Short.io's free plan: 1,000 links. Lifetime. Not monthly. Use them up and you're out. TinyX gives you 25 links every single month. Forever. Plus file hosting, encryption, forms, and a receive inbox.
Short.io free: 1,000 links — not per month, lifetime. Once they're gone, they're gone. Most users don't notice until they've built workflows around it.
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One tool. Everything Short.io does, plus the rest.
TinyX wins 8 of 14 categories.
Short.io shortens links to files that live elsewhere. You still need somewhere to actually host the file. TinyX hosts the file and creates the short link in one step.
Short.io links can have expiry dates — but the content still exists wherever it's hosted. TinyX purges the file itself. There's nothing left on our servers. Gone.
Short.io only sends. TinyX also receives — a secure encrypted upload inbox that anyone can use without an account.
TinyX free gives you 25 links per month, every month, forever. Not a lifetime cap that runs out at the worst time.
The verdict: If geo-targeting or a free developer API is a hard requirement today — Short.io wins that specific point. For everything involving files, encryption, forms, and self-destructing content: TinyX.
Managing links and files for clients? There's a version of TinyX that runs entirely under your brand.
Custom domain, your logo, your colours. The full platform — short links, encrypted file drops, receive inboxes, intake forms, questionnaires, QR codes — all branded as your product. Short.io's white-label is enterprise. TinyX's is an email. sales@tinyx.co
Talk to us about white labelYou'd need to recreate them. If you have a lot of links, it might make sense to keep Short.io for historical ones and use TinyX for everything new.
Custom domains are on the roadmap — not live yet. If that's a hard requirement today, Short.io has the edge there. For everything else: TinyX.
TinyX doesn't have geo-targeting redirect rules today. If routing different countries to different URLs is critical, Short.io wins that point.
Generally yes. Cloudflare has one of the most distributed networks on the planet. Short links resolve from whichever data centre is closest to the visitor.
No. The 1,000 links are a lifetime cap. Once used, you upgrade or you're out. TinyX's 25/month resets every month, forever.
No credit card. No trial period. No bait-and-switch. The free plan is the whole thing.