# YOURLS  Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 YOURLS Software Review 2026: Features, Reviews, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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[Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews)

YOURLS

## What is YOURLS ?

A set of PHP scripts for creating and sharing short private and public urls through bookmarklets.

## What is YOURLS used for?

[Link Management Tools](https://www.capterra.com/link-management-tools-software/)

Overall rating

Based on 1 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### YOURLS

4.0 (1)

VS.

[### tapkit](https://www.capterra.com/p/231662/tapkit/)

[4.0 (1)](https://www.capterra.com/p/231662/tapkit/#reviews)

Starting Price

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Starting Price

$15

Per User, Per Month

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.0 (1)

Ease Of Use

5.0 (1)

Value For Money

0.0 (0)

Value For Money

4.0 (1)

Customer Service

0.0 (0)

Customer Service

5.0 (1)

## YOURLS alternatives

Highest Rated

[Google Business Review Link Generator](https://www.capterra.com/p/205038/Google-Business-Review-Link-Generator/)

[5.0 (7)](https://www.capterra.com/p/205038/Google-Business-Review-Link-Generator/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/205038/Google-Business-Review-Link-Generator/)

[UniLink](https://www.capterra.com/p/229289/UniLink/)

[5.0 (1)](https://www.capterra.com/p/229289/UniLink/#reviews)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/229289/UniLink/)

[SEOJet](https://www.capterra.com/p/172574/SEOJet/)

[4.9 (30)](https://www.capterra.com/p/172574/SEOJet/reviews/)

Starting price

$69.00

Per User, Per Month

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/172574/SEOJet/)

[LinkMngr](https://www.capterra.com/p/231843/LinkMngr/)

[5.0 (3)](https://www.capterra.com/p/231843/LinkMngr/#reviews)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/231843/LinkMngr/)

## Pricing

### Starting price

Contact vendor  
for pricing

Free trial  
not available

## Support, customer service and training options

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.0

Based on 1 reviews

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5(0)

4(1)

3(0)

2(0)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

Robert D.

Web Developer

Marketing and Advertising

### "A great open source URL shortener"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

December 25, 2020

For open-source URL shortening software I really couldn't recommend any other than YOURLS.

Pros

I have used many URL shorteners in the past, Goo.gl, Bit.ly, Rebrand.ly and YOURLS wins hands down every time. It has tons of functionality build in that you'd expect from a URL shortener like custom slugs and metrics. Plus, you can add more functionality with community-driven plugins

Cons

A lot of the plugins functionality should be baked in to the software by default such as QR code generation and the admin UI looks a bit outdated, could be given a refresh at some point. Also the installation requires a database to store the URLs, which is fine but it stores credentials inside the config file when it could be making use of the database for this like other database-driven applications such as WordPress. Finally, the installation requires manual editing of a config file, it would be nice if there was a setup wizard instead like WordPress and other similar applications offer.

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