Shorten long URLs to branded clacify.com links with click analytics, device stats and referrer tracking
Built & maintained by Pappu Venkata Subbi Reddy, founder of Clacify
URL Shortener creates a branded clacify.com/s/ link from any long URL, with real click analytics attached — not just a redirect. Paste a URL, optionally choose a custom alias (clacify.com/s/your-brand instead of a random code), and get a short link back instantly. Every click on that short link is logged with its device type, referrer, and timestamp, viewable later from the same tool by looking up your short code — so you can see not just that a link was clicked, but how many times, from what kind of device, and where the traffic came from. This makes it useful for tracking which platform (WhatsApp, Instagram bio, a printed flyer's QR code) actually drives clicks, not just for making a long URL shorter.
Creating a short link stores a record mapping your chosen (or randomly generated) code to the original URL in a database, so visiting clacify.com/s/<code> performs a server-side redirect to the original destination. Unlike the fully client-side tools elsewhere on this site, a URL shortener fundamentally requires a server component — the whole point is that the short link keeps working from any device, at any time, which a browser-only tool can't provide, since nothing would exist once you closed the tab. Each visit to a short link is logged with its device type (parsed from the browser's user-agent), referrer (which site or app the click came from, when available), and timestamp; the analytics view aggregates those raw click records into the totals, device split, and referrer list shown when you look up a code.
Making a URL shorter is the easy, commoditised part — dozens of free tools do that. The genuinely useful part is knowing what happened after you shared it: did the link you put in your Instagram bio actually get clicks, or did the one you posted on WhatsApp perform better? Device breakdown answers a related question — if 90% of clicks are mobile, that tells you exactly which experience to optimise the destination page for. Without this data, sharing a link is a one-way action with no feedback; with it, you can compare channels and double down on whichever one is actually working, instead of guessing.
A random code (like clacify.com/s/x7k2p) is fine for a one-off link, but a custom alias (clacify.com/s/myevent) is worth the extra step whenever the link will be printed, spoken aloud, or seen more than once — it's memorable, looks intentional on a business card or poster, and signals what the link is before anyone clicks it. The tool checks alias availability as you type, so you know immediately whether your preferred word is free before you commit to it.
Paste your long URL into Clacify's URL Shortener and click Shorten. You get a branded short link (clacify.com/s/xxxxxx) instantly — copy and share it on WhatsApp, social media, emails, or anywhere. The link never expires and the click count is tracked automatically.
Yes. Clacify's URL Shortener tracks click analytics for every shortened link — total clicks, clicks by device type (mobile/desktop), and referrer source (where traffic came from). Open the analytics dashboard to see real-time performance data for your links.