Linkly
Linkly is a URL shortener and link-tracking platform for creating, managing, and analyzing short links.
What Linkly is
Linkly is a URL shortener and link-tracking platform for creating, managing, and analyzing short links. It supports custom domains, bulk link creation, geo targeting, API access, and browser extensions. Real-time analytics include click location, device, browser, and referrer data. Smart redirects can route visitors by country or device or rotate destinations. Dynamic QR codes can be updated without reprinting and customized with logos and colors. Its REST API creates branded short links, retrieves click analytics, and manages domains and webhooks. Integrations include Google Analytics 4, Google Sheets, Google Tag Manager, Zapier, Make, and n8n. Linkly states that data is encrypted at rest with AES-256 and in transit with TLS 1.2 or higher; customer-facing analytics do not expose personally identifiable click data. The Free plan costs nothing and includes 100 links, 500 clicks, and one custom domain monthly. Paid plans range from Starter at $15 a month to Unlimited at $833 a month, billed annually.
Good
- Custom domains and branded short links
- Real-time click analytics
- Geo and device redirects
- Dynamic customizable QR codes
- REST API and browser extensions
Watch out
- Free plan has monthly link and click limits
- Free links pause after click quota
- Not SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certified
- Paid prices are billed annually
Who it suits
Linkly suits marketers, teams, and developers managing branded links, QR codes, redirects, and click analytics. Its API, extensions, integrations, and geo targeting support varied link workflows.
Verdict
Linkly combines link creation, tracking, redirects, QR codes, integrations, and API management. The free tier covers limited use, while higher plans expand monthly capacity and custom-domain allowances.
Plans and prices
From Linkly's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 100 links/month · 500 clicks/month · 1 custom domain |
| Starter | $15 a month | 250 links/month · 2,000 clicks/month · annually |
| Pro | $32 a month | 1,000 links/month · 10,000 clicks/month · 3 custom domains · annually |
| Business | $107 a month | 5,000 links/month · 50,000 clicks/month · 10 custom domains · annually |
| Unlimited | $833 a month | Unlimited links · Unlimited clicks · 100 custom domains · annually |
The facts
Each one read from Linkly's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- The REST API supports creating branded short links, retrieving click analytics, and managing domains and webhooks.checked 12 Oct 2001
- API access
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2001
- Bulk link creation
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2001
- Certifications
- Linkly states it is not SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certified.checked 12 Oct 2001
- Click analytics
- Linkly says its real-time tracking includes click location, device, browser, and referrer data.checked 12 Oct 2001
- Custom domains
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2001
- Geo targeting
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2001
- Integrations
- The integrations page lists tools including Google Analytics 4, Google Sheets, Google Tag Manager, Zapier, Make, and n8n.checked 12 Oct 2001
- Privacy
- Linkly says customer-facing analytics do not expose personally identifiable click data and raw IP addresses are used internally for security and abuse prevention.checked 12 Oct 2001
- Product
- Linkly describes itself as a URL shortener and link tracking platform for creating, managing, and analyzing short links.checked 12 Oct 2001
- QR codes
- Linkly says its dynamic QR codes can be updated without reprinting and customized with logos and colors.checked 12 Oct 2001
- Security
- Linkly says data is encrypted at rest with AES-256 and in transit with TLS 1.2 or higher.checked 12 Oct 2001
- Smart redirects
- Links can route visitors by country or device, or rotate between destinations.checked 12 Oct 2001
- Support
- Linkly says its security team will respond to vulnerability reports or security questions within one business day.checked 12 Oct 2001
Where it runs
- Browser extensions
- Linkly lists Chrome and Firefox extensions for creating tracking links from the browser.checked 12 Oct 2001
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2001
- Free plan limits
- The pricing page says free-plan links pause after the click quota is exceeded and new link creation is blocked after the link limit is reached until the next billing period reset.checked 12 Oct 2001
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