Pretty Links review 67/100 on verified data
Pretty Links is an URL shortener: WordPress plugin for creating, cloaking, tracking and managing short branded links and redirects, aimed at affiliate marketers.
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
- Score (rank 24 of 27)
- 67/100
- Coverage (5 of 8 criteria)
- 75%
- From, per month
- $8.30
- Free plan
- No
Paid plans start at $8.30 per month billed yearly on the Beginner plan, and there is no free plan.
Pretty Links has a public API.
In our URL shorteners ranking Pretty Links scores 67/100, rank 24 of 27, based on 5 of 8 criteria (75% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).
Pretty Links at a glance
- Pricing model
- Paid only source, Oct 14, 2026
- Cheapest paid plan
- Beginner: $8.30/mo (billed yearly) source, Oct 14, 2026
- Free plan
- No source, Oct 14, 2026
- Free trial
- No source, Oct 14, 2026
- Public API
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Data export
- Links and the click database can be exported source, Oct 14, 2026
Pretty Links plans
Beginner
$8.30per month, billed yearly
- Billed monthly
- Not offered
- Billed yearly
- $8.30
- Charged per
- per workspace
Published limits
None statedMarketer
$12.47per month, billed yearly
- Billed monthly
- Not offered
- Billed yearly
- $12.47
- Charged per
- per workspace
Published limits
None statedSuper Affiliate
$16.63per month, billed yearly
- Billed monthly
- Not offered
- Billed yearly
- $16.63
- Charged per
- per workspace
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 Pretty Links pricing and plan limitsHow Pretty Links scores
Score
67/100
Rank #24 of 27
Coverage 75%
5 of 8 criteria. Ranked at 60% or more.
Entry price
60/100
Weight 33%$8.30/month billed annually on Beginner; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices) source
Free plan or trial
0/100
Weight 20%No free plan or free trial shown on the pricing page source
Pricing transparency
100/100
Weight 13%3 of 3 plans have a public price source
Verified features
100/100
Weight 20%4 of 7 tracked features verified: qr codes, click analytics, utm builder, link-in-bio page source
API, integrations and export
100/100
Weight 13%public API, documented data export source
Free plan limitscategory criterion
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Links on paid planscategory criterion
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Cost per user (team of 3)category criterion
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Pretty Links features
- 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
4 more details we track are not published by the vendor or not verified yet (shown as – in tables). How we verify
Pretty Links 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.
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Questions, answered from the data
How much does Pretty Links cost?
Paid plans start at $8.30 per month billed yearly on the Beginner plan, according to Pretty Links's pricing page (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Does Pretty Links have a free plan?
No: Pretty Links has no free plan (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Does Pretty Links have an API?
Yes, a public API is documented (checked Oct 14, 2026).
How does Pretty Links score?
In our URL shorteners ranking Pretty Links scores 67/100, rank 24 of 27, based on 5 of 8 criteria (75% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).
What are the best Pretty Links alternatives?
By our scorecard the top-ranked alternatives are EZQR (100/100), biolink.page (99/100) and Short.io (97/100).
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Pricing last read Oct 14, 2026. Vendors change prices; the linked page is the final word.