TinyURL VS 9Proxy

TinyURL's answer

TinyURL has been running continuously since January 2002, which makes it the first notable URL shortening service and one of the oldest still operating. For a link shortener that longevity is the product, not trivia: a short link is only useful for as long as it still resolves, and links created here don't expire.

Three things set it apart day to day:

• Human and bot clicks are reported separately. Most shorteners report raw click totals that quietly include crawlers and link-preview bots, so reported traffic reads higher than the real audience. Separating them means the numbers can be trusted for attribution.
• Destinations stay editable after a link is published. A link already printed on packaging or posted to social can be repointed without reissuing it.
• A permanent free tier, not a trial - 30 links a month, one branded domain, links that never expire.

9Proxy's answer:

9Proxy stands out with over 20 million clean residential proxies, ensuring high anonymity and security for users. With competitive pricing starting from just $0.015/IP and $0.68/GB, 9Proxy delivers reliable and cost-effective proxy solutions, making it an attractive choice compared to many competitors on the market.

TinyURL's answer

Three practical reasons, depending on what you need:

• You want attribution you can trust. Analytics cover clicks over time, referrer, geography, device, OS, browser and language, retained for two years, with bot traffic separated out.
• You want your own brand on the link. Bring your own domain or subdomain on any plan, with up to three branded domains on paid tiers.
• You want links that outlive the campaign. Twenty-four years of continuous operation, and a free tier that doesn't expire, matter when a link is printed on something you can't reprint.

Pricing starts free and goes to $9/month billed annually ($11 month-to-month) for 125 links a month with unlimited tracked clicks. Bulk plans handle 50,000 links a month for agencies and high-volume senders, and there's a REST API for automating the whole lifecycle.

9Proxy's answer:

Individuals should choose 9Proxy for its extensive pool of over 20 million clean residential proxies, offering high anonymity and secure connections. With competitive pricing starting from just $0.015 per IP and $0.68 per GB, 9Proxy provides a cost-effective solution for various online use cases, ensuring a smooth and dependable user experience.

TinyURL's answer

• Marketing teams running campaigns across several channels who need per-link attribution rather than a single lumped traffic figure
• Social media managers and creators working inside character limits, who want a branded link rather than a generic one
• Agencies managing links for multiple clients, each on its own branded domain
• Developers automating link creation and analytics through the REST API
• Enterprises needing SLA-backed uptime and compliance support
• Educational Institutions
• The healthcare industry

It also has a long tail of individual users who simply need a link shortened, which the free tier covers without an account upgrade.

9Proxy's answer:

9Proxy's primary audience includes SEO professionals, market researchers, and data analysts who require reliable and anonymous internet access for data scraping, SERP analysis, and market research. It also caters to businesses involved in ad tech, multi-accounting, and price aggregation, providing them with the necessary tools to perform their tasks efficiently and securely.

TinyURL's answer

Kevin Gilbertson, a web developer, launched TinyURL in January 2002 so he could link directly to newsgroup postings, which at the time had long and unwieldy addresses. It was the first notable URL shortening service, and it arrived years before shortening became a category.

Twitter used TinyURL as its default shortener until May 2009, which put it in front of a mass audience during the period when character limits made short links essential.

Since then it's grown from a single-purpose utility into a link management platform: branded domains, click analytics with two years of retained history, editable destinations, QR codes, bulk creation and a REST API. It now serves over 4.4 million registered users and has created billions of links.

9Proxy's answer:

We are a group of professionals identifying a gap in the market for reliable, affordable, and anonymous proxy services. We then leverage our expertise in network technology and security to create a solution that addresses these needs, leading to the establishment of 9Proxy. The company has grown by focusing on customer needs, technological advancements, and quality service.

TinyURL's answer

TinyURL is a cloud-hosted web application, accessible from any browser with no install. Its public interface is a REST API (v2.4.2) published as an OpenAPI 3.0 specification and authenticated with bearer tokens, covering link creation, editing, destination changes, analytics retrieval and bulk batch processing.

9Proxy's answer:

9Proxy is built on a scalable cloud-native infrastructure using high-performance proxy routing technology, distributed IP management systems, and secure authentication layers. Our platform leverages modern backend frameworks and real-time traffic optimization to ensure stability, anonymity, and 99.95% uptime.

TinyURL's answer

Twitter used TinyURL as its default URL shortener until May 2009.

9Proxy's answer:

Our biggest customers generally include: Digital marketing agencies SEO and SEM professionals Big data analytics firms E-commerce companies Cybersecurity companies Academic and research institutions