Short links · replacement recipe

Go from Rebrandly to Dub

The job: Link management (Short links, Branded links on your own domain, QR Codes, Click analytics, Teammates and workspaces). Pick where you are today and where you want to land; the move below follows your pick.

From · what you pay for now
Rebrandly
Rebrandly Professional · $39/mo
Year one+$58modeled
To · your pickBest fit
Dub
Pro plan · $30/mo
Change where you land

The money

$39/mo today $30/mo

Rebrandly Professional

Year one, net+$58
Pays back in5.6 months

Modeled from public list prices, with your time at $50 an hour. Show the math

Does it do the job? 5 of 5 covered

  • Short links
  • Branded links on your own domain
  • QR Codes
  • Click analytics
  • Teammates and workspaces

The work

Setup
About 1 h
Upkeep
None
Watch out
Check first: You only rely on: Short links, Branded links on your own domain, QR Codes, Click analytics, Teammates and workspaces

Make the move in four steps

  1. Export from Rebrandly

    Click analytics (link clicks, with the fields and filters you choose). Format: CSV (aggregate statistics can only be saved as PDF)

    Export steps

  2. Set up Dub

    Suits a small team: Dub Pro is $30/mo monthly or $27/mo yearly with 3 users, 10 custom domains, 1,000 new links a month and a year of analytics.

    Details

  3. Switch links and integrations

    Point links, embeds and integrations at Dub, then send a test through every one.

  4. Cancel Rebrandly

    Turn off renewal before your renewal date, once the new setup works. Access runs until: The renewal date (end of the current billing period)….

    How to cancel Rebrandly
Open DubHow to cancel Rebrandly
Modeled, not measured. Savings use public prices and planning assumptions: the bill you stop paying, minus the new tool, your upkeep time and your setup time at $50/hour, over the first 12 months. Paths marked Tested by Stackcut were run end to end by us on our own products. They're our tests, not customer results. Check the must-haves in each recipe before you switch.

The whole recipe: 4 ways out, best first

What you use

  • Short links
  • Branded links on your own domain
  • QR Codes
  • Click analytics
  • Teammates and workspaces

Not covered

  • Edit a link's destination
  • Link gallery (link in bio)
  • API

Check before switching

  • You only rely on: Short links, Branded links on your own domain, QR Codes, Click analytics, Teammates and workspaces
  • Export your data from Rebrandly before canceling

Agents: get_recipe("replace-rebrandly") on the Stackcut MCP server.

4 ways out, best first

Switch vendorShort.ioSaves $202 in year one
$39/mo today → $18/mo · setup 1 h · then $252/yr · payback 2.4 mo
Covers 80% of the core features (not: Teammates and workspaces)
Suits a single user: Short.io Pro is $18/mo monthly or $15/mo yearly with 10 domains and unlimited links, but only one user (Team is $48/mo).
How we got this
You pay now: Rebrandly Professionalflat price$39/mo
New cost: Short.ioPro plan$18/mo
Difference each month$39 − $18+$21/mo
Over 12 months+$21 × 12+$252
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$252 − $50+$202
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $252 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Sources: rebrandly.comshort.io
Switch vendorDubSaves $58 in year one
$39/mo today → $30/mo · setup 1 h · then $108/yr · payback 5.6 mo
Covers 100% of the core features
Suits a small team: Dub Pro is $30/mo monthly or $27/mo yearly with 3 users, 10 custom domains, 1,000 new links a month and a year of analytics.
How we got this
You pay now: Rebrandly Professionalflat price$39/mo
New cost: DubPro plan$30/mo
Difference each month$39 − $30+$9/mo
Over 12 months+$9 × 12+$108
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$108 − $50+$58
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $108 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Sources: rebrandly.comdub.co
Open sourceShlinkCosts $992 more in year one
$39/mo today → $5/mo + 2 h upkeep · setup 4 h
Covers 100% of the core features
Suits a team that can host a small service: Shlink is free (MIT) with unlimited domains, and the Shlink Dashboard adds multiple users with permissions.
License: open_source
How we got this
You pay now: Rebrandly Professionalflat price$39/mo
New cost: Shlinka small server (modeled)$5/mo
Your upkeep time2 h/mo × $50/h$100/mo
Difference each month$39 − $5 − $100−$66/mo
Over 12 months−$66 × 12−$792
Setup, once4 h × $50/h−$200
Year one−$792 − $200−$992
  • Not counting your time (28 h in year one): saves $408 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Sources: rebrandly.comshlink.ioshlink.ioshlink.io
Open sourceKuttCosts $992 more in year one
$39/mo today → $5/mo + 2 h upkeep · setup 4 h
Covers 80% of the core features (not: QR Codes)
Suits a team that wants a simple self-hosted shortener: Kutt is free (MIT) on Node.js with custom domains, users and an admin page.
License: open_source
How we got this
You pay now: Rebrandly Professionalflat price$39/mo
New cost: Kutta small server (modeled)$5/mo
Your upkeep time2 h/mo × $50/h$100/mo
Difference each month$39 − $5 − $100−$66/mo
Over 12 months−$66 × 12−$792
Setup, once4 h × $50/h−$200
Year one−$792 − $200−$992
  • Not counting your time (28 h in year one): saves $408 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Sources: rebrandly.comraw.githubusercontent.comraw.githubusercontent.com

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