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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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Link shortening is good but room for improvement

Rating: 8 out of 10
May 2, 2024
Vetted ReviewVerified User
At our company, we use Bitly for various purposes. Firstly, it helps us shorten long URLs, making them more manageable and shareable across different platforms. Secondly, Bitl...
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Verified user
Analyst
Bitly2 years of experience

Came for URL shortener, stayed for the Analytics Features

Rating: 10 out of 10
May 1, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Bitly for nearly all URLs we put out publicly. As a real estate team, it is much easier to share a shortened bitly URL for our listings rather than a long, generated UR...
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Hannah Carnes
Director - Marketing
Marketing Director
Selling With CC
Bitly5 years of experience

Bitly: Please try an amazing link shortener!

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 26, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
It is helpful as it can provide a short address. This feature allows our customers to reach easily to our content. It also makes it easy to share and identify links. Also, if ...
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Omar Raya León
Contributor - Social Media
Redactor
Todos Los Jugadores
Bitly10 years of experience

Bitly helps with the shortening of URLs

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 25, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We do a number of webinars and use Bitly to easily share the links on social media. It is also so much easier to use as a link on stories than the large zoom link. I also love...
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GAIL PABST
Director - Marketing
Marketing
NATIONAL GARDEN BUREAU
Bitly5 years of experience

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

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 25, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Bitly is one of the early URL shortener programs. I like being able to track all clicks over a limitless timeframe. I can always go to my Bitly dashboard and see the results o...
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John McElhenney
Consultant - Marketing
VP of Digital
Fluent Social
Bitly10 years of experience
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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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Bitly Video Demo

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CMPE281 Bitly Demo

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CMPE281 Bitly Project Demo

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Product Details

What is Bitly?

Bitly Video

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 Integrations

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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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Bitly gets the job done

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
March 29, 2022
Verified User
Manager in Marketing
Environmental Services Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Bitly
2 years of experience
Usability
9
It's very straightforward to use, and we were able to easily onboard business users that wouldn't normally engage with software of this type. There is somewhat of a learning curve with some of the administrative functions, but that is limited to one person on staff that has overcome it pretty easily.

Quick and Easy Short Link Maker

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
November 14, 2018
SC
Stefanie Cash
Digital Marketing Manager
Caradonna Adventures (Hospitality, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Bitly
7 years of experience
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Usability
10
Using Bitly to create shareable, trackable short links for social media couldn't be easier. Bitly is super easy to manage and offers easy monitoring of short links. Even with the few shortcomings or cumbersome features, Bitly is ranked number 1 for shortening links for our organization because of how simple it is to use.

Review - HP

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
April 04, 2016
HP
Holland Pintarch
Marketplace Manager, Happiness Hero
Growth Geeks (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Bitly
3 years of experience
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Usability
9
It's very simple to use and explain to others.

When it comes to social media - Bitly saves the day!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
March 23, 2016
CA
Corinne Aherne
Social Media Coordinator
Carahsoft (Computer Software, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Bitly
2 years of experience
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Usability
8
Bitly is very simple to understand if you're using it for its basic function - link shortening. If you try to dig in a little further to look at analytics or do a really granular search of your links, you can hit some snags. It can take a little bit of getting used to, but the learning curve is minuscule.
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