The Best Free Bitly Alternative
Bitly's free plan gives you 5 links a month and no click analytics at all. FattyURL gives unlimited links and full analytics, free forever, with no sign up.
FattyURL vs Bitly, feature by feature
| Feature | FattyURL Always Free | Bitly Free $0 (Limited) | Bitly Premium $2,388/yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sign up required | No | Yes | Yes |
| Links per month | No monthly cap (fair-use speed limits) | 5 | 3,000 |
| Interstitial pages | Never | Yes | No |
| Click analytics | Full, free | None | Full |
| Country, city & device data | Yes | No | Yes |
| QR codes | Unlimited | 2 | Yes |
| Custom slugs | Yes, free | No | Yes |
| Data export (CSV) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Links keep working if you stop paying | fattyurl.com links, yes; branded-domain links, 7 days after the plan ends | n/a | bit.ly links, yes; branded-domain links, no |
Why people look for a Bitly alternative
The free plan shrank
What used to be a generous free shortener is now five links a month with no click analytics at all. Most people discover this the month they hit the cap.
An account for one link
Shortening one URL should not require an email address, a password and a verification step. With FattyURL it does not.
What you get free
Everything below is free. Not a trial, not a freemium teaser — this is the product. Our public promise says we will never move any of it behind a paywall.
No sign up
With a free account
So what do you actually charge for?
Things that did not exist in the free product and cost us real money to run: branded custom domains, high-volume API access and bulk link creation.
We do not charge for analytics, QR codes, custom slugs, link volume or link permanence, because those are free today and we said they always would be. If you never need a branded domain, you never need to pay us.
No sign up. No credit card. No trial period. No hidden fees.