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Shorten.REST

URL shortener REST API for developers and enterprises needing branded links and click tracking

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TrustList summary

Shorten.REST is a REST API for creating branded short links programmatically. Teams point their own domain at the service, then create, edit and track links from their software.

Main features

  • Branded domains: short links on a root domain or subdomain the customer owns, with SSL certificates included.
  • Click tracking: referrer, operating system, browser and country for each click, with raw event export.
  • Mobile deep linking: one short link that routes iOS, Android and desktop visitors differently.
  • Retargeting pixels: pixels from several advertising networks can be attached to a link.
  • Localised aliases: link paths written in any language.
  • Documented API: built for batch creation of links in high volume.

Clients

Engineering teams in financial services, healthcare, publishing, e-commerce and SaaS platforms. A separate offer exists for local government.

Key facts

  • Hosting: AWS multi-zone infrastructure
  • Uptime commitment: a 99.99% service-level target
  • Support: no sales calls required to sign up

Summary written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Oct 2026.

Categories & features

Rankings

Shorten.REST is ranked on 5 TrustList rankings: #8 on 1, #9 on 2, #10 on 1 and #11 on 1.

Every ranking orders its listings by their reviews, how complete the profile is and the Trust Score. Shorten.REST has no reviews yet and 3 of the 10 profile details we look for. Where no listing on a page has been reviewed, the order follows the profiles alone.

Link management tools software · 5 rankings

On 4 of these it sits behind GoLinks.

  • #8of 8
    Campaign management

    It is one of 2 here listing android and one of 3 here listing broken link discovery.

    Of the 8 here, 7 also cover link analytics and 6 also cover brand control.

    Behind 1LINK.IO.

  • #9of 9
    Brand control

    It is one of 4 here listing retargeting and one of 6 here listing campaign management.

    Of the 9 here, 8 also cover URL shortener and 6 also cover campaign management.

  • #9of 9
    Url shortener

    It is one of 8 here listing brand control and link analytics.

    Its profile: “- Hosting: AWS multi-zone infrastructure - Uptime commitment: a 99.99% service-level target - Support: no sales calls required to sign up URL shortener REST API for developers and enterprises needing branded links and click tracking”

    Of the 9 here, 4 also cover channel attribution and 4 also cover retargeting.

  • #10of 10
    Link analytics

    It is one of 8 here listing URL shortener.

    Of the 10 here, 2 also cover broken link discovery.

  • #11of 11
    Web based cloud saas

    It is one of 2 here listing android and one of 3 here listing broken link discovery.

As of 2026-11-04. Organic ranks only; sponsored placements are never ranks. How TrustList ranks

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