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Short.io review 97/100 on verified data

Short.io is an URL shortener: URL shortener for branded short links with custom domains, click analytics, QR codes, team collaboration and a REST API.

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

Short.io homepage (screenshot)
Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026
Score (rank 3 of 27)
97/100
Coverage (8 of 8 criteria)
100%
From, per month
$5
Free plan
Yes
Short.ioFrom $5/moVisit

Paid plans start at $5 per month billed monthly on the Hobby plan, and there is a free plan with 1 user and 1,000 links and a free trial.

Short.io has a public API.

In our URL shorteners ranking Short.io scores 97/100, rank 3 of 27, based on 8 of 8 criteria (100% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

Short.io 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
Hobby: $5/mo source, Oct 14, 2026
Free trial
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Public API
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Data export
daily export of raw click data to an AWS S3 bucket source, Oct 14, 2026

Short.io plans

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

  • Free

    Free

    Billed monthly
    Free
    Billed yearly
    Free
    Charged per
    per workspace

    Published limits

    • 1 user
    • 1,000 links

  • Hobby

    $5per month, billed monthly

    Billed monthly
    $5
    Billed yearly
    Not stated
    Charged per
    per workspace

    Published limits

    • 1 user
    • 2,500 links

  • Pro

    $18per month, billed monthly

    Billed monthly
    $18
    Billed yearly
    Not stated
    Charged per
    per workspace

    Published limits

    • 1 user
    • Unlimited links
    • 1 storage gb

  • Team

    $48per month, billed monthly

    Billed monthly
    $48
    Billed yearly
    Not stated
    Charged per
    per workspace

    Published limits

    • Unlimited users
    • Unlimited links
    • 10 storage gb

  • Enterprise

    $148per month, billed monthly

    Billed monthly
    $148
    Billed yearly
    Not stated
    Charged per
    per workspace

    Published limits

    • Unlimited users
    • Unlimited links
    • 200 storage gb

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 Short.io pricing and plan limits

How Short.io scores

The URL shorteners scorecard applied to Short.io's verified data: 97/100, rank 3 of 27, based on 8 of 8 criteria.

Score

97/100

Rank #3 of 27

Coverage 100%

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

Full ranking of URL shortenersHow we score

  1. Entry price

    100/100

    Weight 25%$5/month billed monthly on Hobby (scored on the monthly price) source

  2. Free plan or trial

    100/100

    Weight 15%Free plan (Free) source

  3. Pricing transparency

    100/100

    Weight 10%5 of 5 plans have a public price source

  4. 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 1source 2

  5. API, integrations and export

    100/100

    Weight 10%public API, documented data export source 1source 2

  6. Free plan limitscategory criterion

    100/100

    Weight 10%Free plan: 1,000 links source

  7. Links on paid planscategory criterion

    100/100

    Weight 10%2,500 links on Hobby ($5/month) source

  8. Cost per user (team of 3)category criterion

    42/100

    Weight 5%$16 per user per month on Team (team of 3, billed monthly) source

Short.io features

7 of the 7 features we compare URL shorteners on, as Short.io publishes them.
Custom domain
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

Short.io alternatives

The highest-scoring of 34 comparable tools.
Top Short.io alternatives
#ToolScoreCoverageFrom, billed monthlyFrom, billed yearlyFree planPublic APIChecked
1EZQR100/10080%6 of 8 criteria$5/moNot offeredYesYesOct 14, 2026
2biolink.page99/10085%6 of 8 criteriaFreeFreeYes, 5 pagesYesOct 14, 2026
3Enshort94/10075%5 of 8 criteria$7/mo$6/moYes–Oct 14, 2026
4YOURLS89/10065%4 of 8 criteriaFreeFreeYesYesOct 14, 2026
5Click Dash85/10085%6 of 8 criteria$8/mo$4/moYes, 50 links–Oct 14, 2026

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Questions, answered from the data

How much does Short.io cost?

Paid plans start at $5 per month billed monthly on the Hobby plan, according to Short.io's pricing page (checked Oct 14, 2026).

Does Short.io have a free plan?

Yes: Short.io has a free plan with 1 user and 1,000 links and a free trial (checked Oct 14, 2026).

Does Short.io have an API?

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

How does Short.io score?

In our URL shorteners ranking Short.io scores 97/100, rank 3 of 27, based on 8 of 8 criteria (100% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

What are the best Short.io alternatives?

By our scorecard the top-ranked alternatives are EZQR (100/100), biolink.page (99/100) and Enshort (94/100).

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