Link shorteners
Great at counting clicks. Blind to what the click earned. TrackRev keeps the branded short link and adds the rest of the funnel.
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The one tool that gets all the way to the sale
Bitly counts the click. Rewardful runs the affiliate. TrackRev does both — and attributes every dollar back to the link, channel, or partner that earned it.
Free tier with conversion trackingNo credit cardLive in 5 minutes
From click to commission
All 5 stages- Branded link clickedLink shorteners stop here
- Visitor identified
- Conversion tracked
- Revenue attributed to the source
- Affiliate commission paidAffiliate tools only start here
One table, every tool
TrackRev vs the rest, at a glance
The features that drive a buying decision — link tooling, attribution, affiliates, billing — across every tool we've benchmarked. Hover any row to read it isolated.
Included Not availabletextLimited / conditional
| Feature | TrackRev Most complete | Bitly | Rebrandly | Short.io | Rewardful |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branded short links + QR codes | |||||
| Custom domains | |||||
| Click analytics (geo, device, referrer) | |||||
| Cross-domain conversion tracking | Affiliate only | ||||
| Revenue attribution per channel | |||||
| First / last / linear attribution models | |||||
| Affiliate program + commission payouts | |||||
| Coupon-code attribution | |||||
| Stripe / billing revenue sync | |||||
| Free tier with conversion tracking | 1,000 events/mo |
Claims are pulled from each vendor's public site and verified against their docs. Spot something wrong?
Three categories, one tool
The tools TrackRev replaces
Each category solves a slice of the problem. TrackRev is the only one that owns the whole loop: link → click → sale → commission.
Link managers
Teams and custom domains, sure — but the report ends at the click. TrackRev follows it through to the sale.
Affiliate platforms
Built for affiliates only. TrackRev runs your affiliate program AND attributes every other channel — ads, SEO, social — to revenue.
Why teams switch
Four reasons the spreadsheet ends here
What you actually get when one tool owns the link, the conversion, and the commission — instead of three that don't talk to each other.
Five minutes to live
Paste one pixel, connect Stripe, and revenue starts attributing back to the link, channel, or affiliate that earned it.
Revenue, not vibes
First-touch, last-touch, and linear models on every campaign — see which channel actually pays back, not just which one gets the most clicks.
An affiliate program built in
Invite partners, set commissions, run monthly payouts. No second SaaS subscription, no extra pixel, no re-tagging your links.
First-party + privacy-safe
Cross-domain attribution with no third-party cookies. Works after Safari, iOS 17, and tomorrow's tracking change too.
The honest answers
Questions every team asks before they switch
Because attribution falls apart the moment data lives in two places. A click logged in Bitly and a sale logged in Stripe never meet without a manual reconciliation. TrackRev owns the link, the pixel, and the revenue sync, so attribution is the default — not a project.
Stop running three tools to answer one question.
Set up TrackRev in 5 minutes. Free tier covers 1,000 events / month — including conversion tracking.