Why look for a TinyURL alternative?

Two reasons come up most: a free TinyURL link cannot be edited after it is created, and free accounts get no click analytics. If you need to fix a wrong destination or see where the traffic came from, you are on a $12.99 plan, or $9.99 billed annually, which also caps you at 500 active links.

Do my existing TinyURL links keep working?

Yes. Links already published on tinyurl.com keep resolving through TinyURL. Nothing is migrated and nothing breaks; you only change where the next link is created.

Can I change where a za.gl link points after sharing it?

On the free plan you can edit the title and description. Pro, at $5 a month, unlocks every field including the destination URL, the alias, the password and the expiry date.

What does TinyURL do better?

Branded domains and bulk work. TinyURL sells custom domains on its paid plans and a Bulk tier from $99 a month for 100,000 active links with team features. Za.gl offers neither: it is a single-account tool with an API.

Is the free plan limited by number of links?

No. Shortening, pastes and landing pages are unlimited on the free plan, with no monthly counter. The limits that exist are the ones you set per link: a password, an expiry date up to 30 days, or a click cap.

TinyURL

Het Bitly-alternatief dat niet meetelt

Vijf links per maand, daarna vraagt Bitly tien dollar. Za.gl houdt helemaal geen teller bij, werkt voordat je een account maakt en laat zien waar elke klik vandaan kwam.

What each one covers and misses

16 rows: Za.gl wins 10, TinyURL wins 3, and 3 are a draw. A table that never loses is an advert.

Za.gl compared with TinyURL, feature by feature, verified 2026-09-07
Feature		TinyURL	Notes
Short links on the free plan	Unlimited	Unlimited	How many links you can create before the plan asks for money
Click analytics on the free plan	7 days of history	Not included	Whether a free account can see where its clicks came from
Edit a link after creating it	Title and description free, everything on Pro	Paid plans only	Changing the destination of a link you already shared
Password-protected links	Free, any link	Not offered	A link that asks for a password before it resolves
Link expiry date	Optional, 30 days free	Not offered, links are permanent	A date after which the link stops resolving on its own
Click limit per link	1 to 1,000,000	Not offered	A count after which the link stops resolving on its own
Active link ceiling on the cheapest paid plan	None, at $5	500 links, at $9.99	How many links may exist at once on the cheapest paid plan
Public API	Free, 10 requests a minute	Paid plans	Creating and reading links from your own code
Pastebin	Unlimited	Not offered	A hosted snippet of text or code with syntax highlighting
Landing pages	Unlimited	Not offered	A hosted page you build in the editor, no site needed
Country and device routing	Included	Not offered	Sending visitors to different destinations by country or device
QR code per link	PNG free, SVG and PDF on Pro	Included	Whether every link comes with a QR code, and in which formats
Links that stay alive for years	Default, expiry is opt-in	Default, no expiry option	Whether an old link keeps resolving with no account activity
Custom branded domain	Not offered	Paid plans	Links on a domain you own instead of the provider domainTinyURL wins. TinyURL sells branded domains; za.gl has none.
Bulk link creation	API only	Bulk plans from $99	Creating many links at once from a file or one callTinyURL wins. Ten requests a minute is the ceiling for scripted batches here.
Team seats	Not offered	Bulk and enterprise plans	Other people working on the same links from their own loginTinyURL wins.

Short links on the free plan
How many links you can create before the plan asks for money
TinyURL
Unlimited
Za.gl
Unlimited
Click analytics on the free plan
Whether a free account can see where its clicks came from
TinyURL
Not included
Za.gl
7 days of history
Edit a link after creating it
Changing the destination of a link you already shared
TinyURL
Paid plans only
Za.gl
Title and description free, everything on Pro
Password-protected links
A link that asks for a password before it resolves
TinyURL
Not offered
Za.gl
Free, any link
Link expiry date
A date after which the link stops resolving on its own
TinyURL
Not offered, links are permanent
Za.gl
Optional, 30 days free
Click limit per link
A count after which the link stops resolving on its own
TinyURL
Not offered
Za.gl
1 to 1,000,000
Active link ceiling on the cheapest paid plan
How many links may exist at once on the cheapest paid plan
TinyURL
500 links, at $9.99
Za.gl
None, at $5
Public API
Creating and reading links from your own code
TinyURL
Paid plans
Za.gl
Free, 10 requests a minute
Pastebin
A hosted snippet of text or code with syntax highlighting
TinyURL
Not offered
Za.gl
Unlimited
Landing pages
A hosted page you build in the editor, no site needed
TinyURL
Not offered
Za.gl
Unlimited
Country and device routing
Sending visitors to different destinations by country or device
TinyURL
Not offered
Za.gl
Included
QR code per link
Whether every link comes with a QR code, and in which formats
TinyURL
Included
Za.gl
PNG free, SVG and PDF on Pro
Links that stay alive for years
Whether an old link keeps resolving with no account activity
TinyURL
Default, no expiry option
Za.gl
Default, expiry is opt-in
Custom branded domain
Links on a domain you own instead of the provider domain
TinyURL
Paid plans
Za.gl
Not offered
TinyURL wins. TinyURL sells branded domains; za.gl has none.
Bulk link creation
Creating many links at once from a file or one call
TinyURL
Bulk plans from $99
Za.gl
API only
TinyURL wins. Ten requests a minute is the ceiling for scripted batches here.
Team seats
Other people working on the same links from their own login
TinyURL
Bulk and enterprise plans
Za.gl
Not offered
TinyURL wins.

TinyURL figures verified 2026-09-07 on Bitly-prijzen. Ours come from the same place the payment page reads.

Pick a difference, read it

Six places where Za.gl and TinyURL behave differently, with the number from the table beside each one.

Free, and then fixed

Both tools shorten as many links as you want without charging. The difference starts one second after the link exists: TinyURL hands you a permanent redirect and no way to change it, while za.gl keeps the link in a dashboard where the title, description and, on Pro, the destination stay editable.

Shorten a link

TinyURL: Unlimited
Za.gl: Unlimited

Permanent by default

TinyURL markets links that never expire, which is right for a printed flyer and wrong for a password reset or a private file. On za.gl every link is permanent unless you give it a deadline of up to 30 days on free or a year on Pro, or a click limit anywhere from 1 to 1,000,000. After either, the link stops working and says so instead of sending anyone on.

Set an expiry date

TinyURL: Not offered, links are permanent
Za.gl: Optional, 30 days free

Plans and price, side by side

Pick one of TinyURL’s tiers and the column on the left answers it.

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What you get

Unlimited short links
Unlimited pastes and landing pages
Works without an account
7 days of click history
Password and expiry on any link
Custom alias, the bit after the slash, from 5 characters
PNG QR code on every link
CSV export of every click
Google Tag Manager container
No ads on the redirect

TinyURL

What this tier allows

Unlimited tinyurl.com links
QR code per link
Custom alias
No analytics, no editing

Not on any tier

Link expiry date
Pastebin
Landing pages
Country and device routing

Overstappen kost een link

Er valt niets te migreren. Links die al op bit.ly staan blijven werken; je maakt de volgende gewoon hier. Plak een adres op de startpagina, voeg een alias, wachtwoord of vervaldatum toe als je die nodig hebt, en kopieer het resultaat. Het token in het antwoord is wat die links later een account maakt, als je een dashboard wilt.

Live instantly, no account
Password and expiry, free
7 days of click history

Step 1
Paste the link
Any address, any length, on the homepage or in the box at the top of this page. No account, no email.
5 seconds
Step 2
Add what the link needs
A chosen ending, a password, an expiry date or a click cap. Every one of them is on the free plan.
20 seconds
Step 3
Copy it, keep the token
The response carries an access token. Paste it into the login box later and the links become an account with a dashboard.
5 seconds

What people who used it rated it

Left by visitors on the tool pages, one rating per person. No testimonials, and no review badges we do not have.

TinyURL questions

Het gratis plan van Bitly staat 5 links per maand toe en geeft gratis gebruikers geen klikgeschiedenis. Prima voor een losse link en vervelend voor alles wat regelmatig is. Za.gl heeft geen maandlimiet op links, de doorverwijzing gaat zonder advertenties en klikstatistieken verschijnen ook in het gratis plan.

Nee. Links die je al op bit.ly hebt gepubliceerd blijven via Bitly werken. Overstappen raakt alleen de links die je vanaf nu maakt, dus je kunt geleidelijk verhuizen in plaats van in een migratie.

Verkorten, notities en landingspaginas zijn onbeperkt in het gratis plan. Pro kost $5 per maand of $50 per jaar en voegt 90 dagen bewaartermijn voor statistieken, het bewerken van elk veld van een link, aliassen van drie tekens en een vervaldatum van een jaar toe.

Eigen domeinen, teamplaatsen en de integratielijst. Bitly koppelt met Slack, HubSpot, Canva en andere, heeft iOS- en Android-apps, en laat een bedrijf vanaf het Growth-plan links op het eigen domein zetten. Za.gl heeft daar niets van.

Ja. POST naar /api/shorten met een Authorization: Bearer header, beperkt tot 10 verzoeken per minuut. Het verzoek werkt ook zonder token, en het antwoord geeft er een terug voor de links die je net hebt gemaakt.

Hij verwijst niet meer door en geeft HTTP 410 Gone terug in plaats van de bezoeker ergens heen te sturen. Je kunt een link begrenzen op aantal kliks, van 1 tot 1.000.000, of op datum.

Nee. De voorbeeldpagina toont de bestemming en een veiligheidscontrole, en stuurt de bezoeker daarna door. Bots worden meteen doorgestuurd zodat linkvoorbeelden in chat-apps heel blijven.

Het Bitly-alternatief dat niet meetelt

What each one covers and misses

Pick a difference, read it

Free, and then fixed

Clicks without a plan

Permanent by default

QR a printer can use

Beyond the redirect

The API is open

Plans and price, side by side

Overstappen kost een link

What people who used it rated it

TinyURL questions

Waarom uberhaupt een Bitly-alternatief zoeken?

Stoppen mijn bestaande Bitly-links als ik overstap?

Is za.gl echt gratis, of gratis tot een limiet?

Wat doet Bitly beter?

Kan ik het vanuit mijn eigen code gebruiken?

Wat gebeurt er met een link als die verloopt of zijn kliklimiet bereikt?

Zet za.gl advertenties op de doorverwijzing?