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Josh
11 - 50 employees
Used more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
Reviewed July 2022
Shortening a Lengthy Website URL
Rikaz
Verified reviewer
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2022
Shortens links and expands productivity!
If you are in the business of studying links either as an amateur or for a living, Bitly can be your go to tool!
PROSOne of the easiest app recommendations I can make. If your website has abnormally long links or you need to have good analytics on your links there is no better tool in my opinion. I used Bitly extensively for academic work and it was an indispensable tool to report to my board about the performance of the academic posts I was putting up. Link performance based on time and geographical locations allowed me to fine tune the posts that were being published. The easy integration with Buffer also allowed me to publish and shorten links at the same time.
CONSThis is one app I cannot say had a weak spot for me.
Reason for choosing Bitly
Bitly had advanced link tracking features which I felt was not there in TinyURL
Beauty
Accounting, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
Benefits of Bitly
Monitoring our advertising campaign has become very easy with this tool. Our overall experience using this tool is all shades of awesomeness.
PROSEvery feature embedded in bitly is unique and very important. This cloud based tool is very easy to use and also very useful in leads generation and conversion. If you're looking for a way to generate more clicks on your content, Bitly is here to help you
CONSSo far, it's been an amazing journey using Bitly in our organization. It's customizable feature has helped make our business presence more recognizable online. So I've had the best experience using this tool. Further improvement in future will be appreciated.
Gaurav
Food & Beverages, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used monthly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
2
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed June 2020
Intuitive URL Shortening Tool with Analytics
I use Bitly software to solve the business problem of shortening the product or category landing page links, tracking their clicks and eventually, use those insights to optimize customer experience and drive higher sales by reducing user experience or content issues. For example: if a customer engages with our voice assistant tool to shop and is not able to find a product on our website, we want to help that customer using an auto generated link to that product and track if clicking that link made that customer more satisfied. So, benefit of Bitly is it improves customer engagement through shortened landing page links and allows us to track their experience on our site. Hence, helping us improve ROI of our online business.
PROSI use Bitly software to shorten product and category links which have Google Analytics tracking tags appended to them. So, when the marketing team includes those links in chatbot, customers see a shortened version of the links with the tags hidden. This strategy ensures links are user friendly. And at the same time, enabled for tracking so I can report on which link drove the most clicks as well as who those engaged customers were. Ultimately, using Bitly allows my marketing team to improve customer engagement and retarget those customers to drive higher conversions - a simple recipe for success. I also use Bitly analytics if for some reason Google Analytics UTM tags don't work. So, a nice backup plan.
CONSCouple of Bitly features are needing improvement. First, the ability to customize the landing page website link I am trying to shorten and include in chatbot. So, instead of showing a random string of characters in the shortened link, I would like to show a name of the page title clarifying what product or category that page is about. I feel this feature would drive higher click-through rate from customers who see that custom link. Secondly, the ability to integrate Bitly click analytics with UTM session activity and customer id. So, I can see an end-to-end experience of customers from link click to landing to buying a product or researching it. These holistic insights would help my marketing team to improve design and content.
Zamruddin
Verified reviewer
Non-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2023
Best tool for URL Shortner
My overall experience with this tool is very easy to understand and very user-friendly. Best URL Shortener in the market this time.
PROSIf you are an IT guy or a simple working professional, And If you need to share a website link with users or provide awareness to lots of users with a link then you need to use this platform it is a very easy-to-use platform. That can help you to make short URLs and you can customize URLs also, It's make very easy to customize URLs with easy-to-understand words, Best part is that you can track How many users click on that URL.
CONSI don't find any cons to this tool, You can easily use this tool.
Olayinka
Information Services, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2023
Bitly make my long affiliate url readable and short
The url shortener. All my affiliates long strings url are shortened with the click of a button.
CONSNothing is least about this great product.
Daniel
Computer Networking, 1 employee
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
Easy to use to provide Short URI links to your Users
Easy to track configured short links to see how they are helping get Documentation or Online KB to assist on concerns
PROSBitly's URL shortening service simplifies link sharing and tracking, making it a vital tool for marketers and social media managers.
CONSThe only issue I have with Bitly, is with their tier options. But they do provide options to customize
Jack
Verified reviewer
Non-Profit Organization Management, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2023
Bitly takes you where you want to go
Overall, Bitly delivers what it says on the tin. A URL shortener with a few bonus features.
PROSCustom domain integration - gives our links a sense of trust when navigating the web. We can post short URLs with a clear branded feel to our social channels.
CONSLimited editing functionality on custom links.
Nathan
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
Super easy to short and track links
For most people, the free plan is enough! Not just shorten the link but also help you track the link clicks.
CONSCould have a free trial to the paid plans. The Stater plan is just annual.
Jd
Non-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
Church Initiative's use of Bitly
It's an incredibly simple process of taking a URL and shortening it for use in social media or downloadables.
CONSNo issues with Bitly! It does what we need it to do when we need it!
Indira
Verified reviewer
Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2023
Best URL Shortener
1. Quick and easy to use.2. Shortened URLs produced can be used in marketing without glitches.
CONS1. It would be better to integrate Bitly urls with Google analytics.
uzuazokaro
Food & Beverages, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2022
My Bitly review
I am very satisfied using Bitly as it has helped me send more links of my product, especially with the campaign management feature
PROSI like the link analytics feature a s it helps me to know how many clicks and saves i am getting
CONSThe low monthly link limits for the free accounts should be increased.
Reason for choosing Bitly
I love the features and the design of the bitly page
Rashaud
Computer Software, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2022
Bitly Reviews
Generally, the investigation are magnificent with bitly and have been an extraordinary ware to me with clients. The main disadvantage is that a portion of the connections you truly need might be taken since it's a particularly famous program. Yet, that might be the place where the paid adaptation of Bitly might prove to be useful. Stars
PROSThe most helpful element that I love about Bitly is that you modify the back portion of the abbreviated URL regardless of whether you are utilizing the free form of Bitly. The portable application of Bitly is extremely simple to utilize as well and exceptionally advantageous to make joins in a hurry. That is something cool about Bitly that a great deal of these URL shorteners need; URL shorteners scarcely have committed versatile applications as Bitly does. Overseeing joins on Bitly and sifting is extremely natural and makes arranging and exploring joins truly adaptable. Bitly has an exceptional adaptation to involve custom spaces for marking, and redirection on Bitly's side is very quick for the abbreviated connections. The following and examination highlight is strong and I generally utilize it as well.
CONSIt was incredibly difficult to have a "exceptional" account in bit.ly. If you had any desire to have a marked short url, (for example, coke.url) you needed to call to a US telephone and converse with an expert so they can sent you a "exceptional proposition". That was a bummer and I lost such countless timings since I needed to make sense of my client that I was "hanging tight for bit.ly to reply" - exceptionally assuming you live abroad. Presently, it appears to be that they changed this. Something else is language: there is just english in the stage. They should have fundamental dialects, like spanish, chinese and brazilian portuguese.
Reason for choosing Bitly
None
Romaric
Verified reviewer
Computer Software, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2022
Bitly
Bitly helps me to manage and organize my links for better conversion. It's easy to use and extremely affordable. It's the perfect app for link shortening and analytic tracking.
PROSBitly is my favorite link-tracking tool. The analytic reports are very concise and detail-oriented. It helps me to stay informed about the demographic, devices, and number of clicks my shortened links receive. This is quite helpful and important as It gives me a complete tracking of my link's performances.The bitly shortened links are super clean and easily customizable. With the free version, I can add a custom name to the link and with the pro version, more can be done.The shortened links are very helpful as they are easily trusted by search engine bots.From my personal POV, the pricing options are also affordable and the user-account security layer is very strong.
CONSI have no issues with the bitly quality of services yet, the tool is awesome.
Reasons for switching to Bitly
Shortens links well but, there are a lot of features that are hidden like assigning the alias name to a link. It doesn't provide accurate data and sometimes the data is compromised by the browser's cookies.
Christos
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2019
More than a url shortener
The most intuitive URL shortener with deep analytics. A must have for anyone that manages social media accounts.
PROSWe've been using bit.ly since the very first days, when it was just a URL shortener. Since then we've been happy to see it add more features such as deep analytics. We've been using the FREE version for all our clients' social media accounts for the last 4 years.
CONSThe paid versions are a bit expensive. Also, sometimes it can get a bit irritating when the custom URL you want to use has already been taken. You cannot hold on to URLs for later use.
Reason for choosing Bitly
Bit.ly had a much more intuitive interface
Debbie
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2023
Bitly from a Person who is not techie
Facilitates the sharing of long or complex links in a more user-friendly formatProvides valuable data on link engagement, enabling businesses to measure the effectiveness of their marketing campaignsEnhances brand recognition by allowing for customization of shortened linksIncreases the efficiency of link management for businesses with multiple campaigns or projects.BenefitsDifficulty in managing and organizing PDF files in a centralized and efficient mannerInability to easily convert PDF files to other file formats or extract text from PDFsHigh costs associated with specialized PDF software
PROSI love this product use it all the timeShortens long URLs into a more manageable and shareable formatOffers tracking and analytics for clicks on shortened linksIntegrates with various social media and marketing toolsOffers a free plan with basic features and affordable paid plans with advanced features
CONSSome features require a paid subscriptionLimited customization options for link appearanceCan be blocked by some browsers or security software
Reasons for switching to Bitly
Just wanted to try something different
Anonymous
5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2019
Best url management tool
We now shorten our long urls without problems, most importantly we shorten so many urls within minutes due to Bitly's bulk url management ability. We brand our urls and we get best analytics of the urls.
PROSWe shorten a bulk of urls with ease thereby avoiding breakage of the urls when we send them to clients. We also brand them to build trust in our customers that the links are legit. Bitly gives us all needed data according to what it gathers from the url visitors including their demographics and behavior on our website. Bitly also helps in campaign management that enables us to walk a client through the marketing process with ease.
CONSBitly has done the best so far and it satisfies our needs, only that it has weak privacy settings to control accessibility when working as a team.
Reason for choosing Bitly
Bitly does not lag and works smoothly on all our devices as it integrates well with our systems for clients management.
MD Shahporan
Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2020
My only one suggegted website for short any link
It was long time ago when I start my CPA and Affiliate marketing. that time I have to share my affiliate link to everywhere. but I can't share that, because many other sites block me, then I find this bitly. I start short my affiliate link with bitly and that I succeeded in my work. I can't get block any more to share my link. I share this more and more time. from that day I start use bitly. today I also fan of bitly.
PROSI like their link shorten the process. and also there supporting option. when I short my link that link supports all site. so, I easily use my link in many sites. Bitly take short time to short any link. that's also good. there is no website who short very small link like bitly.
CONSThere is nothing to least about it. but if they give us some unique and different link for share that will be good. Some site did not support bitly link, so, that's it. overall bitly is my most favourite site to promote my link.
Anant
Information Technology and Services, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT