Graklink vs Rebrandly

What is Rebrandly, and is it any good?

Rebrandly is a branded-link platform, and at that job it is a serious one. Marketing teams put their own domain on every short link, route millions of clicks, and get SOC 2 and HIPAA checkboxes their compliance departments require. QR codes came along later, the way they did for most link shorteners: as a feature of the link, since a dynamic QR code is a short link a camera can read.

Rebrandly’s documentation says links keep redirecting after a downgrade. For a printed QR code, compare destination editing as well as continued redirecting.

The number of destination edits available on each plan is one practical difference.

What does Rebrandly actually charge for?

Allowances. On the pricing checked below, every plan is a bundle of monthly counters:

• Free: 10 links and 10 QR codes a month, 1 custom domain.
• Essentials ($8 a month billed annually, $11 month to month): 250 links and 250 QR codes a month, and 10 destination edits a month.
• Professional ($22 a month annual): 1,500 links and QR codes a month, 50 edits a month.
• Growth ($69 a month annual): 3,500 links and QR codes a month, 150 edits a month.

Clicks and scans are unlimited on every plan, on the plans listed. But creating links and QR codes is not the only thing on a counter there.

Rebrandly counts your edits. That changes what a QR code is for.

Destination editing is one reason to choose a dynamic QR code. You printed the QR code on something permanent, and the edit is how the permanent thing keeps up with your changing business. The menu moves, the form gets replaced, the booking app switches: you repoint the QR code and the print survives.

On Rebrandly, that action is an allowance: 10 destination edits a month on Essentials, on the pricing checked below. For a marketing team shipping campaign links that never change, that meter may never once matter. For the owner of printed things, the meter sits exactly on top of the reason you bought the QR code.

At Graklink, the edit is the product. Repointing a QR code is free, unlimited, forever. Basic scan counts are included too.

Do you own a Rebrandly QR code, or rent an allowance?

Compare what you purchase with the allowances included in a plan. A Rebrandly QR code is a working part of a subscription: create QR codes as long as the plan runs, and their documented behavior says existing links keep redirecting even if you step down. What lives inside the subscription is capacity: how many you can make this month, how many times you can repoint them, how many domains carry them.

A Graklink QR code is a purchase. It exists because you bought it, not because a counter reset. There is no monthly allowance to size, no edit budget to ration in a busy week, and no plan whose shape you have to predict a year out. Scans are never capped, edits are never counted, and ending a subscription does not deactivate purchased redirects.

Graklink vs Rebrandly, side by side

	Graklink	Rebrandly
What a QR code costs	$7.99 once, owned forever	A monthly allowance: 10/mo free, 250/mo at $8/mo (annual billing, the pricing checked below)
Editing the destination	Unlimited, forever, included	Metered: 10/mo Essentials, 50/mo Professional, 150/mo Growth
Scans and clicks	Never capped	Unlimited
QR code survival after cancel/downgrade	Never stops for billing, by standing rule	Their docs say links keep redirecting after downgrade
Custom branded domains	Not currently available	1 to 10 by plan; a genuine specialty
Analytics	Scan counter included	Included by plan tier, deeper on higher tiers
Built for	The individual seeking low-cost enterprise tools	Teams managing branded links at volume

Which should you use?

Rebrandly is worth considering for a team using its own domains and managing a large number of branded links. Its custom-domain and team features may matter more than the individual QR price.

For a printed QR code that needs to follow changes in booking services, forms or instruction pages, Graklink includes unlimited destination edits. It also includes time-and-day and iOS or Android destination rules. Our Bitly comparison covers another link-management option.