Cutt.ly review 73/100 on verified data

Cutt.ly is an URL shortener: URL shortener and link management platform with branded domains, QR codes, link-in-bio pages, surveys, campaigns and click analytics.

Visit Cutt.ly Cutt.ly pricing

Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify

Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026

Score (rank 18 of 27): 73/100
Coverage (8 of 8 criteria): 100%
From, per month: $12
Free plan: Yes

Cutt.lyFrom $12/moVisit

Paid plans start at $12 per month billed monthly on the Starter plan, and there is a free plan with 30 links.

Cutt.ly has a public API.

In our URL shorteners ranking Cutt.ly scores 73/100, rank 18 of 27, based on 8 of 8 criteria (100% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

Cutt.ly at a glance

Each value links the vendor page it was read from and the date we checked it.

Pricing model: Free plan + paid plans source, Oct 14, 2026
Cheapest paid plan: Starter: $12/mo source, Oct 14, 2026
Free plan: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Free trial: No source, Oct 14, 2026
Public API: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Data export: survey answers source, Oct 14, 2026

Cutt.ly plans

6 published plans, per month, billed monthly and yearly.

Free
Free
Billed monthly
Free
Billed yearly
Free
Charged per
per workspace
Published limits
- 30 links
Starter
$12per month, billed monthly
Billed monthly
$12
Billed yearly
Not stated
Charged per
per workspace
Published limits
- 300 links
Single
$25per month, billed monthly
Billed monthly
$25
Billed yearly
Not stated
Charged per
per workspace
Published limits
- 5,000 links
Team
$99per month, billed monthly
Billed monthly
$99
Billed yearly
Not stated
Charged per
per workspace
Published limits
- 20,000 links
- 5 users
Team Enterprise
$149per month, billed monthly
Billed monthly
$149
Billed yearly
Not stated
Charged per
per workspace
Published limits
- 50,000 links
- 20 users
Custom
Contact sales
Billed monthly
Contact sales
Billed yearly
Contact sales
Charged per
Not stated
Published limits
None stated

Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.

Full Cutt.ly pricing and plan limits

How Cutt.ly scores

The URL shorteners scorecard applied to Cutt.ly's verified data: 73/100, rank 18 of 27, based on 8 of 8 criteria.

Score

73/100

Rank #18 of 27

Coverage 100%

8 of 8 criteria. Ranked at 60% or more.

Full ranking of URL shorteners How we score

Entry price
50/100
Weight 25%$12/month billed monthly on Starter (scored on the monthly price) source
Free plan or trial
100/100
Weight 15%Free plan (Free) source
Pricing transparency
87/100
Weight 10%5 of 6 plans have a public price (1 "contact sales") source
Verified features
100/100
Weight 15%7 of 7 tracked features verified: custom domain, qr codes, click analytics, utm builder, link-in-bio page, bulk shortening, team access source 1 source 2
API, integrations and export
100/100
Weight 10%public API, documented data export source
Free plan limitscategory criterion
30/100
Weight 10%Free plan: 30 links source
Links on paid planscategory criterion
83/100
Weight 10%300 links on Starter ($12/month) source
Cost per user (team of 3)category criterion
0/100
Weight 5%$33 per user per month on Team (team of 3, billed monthly) source

Cutt.ly features

7 of the 7 features we compare URL shorteners on, as Cutt.ly publishes them.

Custom domain: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
QR codes: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Click analytics: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
UTM builder: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Link-in-bio page: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Bulk shortening: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Team access: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026

1 more detail we track is not published by the vendor or not verified yet (shown as – in tables). How we verify

Cutt.ly alternatives

The highest-scoring of 34 comparable tools.

Top Cutt.ly alternatives
#	Tool	Score	Coverage	From, billed monthly	From, billed yearly	Free plan	Public API	Checked
1	EZQR	100/100	80%6 of 8 criteria	$5/mo	Not offered	Yes	Yes	Oct 14, 2026
2	biolink.page	99/100	85%6 of 8 criteria	Free	Free	Yes, 5 pages	Yes	Oct 14, 2026
3	Short.io	97/100	100%8 of 8 criteria	$5/mo	Not offered	Yes, 1 user	Yes	Oct 14, 2026
4	Enshort	94/100	75%5 of 8 criteria	$7/mo	$6/mo	Yes	–	Oct 14, 2026
5	YOURLS	89/100	65%4 of 8 criteria	Free	Free	Yes	Yes	Oct 14, 2026

Each value links the vendor page it was read from (hover for the check date). Coverage is the share of the scorecard's weight with verified data, and "N of M criteria" how many criteria the score is based on; a tool is ranked at 60% or more.

All 34 Cutt.ly alternatives, ranked

More ways to weigh up Cutt.ly

Competitors, cheaper and open-source options, computed from the same verified data as this page.

Compare Cutt.ly

Questions, answered from the data

How much does Cutt.ly cost?

Paid plans start at $12 per month billed monthly on the Starter plan, according to Cutt.ly's pricing page (checked Oct 14, 2026).

Does Cutt.ly have a free plan?

Yes: Cutt.ly has a free plan with 30 links (checked Oct 14, 2026).

Does Cutt.ly have an API?

Yes, a public API is documented (checked Oct 14, 2026).

How does Cutt.ly score?

In our URL shorteners ranking Cutt.ly scores 73/100, rank 18 of 27, based on 8 of 8 criteria (100% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

What are the best Cutt.ly alternatives?

By our scorecard the top-ranked alternatives are EZQR (100/100), biolink.page (99/100) and Short.io (97/100).

Cutt.ly

Rankings it appears in

Built for

Creators

Pricing last read Oct 14, 2026. Vendors change prices; the linked page is the final word.

Cutt.ly at a glance

Cutt.ly plans

Free

Starter

Single

Team

Team Enterprise

Custom