Marlin vs Trimly

See how Marlin measures up against Trimly, and why teams pick it as the Trimly alternative they stop shopping around from.

Marlin is a quieter, faster
take on link management

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Mint short links that carry your own name instead of someone else's — with free custom domains on every plan, starting at zero.

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Marlin vs Trimlyat a glance

Marlin is the Trimly alternative most teams land on. You get a faster, deeper link platform for roughly half of what the incumbent charges.

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Find the right fit

marlin Pro
trimly Growth

Monthly pricing

What the plan costs each month

$17/mo
$32/mo

Monthly links & QR codes

How many you can mint in a billing period

1,250/mo
500/mo

Deep analytics

Country, city, device, OS and referrer breakdowns

Analytics retention

How long click history stays queryable

14 months
4 months

AI insights

Written summaries and anomaly alerts on your traffic

Custom domains

Branded short links on domains you already own

12 domains
1 domain

Teammates & roles

Seats you can invite into a shared workspace

6 users
1 user

UTM builder

Compose campaign parameters without a spreadsheet

Editable destinations

Repoint a live short link at a new URL

Unlimited
10/mo

Custom link previews

Control the card that renders when a link gets shared, with AI-drafted copy

Links on a subpath

Redirect from a path on your own site (yoursite.com/go/:slug)

Query parameter passing

Forward custom query strings through to the destination

Enterprise only

Developer SDKs

Typed clients for programmatic link creation

A dashboard you can read

No tutorial required before your first link

Self-hostable

Keep the data on infrastructure you control

Marlin is the one tool we adopted this year that nobody quietly stopped opening. Thanks for getting us off Trimly.

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Tobi Adeyemi Chief of Staff, Halcyon Labs

Migrate in 3 minutes

Moving off Trimly takes a handful of clicks. Bring the links across, keep the history intact, and pick up sharper analytics on the other side — no redirect goes dark.

Sign in with Trimly

Step 1

Connect the Trimly account that holds the links you want to bring across.

12 seconds
harbor.co
penrose.dev
quietloop.io
Confirm import

Step 2

Choose which domains and links come along for the ride.

25 seconds
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Imported 5,417 links from Trimly to Marlin.

Step 3

Step away while the queue drains. Marlin carries every redirect over.

2–4 min

Marlin vs. the rest

Wherever your links live today, the trade is the same: a faster platform, deeper data, and a bill that stops climbing.

Outgrowyour old link shortener

Ready to move? Start free today, or run the one-click import and bring every Trimly link with you.