QCK vs Bitly

A modern alternative to Bitly

Bitly is the most recognized link shortener. Their Growth plan costs $29/mo on annual billing, or $35 monthly. QCK Basic at $19/mo gives you the same features for less, and QCK Growth at $49/mo blows it away on limits.

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Where QCK differs from Bitly

Multi-user access and group permissions are listed only on Enterprise; no seat count is published for Free through Premium

Growth plan limited to 500 links/month and 10 QR codes

Custom domains limited to 1 on Growth

Analytics data retention limited to 4 months on Growth

Feature Comparison

Feature

QCK Basic

$19/mo

Bitly Growth ↗

$29/mo (annual), $35 monthly

Monthly price

$19/mo

$29/mo (annual), $35 monthly

Links per month

500

Tracked clicks/month

150,000

Not published

Custom domains

Team seats

1 (unlimited from $49)

Multi-user on Enterprise only

Analytics data retention

1 year

4 months

QR codes

10/mo

UTM builder

Custom aliases

API access

Webhooks

Enterprise only

Password-protected links

Not listed

Change link destination

Unlimited

20/mo

Ad-free redirects

Bitly's plans in full

Every tier they publish, not just the one we compare against. If one of these fits you better than we do, take it.

Plan	Price	Billing	What you get
Free	$0	-	5 links/mo, 2 QR codes, 1,000 API requests. Links can show an ad interstitial.
Core	$10/mo	Annual only ($120 up front)	100 links/mo, 5 QR codes, 30 days of analytics history, no custom domain.
Growth	$29/mo annual, $35 monthly	Monthly available	500 links/mo, 10 QR codes, 1 custom domain, 120 days of history.
Premium	$199/mo annual, $300 monthly	Annual $2,388/yr	3,000 links/mo, 200 QR codes, 1 year of history, 50,000 API requests.
Enterprise	Custom	Contract	2 years of history, multi-user with group permissions, webhooks.

Verified against Bitly's pricing page in July 2026. Vendors change plans; check before you decide.

When you should stay with Bitly

Switching tools is not free. These are the cases where it is not worth it.

A meaningful share of your traffic runs through bit.ly links you cannot update. Those links live on Bitly’s domain and cannot be migrated by any tool, so switching would split your estate across two services rather than move it.

You have already cleared procurement, security review and legal with Bitly. Repeating that process has a real cost, and it is not a technical one.

Your audience recognises and trusts bit.ly specifically. That effect is smaller since free links began showing an ad interstitial, but it is not zero.

You depend on a long tail of off-the-shelf integrations. Bitly has had over a decade to build those, and we have not.

If you do switch, know this first

If your links are on bit.ly, they cannot move: short links live on a domain, and that domain is theirs. If you used your own custom domain, the domain moves and your existing paths can keep working.

Read the migration guide

Why QCK?

Same link limits, 5x more domains, 3x longer data retention (1 year vs 4 months). Need teams? QCK Growth ($49) adds unlimited seats.

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