Free short links
and QR codes.

The free Bitly alternative. Paste a link, get a short one and its QR code, and change where it points after you print.

No account for 10 links a day
A QR code with every link
Nothing expires

More free than Bitly and the rest. By a lot.

Bitly, TinyURL, Rebrandly and the biggest QR code companies charge for what a printed link needs. Only Snip's free plan lets you change links after printing, shows the click stats and keeps ads and watermarks off.

Snip's free and first paid plans next to Bitly, TinyURL, Rebrandly, QR Code Generator PRO, QR TIGER, Uniqode
Plan	SnipLinks and QR codes	BitlyLinks and QR codes	TinyURLShort links	RebrandlyLinks and QR codes	QR Code Generator PROQR codes	QR TIGERQR codes	UniqodeQR codes
Free plan
Short links	10 a day with no account, 100 kept free^[1,2]	5 a month^[3]	30 a month^[4]	10 a month^[5]	14-day free trial^[6,7]Then a paid plan	Not stated^[8]	Not stated^[9]
Change a link after printing	Every link, any time^[10]	Paid only^[11,12,13]	Paid only^[14]	Paid only^[15]		3 QR codes, 500 scans each^[16]	Paid only^[17]
QR codes	Unlimited, and they never expire^[18,19]	2 a month^[20]	A generator on the home page^[21]	10 a month, watermarked^[22,23]		Unlimited static codes^[24]	Static codes only^[25]
Click and scan stats	30 days^[26]	Paid only^[27]	Paid only^[28]	Totals, plus 100 detailed clicks a month^[29,30]		Basic^[31]	Not stated^[9]
Ads or watermarks	None^[32]	An ad page before the redirect^[33]	Not stated^[34,35]	Watermark on QR codes^[23]		A QR TIGER logo popup^[36]	Not stated^[9]
First paid plan
Price	$8/mo yearly, $12 monthly^[37]	$10/mo, yearly only^[38,39]	$9/mo yearly, $11 monthly^[40,41]	$11/mo, billed yearly^[42,43]	$9.99/mo yearly, $19.99 monthly^[44,45]	$7 monthly^[46]	From $9/mo^[17]
What it includes	5,000 links, a year of stats^[47,48]	100 links and 5 QR codes a month^[49,50]	125 links a month^[51]	250 links and 250 QR codes a month^[52,53]	2 editable QR codes^[54]	Editable QR codes, unlimited scans^[55]	Editable QR codes^[17]

Every figure is from the company's own pages, read on 20 Oct 2026. The numbers link to the sources.

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Snip, Pricing No date shown
Shorten up to 10 links a day without an account; a free account keeps them, lets you change where they point and shows their clicks and scans.
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Snip, Pricing No date shown
100 short links with custom endings
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Bitly, Pricing No date shown
5 links/month
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TinyURL, Plans No date shown
30 125 +$1.50 per 10 additional links*
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Rebrandly, Pricing No date shown
10 Links/Mo
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QR Code Generator PRO, Plans and Pricing No date shown
Of course! Your first 14 days are on us.
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QR Code Generator PRO, Plans and Pricing No date shown
If you love it, you can continue using QR Code Generator Pro by providing us with your payment details.
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QR TIGER, Plans & Pricing No date shown
Read in full: nothing stated on short links.
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Uniqode, QR Code Generator pricing & plans No date shown
Read in full: nothing stated on short links, click and scan stats, ads or watermarks.
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Snip, Pricing No date shown
Change any destination after printing
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Bitly, Pricing No date shown
Link & QR Code redirects
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Bitly, How to change your destination URL with a Bitly redirect Updated 15 Apr 2026
A link redirect is the process of changing the destination URL of an existing short link
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Bitly, How to change your destination URL with a Bitly redirect Updated 15 Apr 2026
Redirect features are available on paid Bitly plans.
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TinyURL, Plans No date shown
Edit Link Destinations
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Rebrandly, Pricing No date shown
Number of times you can change where a short link points to
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QR TIGER, Plans & Pricing No date shown
You can create three (3) dynamic QR codes with a 500-scan limit each.
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Uniqode, QR Code Generator pricing & plans No date shown
In order to use dynamic QR Codes and avail of advanced features, you will need to pay a minimum of $9/month.
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Snip, Pricing No date shown
Static QR codes are free and unlimited.
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Snip, Free QR code generator No date shown
Free QR codes that never expire.
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Bitly, Pricing No date shown
2 QR Codes/month
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TinyURL, Home page No date shown
Generate QR Code
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Rebrandly, Pricing No date shown
10 QR Codes/Mo
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Rebrandly, Pricing No date shown
Free plan QR codes have a watermark.
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QR TIGER, Plans & Pricing No date shown
Unlimited static QR codes
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Uniqode, QR Code Generator pricing & plans No date shown
free only for those using a static QR Code
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Snip, Pricing No date shown
30 days of click and scan analytics
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Bitly, Pricing No date shown
30 days of click & scan data
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TinyURL, Plans No date shown
Analytics Dashboard
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Rebrandly, Pricing No date shown
See how many times your links and QR codes are clicked or scanned
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Rebrandly, Pricing No date shown
Detailed analytics on clicks and QR code scans per month.
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QR TIGER, Plans & Pricing No date shown
Basic scan analytics
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Snip, Pricing No date shown
No card, no ads, no watermarks, no expiry.
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Bitly, Why are there ads on my links? Updated 12 Jan 2026
As part of the update, we introduced an interstitial page that includes a preview of the link destination and an ad.
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TinyURL, Plans No date shown
Read in full: nothing stated on ads or watermarks.
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TinyURL, Home page No date shown
Read in full: nothing stated on ads or watermarks.
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QR TIGER, Plans & Pricing No date shown
With QR TIGER logo popup
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Snip, Pricing No date shown
Pro is $96 a year instead of $144 paid monthly: $8 a month, 4 months free.
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Bitly, Pricing No date shown
Annual charge of $120
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Bitly, Pricing No date shown
Annual Only
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TinyURL, Plans No date shown
$108 / yr
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TinyURL, Plans No date shown
$11 / mo
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Rebrandly, Pricing No date shown
$11/mo
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Rebrandly, Pricing No date shown
Pay annually
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QR Code Generator PRO, Plans and Pricing No date shown
Annual charge of $119.88
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QR Code Generator PRO, Plans and Pricing No date shown
Monthly charge of $19.99
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QR TIGER, Plans & Pricing No date shown
US$7 Month
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Snip, Pricing No date shown
5,000 short links with custom endings
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Snip, Pricing No date shown
A year of click and scan analytics
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Bitly, Pricing No date shown
100 links/month
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Bitly, Pricing No date shown
5 QR Codes/month
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TinyURL, Plans No date shown
125 Links / mo
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Rebrandly, Pricing No date shown
250 Links/Mo
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Rebrandly, Pricing No date shown
250 QR Codes/Mo
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QR Code Generator PRO, Plans and Pricing No date shown
2 Dynamic QR Codes
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QR TIGER, Plans & Pricing No date shown
Modest number of dynamic QR codes with unlimited scans and core analytics.
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Features

Everything a printed link needs.

A short link you can still change, a QR code that points at it, and the numbers on who used it. The parts that matter once the code is on paper.

Point the spring menu at the summer one
snip.link/spring-menuLive
Destination
example.com/menu/spring
example.com/menu/summer
The printed code opens the new page
Edit after printing. The QR code holds your short link, so changing the destination never means reprinting.
How many people scanned the flyer?
This week
1,284clicks and scans
- From the QR code742
- Typed or clicked542
Clicks and scans. Each link shows clicks by day, country, referring site and device, with QR scans counted apart from clicks.
Match the code to our colors
Classic
Ink
Forest
Contrast checked before you print
QR styles. Rounded or square dots, your colors, four error correction levels, and a contrast check before you print.

AI assistants

Use Snip from your AI assistant.

Add the free Snip connector to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Claude Code, then ask for a QR code or a short link right in the chat. No sign-in needed.

Connector URL, no sign-in

https://snip.link/mcp

Set up the connector

Questions

Questions people ask first.

Short answers on price, accounts, assistants and what a click records.

QR code FAQ

Is Snip free?

Yes. Shorten up to 10 links a day on this page with no account, and make as many static QR codes as you like in the free QR code generator. A free account keeps up to 100 links and shows 30 days of click and scan stats. Pro ($12/month) is only for heavy use: 5,000 links and 365 days of stats.

Is Snip a free Bitly alternative?

Yes. Bitly's free plan allows 5 short links and 2 QR codes a month, keeps no click history and does not let you change where a link goes (Bitly pricing, October 2026). Snip lets you shorten 10 links a day with no account, keep 100 links in a free account, change where any of them points after printing, make unlimited QR codes that never expire, and see 30 days of click and scan stats.

What is a free link shortener with analytics?

A link shortener turns a long address into a short one that forwards to it; analytics count who follows it. Snip does both for free: each link counts clicks and QR scans separately, by day, country, referring site and device. A free account holds 100 links with 30 days of stats.

Do I need an account?

No. Shorten up to 10 links a day and download their QR codes without one, and the QR code generator never asks for one. Create a free account when you want to keep your links, change where they point, pick your own ending and see the stats. Links you made in the same browser in the last 30 days move into the new account.

Can I use Snip from ChatGPT or Claude?

Yes. Add the Snip connector (https://snip.link/mcp) and ask for a QR code or a short link in the chat. No sign-in is needed. Setup for each assistant is on the MCP server page.

Do my links stop working if I do not pay?

No. Links on the free plan keep redirecting. Pro adds more links and longer analytics.

Can I change where a link goes after I print the QR code?

Yes. Open the link in your dashboard, paste the new destination and save. The printed code goes to the new place from then on.

How are scans told apart from clicks?

The QR codes Snip draws carry a small marker on the short link, so a scan is counted as a scan and a typed or clicked link as a click.

What do you record about the people who click?

The time, the country, the site they came from and the kind of device. No IP addresses and no browser fingerprints.

Free short links and QR codes.