Short links
Create clean Tryst Link URLs and manage them from your account.
URL shortener pricing
One plan.
Free to use.
Tryst Link currently has one straightforward free plan for creating and managing short links. No premium unlock, no credit card requirement, and no pricing maze.
Current plan
$0today
Short links, custom slugs, link management, expiry controls, QR tools, and the Journal.
Start shorteningNo credit card required
The short answer
Tryst Link currently costs nothing to use. The free plan includes the core URL-shortening features most people need, while the browser-based QR generator remains free as well.
Included
What you get
for $0.
The plan is deliberately small: useful link tools without an enterprise feature catalogue attached.
Custom slugs
Choose a readable short code when you want something easier to recognize or share.
Saved link management
Keep short links in your account and delete them when you no longer need them.
Expiry controls
Set an expiry date when a short link should stop redirecting.
QR code generator
Generate QR codes locally in your browser and download PNG or SVG files.
The Journal
Read practical guides about URLs, QR codes, privacy, security, and the working web.
Why it is free
Small tools can stay
small.
Tryst Link is intentionally focused. The QR generator runs in the browser, the Journal is mostly static content, and the shortener is built around a narrow set of link-management features rather than a large marketing platform.
That keeps the service simpler to operate and lets the current plan remain free without inventing a paid tier just to make the pricing page look more conventional.
We would rather explain the trade-off plainly than promise that infrastructure costs can never change.
The trade
Free does not need
a hidden catch.
- No advertising inserted between a short link and its destination.
- No premium unlock required to use the current core toolset.
- No credit card requirement for the current free plan.
- No enterprise sales call required to start using the service.
If costs grow
What happens
later.
If operating costs eventually require paid features, the pricing will be explained here in plain English before it takes effect. The likely direction would be charging for genuinely expensive or advanced capabilities rather than artificially crippling the basic shortener.
Keep the core simple
Do not add complexity just to justify a subscription.
Charge for expensive extras
Advanced or resource-heavy features are the natural place for a future paid tier.
Publish changes clearly
Pricing changes belong on the pricing page, not hidden inside a policy update.
Reasonable use
Free is not an abuse licence.
Tryst Link may restrict malicious, automated, abusive, or unusually resource-intensive activity when necessary to keep the service available and safe. Normal human use should not need to think about this.
Read the TermsQuestions, answered
Pricing
without fine print.
- Is Tryst Link free to use?
- Yes. Tryst Link currently has one free plan for creating and managing short links, plus a free browser-based QR code generator.
- Do I need a credit card?
- No. There is no credit card requirement for the current free plan.
- What is included in the free plan?
- The free plan includes short links, custom slugs, link management, expiry controls, and access to the QR code generator and Tryst Link Journal.
- Is the QR code generator free too?
- Yes. The QR code generator is free to use and runs in your browser. You can download QR codes as PNG or SVG.
- Will Tryst Link always be free?
- The current plan is free. If the service later adds paid features or changes its pricing, the details will be published clearly on this page before they take effect.
- Are there any reasonable-use or abuse limits?
- Normal use is not designed around artificial quotas, but Tryst Link may restrict abusive, automated, malicious, or unusually resource-intensive activity to protect the service and other users.
$0 is a good place to start