Short.io alternative
SwiftURL and Short.io both serve branded short links from your own domain. Both make QR codes. Short.io has the bigger free plan; SwiftURL adds pre-publish safety checks, a tamper-evident audit log, link-health alerts and 5 team members on its Pro plan, where Short.io Pro is for one user.
The difference is what you get at each tier: Short.io Pro has unlimited links and 10 domains for one user, SwiftURL Pro has 5 members, safety checks and link-health alerts. Short.io has more ways to start, with a bigger free plan and a $5 Hobby plan.
| Feature | SwiftURL | Short.io |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan, links | 100 active links | 1,000 branded links total |
| Free plan, tracked clicks | 1,000 / month | 50,000 / month |
| Free plan, custom domains | Shared sftl.in | 5 |
| Free plan, API | No | Yes |
| Cheapest paid plan | Pro | Hobby, $5/mo |
| Pro plan | 5,000 links, 3 domains, 5 members | Unlimited links, 10 domains, 1 user, $18/mo |
| Team plan | Business, 25 members, 25 domains | Team, $48/mo, unlimited users |
| Team roles | 7 roles | 4 roles |
| QR codes | Every link, branded on Pro and up | Yes |
| Mobile deep linking | Pro and up | Team and up |
| Password-protected links | Pro and up | Pro and up |
| Analytics retention | 30 days, 1 year, 3 years | Not stated |
| Pre-publish safety checks | Every plan | Not listed |
| Tamper-evident audit log | Every plan | Not listed |
| Link-health monitoring and alerts | Pro and up | Not listed |
Pricing and features checked October 2026 from Short.io's pricing page and feature list (monthly prices in US dollars). Plans change, so confirm current figures there before deciding. SwiftURL figures are from our pricing page.
Short.io is generous on volume. Its free plan gives you 1,000 branded links, 50,000 tracked clicks a month and 5 custom domains, and its $18 Pro plan has unlimited links and clicks with 10 domains. It includes a free API and QR codes with PDF export, and a $5 Hobby plan sits between Free and Pro.
SwiftURL is built for links a team has to stand behind. Every destination is checked against Google Web Risk and more before a link goes live, and every meaningful change lands in a tamper-evident, hash-chained audit log, on every plan. Pro adds link-health alerts, deep linking and 5 members; Business adds team roles, up to 10 organizations and signed webhooks.
Usually when more people share the links and someone has to answer for them: then safety checks, roles and an audit trail matter more than raw volume.
Each destination is screened against Google Web Risk, an adult content filter, private IP and shortener-chain blocks, and a reachability check. HTTPS, personal data in URL parameters and new domains are flagged for review.
Seven roles: Owner, Admin, Developer, Marketer, Analyst, Reviewer and Read only, across multiple organizations for clients or business units. See team roles and multi-org.
Link-health monitoring checks your destinations on a schedule and alerts you when one goes down, before a broken link wastes a campaign.
Import your destinations from a CSV, then switch new campaigns over when you are ready.
One row per link, with a destinationUrl column. Up to 100 rows per file.
Each URL is safety-checked before its link is created. See bulk import.
Your Short.io links keep working; you decide when new campaigns move over.
Yes, if your links need governance and a team, not only a domain. SwiftURL checks every destination before a link goes live and keeps a tamper-evident audit log on every plan. If you want the largest free plan, Short.io is ahead.
By what each tier includes. SwiftURL Pro includes 5 team members, 3 custom domains and 5,000 active links, plus link-health alerts; Short.io Pro ($18/mo) is 1 user with 10 custom domains and unlimited links. Short.io also has a $5/mo Hobby plan. For teams, SwiftURL Business includes 25 members, 25 custom domains and 7 roles, against Short.io Team ($48/mo) with unlimited users. See current SwiftURL prices on the pricing page.
Short.io, on limits: 1,000 branded links, 50,000 tracked clicks a month and 5 custom domains. SwiftURL Free has 100 active links, 1,000 tracked clicks a month and the shared sftl.in domain, but includes safety checks, the audit log and analytics with AI Insights.
Yes. Every SwiftURL link has a QR code on every plan, Free included, with PNG and SVG downloads, and scans are counted as QR scans in analytics, separately from clicks. Pro and above add your colors and logo, with a contrast check so the code still scans. Short.io also includes QR codes with custom colors and logos, plus PDF export. See QR codes.
Yes. SwiftURL supports iOS Universal Links and Android App Links from Pro, with the AASA and assetlinks.json files generated and served, plus deferred deep linking with no SDK. Short.io lists mobile deep links on its Team plan. See mobile deep linking.
Yes. Put your destination URLs in a CSV and import up to 100 rows per file; each one is safety-checked before its link is created. Your existing Short.io links keep working, and you decide when new campaigns move over.
Start free with safety checks, an audit log and analytics. No credit card required.