Alternatives and competitors

Sites like a.co

The 20 closest URL shortening alternatives to a.co, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 2 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to a.co? The closest matches are Linkmake, Bitly and cutt.ly. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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Sites searched
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Vector
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Query
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01 · Entity

About a.co

a.co

Top 10K · #2,001 English 2 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit a.co

Summary by Claude

a.co is Amazon's official URL shortener, used to create short links that redirect to Amazon product pages and other Amazon content.

Who it’s for
Amazon shoppers and sellers sharing product links
Business model
Supports Amazon retail sales

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to a.co’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

YandexLycosStartpage.comAhrefsRakuteninstagram.comAOLcutt.lyBitlyLinkmake

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to a.co

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to a.co, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    Linkmake linkmake.in Top 10K English

    Linkmake

    Make your link safe using Link Protector

  2. 02
    Bitly bitly.com Top 10K English

    Bitly | Short URLs, QR Codes, and More

    Bitly makes it easy to create, share, and track short links and QR Codes. Find what's resonating and scale it into bigger reach, more clicks, and more sales.

  3. 03
    cutt.ly Top 10K English

    Cuttly: URL Shortener, Branded Domains, Short Link Analytics

    URL Shortener with branded short links & QR Codes. Shorten long URLs instantly, track every click. Link in Bio, Campaigns, Surveys and Teams in one platform.

  4. 04
    AOL aol.com Top 1K English

    News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com

    Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.

  5. 05
    Alexa Internet alexa.com Top 10K

    former American web traffic analysis company

  6. 06
    Product Hunt producthunt.com Top 10K English

    product discovery website

  7. 07
    Realtor.com realtor.com Top 10K English

    Not available in your region – realtor.com®

    Our home search experience isn’t currently available to visitors located in Europe.

  8. 08
    instagram.com Top 100

    photo and video sharing social network owned by Meta Platforms

  9. 09
    Rakuten rakuten.com Top 1K

    Rakuten: Shop. Get Cash Back. Repeat.

    Feel the joy of Cash Back! Start your shopping at Rakuten - Shop as usual - Get Cash Back. Shop at over 3500 stores and get paid.

  10. 10
    Ahrefs ahrefs.com Top 10K English

    Ahrefs—AI Marketing Platform Powered by Big Data

    We help marketers drive visibility across AI search, SEO, content, and social – with the largest AI and search databases online.

  11. 11
    Startpage.com startpage.com English

    privacy-focused online search engine

  12. 12
    Goodreads goodreads.com Top 1K

    Goodreads | Meet your next favorite book

    Find and read more books you’ll love, and keep track of the books you want to read. Be part of the world’s largest community of book lovers on Goodreads.

  13. 13
    YouTube youtube.com Top 100 English

    YouTube

    Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

  14. 14
    Automattic automattic.com Top 10K English

    Automattic – Making the web a better place

    We are passionate about making the web a better place. 20 years: explore the Automattic timeline or take a literary jaunt with Year Without Pants. WordPress.com Your blog or websitehas a (free!) home on the web.Your story, your way. Beeper Tower of Babelfragmented messaging woesyou need a Beeper. Tumblr Where your interestsconnect you to your people,one post…

  15. 15
    Lycos lycos.com Top 10K English

    Home – Lycos

    search engine and web portal

  16. 16
    allrecipes.com Top 10K English

    Simple Page

    food focused online social networking service

  17. 17
    Yandex yandex.com Top 1K English

    Yandex — fast Internet search

    Yandex finds anything: webpages, images, music, good. Solve any problem — from everyday to a scientific one. Search by text, voice or image.

  18. 18
    DeviantArt deviantart.com Top 1K English

    DeviantArt - The Largest Online Art Gallery and Community

    DeviantArt is where art and community thrive. Explore over 650 million pieces of art while connecting to fellow artists and art enthusiasts.

  19. 19
    archive.is Top 1K

    Webpage archive

    archive.is allows you to create a copy of a webpage that will always be up even if the original link is down

  20. 20
    Register.com register.com Top 10K English

    Cloudflare Captcha Page | Register.com

    American domain name registrar

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to a.co’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones a.co uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What a.co is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

SimilarSiteSearch

Competitors by meaning, stacks from the source. Data from public homepages and DNS.

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