tinbo vs Short.io
A Short.io alternative for small teams, from $12
Short.io gives more volume for the money: 1,000 free links, and unlimited links and tracked clicks on Pro at $18 a month. Its plans stay single-user until Team at $48. tinbo Basic is $12 with 3 members, and opens links to apps like YouTube, Instagram and Spotify in those apps; on Short.io you enter each app’s URL scheme by hand, and its deep links, on Team, go into your own app.
The short version
Short.io gives more volume: unlimited links and tracked clicks on Pro at $18 a month, against 1,000 links and 50,000 clicks on tinbo Basic at $12.
Short.io’s Free, Hobby and Pro plans are for one user; more people need Team at $48. tinbo Basic includes 3 members, Pro 10.
Short.io has A/B testing and device targeting on every plan, plus import and export; tinbo has A/B testing on Pro and no importer yet.
tinbo adds open-in-app from $12, with no URL schemes to look up, and AI agents counted apart from people and bots on every plan.
Checked against Short.io’s own pages on 27 October 2026. Prices are billed monthly in US dollars unless a row says otherwise.
Plans and prices
Short.io
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly, a month |
|---|---|---|
| Free1,000 links in total, 50,000 tracked clicks a month, 5 domains, 1 user | $0 | — |
| Hobby$50 a year. 2,500 links in total, 100,000 tracked clicks a month, 7 domains, country targeting | $5 | $4.17/mo |
| ProUnlimited links and tracked clicks, 10 domains, passwords, expiry, 1 user | $18 | $15/mo |
| TeamUnlimited users, 50 domains, region and city targeting, deep links | $48 | $40/mo |
| Enterprise$1,480 a year. Unlimited domains, several teams, SSO | $148 | $123.33/mo |
From short.io on 27 October 2026.
tinbo
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly, a month |
|---|---|---|
| Free25 new links and 1,000 tracked clicks a month, 1 custom domain, 1 member | $0 | — |
| Basic1,000 new links and 50,000 tracked clicks a month, 3 custom domains, 3 members | $12 | — |
| Pro10,000 new links and 500,000 tracked clicks a month, 10 custom domains, 10 members | $42 | — |
Monthly only, excluding tax. Past Pro, a custom plan. See pricing.
Feature by feature
| Feature | tinbo | Short.io |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ||
| Free plan | 25 links/mo, 1K tracked clicks | 1,000 links, 50K tracked clicks/mo |
| Cheapest paid plan, billed monthly | $12 (Basic) | $5 (Hobby) |
| Annual billing | — | Yes, save 17% |
| No ads or interstitial pages on your links | ||
| Past the plan’s limits, links… | Keep redirecting | Keep redirecting |
| Links | ||
| Custom domains | Free 1 · Basic 3 · Pro 10 | Free 5 · Hobby 7 · Pro 10 · Team 50 |
| New links a month | Free 25 · Basic 1K · Pro 10K | Free 1K · Hobby 2.5K total · Pro unlimited |
| Tracked clicks a month | Free 1K · Basic 50K · Pro 500K | Free 50K · Hobby 100K · Pro unlimited |
| Change where a link goes | Every plan, no monthly cap | |
| Branded QR codes | Every plan | |
| Routing | ||
| Geo targeting | Basic, $12/mo | Hobby, $5/mo |
| Device targeting | Basic, $12/mo | |
| Password protection | Basic, $12/mo | Pro, $18/mo |
| Link expiry | Basic, $12/mo | Pro, $18/mo |
| A/B testing | Pro, $42/mo | |
| Opens YouTube, Instagram, Spotify… in their app | Basic, $12/mo | Every plan, set by hand |
| Deep links into your own app | — | Team, $48/mo |
| Analytics | ||
| Analytics history | Free 90 days · Basic 1 year · Pro 2 years | 26 months, every plan |
| Bots kept out of click counts | Every plan | Shown separately |
| UTM builder | Every plan, with templates | |
| Team | ||
| Team members | Free 1 · Basic 3 · Pro 10 | Free to Pro 1 · Team unlimited |
| Roles and permissions | Pro, $42/mo | Team, $48/mo |
| Audit log | Basic, $12/mo | |
| Two-factor sign-in | Every plan | |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | — | Enterprise, $148/mo |
| Building and moving | ||
| API | Every plan | |
| MCP server for AI assistants | Every plan | Yes, plan not published |
| Bulk import from a CSV | — | |
| Browser extension | — | |
| Webhooks | — | Pro, $18/mo |
| Retargeting pixels | — | Pro, $18/mo |
| Link-in-bio pages | — | |
Which one fits
Choose tinbo if
- Two to ten people share the links and you’d rather not pay $48 for Team: Basic has 3 members at $12, Pro 10 at $42.
- Links to YouTube, Instagram or Spotify should open in those apps on phones, without looking up each app’s URL scheme.
- You want AI agents that read your links for someone counted apart from people, and bots kept out of the count.
- You want a modern UI: a fast, clean dashboard in light and dark themes.
Choose Short.io if
- You need volume: unlimited links and tracked clicks from $18 a month, or 1,000 links free.
- You want A/B testing and device targeting on every plan, and country targeting from $5.
- You are moving a lot of links: import and export are on every plan.
- You want a browser extension or link-in-bio pages.
- You need many domains or people: Team has 50 domains and unlimited users for $48.
Other Short.io alternatives
tinbo isn’t the only option. The cheapest plan billed monthly for each, as checked on 27 October 2026; the full round-up has the detail.
| Tool | Best for | Free plan | Paid, billed monthly |
|---|---|---|---|
| tinbo | Routing, passwords and a team from $12 | 25 links/mo, 1K clicks, 1 domain | $12/mo |
| Bitly | The best-known name, enterprise teams | 5 links/mo, with an ad page | $35/mo ($10 Core is billed yearly) |
| TinyURL | Quick links and bulk volume | 30 links/mo, no analytics | $11/mo |
| Rebrandly | Branded links for marketing teams | 10 links/mo | $16/mo |
| Dub | Developers and conversion tracking | 25 links/mo, 3 domains | $30/mo |
| Linkly | Unlimited seats on every plan | 100 links, 500 clicks | $39/mo ($15 Starter is billed yearly) |
Questions
- Is tinbo cheaper than Short.io?
- It depends on what you need. For one person and many links, Short.io is cheaper: Hobby is $5 and Pro, with unlimited links, $18. For a team, tinbo Basic gives 3 members for $12, where Short.io’s first multi-user plan, Team, is $48.
- What does Short.io’s free plan include?
- 1,000 links in total, 50,000 tracked clicks a month and 5 custom domains for one user, with A/B testing and mobile targeting. Commercial use is allowed.
- Does tinbo have A/B testing like Short.io?
- Yes, on Pro at $42 a month: up to 5 destinations, with visitors kept on the variant they first saw. Short.io has A/B testing on every plan.
- Does Short.io have deep links?
- Yes, on Team at $48 a month: mobile deep links into your own app. Its mobile targeting, on every plan, can also open another app if you enter that app’s URL scheme. tinbo has no deep links into your own app; its open-in-app, from $12, opens links to other apps such as YouTube, Instagram and Spotify.
- Can I move my Short.io links to tinbo?
- Links on your own domain can move: export them from Short.io, recreate them in tinbo with the same slugs, then point the domain’s DNS at tinbo. tinbo has no importer yet, and links on Short.io’s shared domains stay there.
How we checked
Every Short.io price and feature above comes from its own website, read on 27 October 2026 as a visitor from the US. Plans change: if something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll correct it.
- Short.io pricing
- Short.io Help: Click statistics storage policy
- Short.io docs: Metrics
- Short.io Help: Retargeting
- Short.io features
- Short.io docs: How to create QR codes for short links
- Short.io docs: How to use mobile targeting
- Short.io docs: How to create an Instagram deep link
- Short.io docs: Team members permissions and features
- Short.io docs: How to view audit log
- Short.io changelog: December 2025 (audit log for all plans)
- Short.io docs: How to enable two-factor authentication
- Short.io docs: How to enforce two-factor authentication on teams
- Short.io docs: MCP-enabled services
- Short.io docs: How to add webhook integration
- Short.io docs: Meta Pixel integration
Short.io is a trademark of its owner. tinbo is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Short.io.
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