IDM URL Shortener vs Short10
IDM URL Shortener
idm.inShort10
short10.appSide by side
| Figure | IDM URL Shortener | Short10 |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $7/mo | $12/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 7 | 6 |
| Spec score · URL shorteners | 8.7 (#30) | 9.0 (#10) |
| Analytics | Click reports can include clicks, geographic locations, referral sources, devices, and IP addresses. | Link analytics report clicks by location, device, browser, operating system, referrer, and UTM campaign. |
| API | The URL-shortening API can create links by sending a POST request to the v1/links route with a bearer API key. | The REST API uses bearer-token authentication, supports link listing, creation, statistics and deletion, and documents a 60-requests-per-minute key limit. |
| API access | Yes | Yes |
| Audience | IDM says its centralized analytics and URL-shortening platform is designed for marketing teams. | The pricing page describes Free for personal projects and basic shortening, Pro for creators, marketers, and small teams, and Enterprise for agencies and teams managing multiple clients. |
| Bio pages | Bio pages support social links, real-time analytics, customizable themes and colors, a contact form, SEO metadata, and a mobile-friendly layout. | Users can create link-in-bio pages with themes, custom blocks and per-link analytics. |
| Custom domains | Yes | Custom domains include automatic SSL provisioning, DNS verification and Cloudflare setup guidance. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Geo targeting | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | The URL-shortening documentation says its UTM builder adds parameters for analytics software such as Google Analytics or Mixpanel. | Short10 offers a REST API, webhooks, and a Chrome extension; its help center also lists a Zapier connection guide. |
| Link controls | Users can set custom link expiration dates, and public links created without signing in expire after 24 hours. | Links can have custom slugs, scheduled publish and expiration dates, click limits, and password protection. |
| Privacy | IDM says it does not sell collected personal information and lists Cloudflare, Mailchimp, Stripe, PayPal, AWS S3, Crisp.chat, and GitHub as third-party service providers. | The privacy policy says EU/EEA visitor IPs are anonymized on collection, IP addresses are retained for 24 hours, and click analytics are retained 90 days on Free or two years on paid plans. |
| QR codes | The pricing page says all plans, including the free plan, include unlimited QR codes with custom color and logo. | Short10 supports eight QR-code types and tracks scans with location, device and time data. |
| Security | IDM's privacy policy says it uses security measures including passwords, encryption, firewalls, Cloudflare WAF, and encrypted passwords and tokens. | The privacy policy says Short10 uses HTTPS/TLS, prepared SQL statements, CSRF protection, bcrypt password hashing, session hardening, rate limiting, and input sanitization. |
| Paid from | 7 | 12 |
Plans
IDM URL Shortener
- Lifetime deal$149 a month
- Basic$7 a month
- Pro$29 a month
- Business$99 a month
- FreeFree
- Lifetime deal$149, paid once
- EnterprisePriced on request
Short10
- FreeFree
- Pro$12 a month
- Enterprise$39 a month
- FreeFree
- Pro$15 a month
- Enterprise$49 a month
In their own words
IDM URL Shortener
IDM URL Shortener has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.