Built for after the click,
not just before it.
Most link tools stop at creation. Truthylink watches what happens next — unsafe destinations, broken pages, bot traffic, and dark-social shares hiding as direct — all built in from day one.
Four features no competitor bundles free.
We audited 13 link shorteners — including Linkly (fraud + bot protection from $15/mo) and Cuttly (malware scanning from $25/mo).
The pieces exist elsewhere. Nobody bundles all four. Nobody gives them away free.
Link Safety Scanner
ALL PLANSScan every link before your visitor arrives.
Every link is checked against Google Safe Browsing the moment it's created. Dangerous links are blocked. Visitors see a verified-safe badge or a warning — before they click.
- Real-time scan on create & URL change
- Verified safe / Caution / Blocked interstitial
- Manual recheck button on every link
Destination Health
PRO+Know when your link goes down — before your customers do.
We ping every active destination daily. The moment a URL returns 404, SSL expires, or the server stops responding — your dashboard flags it. No customer complaint needed.
- Daily HEAD check on every active link
- Alerts on 404, SSL expiry & slow response
- Red health indicator on affected links
Click Fraud Detection
ALL PLANSBeyond bots — catch the fraud they miss.
User-agent blocking catches crawlers. Fraud detection goes deeper — flagging repeat clicks, burst patterns, VPN exits, Tor relays, and proxy servers that inflate paid campaign numbers, at click-time instead of after a delay like ClickCease's up-to-24-hour IP exclusion. Every flagged click shows exactly which check caught it.
- Repeat-click flagging (same subnet within 1h)
- Burst-click pattern flagging (5+ in 1h)
- VPN, proxy & Tor exit node detection
- Clean click % visible per link
Dark Social Tracking
PRO+See clicks other tools call "direct".
~70% of all sharing happens via WhatsApp, Telegram, iMessage, and Slack — channels where referrers are stripped. Truthylink detects and segments these as Dark Social, not "Direct".
- Share tokens on every copied link
- Mobile + no-referrer heuristic detection
- Segmented: Web · Email · Search · Dark Social · Direct
Everything else that ships
with every account.
No plugins, no add-ons. The full feature set — from branded slugs to team workspaces.
Branded short links
Readable slugs like /summer-sale instead of /3xK9mQp. Available on every plan, including Free.
Custom domains
Point your own domain at Truthylink — go.yourbrand.com instead of a shared domain. Free includes 1 domain, Pro 3, Business 10, Enterprise unlimited. DNS verification, TLS, and routing handled for you. Don't own a domain? Claim a free yourname.trly.link branded link instantly instead — no DNS setup at all.
Bot-filtered analytics
Bots, crawlers, email security scanners, and uptime monitors are stripped before they touch your dashboard.
QR code per link
Instant QR code for every short link. Download as PNG for print, packaging, or slides — no third-party tool needed.
Password protection
Lock any link behind a password. Share widely but limit access — useful for internal tools, client previews, and beta pages.
Link expiry & max clicks
Set a date or click cap. Promotional links retire automatically. Campaign links stop after your budget runs out.
Cookieless analytics
All click data derived server-side from request headers. No JS tracker, no cookie, no consent banner. GDPR and India DPDP Act compliant.
Tagged share links
Create a unique tracking link for every person or group you share with — one for your WhatsApp family group, another for a friend forwarding it on — and see exactly how many clicks each one drove.
Team workspaces
Invite teammates, assign links to shared workspaces, and manage permissions. Collaborative link management without shared logins.
REST API access
Create, update, and retrieve links programmatically with a per-user token. Full CRUD plus click stats — rate limits scale with your plan, from 20 req/min on Free up to 300 req/min on Enterprise.
Bulk import / export
Upload a CSV of URLs and slugs in one go. Export your full link library for reporting or migration.
Custom interstitial
Add your own logo, headline, and message to the redirect page — shown above our safety-check card, not instead of it. Every competitor does branded short links; nobody does a branded redirect experience.
Destination change history
Every edit to a link's destination is logged — old URL, new URL, who changed it, when. Free 3 most recent changes, Pro 10, Business 25, Enterprise unlimited. Exportable as CSV. No competitor tracks this at all.
Link approval workflow
Team members submit links; an admin approves or rejects before they go live — with a full audit trail of who approved what and when. Built for agencies and regulated industries that need link governance. Zero competitors have this.
Pages (link-in-bio)
A branded landing page for your bio link — link blocks, images, galleries, and contact forms, with click analytics on every block. Free includes 1 page, Pro 3 with custom accent colors/fonts/backgrounds, Business 10, Enterprise unlimited. Carousel and Grid gallery blocks are Pro+.
What unlocks on each plan
Every paid plan includes a 14-day free trial. No credit card required.
Free
- 50 short links
- Custom slugs
- 1 custom domain
- QR code per link
- 30-day analytics retention
- Bot-filtered clicks
- Link safety scanning
- Click fraud detection
- Cookieless analytics
- REST API (20 req/min)
- Destination history (3 changes)
Pro
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited links
- 90-day analytics retention
- Destination history (10 changes)
- Country, device & browser stats
- Password protection
- Link expiry & click caps
- 3 custom domains
- Destination health monitoring
- Dark Social Tracking
- Custom interstitial New
- REST API (60 req/min)
Business
- Everything in Pro
- Team workspaces
- Link approval workflow New
- 10 custom domains
- 365-day analytics retention
- Destination history (25 changes)
- Bulk import / export
- REST API (100 req/min)
- Priority support
- 30-day money-back
Full feature comparison → See pricing page
Start with one link.
Feel the difference.
50 free links. No credit card. Safety scanning, fraud detection, and cookieless analytics on every single one. Dark social tracking on Pro+.
Free plan · No credit card · 30-day money-back on paid plans