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TinyURL Reviews & Product Details

TinyURL is a URL shortening and link management software that allows individuals and organizations to create short, easy-to-share links and manage how those links are used over time. It is commonly used by marketing teams, product teams, developers and operations teams that need reliable, long-lasting links for digital and offline distribution. At its core, TinyURL converts long web addresses into shorter URLs that are easier to share across channels such as email, SMS, social media, print materials, QR codes and internal tools. Unlike many basic URL shorteners, TinyURL links are permanent by default, meaning they do not expire unless the user chooses to change or disable them. This makes the platform suitable for long-term campaigns, documentation and public-facing resources. TinyURL also functions as a link management platform, offering tools that help users organize, control and analyze their links. Users can create custom aliases, group links with tags, update destination URLs, set expiration rules and generate QR codes tied to their short links. For tracking and measurement, TinyURL provides link analytics, including click counts, referrers, geographic data, devices and traffic trends over time. For teams and high-volume use cases, TinyURL supports bulk link creation and API access, allowing links to be generated and managed programmatically. This is useful for workflows such as SMS messaging, marketing campaigns, product notifications and automated systems that require large numbers of short links. TinyURL also supports branded domains, enabling businesses to use their own custom domains instead of a shared shortening domain. This helps improve brand recognition and trust when links are shared externally. Founded in 2002, TinyURL is one of the oldest and longest-running URL shortening services and is used globally by individuals, small businesses and enterprise organizations that need a simple, reliable, and scalable solution for link shortening and link management.

Seller

TinyURL

Discussions

TinyURL Community

Languages Supported

English

Overview by

Ali Siddiqui

Pricing

Pricing provided by TinyURL.

Free

Free Trial

Pro

Starting at $16.00

250 Shortened links Per Month

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TinyURL Demo - Create short links with custom aliases and domains

Create short, shareable URLs by pasting a long link and optionally adding a custom alias. Users can choose the TinyURL domain or a branded domain, generate QR codes and quickly shorten links from a single, easy-to-use interface.

TinyURL Demo - Manage links and view performance analytics

View and manage all shortened links in one place while monitoring performance through the analytics dashboard. Users can track clicks over time, likely human clicks, unique visitors and geographic traffic, helping teams understand how links perform across channels.

TinyURL Demo - Track link performance with detailed analytics

View detailed analytics for all shortened links, including total and unique clicks, likely human traffic, geographic distribution, referrers, devices, browsers, and popular days and times. This dashboard helps teams understand how links perform across channels and audiences.

TinyURL Demo - Set up branded domains for custom short links

Manage branded domains by purchasing a domain through TinyURL or connecting an existing domain or subdomain. This allows teams to create custom short links that reflect their brand while maintaining full control over link creation and management.

TinyURL Demo - Manage API tokens for bulk link creation

Create and manage API tokens with granular permissions to programmatically generate, update, and analyze short links at scale. This enables teams and developers to automate bulk link creation and integrate TinyURL into existing workflows and systems.

TinyURL Demo - Generate and download QR codes for short links

Generate QR codes directly from shortened links and download them in multiple formats for print and digital use. This makes it easy to share links across offline materials, packaging, signage, events, and mobile-first campaigns.

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Gaynor P.

Transcriptionist

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/31/2019

"Bitly"

4.5/5

What do you like best about TinyURL?

It makes long and complicated URLs easy to shorten and understand. Great for posting to Twitter Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TinyURL?

There's nothing that I don't like about it. Except maybe that it isn't clear immediately to people what they are clicking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Johan Van N.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/19/2019

"Tinyurl"

5/5

What do you like best about TinyURL?

It shortens the URL for lots of things.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TinyURL?

That the url always begins with tinyurl. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/9/2019

"Tiny URL helps us get redirected to short survey questions"

5/5

What do you like best about TinyURL?

For work, we use Tiny Url to redirect us to different forms for work. From Cancellation Forms to Provisional Rendering shifts that can be done under 5 minutes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TinyURL?

I don't dislike anything so far but would like to know about other things Tiny Url does. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/12/2019

"Need more space for your links? TinyUrl is the answer"

3.5/5

What do you like best about TinyURL?

TinyURL makes my links more manageable. It's very hard to have to share and remember url links because they can be very long and include soecial characters than can be hard to remember. Tinyurl fixes that issue by providing easy to read amd remember links that actually redirects to the original url. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TinyURL?

Url shortener like Tinyurl are widely used for spamming and hacking regular users because of their friendly look.

Another thing is that services like link shorteners can be very bad for SEO and rankings because search engine bots will read the short url first and give it more search engine value over the actual link. So in reality, users are improving shorteners rankings at their websites expenses.

Their website is not mobile friendly which is absolutely unacceptable in this day and age. Who works for these people? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Media Production

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/14/2019

"Tiny URL is a exceptional service"

4.5/5

What do you like best about TinyURL?

Tiny URL is a exceptional service there are many positives when using this service and most people love it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TinyURL?

there is nothing to dislike in this app the features are excellent Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Food Production

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/11/2019

"When urls are huge, let's make them memorable "

5/5

What do you like best about TinyURL?

The fact that we can make large urls memorable by reducing the length Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TinyURL?

Sometimes reducing the urls is a hustle that needs to change a few things in the url Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/10/2019

"TinyUrl helps redirect us to important forms for work"

5/5

What do you like best about TinyURL?

We used TinyUrl for work to access different forms that we need throughout the day. When we could not collect the parent's signature, we are able to access it with this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TinyURL?

I would like extra features added to it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Romain V.

Director, Global Brand PR Content & Multimedia

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/12/2019

"A basic URL shortener"

2.5/5

What do you like best about TinyURL?

tiny URL homepage is straightforward and does not try to sell you a lot of other products or services. Paste your URL, make it tiny and leave with your new link (with the option to customize it). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TinyURL?

Even if tinyURL does the job, it is hard to know why someone would choose it over some of its more popular competitors (bitly, google url shortener). I can't really see a service that is a "difference maker". Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.