Growing an audience
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Both cover link in bio. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
| Later | Short.io | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $18.75 | From $5 |
| Pricing model | Free trial, then paid | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | 14 days | None |
| API | Not stated | Yes |
| Data export | Not stated | Everything, in an open format |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web, iOS, Android | Web |
| Covers | Social Media Management, Link in Bio | Link in Bio, Analytics |
| Works with | TikTok, Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook | Nothing in particular |
| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
Visual planning for Instagram and TikTok
Later grew up as an Instagram scheduler and still thinks in grids: the calendar shows what the profile will look like, not only when things post. Linkin.bio turns the feed into a clickable page. The free plan is gone, so the first decision is whether visual planning is worth a subscription that starts near twenty dollars a month.
Our note
There is no free plan any more, which is the thing to know if you remember the older version. Against Metricool the pricing is per social set rather than per brand, and that comparison turns as soon as there is more than one client.
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Link shortening with the analytics attached
Short.io is a link shortener for people who care what happened after the click: country targeting, deep links into apps, and click data you can pull out rather than only look at. Custom domains are on every plan including the free one. The pricing page also converts into about twenty currencies, which is rarer than it should be.
Our note
The free plan here does more than several paid plans elsewhere, which makes Short.io the sensible place to start. Move to Rebrandly if link galleries and brand polish matter more to you than the export.
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