URL Shorteners
Short links with clicks + analytics.
Short links are a dependency you cannot easily undo. Once they are printed, shared or embedded, whoever owns the redirect owns that traffic — which makes a custom domain matter more than any analytics dashboard. Bitly, Dub and Rebrandly manage that for you; Shlink, YOURLS and Kutt let you run the redirect yourself.
Editor's pick
Dub if you want modern link analytics without handing over your domain. Shlink if you would rather own the box the redirects actually run on.