TinyURL Alternatives With Free Plans and Custom Domains

TinyURL is the shortener most people mean when they type its name into Google, and it works normally in November 2026. You paste a long address and get a tinyurl.com link back. A free account lets you pick a custom alias, make 30 links a month and see a basic click count. The pricing page also lists no ads and no expiry on free links.

The paid side is where people start shopping around. Pro is $9 a month on yearly billing or $11 without a commitment, and it brings 125 links a month, three branded domains and reports on referrers, countries, devices and browsers. Bulk 50K costs $69 a month billed yearly, and Enterprise starts at $3,999 a year.

If you searched for one specific tinyurl.com address, such as a link from a flyer or a class handout, open the full link in your browser; this page cannot tell you where someone else's link points. The picks below are for people who want more free links, their own domain, or a shortener they host. Two close relatives get their own lists in Tiny.cc alternatives and ShortURL alternatives.

Prices below are as of November 6, 2026. Our method is on How we review tools.

Quick comparison

Short.io

Short.io gives free users their own domain from day one. The free plan includes five custom domains, 1,000 branded links in total and 50,000 tracked clicks a month, and the pricing page lists A/B tests, QR codes and the API as part of every plan. TinyURL keeps custom domains for Pro.

The catch is the word total. The 1,000 links do not reset each month, so a busy account will reach the ceiling. Paid tiers climb in small steps: Hobby at $5 a month raises the cap to 2,500 links and adds country targeting, and Pro at $18 brings unlimited links, password protection and link expiry.

Best for: Anyone who owns a domain and wants branded links without paying, as long as they make fewer than 1,000 links.

Pricing:

• Free: 1,000 branded links total, 5 custom domains, 50,000 tracked clicks/month, 1 user.
• Hobby $5/month, Pro $18/month, Team $48/month, Enterprise $148/month. Annual billing saves 17%.

Watch out for:

• You bring the domain. The pricing page says domain registration fees are not included in any plan.
• Past 50,000 clicks a month, the pricing FAQ says Short.io keeps collecting data but restricts what you can see until you upgrade.

Official site: Short.io.

Cuttly

On volume, Cuttly matches TinyURL's free allowance exactly at 30 short links a month. It then adds one branded domain and a link-in-bio page with up to five URLs, neither of which TinyURL gives away. Free analytics cover the last 30 days.

Moving up costs more than TinyURL Pro. Starter is $12 a month or $132 a year for 300 links. Single, the plan Cuttly marks as most popular, is $25 a month or $275 a year and brings 5,000 links, five branded domains and a full year of analytics. Paying yearly saves one month.

Best for: TinyURL users who want a branded domain and a bio page on a free account.

Pricing:

• Free: 30 links/month, 1 branded domain, 30 days of analytics.
• Starter $12/month or $132/year. Single $25/month or $275/year. Team $99/month or $1,089/year. Team Enterprise $149/month or $1,639/year.

Watch out for:

• Analytics history on Free and Starter stops at 30 days, so older click data disappears unless you pay for Single or higher.
• The free API allows 3 calls per 60 seconds and cannot create links on your branded domain.

Official site: Cuttly.

Dub

For teams that care about the code, Dub is the open source pick. The README says 99% of the project is AGPLv3 and the remaining /ee folder sits under a commercial licence, and the repo has about 24.9k stars.

The hosted free plan gives 25 new links a month, 1,000 tracked events, three custom domains and 30 days of analytics. Pro is $27 a month billed yearly ($30 monthly), with 10 domains, three users and a year of history. Monthly billing gives Pro 1,000 new links a month, while yearly billing hands over the full year upfront: 12,000 links and 600,000 tracked events.

Best for: Developers and startups who want an API-first shortener they could later run themselves.

Pricing:

• Free: 25 new links/month, 1,000 tracked events/month, 3 custom domains, 1 user.
• Pro $27 a month billed yearly ($30 monthly). Business $81 billed yearly ($90 monthly). Advanced $270 billed yearly ($300 monthly) (pricing page, monthly prices).

Watch out for:

• Self-hosting is not one download. The README lists Vercel, PlanetScale, Tinybird and Upstash in the stack.
• 1,000 tracked events a month is tight on the free plan, so one popular link can use the whole allowance.

Official site: Dub.

YOURLS

YOURLS, short for Your Own URL Shortener, is a free PHP script you install on your own server and domain. The project site lists click history, referrer tracking, visitor location, a developer API, bookmarklets and a plugin system, and the code is MIT licensed.

It is still maintained. The latest release is 1.10.6 from August 30, which only fixes the version string in 1.10.5, out two days earlier. That release removed MD5 from stored credentials and closed an unauthenticated file inclusion through the Pages feature. The 1.10 line needs PHP 8.1 or later. No monthly link cap applies, only what your server can handle.

Best for: People who own a short domain and want unlimited links with no monthly bill.

Pricing:

• Free and open source (MIT). You pay only for hosting and the domain.

Watch out for:

• You are the security team. Releases this year closed an XSS hole triggered by referrer data (1.10.4, May) and added login and cookie hardening (1.10.5, August), so update old installs to 1.10.6.
• There is no hosted version, so if your server goes down, every link on it stops working until you fix it.

Official site: YOURLS.

Kutt

Kutt sits between YOURLS and a hosted service. It is an MIT-licensed Node app with about 11.1k GitHub stars that runs on SQLite, Postgres or MySQL, and the maintainers also run a public instance at kutt.to.

On kutt.to, each new link can carry a password, an expiry date and a description, and the homepage says custom domains can be added or removed for free. Kutt also offers a Premium tier but does not publish its prices or limits.

Best for: Self-hosters who prefer a Node stack, and anyone who wants a free custom domain on a hosted instance.

Pricing:

• Self-hosted: free, open source (MIT).
• kutt.to: free to use. A Premium tier is linked, with no public price.

Watch out for:

• The README warns that kutt.it is not owned by the project and could be a phishing site. Use kutt.to instead.
• The hosted instance publishes no limits or uptime terms, so treat it as a best-effort service.

Official site: Kutt.

Rebrandly

Rebrandly is built for marketing teams that put a brand on every link. Even the free plan includes one custom domain next to rebrand.ly, plus 10 QR codes a month.

Ten links a month is a third of TinyURL's free allowance, so Rebrandly makes more sense once you pay. Essentials costs $8 a month billed yearly or $11 monthly for 250 links, 10,000 tracked clicks and two domains. Professional, at $22 yearly or $32 monthly, adds extra workspaces and teammates.

Best for: Small marketing teams that want branded links and shared workspaces on a paid plan.

Pricing:

• Free: 10 links/month, 1 custom domain plus rebrand.ly, 10 QR codes/month.
• Essentials $8/month yearly or $11 monthly. Professional $22 or $32. Growth $104 or $149.

Watch out for:

• The free card promises unlimited clicks, but the comparison table caps engagement data at 100 clicks a month, so most free stats are hidden.

Official site: Rebrandly.

Bitly

Bitly is the best-known name in link shortening, and its paid plans go further than TinyURL into QR codes and landing pages. Core is $10 a month billed yearly for 100 links. Growth is $29 a month billed yearly ($348 a year) with a complimentary custom domain, and Premium is $199 a month.

The free plan is a weak stand-in for TinyURL's. It allows five links and two QR codes a month and three custom back-halves. Bitly's help center also says free accounts now get an interstitial page with a destination preview and an ad before the redirect.

Best for: Marketing teams that want QR codes, link-in-bio pages and long analytics history on a paid plan.

Pricing:

• Free: 5 links/month, 2 QR codes/month, ads on links.
• Core $10/month billed yearly ($120). Growth $29/month billed yearly ($348/year). Premium $199/month billed yearly ($2,388/year). Enterprise by quote.

Watch out for:

• Visitors to free links see an ad page before they reach your destination. Removing it means upgrading.
• Core is sold on annual billing only, so the cheapest paid plan is a $120 commitment.

Official site: Bitly.

Tiny.cc

Tiny.cc has run since 2006 and is the closest match to TinyURL in age and feel. Its entry plan is cheap: Starter is $5 a month or $55 a year for 500 links, one custom domain and two users.

Limits are counted per link per day. Starter allows 1,000 clicks per link per day, and past that the help center says visitors still reach the page but must click twice through a preview screen. API access starts on Pro at $44 a month.

Best for: People who want a custom domain on a paid plan for about $5 a month.

Pricing:

• 7-day free trial, no card.
• Starter $5/month or $55/year. Executive $25 or $275. Pro $44 or $484.

Watch out for:

• There is no permanent free plan on the plans page. When a trial or plan lapses, links go through a preview page and you cannot edit or create links.

Official site: Tiny.cc.

How to choose

When to stay with TinyURL

Stay with TinyURL if 30 links a month covers you and a total click count is enough. The pricing page lists free links without ads and with your own alias, which is more than Bitly or Rebrandly give away for nothing. Pro at $9 a month is also one of the cheaper ways to get three branded domains and full reports.

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