Best Link Shorteners · FREE
Best free Link Shorteners (2026)
6 link shorteners that offer a genuine free plan, ranked by entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest: Bitly at $0/mo.
- Qualifying: Bitly, Cuttly, Rebrandly, Short.io, T2M, BL.INK.
- Data current through: 2026-09-02. STALE marks a row with at least one plan we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days. 2 of 6 rows below are marked.
Comparison
| # | Link Shortener | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bitly | $0/mo | Yes | — | Yes | Marketing teams needing branded short links at scale | bitly.com |
| 2 | Cuttly | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | Social media marketers needing Link-in-Bio and retargeting pixels | cutt.ly |
| 3 | Rebrandly | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Enterprise marketing teams needing SOC2/HIPAA compliance | rebrandly.com |
| 4 | Short.io STALE · 2026-06-14 | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | Developers needing REST API and broad SDK support (PHP, Python, Ruby, Go) | short.io |
| 5 | T2M | $0/mo | No | — | Yes | Budget-conscious teams needing large URL volumes at low monthly cost | t2mio.com |
| 6 | BL.INK STALE · 2026-06-14 | $48/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Healthcare organizations requiring HIPAA compliance and BAA | bl.ink |