Dub vs Short.io

Learn how Dub compares to Short.io and why Dub is the best Short.io alternative for all your marketing needs.

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Dub vs Short.io
at a glance

Dub is the #1 alternative to Short.io.
With Dub, you get a more powerful and intuitive link management platform at a fraction of the cost.

Compare plans Find the perfect fit	Pro	Personal
Monthly pricing How much it costs per month ↗	$19/mo	$15/mo
Monthly links / QR codes How many links / QR codes you can create per month ↗	1,000/mo	833/mo
Advanced analytics Access country, city, device, OS and referrer data ↗
AI insights AI-powered insights & reporting for your link analytics ↗
Custom domains Create branded short links with your own domain ↗	10 domains	10 domains
Complimentary custom domain Get a 1-year free custom domain for your links ↗
Teammates & user management Number of teammates you can invite to join your workspace ↗	5 users	1 user
UTM builder Easily build UTM links with a nifty UTM builder ↗
Custom link previews Customize how your link appears on social media with the help of AI to improve conversion rates ↗
Shorten links on a subpath Set up redirects on a subpath of your domain (acme.com/r/:path) ↗
Developer SDKs Best-in-class developer SDKs for programmatic link creation ↗
Beautiful, intuitive UI No complex, confusing dashboards.
Open-source Own your data by hosting on your own infra ↗

“Migrating 15,000 links from Short.io to Dub was surprisingly easy. The whole process took less than 30 minutes – and we now have much better insights into our link analytics.

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Jason Levin

Head of Growth, Product Hunt

“Dub is a breath of fresh air in the link management space, which made switching over from Short.io a no-brainer for us – the product is just so much better, and the UX is really fantastic.

Vladan Vukmanov

Marketing Website Lead, Sketch

“Migrating from Short.io to Dub was as frictionless as it gets. We simply imported over all of our links with Dub's Short.io importer, and updated our DNS records to point to Dub. Just like that, everything was working in a far more modern and user-friendly interface.

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Alex Bass

Founder & CEO, Efficient.app

“Switching from Short.io to Dub was an absolute no-brainer for us. Not only is Dub a superior product, it is also so much more than just URL shortening. Dub is how modern teams create and manage all their URLs – be it for their marketing campaigns, internal links, or even referral programs.

Soleio

Designer ✕ Investor

“Stripe for payments, Vercel for deployments, Dub for links. As the cloud evolves, we abstract out common needs into reusable, high-performance infrastructure. Excited about Dub filling this foundational missing piece of the puzzle.

Guillermo Rauch

CEO, Vercel

Migrate in 3 minutes

Switching from Short.io to Dub is effortless. Migrate your links in a few clicks and enjoy better features and analytics. Make the move to Dub today and take your link management to the next level!

Migration Guide

Step 1

Enter your Short.io API key.

10 seconds

acme.com

domain.com

example.com

Step 2

Select the domains and links that you want to import.

20 seconds

Imported 5,953 links from Short.io to Dub!

Step 3