Bitly Alternative
Linkly is a bitly alterantive with more features, and is targeted at professional marketers.
Both of them are custom URL shorteners.
Features common to Bitly & Linkly
Both allow you to shorten long URLs, track clicks, and create visual reports.
Both allow you to use a custom domain to create branded short-URLs (vanity URLs), although Bitly requires a paid plan for this. With Linkly, you can use a domain even on a free plan.
Both offer multi-user workspaces.
Bitly Enterprise, their high-volume offering, is targeted at Fortune 500 companies.
Features unique to Linkly
With Linkly, you can:
- Change the destination after a link has been created.
- Add retargeting pixels to links, such as Facebook Pixel or Twitter Tailored Audiences.
- Create QR codes.
- Use smart redirects, to redirect users based on location, device or randomly (link rotators).
- Customise social media previews
- Use integrations with Chrome, Firefox, Zapier & Google Sheets.
Features unique to Bitly
- API for programmatic generation of links
Linkly also has a Bitly import feature, for migrating large numbers of links from Bitly to Linkly.