A Bitly alternative with no ads on your links

Links on Bitly’s free plan now open an interstitial page with a preview of the destination and an ad. MicroURL never shows ads to your visitors, on any plan.

MicroURL vs Bitly

Ad page before a free link opens
MicroURL
Never, on any plan
Bitly
Yes, on the free plan
Your own domain
MicroURL
Included on the free plan (1 domain)
Bitly
From the Growth plan, $29/mo billed annually (1 domain)
Custom domains for about $29 a month
MicroURL
10 (Starter)
Bitly
1 (Growth, billed annually)
Change where a link or QR code goes, free plan
MicroURL
Yes, any time
Bitly
No (from Core, $10/mo billed annually)
QR codes a month, free plan
MicroURL
50 (one with every link)
Bitly
2
Click history, free plan
MicroURL
7 days
Bitly
None
See which AI assistants visit your links
MicroURL
On every plan, including free
Bitly
Paid plans only (added September 2026)
Send visitors to different pages by country or device
MicroURL
On every plan, including free
Bitly
Some paid plans (added July 2026)
Expiry dates on links
MicroURL
On every plan
Bitly
Growth plan and up
Make links and check clicks by asking AI
MicroURL
Every plan, in Claude and other MCP assistants
Bitly
Bitly Assist, from Core ($10/mo billed annually)

Feature	MicroURL	Bitly
Ad page before a free link opens	Never, on any plan	Yes, on the free plan
Your own domain	Included on the free plan (1 domain)	From the Growth plan, $29/mo billed annually (1 domain)
Custom domains for about $29 a month	10 (Starter)	1 (Growth, billed annually)
Change where a link or QR code goes, free plan	Yes, any time	No (from Core, $10/mo billed annually)
QR codes a month, free plan	50 (one with every link)	2
Click history, free plan	7 days	None
See which AI assistants visit your links	On every plan, including free	Paid plans only (added September 2026)
Send visitors to different pages by country or device	On every plan, including free	Some paid plans (added July 2026)
Expiry dates on links	On every plan	Growth plan and up
Make links and check clicks by asking AI	Every plan, in Claude and other MCP assistants	Bitly Assist, from Core ($10/mo billed annually)

Bitly figures from Bitly’s help article on ads (updated 12 January 2026) and Bitly’s pricing page, checked 23 October 2026, and Bitly’s release notes (AI traffic, September 2026), checked 22 October 2026.

What moves, and what doesn’t

Links on your own domain move cleanly. If your Bitly links use a branded domain like links.yourbrand.com, point that domain at MicroURL and recreate the same short paths: everything you shared or printed keeps working.

Links on bit.ly itself stay with Bitly. That domain belongs to Bitly, so nobody can move those. New links and new QR codes go on your own domain from now on. Paste your Bitly access token on the import page and we bring your list of links over for you, 100 at a time.

Early customers get the move done for them, free. Email us with how many links you have.

No lock-in, in writing

At least 90 days’ notice before we ever shut down, CSV export of your links and clicks at any time, and your domain stays yours. The full pledge is on our trust page.