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YOURLS review 89/100 on verified data

YOURLS is an URL shortener: Self-hosted open-source URL shortener with a developer API, bookmarklets, click statistics and a plugin architecture.

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

YOURLS homepage (screenshot)
Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026
Score (rank 5 of 27)
89/100
Coverage (4 of 8 criteria)
65%
Free plan
Yes
YOURLSVisit

There is a free plan.

YOURLS has a public API.

In our URL shorteners ranking YOURLS scores 89/100, rank 5 of 27, based on 4 of 8 criteria (65% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

YOURLS at a glance

Each value links the vendor page it was read from and the date we checked it.
Pricing model
Free source, Oct 14, 2026
Public API
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026

How YOURLS scores

The URL shorteners scorecard applied to YOURLS's verified data: 89/100, rank 5 of 27, based on 4 of 8 criteria.

Score

89/100

Rank #5 of 27

Coverage 65%

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

Full ranking of URL shortenersHow we score

  1. Entry price

    100/100

    Weight 38%Free: the pricing page lists no paid plan source

  2. Free plan or trial

    100/100

    Weight 23%Free plan source

  3. Pricing transparency

    Excluded

    Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.

  4. Verified features

    50/100

    Weight 23%2 of 7 tracked features verified: custom domain, click analytics source

  5. API, integrations and export

    100/100

    Weight 15%public API source

  6. Free plan limitscategory criterion

    Excluded

    Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.

  7. Links on paid planscategory criterion

    Excluded

    Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.

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

    Excluded

    Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.

YOURLS features

2 of the 7 features we compare URL shorteners on, as YOURLS publishes them.
Custom domain
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Click analytics
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026

7 more details we track are not published by the vendor or not verified yet (shown as – in tables). How we verify

YOURLS alternatives

The highest-scoring of 34 comparable tools.
Top YOURLS 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
3Short.io97/100100%8 of 8 criteria$5/moNot offeredYes, 1 userYesOct 14, 2026
4Enshort94/10075%5 of 8 criteria$7/mo$6/moYes–Oct 14, 2026
5Click Dash85/10085%6 of 8 criteria$8/mo$4/moYes, 50 links–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

Does YOURLS have a free plan?

Yes: YOURLS has a free plan (checked Oct 14, 2026).

Does YOURLS have an API?

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

How does YOURLS score?

In our URL shorteners ranking YOURLS scores 89/100, rank 5 of 27, based on 4 of 8 criteria (65% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

What are the best YOURLS 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.