--- title: Shorten.REST Reviews meta\_title: 'Shorten.REST Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 11 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Shorten.REST works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 11 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Marketing url: https://www.g2.com/categories/marketing --- # Shorten.REST Reviews & Product Details The Most Flexible, Robust, Scale-able, Transactional, URL Shortening RESTful API. * * * Seller [API LADS](https://www.g2.com/sellers/api-lads) Discussions [Shorten.REST Community](https://www.g2.com/products/shorten-rest/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Bitly](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Bitly") Bitly 4.5/5(922) ](https://www.g2.com/products/bitly/reviews) [ ![GoLinks](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "GoLinks") GoLinks 4.7/5(838) ](https://www.g2.com/products/golinks/reviews) [ ![Rebrandly](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Rebrandly") Rebrandly 4.6/5(367) ](https://www.g2.com/products/rebrandly/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/shorten-rest/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 11 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Accounting](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Accounting") AA Verified User in Accounting Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/20/2023 "An insanely fast API for shortening our customers links" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Shorten.REST? The most helpful things about Shorten.REST are: - Insanely fast response time - Easy to use interface and documentation to integrate with our products, testing has rarely been so easy - Meta integrations made our links look organic and themed to our business colors - Localized URI's for our international client base Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Shorten.REST? The only drawbacks I can see is the lack of support for certain cases of redirecting with data, which has been quite hard to setup. There could be no additional improvments for this insane product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Shorten.REST solving and how is that benefiting you? Shorten.URL solved our business problem about sharing infos between clients and customers, made it easy to comprehend, paste and manually write down URI's. The cost of use also really helped us with their free-tier, which has been quite useful when developing the solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Nirav S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Nirav S.") NS Nirav S. Digital Marketing Manager Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/22/2023 "Futuristic URL Shorter Platform" 5/5 What do you like best about Shorten.REST? It's inbuilt OG meta and click tracking feature I liked the most and it helped a lot for my marketing campaign. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Shorten.REST? Nothing I dislike about this platform as it is super easy to use and very useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Shorten.REST solving and how is that benefiting you? I used this platform for performing an event marketing campaign for one of my client, it helped with its' best SEO-centric as well as its tracking feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Rajatbhai G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Rajatbhai G.") RG Rajatbhai G. Senior Research Analyst - Evidence and Access Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/27/2022 "Shorten the URLs" 5/5 What do you like best about Shorten.REST? It is quick and makes lofe very easy to share URLs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Shorten.REST? It is bit slow, laggy and hangs sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Shorten.REST solving and how is that benefiting you? Mostly sharing URLs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![José A. J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "José A. J.") JJ José A. J. Software Tester Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/23/2021 "Great alternative for link shorter" 4/5 What do you like best about Shorten.REST? Accessing the website layout is very easy and cool, the solution is robust and adjustable. it's an API, so it can be integrated into the most popular apps and automate work. It has different versions, including one free version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Shorten.REST? Free version is a trial. When the user is in Dashboard, most of the time, the updating process for statistics is prolonged. Not very friendly if you have zero knowledge of coding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Shorten.REST: If you want to use Zapier, this is the product to Go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Shorten.REST solving and how is that benefiting you? Migrating from Bitly to test a new service and automate procesess. Also it has more intuitive and advanced developer features. It's very easy to integrate to Zapier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite AG Ankur G. Campaign Associate Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/3/2022 "Best URL Shortener" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Shorten.REST? The best part is that its ad free easy to use and Integrate as required. The links are generated with customization to help more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Shorten.REST? Overall nothing to dislike its unique and best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Shorten.REST solving and how is that benefiting you? The problem for shortening the long URLs for putting in various places like SMS, social media, deeplinks etc. Shorten.REST works the best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Vinay D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Vinay D.") VD Vinay D. Assistant Manager Digital Marketing Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/6/2022 "Shorten RESET Self Use Review" 4/5 What do you like best about Shorten.REST? Easy to create Shortner URL for social media and another character bound services to get the traffic Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Shorten.REST? Indie to startup huge price difference and costly, This must be a small amount for a new startup or for free lancer and OPC. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Shorten.REST: Yes you have money and want a good service platform for URL's you can go with this one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Shorten.REST solving and how is that benefiting you? There are many portals like Twitter and SMS promotions linked to character-bound messages we can get a short URL for a big URL in just one click. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Daniel Z.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Daniel Z.") DZ Daniel Z. Project Manager - Especialista en comunicación de datos Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/28/2021 "A good API link shorter" 3/5 What do you like best about Shorten.REST? It is easy use and it does what you are looking for. I think it's better than Linktree because it's an API. So far, it's the only link shortener I've found as an API. It's pretty fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Shorten.REST? The truth is that its interface is not good. It is confusing at times. But it's not so bad; you have to learn how to use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Shorten.REST: Add it as an extension to your browser. It is advantageous and fast once installed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Shorten.REST solving and how is that benefiting you? I shortened links and put them on social networks, such as Instagram, generating more clicks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Vijeta C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Vijeta C.") VC Vijeta C. Marketing Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/11/2022 "Shorten your URLs & make your writing work professional with Shorten.Rest" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Shorten.REST? It's so easy and user-friendly, adds a new dimension to your writing pieces while also providing you better character limits when there is a restriction on the same. We use it across different platforms and collateral. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Shorten.REST? It only works online. If this tool can support offline working also, it will be great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Shorten.REST solving and how is that benefiting you? We're shortening the length of various URLs used across different marketing collateral and documents. It's very beneficial in the professional world. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 7/11/2022 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Anjum J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Anjum J.") AJ Anjum J. QA Architect Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/11/2022 "It provides full convenience, & speed to users to shorten URLs without any hassle or data breach" 5/5 What do you like best about Shorten.REST? Entirely safe & secure. Hassle-free & no learning curve. Easy to use across different sites. Fully user-friendly. Very effective & intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Shorten.REST? No pros at all, good for all business purposes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Shorten.REST solving and how is that benefiting you? It helped us to shorten URLs and work more professionally. Also, it allowed us to improve our impression of our clients as a more professional company with an eye for detailing & sophistication. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Rowena C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Rowena C.") RC Rowena C. Social Media Marketing Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/17/2022 "Because Shorte. REST is working smoothly" 5/5 What do you like best about Shorten.REST? For making my links unique and can get more attention Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Shorten.REST? if some ads popping ,So it some kind of distrubance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Shorten.REST solving and how is that benefiting you? To gain more clicks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Shorten.REST? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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