Elido
Honest comparisons

Elido contra la competencia — including where we lose.

No pretendemos ganar en todas las categorías. Esto es lo que hacemos realmente mejor y dónde la competencia se adelanta.

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  • EU data residency by default — no DPF reliance
  • Apache 2.0 self-host Helm chart
  • OpenAPI 3.1 with 44 documented endpoints
  • 5,000 free clicks/mo, 90-day analytics retention
Feature parity — quick view
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Capability
Elido
Bitly
Rebrandly
  • Custom domains on entry tier
  • Smart links + A/B variants
  • EU data residency by default
  • Apache 2.0 self-host
  • Wholesale agency margin
Pro tier€9 / mo
Endpoints44
Vs Bitly−74%
p95 < 15ms
Cache-hit redirect latency
5
EU sub-processors, all GDPR-aligned
0%
Click sampling — every event lands
Apache 2.0
Self-host without vendor permission

Head to head

Three legitimate alternatives. Three honest write-ups.

Each comparison page lists the categories where Elido wins, where it's a wash, and the ones where the competitor pulls ahead. No marketing-by-omission.

Compare to

Bitly

Alojado en la UE. Misma velocidad de redireccionamiento. Un nivel gratuito más justo.

  • Better at price — €9 Pro vs Bitly's $35 — a 4× delta on entry tier.
  • Better at residency — EU-resident by default; Bitly leans on the DPF.
  • Better at self-host — Apache 2.0 Helm chart; Bitly is SaaS-only.
−74%
Pro tier price vs Bitly
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Compare to

Rebrandly

REST puro sin las soluciones alternativas de 'workspace-in-header'.

  • Better at API hygiene — Bearer auth — no `apikey` + workspace shadow header.
  • Better at conversions — Native Stripe / Shopify forwarding, not via Zapier.
  • Better at analytics — 90-day retention on free vs Rebrandly's 30 days.
44
OpenAPI 3.1 endpoints documented
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Compare to

Short.io

SCIM nativo, RBAC granular y un límite de clics que realmente funciona.

  • Better at SCIM — Native via WorkOS on Business; Short.io: Enterprise add-on.
  • Better at RBAC — Custom roles with fine-grained ABAC, not just 4 fixed tiers.
  • Better at click caps — Per-link `max_clicks` enforcement — Short.io has none.
Business
Tier where SCIM ships (vs Enterprise)
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Why teams move

Three reasons people switch — and they're not vanity metrics.

Every migration ticket we see lands in one of these three buckets. The features page has the long version; this is the 30-second pitch.

Cost savings

Pro plans start at €9. Business at €49. Most teams cut their per-month bill in half on identical link volume — and the free tier is 5× the click cap of Bitly's.

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EU data residency

Edge POPs in Frankfurt, Ashburn, and Singapore route every request inside-region. The control plane lives in the EU; sub-processors are listed and minimised.

How analytics stays in-EU

Self-host option

Apache 2.0 Helm chart deploys the same edge + control plane stack we run. No keycloak forks, no usage telemetry — your cluster, your data.

Self-host details

How migration works

Four steps. Zero broken QR codes. A real rollback window.

We treat migrations as a deploy, not a marketing exercise. Here's the flow we run for every team that switches over — same playbook for 1,000-link side projects and 1M-link enterprises.

  1. Step 1

    Export

    from your current tool

    CSV from Bitly /v4 or Rebrandly /links. We'll ingest the slug + destination + UTM tail without renaming columns.

  2. Step 2

    Dry-run import

    POST /v1/links/bulk?dryRun=1

    Preview shows per-row mapping, slug collisions, and UTM template overrides. No links are created until you commit.

  3. Step 3

    Cutover

    CNAME flip, zero downtime

    Old short domain points at us; old origin keeps resolving 30 days as fallback. QR codes stay valid.

  4. Step 4

    Audit

    rollback window

    Per-link diff log shows exactly what changed; revert any mismatch with one button. We sign off when you sign off.

At-a-glance criteria

Ten criteria, four products, no asterisks.

The full deep-dives live on each comparison page; this is the wide-angle view. Yes / partial / no — partial means it exists but in a different tier or with caveats.

CriterionElidoBitlyRebrandlyShort.io
EU data residency by default
Apache 2.0 self-host
OpenAPI 3.1 spec
Native SCIM (paid tier)
Server-side conversion forwarding
Wildcard subdomains
Per-link click cap (max_clicks)
Custom roles (ABAC)
Free tier — analytics retention
Premium .ly / .co inventory

Each per-competitor page lists the exact tier and the caveats behind every “partial” cell.

Switching is fast

Most teams cut over in a single afternoon.

We've ported tens of thousands of short links from Bitly, Rebrandly, and Short.io without a single broken redirect. The numbers below are the median across the last 200 migrations.

CSV import for 10,000 links
5 min

Column mapper auto-detects channel, variant, UTM overrides.

Broken links via 301 preservation
0

Old short URLs keep resolving while DNS flips. No QR reprints.

Rollback window
30 day

Cutover audit log keeps both routes hot until you sign off.

¿Listo para cambiar?

Cada guía de migración cubre la importación CSV, el cambio de CNAME de dominio personalizado (sin tiempo de inactividad) y la asignación de API línea por línea.

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