About Alshorty

Our story

Alshorty was built out of frustration. The best URL shorteners — Bitly, Short.io, Rebrandly — lock their most useful features behind expensive plans. Real-time analytics, custom aliases, QR codes, A/B testing, and retargeting pixels are all features that serious marketers need, but can't justify paying $200–$400/month for. And the best Link-in-Bio tools — Linktree, Beacons — charge for basics like QR codes, embed blocks, and contact forms. Landing page builders like Carrd, Webflow, and Unbounce are either too limited or too expensive for creators and small businesses who just need something fast and effective.

We built Alshorty to change that. Running on Cloudflare's global edge network, we can offer the same features at a fraction of the cost — and give the core functionality away completely free.

Alshorty is built and operated by Muqira, co-founded by Anita R.

What makes us different

Most URL shorteners redirect you instantly with no transparency about where you're going. Alshorty shows you the destination URL before redirecting — a small safety feature that makes a big difference when users are clicking links in emails and social media.

On the Link-in-Bio and SmartPages side, we don't put our branding on your free pages. Your pages are yours — no "Powered by Alshorty" badge on free bio pages, no upsell interstitials, no forced watermarks. You get a clean, professional page from day one. (SmartPages on the free plan do carry a small footer attribution — Pro removes it entirely.)

We do not show intrusive ads, popups, or forced interstitials on redirect pages. Any advertising on Alshorty is limited and designed to respect user experience.

SmartPages — landing pages for everyone

SmartPages is Alshorty's newest product. It's a visual, block-based editor that lets you build a beautiful, conversion-focused landing page in minutes. Add a hero, feature blocks, testimonials, a countdown timer for urgency, an FAQ accordion, and a lead capture form — all from a drag-and-drop interface with a live preview. Pages publish instantly to a shareable URL, with built-in analytics showing views, clicks, device breakdowns, and top countries.

SmartPages are designed for product launches, event pages, waitlists, link-in-bio destinations, and any situation where you need a focused page that converts — without spinning up a full website or paying for a dedicated landing page tool.

Technology

Alshorty is powered by Cloudflare Workers — a globally distributed edge computing platform with data centers in 300+ cities. This means every short link redirect happens within 50 milliseconds, regardless of where in the world the user is clicking from.

Link metadata, bio page data, SmartPages, and analytics are stored in Cloudflare D1 (a global SQLite database) and Cloudflare KV (a distributed key-value store). This architecture is both fast and resilient with 99.9%+ uptime.

Privacy

Alshorty takes your privacy seriously. We collect click analytics (country, device type, browser, referrer) for link owners and page owners to see. We do not store IP addresses. Country-level analytics are derived in real-time and only aggregated data is stored — meaning individual users cannot be identified from our analytics data. We never sell data to third parties.

Full details are in our Privacy Policy. You can also explore tools like our QR Code Generator, UTM Builder, Link-in-Bio builder, and SmartPages builder to enhance your online presence.

Who is Alshorty for?

Alshorty is designed for anyone who needs simple, reliable, and powerful link management and page creation. Whether you're a marketer tracking campaigns, a creator sharing content across platforms, or a business managing branded links and landing pages — Alshorty helps you understand and improve your online presence.

• Content creators linking everything from one bio page on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube
• Digital marketers tracking campaign performance with UTM and analytics
• Businesses managing branded short links, QR codes, and product landing pages
• Developers integrating link shortening into apps via the REST API
• Anyone launching a product, event, or waitlist who needs a fast, focused page
• Anyone who needs a clean, free alternative to Linktree, Bitly, or Carrd

Our mission

Our mission is to make advanced link management and page creation accessible to everyone — not just enterprises with large budgets. We believe tools like analytics, QR generation, Link-in-Bio pages, SmartPages, and campaign tracking should be simple, transparent, and affordable.