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 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 100 links/month · 500 clicks/month · 1 custom domain · country-level click analytics · full API access |
| Starter | $15 a month | 250 links/month · 2,000 clicks/month · device/browser/OS analytics · custom QR codes · API · Zapier/Make/n8n · webhooks · billed annually |
| Pro | $32 a month | 1,000 links/month · 10,000 clicks/month · 3 custom domains · geo/device redirects · rotators · expiring links · password protection · tracking pixels · billed annually |
| Business | $107 a month | 5,000 links/month · 50,000 clicks/month · 10 custom domains · hourly analytics · public analytics pages · link cloaking · custom tracking scripts · billed annually |
| Unlimited | $833 a month | unlimited links · unlimited clicks · 100 custom domains · highest API rate limits · priority support · billed annually |
| Custom domain add-on | $0.82 a month | +1 branded domain · recurring add-on for Pro or Business · billed annually |
| Link pack | $20.50 a month | +1,000 new links/month · recurring add-on for Pro or Business · billed annually |
| Click pack | $20.50 a month | +25,000 clicks/month · recurring add-on for Pro or Business · billed annually |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | custom pricing · tailored security and integrations |
The facts
Each one read from Linkly's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Abuse criticism
- A Trustpilot reviewer reported phishing links using Linkly, while Linkly replied that it blocks spam and accepts abuse reports.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API
- The REST API supports creating branded short links, retrieving click analytics, and managing domains and webhooks.checked 12 Oct 2026
- API access
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- API documentation
- The APIs use OpenAPI 3.0, provide a Postman collection and include copyable examples in more than 20 languages.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API limits
- The link API permits 20 requests per second by default, analytics permits 200 queries per hour, and QR generation permits 5 requests per second per IP.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Branded domains
- Users can connect domains they own and create branded short URLs.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Bulk link creation
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Bulk management
- Bulk link creation and spreadsheet import support CSV or Excel data with optional slugs, UTM fields and tracking pixels.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Certifications
- Linkly states it is not SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certified.checked 12 Oct 2026
- CLI
- Release notes state that a Linkly CLI became available through npm for links, analytics, domains, QR codes and webhooks.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Click analytics
- Linkly says its real-time tracking includes click location, device, browser, and referrer data.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Compliance limitation
- The security page states Linkly is not SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certified, although it offers a due-diligence pack under NDA.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Custom domains
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Documentation and support
- The help center lists guides for link creation, redirects, QR codes, analytics, integrations, APIs, troubleshooting and security, with chat support.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Dynamic QR codes
- Linkly generates QR codes with logos and editable destinations, allowing printed codes to be updated without reprinting.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Geo targeting
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Documented integrations include Zapier, Make, n8n, Slack, Power Automate, Google Sheets, BigQuery, Stripe, ChatGPT, Claude, MCP and browser extensions.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- Terms state that software, features, design, branding and documentation remain Linkly or licensors' exclusive intellectual property and grant only a revocable service-use licence.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: interface and setup
- Some reviewers describe the interface as dated or unorganized, with setup taking time to learn and redirects sometimes feeling slow.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- App deep linking
- Open in app can open supported content inside native apps and fall back to an app store or website without an SDK.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Browser extensions
- Linkly lists Chrome and Firefox extensions for creating tracking links from the browser.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Geo and device routing
- Links can route visitors by country, city, device or operating system to different destinations.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- 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 2026
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