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Agent-Ready SaaS Index · linklyhq.com · scored 2026-05-09 · rubric v2.0
Score 51 / 100
URL Shorteners
Self-serve checkout

Linkly scores 51/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; API access is partial; a free entry path exists.

See Linkly pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing
Linkly pricing
As of 2026-05-09 · linklyhq.com/pricing
Free
Free
Short links & custom back-halves
1 custom domain
Country-level click analytics
Starter
$15/mo
billed annually
Device, browser & OS analytics
UTM builder & customize link preview
Bot & social crawler management
Monthly traffic reports by email
Custom QR codes
Pro
$32/mo
billed annually
Everything in Starter
3 custom domains, 3 team seats
ISP tracking
Geo & device redirect rules
Link rotators, password protection
Business
$107/mo
billed annually
Everything in Pro
10 custom domains, 5 team seats
Hourly analytics & timezone adjustment
Public analytics pages
Webhooks
Enterprise
Sales
Contact sales
Everything in Business
Unlimited workspaces
Workspace-level controls
SSO (SAML)
Audit log
Score breakdown · rubric v2.0
How Linkly scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing visibility

15 / 15

Self-serve checkout

15 / 15

Public API + docs

2 / 20

Usage-based / metered pricing

0 / 20

Free entry path

7 / 7

No sales call required

7 / 7

Card / wallet / x402 payment

5 / 6

Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)

0 / 10

Total
51 / 100
Effective pricing
What it actually costs at typical scale
Starter plan (250 links, 2,000 clicks)
$15/mo
· Annual billing with 20% discount applied· No add‑on purchases
Confidence: high
Agent purchase verdict
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Agent-ready
LLM score: 70/100

Can create account

Yes

Can enter payment method

Yes

Can upgrade plan

Yes

Can buy more usage

Yes

Can cancel online

Yes

Payment methods

card

Human approval recommended

No

Pricing transparency

full

Purchase motion

self_serve

Demo required

No

Quote required

No

Annual commit required

Yes

Auto-renewal mentioned

No

Cancellation policy visible

No

Refund policy visible

No

Minimum commit

$15

Minimum term

12 months

Invoice payment available

Yes

Purchase orders supported

Yes

MSA required

Yes

DPA available

Yes

Security review required

Yes

Trial

Available, no card

Annual discount

20% off

API readiness
API & developer surface

API-first product

Unknown

Sandbox present

Unknown

Webhooks

Yes

MCP mentioned

No

Enterprise signals
Trust & compliance

SSO / SAML

Yes

RBAC

Unknown

Audit logs

Yes

Data residency

US

Competitive intel
Positioning & ecosystem
Headline

“Branded links that tell you what's working.”

Buyer persona

smb
mid market
enterprise
developer

Integrations mentioned
Zapier
Make
n8n
Value claims
Track 500 monthly clicks for free
Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Linkly?
✓

Discover price

✓

Select a plan

✗

Pay per task

✓

Avoid a sales call

◐

API docs without auth

✗

Estimate cost upfront

Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
  • Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires scheduling a call.
◐ Opportunities for the provider
  • No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
  • API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
  • PPU requires account creation and an issued API key; a fully unauthenticated agent purchase is not yet supported.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
One-line fix
How Linkly could lift its score

Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.

pricing_visible

true

headline_phrasing

Branded links that tell you what's working. — Plans are priced by links/month — the number of links you can create, shorten, and brand per month — with a tracked-clicks quota for analytics. Redirects are always unlimited.

tier_count

0

lowest_paid_entry_usd

15

free_tier

false

free_tier_terms

null

per_unit_price

null

annual_required

true

self_serve_paid_tiers

1

sales_only_tiers

0

public_api_docs_url

null

api_docs_auth_walled

null

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

null

usage_headline_present

false

custom_tier_present

true

agent_friendly

{"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":false,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false}

View raw extracted page text →
Page heading: Branded links that tell you what's working.
CTAs (40): Features · Solutions · Case Studies · Integrations · Pricing · Support · Log in · Talk to sales · Start for Free · Sign up · Smart Links · QR Codes
Price tokens (8): $15/mobilled annually · $32/mobilled annually · $107/mobilled annually · $0 · $20.50/mobilled annuallyLink · $20.50/mobilled annuallyCust · $0.82/mobilled annuallyTeam · $13.08/mobilled annually
FeaturesSolutionsCase StudiesIntegrationsPricingSupportenLog inTalk to salesStart for FreeLog inSign upFeaturesSmart LinksQR CodesBranded DomainsLink AnalyticsRetargeting PixelsTeam WorkspacesSolutionsEnterpriseMarketingSMS MarketingDevelopersAgenciesE-commerceCreators & InfluencersSmall BusinessCase StudiesIntegrationsPricingSupportTalk to salesLog inStart for FreeBranded links that tell you what's working.Plans are priced by links/month — the number of links you can create, shorten, and brand per month — with a tracked-clicks quota for analytics. Redirects are always unlimited.MonthlyAnnual (save ~20%)StarterPersonal / single brand$15/mobilled annually250 links/month2,000 tracked clicks/monthEverything in FreeDevice, browser & OS analyticsUTM builder & customize link previewBot & social crawler managementMonthly traffic reports by emailCustom QR codesStart for freeMost popularProMarketers running campaigns$32/mobilled annually1,000 links/month10,000 tracked clicks/monthEverything in Starter3 custom domains, 3 team seatsISP trackingGeo & device redirect rulesLink rotatorsClick-limited & time-limited linksPassword protectionTracking pixels (FB, GA, GTM, TikTok)API access + Zapier, Make & n8n integrationsAdd-ons for extra clicks, links, domains & seatsStart for freeBusinessSmall teams, multi-brand$107/mobilled annually5,000 links/month50,000 tracked clicks/monthEverything in Pro10 custom domains, 5 team seatsHourly analytics & timezone adjustmentPublic analytics pagesWebhooksL…
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Agent-Ready Spec
Linkly
Partially Agent-Ready

51

/ 100 (rubric v2.0)
Category

URL Shorteners

Pricing model

Not advertised

Tier count

0

Free tier

No

Lowest paid entry

$15/mo

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

1 / 0

Public API docs

Auth-walled

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published

Last refreshed

2026-05-09

Pricing intelligenceInsights extracted from linklyhq.com/pricing
Pricing model

Tier-based subscription

Agent-purchase verdict
Agent-ready
70/100 · v2.1
Canonical answer

Linkly pricing starts at $0/mo for the Free plan; paid plans range up to $107/mo. All paid tiers are billed annually with an approximate 20% discount.

Cheapest entry

Free plan (Free)

Actions
Open live pricing page
Verdict reflects Partially Agent-Ready status under rubric v2.0. Source observed at https://linklyhq.com/pricing.
Agent-friendly features1 of 7 present
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

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