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Bitly

Overview

What is Bitly?

Bitly (Bit.ly) is one of the most popular link shortening tools. The vendor says it shortens 1 billion links per month. The company is privately held, based in New York City, and was founded in 2008.

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Pricing

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Basic

$35

Cloud
per month

Free

Free

Cloud

Customized

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Cloud

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

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Product Details

What is Bitly?

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Creating and managing powerful branded links is easy. Check out our tips for using popular Bitly features, including custom domains, redirects and Campaigns. Learn more at: bitly.is/resources Check out the Bitly blog: bitly.is/blog

Bitly Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Bitly (Bit.ly) is one of the most popular link shortening tools. The vendor says it shortens 1 billion links per month. The company is privately held, based in New York City, and was founded in 2008.

Reviewers rate Usability highest, with a score of 9.5.

The most common users of Bitly are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Came for URL shortener, stayed for the Analytics Features

Rating: 10 out of 10
May 01, 2024
HC
Vetted Review
Verified User
Bitly
5 years of experience
It gets the job done and has a really good analytics tool. It links to Linkinbio and integrates with other apps as well. The redirect is a big pro for me since our URL are constantly changing but I don't want the short URL that I've marketing to be changing all the time.

Link shortening is good but room for improvement

Rating: 8 out of 10
May 02, 2024
Vetted Review
Verified User
Bitly
2 years of experience
While it is good for link shortening, and tracking there are some limitations to it.The current integrations with other tools are fine but this needs to increase so that more third party tools are supported.

Bitly may be less appropriate for scenarios where more advanced analytics and reporting are required. In such cases, we have had to supplement Bitly with additional tools to gather the specific data we need for in-depth analysis

Bitly helps with the shortening of URLs

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 25, 2022
GP
Vetted Review
Verified User
Bitly
5 years of experience
I use Bitly often for shortening links for general URLs like ones I use for webinars, sweepstakes, etc. The zoom webinar link is so long and so confusing it would be easy to make a mistake but with Bitly, it is small and I can change it to describe the event.

Bitly Is Efficient and Cost-Effective URL shortener and tracking service.

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 25, 2022
JM
Vetted Review
Verified User
Bitly
10 years of experience
Any time you need robust and independent tracking of your links bit.ly works like a charm. There are scenarios and platforms where shortened URLs are prohibited due to the potential of link baiting or link switching.

Bitly: Please try an amazing link shortener!

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 26, 2022
OR
Vetted Review
Verified User
Bitly
10 years of experience
Bitly is a very appropriate tool if you are looking to build a brand name. This will help your customers recognize a shortened link address that can be memorable. It is also an easy tool to use, which means that you won't spend a lot of time learning how to manipulate it.
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