ShortFreeURL vs Linkly: an honest comparison
Linkly is strong on rotation, retargeting pixels and click-fraud filtering — a performance-marketing tool more than a content one.
By ShortFreeURL Team · 30 June 2026
Where Linkly is strong
Rotation, geo and device targeting, retargeting pixels, click fraud filtering and a raw click log. Good for affiliate and paid traffic.
Where Linkly stops
No link-in-bio pages, no markdown posts, no password protection, and lighter team governance.
Pricing
Plans start around $10 per month with click-based tiers.
ShortFreeURL offers Free and four paid plans. Google and Meta tracking, core plugins, mobile targeting, A/B testing, link bundles, conversions, exports and click webhooks start on Starter. Other ads connectors and email marketing drafts are on eligible paid plans. Website and API-created links have separate allowances. Review current prices and features.
The verdict
Linkly if you run paid and affiliate traffic and nothing else. ShortFreeURL if the same account also needs content pages, passwords and team roles.
How to check this yourself
Open the full feature matrix on our compare page, then open Linkly's own pricing page next to it. Vendor pricing changes often — if anything here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.