Alternatives and competitors

Sites like cutt.ly

The 20 closest URL shortener alternatives to cutt.ly, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 9 technologies behind it.

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

About cutt.ly

cutt.ly

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.

Top 10K · #2,846 English 9 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

Cuttly is a URL shortening service that creates short and branded links with click analytics, plus QR codes, link-in-bio pages, surveys, campaigns, team accounts and an API.

Who it’s for
Marketers, creators and businesses
Business model
Freemium subscriptions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to cutt.ly’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

Wolfram AlphaYouTubeCalendlyPlausible AnalyticsPushySemrushWalinkStrikinglyLinkmakeBitly

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to cutt.ly

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    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.

  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
    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.

  5. 06
    Customer customer.io Top 10K English

    Customer.io: Customer Engagement Platform For Better Outcomes

    Customer.io is a customer engagement platform for creating personalized journeys and better business outcomes across email, push, SMS, and in-app messaging.

  6. 07
    Pushy pushy.io Top 1K English

    Pushy - Lightning-Fast & Highly-Reliable Push Notifications

    Pushy is a reliable push notification gateway for time-sensitive, mission-critical apps.

  7. 08
    curl curl.se Top 10K English

    curl

    command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax

  8. 09
    Plausible Analytics plausible.io Top 10K English

    Plausible Analytics | Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative

    Plausible is a lightweight and open-source Google Analytics alternative. Your website data is 100% yours and the privacy of your visitors is respected.

  9. 10
    SaleSmartly salesmartly.com Top 10K English

    AI-Powered Omnichannel Customer Engagement Platform | SaleSmartly

    Trusted by 300,000+ businesses. Unify WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram & more in a shared inbox with AI agents, CRM & automation to capture, convert & retain customers.

  10. 11
    HowStuffWorks howstuffworks.com Top 10K English

    American media company

  11. 12
    CapCut capcut.com Top 1K English

    CapCut AI Video Editor: Smart Online Video Editing with Advanced AI Tools

    Edit YouTube and Instagram videos with CapCut's AI-powered video editor, smart templates, and creative effects. Download CapCut on desktop, mobile, or edit online.

  12. 13
    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.

  13. 14
    Termly termly.io Top 10K English

    All-in-One Data Privacy Compliance Solution for Websites & Apps - Termly

    Termly is your all-in-one compliance solution for data privacy laws worldwide. Privacy policy generator, cookie consent, terms, and more.

  14. 15
    about.me Top 10K English

    about.me | your personal homepage

    Create a free, one-page website in minutes with about.me. Showcase your work, links, and story on a personal homepage that's all about you.

  15. 16
    Calendly calendly.com Top 1K English

    Meeting Scheduling Software and AI Meeting Tools | Calendly

    Calendly connects and simplifies all of the work around meetings, from scheduling, payments, and meeting prep to notetaking, contact management, and follow-up.

  16. 17
    Netlify netlify.com Top 10K English

    Push your ideas to the web | Netlify

    Create with AI or code, deploy instantly on production infrastructure. One platform to build and ship.

  17. 18
    Giphy giphy.com Top 10K English

    GIPHY - Be Animated

    GIPHY is the platform that animates your world. Find the GIFs, Clips, and Stickers that make your conversations more positive, more expressive, and more you.

  18. 19
    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.

  19. 20
    Wolfram Alpha wolframalpha.com Top 10K English

    Wolfram|Alpha: Computational Intelligence

    Compute answers using Wolfram's breakthrough technology & knowledgebase, relied on by millions of students & professionals. For math, science, nutrition, history, geography, engineering, mathematics, linguistics, sports, finance, music…

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

JavaScript libraries
  • jQuery asset https://cutt.ly/scripts/jquery.js?v=03112023
CSS & UI
  • Bootstrap asset https://cutt.ly/scripts/bootstrap.min.js?v=2302202301
Fonts
Analytics
CDN
Languages & backends
  • PHP cookie PHPSESSID
Video
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)

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