Alternatives and competitors

Sites like TinyURL

The 20 closest URL shortener alternatives to TinyURL, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 11 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to TinyURL? The closest matches are cutt.ly, Bitly and Linkmake. 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 TinyURL

TinyURL tinyurl.com

URL Shortener, Branded Short Links & Analytics | TinyURL

Top 1K · #296 English 11 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit TinyURL

Summary by Claude

TinyURL is a URL shortening service that converts long web addresses into short links, with paid options for branded custom domains and click analytics.

Who it’s for
Individuals, marketers and businesses sharing links
Business model
Freemium subscriptions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to TinyURL’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

W3SchoolsStartpage.comYouTubeTikTokHowStuffWorksDuckDuckGoPlausible AnalyticsLinkmakecutt.ly

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to TinyURL

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

Only in English
  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
    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
    Linkmake linkmake.in Top 10K English

    Linkmake

    Make your link safe using Link Protector

  4. 04
    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.

  5. 05
    DuckDuckGo duckduckgo.com Top 1K English

    DuckDuckGo - Protection. Privacy. Peace of mind.

    The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.

  6. 06
    HowStuffWorks howstuffworks.com Top 10K English

    American media company

  7. 07
    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.

  8. 08
    curl curl.se Top 10K English

    curl

    command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax

  9. 09
    Infolinks infolinks.com Top 10K English

    Infolinks - Premium Direct Demand and Supply

    Discover what Infolinks smart ads can do for you and start making money from site or blog today! Join now free of charge and monetize your content with us.

  10. 10
    WeTransfer wetransfer.com Top 10K English

    WeTransfer | Skicka stora filer snabbt

    Det enkla, snabba och säkra sättet att skicka filer till hela världen utan ett konto. Dela filer, foton och videor idag helt gratis.

  11. 11
    TikTok tiktok.com Top 100 English

    TikTok - Make Your Day

    video-focused social media platform

  12. 12
    Similarweb similarweb.com Top 10K English

    Similarweb: AI-Powered Digital Data Intelligence Solutions

    Similarweb is an AI-powered digital data company providing real-time market intelligence, competitive insights, and consumer trends to accelerate business growth.

  13. 13
    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.

  14. 14
    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.

  15. 15
    Startpage.com startpage.com English

    privacy-focused online search engine

  16. 16
    URIBL.COM uribl.com Top 10K English

    URIBL.COM - Realtime URI Blacklist

    URIBL.COM is a Realtime URI Blacklist (RHSBL) served via DNS to identify Unsolicitied Bulk and Commercial Email (UCE/UBE) based on the links within the email. URIBL.COM is enabled by default in the popular opensource SpamAssassin.

  17. 17
    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.

  18. 18
    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.

  19. 19
    W3Schools w3schools.com Top 10K English

    W3Schools Online Web Tutorials

    Well organized and easy to understand Web building tutorials with lots of examples of how to use HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, Python, PHP, Bootstrap, Java, XML and more.

  20. 20
    ifconfig.me Top 10K English

    What Is My IP Address? - ifconfig.me

    Get my IP Address

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

Fonts
Analytics
  • Cloudflare Web Analytics asset https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js/vce701823e78c4301a35b7e07294d87301792…
Advertising
CDN
Email hosting
Email delivery
  • Mailchimp Transactional TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:se…
  • SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:se…
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=Yp8nBgqtatID18UEVvPMs0qisMJ2CmcJR2/Fuau…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=koRGOiDnSuSNELGLaRqlhmyrKy7NGt58rV-rFHpN668
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=6nzev667vdzi0ht45dp76uk1gki9wp

Stack changes

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

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