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URL BOT vs Cuttly

URL BOT vs Cuttly: short links that separate people from bots

Cuttly bundles link shortening, QR codes and campaign tools in an approachable product. URL BOT provides those essentials with a sharper analytics wedge: automatic Bot Shield keeps bot traffic from distorting your results — from $9/mo.

Free plan forever · No credit card · Bot Shield on every plan · Last updated September 15, 2026

URL BOT vs Cuttly, feature by feature

A straight, honest comparison. The rows marked with a badge are where URL BOT is built differently: automatic click-fraud protection and clean, bot-filtered analytics at a plain price.

Feature URL BOT Cuttly
Built-in Bot Shield click-fraud protectionWedge Automatic on every link, every plan No equivalent automatic shield on every link
Bot-filtered analytics (bots removed before stats)Wedge Yes — verified human clicks Standard click analytics
Free plan with click analytics + QR codesWedge Yes, free forever Free tier available
Starting paid planWedge $9/mo (Pro) Paid plans priced per tier
Advanced planWedge $29/mo (Business) Higher team tiers
Real-time click analytics Yes Yes
QR codes Free on every plan Available
Custom branded domains Pro: 3 · Business: 10 Available by plan
REST API + webhooks Business plan Available by plan
Team workspaces Business plan Available by plan
Password-protected & expiring links Pro plan Available by plan
Threat log + IP / range blocking Blocking on all plans · full log from Pro Not a dedicated threat log

Cuttly details reflect publicly available information about their product and may change — please verify current features and pricing on their website. URL BOT plan details are drawn from our own pricing. Last updated September 15, 2026.

Where Cuttly is a good fit

Cuttly is a practical choice for marketers who want many link and QR utilities in one place. URL BOT is purpose-built for campaigns where click quality, threat visibility and bot-filtered analytics are the priority.

Bot Shield: short link with bot protection, built in

The difference between URL BOT and Cuttly is what happens before the redirect. Every visit to a URL BOT link is scored, and requests that cross your threshold are blocked and logged; genuine visitors are redirected in milliseconds. Because filtering happens before analytics are recorded, your click counts reflect real people from the start.

Scored before redirect
User agent, IP reputation, request velocity and shared threat lists are weighed on every visit.
Blocked and logged
Suspicious traffic is stopped and recorded in the threat log, with IP and range blocking on hand.
Clean by default
Bot Shield is on for every link, on every plan — including the free one.

What clean, bot-filtered analytics look like

Bot Shield removes automated traffic before it is counted, so a noisy raw click number becomes a verified-human number you can trust.

How teams use URL BOT after switching

The same protected links serve the whole workflow — from the first share to the report.

One protected link per campaign

Create a branded short link for every offer, post or ad. Bot Shield protects it automatically — on every plan, including Free.

Judge results on verified clicks

Real-time analytics break clicks down by referrer, device and geography, with bots removed before anything is counted.

Tag every placement

Use the built-in UTM builder so each channel, post and creative is tagged — then see which placement drove verified clicks.

Move your links over

Bulk-import existing links by CSV, brand them on your own domain, and generate a QR code for any link for free.

Frequently asked questions

Is URL BOT a good Cuttly alternative?

Yes. You get short links, free QR codes and real-time analytics like Cuttly, plus automatic Bot Shield click-fraud protection and a threat log. Free plan, Pro at $9/mo, Business at $29/mo.

What does URL BOT add over Cuttly?

A short link with bot protection on every plan: each visit is scored before the redirect and bots, datacenter and VPN traffic are blocked and logged, so your click analytics stay limited to real people.

Are QR codes free?

Yes. QR codes are free on every URL BOT plan, and there is a free no-signup QR generator you can use right now.

Does URL BOT filter bots from analytics?

Yes. Filtering happens before analytics are recorded, so bot traffic never enters your click counts — you get clean numbers from the first click.

How much does URL BOT cost?

A free plan, Pro at $9/mo and Business at $29/mo, with Bot Shield and QR codes included on every plan.

Keep reading

Go deeper

From how bot detection works to the audience playbooks and free tools — all on URL BOT.

How click-bot detection works

The signals a bot filter scores, and why raw click counts overstate real traffic.

Short links with bot protection

Keep paid-traffic click data clean and defensible.

URL BOT vs TinyURL

Keep it simple — and add real, bot-filtered analytics.

Free UTM builder

Assemble a tagged campaign URL in seconds — no signup required.

Short links that count real people

Create your first protected link free — Bot Shield included. Pro at $9/mo, Business at $29/mo.