| Price from | $0.82/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 9 | 1 |
| Spec score · URL shorteners | 9.2 (#6) | 8.1 (#76) |
| API | The REST API supports creating branded short links, retrieving click analytics, and managing domains and webhooks. | The API can create or retrieve short URLs, expand links, return link statistics, and output JSON, XML, or raw text. |
| API access | Yes | Yes |
| Custom domains | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Support | Linkly says its security team will respond to vulnerability reports or security questions within one business day. | The documentation directs users to search existing issues and read contribution guidelines before filing a new issue. |
| What it does | Linkly shortens URLs and records click analytics so marketers can manage, route and measure shared links. | YOURLS is a set of PHP scripts for running your own URL-shortening service on your server and domain. |
