TinyURL vs RedirHub (2026): Pricing, Branded Links & Best Fit
TinyURL is a mass-market URL shortener for campaign links, while RedirHub is domain and redirect infrastructure for migrations, domain portfolios, branded links and QR codes.
We build RedirHub. We point out where TinyURL is the better buy, and how to check against your own setup.
The short answer
Choose RedirHub if
- You are managing website migrations, retired domains or a mixed redirect estate
- Domain capacity, long-lived mappings, branded links and QR destinations need to live in one operational workspace
Choose TinyURL if
- Your primary job is fast, low-cost URL shortening
- You need branded campaign links, QR codes and click analytics
- You create new links continuously
- You do not need a domain-migration control plane
Which product fits your job#
Create a few short links quickly, including free links on a shared domain
TinyURL's Free plan is designed for simple shortening, custom aliases and QR generation without adopting a broader redirect platform.
Run branded campaign links with click analytics
Paid TinyURL plans center on branded domains, editable destinations, analytics and link creation workflows.
Move a website where hundreds of old URLs need individual new destinations
Core includes 2,500 managed links plus bulk import/export, so migration mappings live in the same redirect workspace as the domain.
Forward retired domains and keep HTTPS working
RedirHub is built around domain redirects and includes automatic HTTPS across its current plans.
Create very large volumes of short campaign links each month
TinyURL's Bulk plans are sold around monthly link-creation volume rather than a long-lived domain-and-mapping estate.
Manage a mixed estate of domains, migration rules, branded links and QR destinations
RedirHub separates domain capacity from managed-link capacity so the infrastructure can be sized around both.
The strongest buying boundary is operational ownership. TinyURL is a natural fit when the link itself is the marketing asset. RedirHub is a stronger fit when the redirect is infrastructure that must keep working through migrations, rebrands and domain changes.
TinyURL is primarily a link shortener#
TinyURL still positions itself as the original link shortener. Its current product surface[1] focuses on shortening long URLs, branded domains, click analytics, bulk short links and link management.
The free workflow is deliberately low-friction. TinyURL's 2026 Free plan guide[2] says free users can create TinyURL links, generate QR codes, use custom aliases and keep a history of created links. TinyURL also describes those free links as permanent.
Paid plans move the product further into branded campaign-link management. TinyURL's branded-domain documentation[3] lets paid users bring a domain or subdomain dedicated to shortening, or purchase one through TinyURL. Its guidance is explicit that a domain already hosting a website should generally use a separate subdomain for TinyURL rather than trying to serve both jobs from the same hostname.
That is an important clue about product intent. TinyURL is optimized for links you create and distribute. It is not positioning the branded domain as the primary website or as a general-purpose redirect control plane for an existing site estate.
RedirHub starts from domains and redirect operations#
RedirHub's current pricing[4] starts at Core for $49/month with 25 domains and 2,500 managed links. A managed link is the separately configured unit used for branded links, dynamic QR destinations and migration mappings; domain capacity is scaled separately.
That model matters for jobs such as:
- moving an old site to a new information architecture;
- consolidating multiple retired domains;
- preserving traffic from old campaign or product URLs;
- maintaining branded links and QR destinations alongside website redirects;
- importing and operating a redirect map over time.
RedirHub also documents automatic HTTPS, 301/302/307/308 redirects, path and query forwarding, redirect analytics, CSV import/export and REST API access across its current product surface.
Our call
If your main requirement is "make this long URL easier to share," TinyURL is the simpler product.
If the requirement is "keep this domain and its old URL estate routing correctly over time," RedirHub is closer to the actual job.
Pricing: do not compare the headline numbers as if the units were the same#
TinyURL's current rendered pricing surface lists:[5]
- Free: $0, with 30 links per month.
- Pro 125: $9/month when billed annually, or $108/year, with 125 links per month, unlimited tracked clicks and three branded domains.
- Bulk 50K: $69/month when billed annually, or $828/year, with 50,000 links per month and three branded domains.
- Enterprise: starting at $3,999/year.
TinyURL also introduced paid-plan overages in 2026. Its official overages announcement[6] explains that link limits refresh monthly and that eligible paid users can pay to create links beyond the plan's monthly allowance.
RedirHub prices a different unit:
- Core: $49/month for 25 domains and 2,500 managed links.
- Pro: $119/month for 250 domains and 10,000 managed links.
- Enterprise: custom pricing.
- Domain capacity and managed-link capacity can be expanded independently.
- Annual RedirHub billing gives twelve months for the price of ten.
A TinyURL "link per month" and a RedirHub "managed link" are not the same billing concept. TinyURL is metering how many shortened links you create during a monthly usage period. RedirHub is sizing the active redirect estate you manage.
That means a headline comparison such as "$9 versus $49" can be technically true and still answer the wrong buying question.
Our call
Choose TinyURL when low-cost short-link creation is the job.
Choose RedirHub when you need to size domains and long-lived redirect mappings independently.
Branded domains#
Both products support using your own domain for branded links, but the operational model differs.
TinyURL's branded-domain guide[3] says paid users can bring a domain or subdomain for link shortening. If the root domain already hosts a website, TinyURL recommends using a subdomain or a separate domain dedicated to shortening.
RedirHub treats domain redirects as a core use case rather than only as a namespace for short links. The same workspace can hold whole-domain forwarding, path-level migration mappings, branded links and QR destinations.
For a marketing team that only wants something like go.example.com/summer, TinyURL's model is straightforward. For an organization retiring oldbrand.com, preserving old paths and also operating go.example.com, RedirHub's domain-first model maps more directly to the broader job.
Destination editing and long-lived links#
TinyURL's official guidance says Free-plan destinations cannot be changed after creation. Its destination-editing guide[7] says Pro and Bulk customers can update the long URL behind an existing TinyURL and gain analytics and bulk-editing features.
That is useful for campaigns where the short link is meant to stay stable while the landing page changes.
RedirHub also lets teams manage destinations behind branded links and redirect rules, but its advantage is not merely "editable links." The stronger distinction is that the same redirect workspace can also manage domain-level rules and migration maps.
If you only need a persistent campaign link, TinyURL already solves that problem well.
Bulk workflows and APIs#
TinyURL's current product surface advertises bulk short URLs, and its modern API supports creating TinyURLs with optional branded domains and aliases. TinyURL's API migration guidance[8] says paid plans add capabilities such as analytics, branded domains and bulk link shortening.
RedirHub provides REST API access and CSV import/export across its current approved Product Facts. For a website migration, that means a redirect map can be prepared in bulk and managed alongside the source domain rather than treated as a stream of short-link creation events.
The distinction is again the unit of work:
- TinyURL bulk workflows are strongest when you need to create many shareable links.
- RedirHub bulk workflows are strongest when you need to operate many redirect mappings and domains as infrastructure.
QR codes and analytics#
TinyURL automatically generates QR codes for shortened links and positions detailed analytics as a paid-plan capability. Its current product surface highlights tracking across sources such as social, email and advertising.
RedirHub also supports trackable QR codes and redirect analytics. The useful distinction here is not whether either product can measure a scan or click; it is whether those campaign assets need to live beside a wider domain and redirect estate.
If QR campaigns and short-link reporting are the center of the project, TinyURL is a natural candidate and should be priced first. If QR destinations are only one part of a wider domain and redirect estate, RedirHub reduces the need to operate a separate redirect system for the rest of the URLs.
Website migrations are the clearest separation#
Suppose a redesign changes 500 old paths:
old.example/about-us → new.example/company
old.example/pricing-2025 → new.example/pricing
RedirHub Core can hold those 500 separately managed mappings inside its included 2,500 managed links, alongside the source domain, for $49/month.
Mapping 500 old URLs? See what your current setup would cost on RedirHub.
Calculate your setupTinyURL can create redirects and branded links, but its public product positioning and plan units are centered on link shortening and monthly link creation. The reviewed official TinyURL material does not position the product as a website-migration control plane for maintaining a large old-to-new URL map.
That does not make TinyURL worse. It means the products optimize for different operational jobs.
Our call
For a migration where paths changed, RedirHub is the more direct fit.
For a campaign where you need hundreds or thousands of new short links every month, TinyURL's Bulk model may be the better fit.
Feature comparison#
| Capability | RedirHub | TinyURL |
|---|---|---|
| Free shared-domain short links | Not the primary public offer | Yes |
| Custom aliases | Yes, through branded links | Yes |
| Branded/custom domains | Yes | Paid plans |
| QR generation | Yes | Yes |
| Editable destinations | Yes | Paid plans |
| Redirect analytics | Yes | Yes on paid analytics workflows |
| Bulk operations | CSV import/export | Bulk short-link workflows |
| API | REST API | Modern OpenAPI-based API |
| Automatic HTTPS for redirect domains | Yes | Not used as a domain-migration claim here |
| Whole-domain redirect operations | Core use case | Not the center of current public positioning |
| Website migration mappings | Core use case | Not the center of current public positioning |
| Independent domain + managed-link capacity | Yes | No; plans use link-creation and branded-domain allowances |
How to decide#
- Decide whether the thing you are managing is primarily a shareable link or a domain/redirect estate.
- If it is a campaign-link job, estimate how many new links you create each month and whether you need branded domains, editing and analytics.
- If it is a migration or domain job, count the source domains and the old URLs that need separate destinations.
- Compare billing units, not just headline plan prices.
- Test one representative workflow before moving a large campaign or redirect estate.
Managing website migrations or a mixed redirect estate?
Keep domain capacity, long-lived mappings, branded links and QR destinations in one operational workspace.
Start free trialFrequently asked questions
For basic link shortening, yes. TinyURL has a free plan, and its current Pro 125 pricing is shown at $9/month when billed annually. RedirHub Core starts at $49/month. But the products meter different things: TinyURL focuses on monthly link creation, while RedirHub prices domain capacity and the active managed-link estate.
Yes. TinyURL's paid plans support branded domains. Its official guidance says a domain already hosting a website should generally use a separate subdomain or another domain dedicated to shortening.
On paid Pro and Bulk plans, yes. TinyURL's current guidance says Free-plan destinations cannot be edited after creation.
RedirHub is the more direct fit when old URLs need individual new destinations or when multiple domains must be maintained as redirect infrastructure. TinyURL's current public product is centered on shortening, branding and measuring shareable links.
TinyURL is often the better starting point when the primary job is creating short campaign links cheaply and measuring their clicks. RedirHub becomes more compelling when those links are part of a broader domain, QR and redirect-management estate.
TC is the Operations Manager at RedirHub, leading the company’s operational strategy and execution to ensure reliable, scalable redirect infrastructure. He oversees internal processes, cross-team coordination, and platform readiness while supporting customers through complex redirect implementations. With a strong understanding of large-scale domain operations and real-world edge cases, TC plays a key role in aligning product and customer success to deliver stable, high-performance redirection solutions.