@Shortio_botFreemium
66 / 100
Score
Shortener bots turn a long URL into a short one and count who clicked it. Inline bots do it inside any chat; service bots add analytics, custom aliases and your own domain. The short link lives on the service's server, so the service matters more than the bot.
| # | Bot | Price | Languages | Inline | Groups | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @Shortio_bot | Freemium | EN | no | no | 66 |
| 2 | @ylinkpro_bot | Free | EN · RU | yes | yes | 65 |
| 3 | @URLShortenerBot | Free | EN | yes | yes | 65 |
| 4 | @AsUrlBot | Free | EN | no | no | 64 |
| 5 | @referbot | Free | EN | no | no | 62 |
| 6 | @BitlyBot | Free | EN | yes | yes | 60 |
| 7 | @lin_co_bot | Free | EN | no | no | 53 |
We shortened the same five links in every bot, including one with UTM parameters and one with Cyrillic characters, then opened each short link from three devices and compared the click statistics with reality. We checked the redirect speed and whether an interstitial page or delay appears, whether the alias can be chosen, whether inline mode works and what happens to links after the free limit. Bots that inserted ads on the redirect page were ranked lower.
A short link is a redirect on somebody's server: if the service closes or suspends a free account, every link you shared stops working. Prefer services with a company behind them, like Short.io, for links that go into print or ads. For a one-off link in a chat, any inline bot is fine.
Click counts are the reason to use a bot rather than Telegram's own link previews. YLinkPro and AS URL Magic count clicks, and Short.io keeps UTM tags intact, which matters for campaigns. Custom aliases make a link readable, and a QR code from the same bot saves a trip to a separate generator.
Free tiers can limit active links or add a redirect delay, and Short.io's pricing lives on its platform rather than in the bot, so check the terms there. Open-source bots like URL Shortener use several public shortening services at once and have no limits of their own, but inherit each service's rules. Telegram's Premium link previews and the t.me/+ invite links cover many cases without any shortener.
YLinkPro, URL Shortener and AS URL Magic are free; Short.io has a free tier with limits on links.
YLinkPro, AS URL Magic and Short.io show click statistics; inline-only bots usually do not.
Short.io's bot creates links on a custom domain connected to your Short.io account.
They live as long as the service and your account do; check the free tier's limit on active links before sharing widely.
