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Shortlink

Short links on your own domain.

Deploy Shortlink Estimate cost

Status

Live

Needs Workers Paid

No

Estimated monthly cost

$0/mo

Replaces

Bitly

from $35/mo

How it runs on Cloudflare

Request Workers KV Analytics Engine
  • WorkersRedirects at the edge.
  • KVLinks, read in milliseconds.
  • Analytics EngineClick counts.

Compared

Compared onBitlySaaSShlink on a VPSSelf-hosted sampleShortlinkFlareyard on Cloudflare
Monthly costfrom $35$6 + your time$0.00 est.
Who holds your dataThey doYouYou
Servers to runNoneOne, at leastNone
ScalingPlan tiersResize by handAutomatic
UpdatesForced on youYou patchPull requests
Your agent can change itNoYes, you deployYes, tests gate it

Same

  • Custom domains
  • Click stats
  • QR codes

Different

  • Redirects served at the edge
  • No database to scale
  • Your agent can add link rules

What it costs you

50k
100

Estimated monthly cost

$0.00/mo

Fits the free plan

Workers50k requests$0.00
KV50k reads · 100 writes$0.00
Analytics Engine50k data points written$0.00

Prices: Cloudflare's published rates, checked 2026-10-16 (Workers, KV, Analytics Engine). Usage per action is a sample.

What it creates in your account

  • Workers
  • KV

What it asks Cloudflare for, and why

workers-platform.writeDeploy the redirect Worker.Requiredkv.writeStore links at the edge.Requireddns.writeUse your short domain.Optional

Scope names are illustrative until the OAuth scope list is final.

Shape it

Ask your agent, in your own copy of Shortlink:

› Add QR codes for every link, styled in our brand colours.

Updates

Each release arrives as a pull request. Sample history.

  • v1.1.0Click analytics.
  • v1.0.0First release.

Screens

Links
QR code
Clicks

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