Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Bitly

The 20 closest URL shortener alternatives to Bitly, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 17 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Bitly? The closest matches are cutt.ly, Linkmake and Strikingly. 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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Query
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01 · Entity

About Bitly

Bitly bitly.com

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.

Wikidata: link management platform

Top 10K · #3,731 English 17 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Bitly

Summary by Claude

Bitly is a URL shortening and link management service for creating, customizing and tracking short links and dynamic QR codes, with click and scan analytics.

Who it’s for
Marketers and businesses of all sizes
Business model
Freemium subscriptions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Bitly’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

RuTracker.orgWeeblyTradingViewYouTubedoxygen.orgWalinkStrikinglyLinkmakecutt.ly

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Bitly

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

Only in English

Startups challenging Bitly

All challengers

Younger companies going after Bitly, often too small to rank among its nearest neighbours yet.

  • Dub

    Open source, with an API and SDKs for creating links from code.

  1. 01
    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.

  2. 02
    Linkmake linkmake.in Top 10K English

    Linkmake

    Make your link safe using Link Protector

  3. 03
    Strikingly strikingly.com English

    How To Make a Website – Free Website Builder | Strikingly

    Strikingly is the best free website builder for anyone to create a gorgeous, mobile-friendly website easily. Quick, simple and stylish. Make your own free website today.

  4. 05
    doxygen.org Top 10K English

    Doxygen homepage

    Source code documentation and analysis tool

  5. 06
    Semrush semrush.com Top 10K English

    Semrush: Your Unfair Advantage for Growing Brand Visibility

    Semrush is the leading platform to grow and measure brand visibility across AI search, SEO, PPC, social, and more.

  6. 07
    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.

  7. 08
    Bitrix24 bitrix24.com Top 10K German

    Bitrix24 ist ein kostenfreier Online-Arbeitsplatz für Ihr Unternehmen: CRM, Aufgaben, Online-Termine und vieles mehr.

    Die All-in-One Lösung von Bitrix24 hilft Ihnen dabei, Ihre Teams zu verwalten und den Vertrieb voranzutreiben. Bitrix24 lässt sich hervorragend in Ihre Geschäftsprozesse integrieren und sorgt für deren hochgenaue und effiziente Verwaltung.

  8. 09
    utorrent.com Top 10K English

    µTorrent — Free Torrent Client for Windows, Mac & Android | Official Site

    Download µTorrent — the world's #1 BitTorrent client. Lightweight, fast, and free for Windows, Mac, and Android. Stream while you download with uTorrent Web.

  9. 10
    TradingView tradingview.com Top 1K English

    TradingView — Track All Markets

    Where the world charts, chats, and trades markets. We're a supercharged super-charting platform and social network for traders and investors. Free to sign up.

  10. 11
    Hotmart hotmart.com Top 10K English

    Hotmart — Learn what you want, teach what you know

    Learn more about Hotmart, the leading platform for selling and distributing digital products.

  11. 12
    Musical.ly musical.ly Top 10K

    former Chinese social media service

  12. 13
    Tally tally.so Top 10K English

    Tally - Create Beautiful Forms for Free | Unlimited Forms & Submissions

    The simplest way to create beautiful, professional forms in seconds. Unlimited forms, unlimited submissions, forever free. Just start typing - no coding needed.

  13. 14
    Replit replit.com Top 10K English

    AI App and Website Builder | Replit

    Describe what you want. Replit builds it. Get a working app or website in minutes. No coding required.

  14. 15
    curl curl.se Top 10K English

    curl

    command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax

  15. 16
    Weebly weebly.com Top 1K English

    Free Website Builder: Build a Free Website or Online Store | Weebly

    Weebly’s free website builder makes it easy to create a website, blog, or online store. Find customizable templates, domains, and easy-to-use tools for any type of business website.

  16. 17
    RuTracker.org rutracker.org Top 10K Russian

    RuTracker.org

    website providing torrent files and magnet links

  17. 18
    Drupal drupal.org Top 10K English

    Client Challenge

    free and open-source web content management system

  18. 19
    Sovrn viglink.com Top 10K English

    Commerce - Sovrn, Inc.

    Tools to efficiently optimize, operate, and scale your entire affiliate business. See how Sovrn Commerce can maximize your earnings today.

  19. 20
    Parse.ly parsely.com Top 10K

    American technology company

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

CMS
Tag managers
Marketing automation
  • HubSpot page source: js-eu1.hs-scripts.com
Live chat & support
  • Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:_netblocks.google.com include:_netblocks2.google.com i…
Cookie consent
  • OneTrust page source: cdn.cookielaw.org
A/B testing
Hosting
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx
Languages & backends
  • PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-content/)
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=Th+HeZjMKa3QxX9JqLt67kxMrAsEfB9gz51iuPZ…
  • Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: VxdtAjqaA6XhwRJO86fcIZtRDqJAzUqlgS8AwZHmd3o
  • Slack TXT slack-domain-verification=OsqnOPaJcFcYkul1EcF9xRDbjgCiaBgdXHbq2uuC
  • Yandex Webmaster TXT yandex-verification: 641fdbe43ac1cd41

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