing - https://about.me/features Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/about-me Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).