A free Bitly alternative you host yourself
Bitly is the best-known link shortener and does far more. Dozokit Links makes short links and QR codes that live in your own Cloudflare account, so there is no plan to keep paying for.
| Bitly | Dozokit Links | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free plan with ads, then $10 a month (billed yearly), $29 and $199 on larger plans. | Free and open source. Cloudflare’s free plan covers about 90,000 scans and clicks a day. |
| Links and QR codes | Free plan: 5 links and 2 QR codes a month. Core: 100 links and 5 QR codes a month. | As many as you make, within Cloudflare’s free daily limit. |
| Change where a code leads | From the Core plan: “Link & QR Code redirects”, 5 a month on Core, 20 on Growth, 110 on Premium. | Yes, as often as you like. |
| Where it runs | Bitly’s service. | In your own Cloudflare account. |
| Click and scan history | 30 days on Core, 4 months on Growth, 1 year on Premium. | Counted per day and kept as long as you keep the link. |
| Your own domain | A custom domain comes with the Growth plan. | Yes, if your domain is on Cloudflare. |
What Bitly does that Dozokit Links doesn’t
Landing pages, link-in-bio pages, team accounts, bulk creation, UTM tools, city and device-level data on the biggest plan, and integrations with other tools. Dozokit Links does one job: short links and QR codes, with counts.
Which one to use
Pick Bitly if you need landing pages, a team or detailed campaign reports. Pick Dozokit Links if you want codes you can print once and keep working, under your own control, without a monthly plan.
Install it yourself
It takes about five minutes. You need a Cloudflare account and a GitHub account, both free. The button sets everything up in your account and asks you to choose the password that will protect your links.
I’ll install it for you
Rather not set anything up? Email me and I’ll install it in your Cloudflare account, for the price of a coffee.
contact@dozokit.com
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Checked on 25 October 2026, on Bitly’s own pricing page.