Category
URL shorteners 35 tools listed
Short links with click tracking, custom domains and QR codes. We list 35 URL shorteners; 25 of them have a free plan.
Entry prices for paid plans run from $1 a month (Beckli) to $90 (Dub), across 25 tools that publish prices. Units differ (per user, per account, flat), so compare the plan tables.
- Tools listed
- 35
- With a free plan
- 25
- Ranked
- 27
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
Top ranked
Rank 1EZQR
100/100
Based on 6 of 8 criteria
Rank 2biolink.page
99/100
Based on 6 of 8 criteria
Rank 3Short.io
97/100
Based on 8 of 8 criteria
All URL shorteners
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– = not published by the vendor, or not verified yet.
How we rank
Every one of these URL shorteners is scored on the same 8 weighted criteria (scorecard v1), from the vendor's published data. 27 of the 35 listed have enough verified data to be ranked; a tool with under 60% of the weight covered is listed but not ranked. Nobody gets custom weights, including our own products.
Heaviest criteria
- Entry price · Core25%
Price per month of the cheapest paid plan, against the prices of other URL shorteners on the same billing basis (monthly-billed prices against monthly, annual-billed against annual).
- Free plan or trial · Core15%
Whether you can use the tool before paying: a free plan, or failing that a free trial, as shown on the vendor's pricing page.
- Verified features · Core15%
How many of the 7 features we track for this category the vendor's own pages verifiably show (custom domain, qr codes, click analytics, utm builder, link-in-bio page, bulk shortening, team access). This counts verified features only: a tool that documents less scores lower here, and only here.
- Pricing transparency · Core10%
How much of the pricing is public: the share of plans with a published price ("contact sales" counts against), and whether there are at least 3 published tiers.
- API, integrations and export · Core10%
Whether a public API exists, how many integrations the vendor states, and whether the vendor documents a way to export your data.
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Questions, answered from the data
How many URL shorteners are listed?
35 tools, 25 with a free plan.
What is the cheapest of these URL shorteners?
By entry price, Beckli at $1 a month for its cheapest paid plan.
Which is the best?
EZQR ranks first on our URL shorteners scorecard. See the full ranking for every score and its basis.