ToolboxWhat comes over
- Each link's destination and title
- Tags, when your file has a tags column
- Custom back-halves, as your Toolbox short codes when they're free to use
- The date each link was made
Switching from BitlyBring your Bitly links and back-halves.
Bring your Bitly links and back-halves.
One subscription for the whole stack.
Export your links from Bitly, drop the CSV into Toolbox, and get a short link for each, with its title and custom back-half where it's free to use. A results file pairs every old link with its new one. Short links are one tool in a side panel that also has a screen recorder, a PDF editor and screenshots.
Every tool has a free planImporting needs PremiumPremium from $20/month, no limits
Who it's for
Made for you if…
- You make short links and QR codes for posts, emails and print, and change where they go.
- You'd like to pay month to month.
- You pay for a few browser tools and want them under one subscription.
Bring your data
Move from Bitly to Toolbox
Your links with their titles. Custom back-halves become your Toolbox short codes where they're free to use.
- In Bitly, open Links and choose Export. Bitly offers export on some paid plans.
- Bitly emails you a CSV file (a selection of up to 100 links downloads straight away). Download it.
- In Toolbox, open Links on the web, press Import and drop the CSV. Check the preview, then import.
- Download the results file: each Bitly link next to its new Toolbox link, so you can update the places you shared them.
What doesn't
- Your bit.ly addresses: they stay with Bitly. The results file pairs each one with its new link
- Click history: counts start fresh in Toolbox
- Branded domains and landing pages
Import from Bitly You'll see what comes over before anything is added.
What to expect
Link shortener in Toolbox, next to Bitly
Where Toolbox is as good or better, and where it's different. Where Bitly does more, we say so.
As good or better
- Change where a link goes any time, and download its QR code as PNG or SVG in your colors.
- Clicks per day on any plan; referrers, countries and devices on Premium.
- No limit on links on Premium, billed monthly or yearly.
- One subscription that also covers a screen recorder, PDF editor, screenshots and text templates.
Different
- Links use the Toolbox domain: there's no branded domain of your own.
- No landing pages, link-in-bio pages or API.
- No city-level click data.
- On its own, Bitly's entry plan costs less a month than Toolbox. Toolbox pays off when it replaces several apps.
The math
One subscription instead of a stack
This is one job. Toolbox also does the jobs below, in the same side panel, with one sign-in. Paying for the leading app for each costs $1,293.24 a year more.
| The job | Typical app | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| Record your screen | Top screen recorderBusiness plan with AI, billed monthly | $24 |
| Edit, sign and convert PDFs | Top PDF editorPro plan, yearly commitment billed monthly | $19.99 |
| Notes and clips on any page | Top web highlighterPro plan, billed monthly | $15 |
| Save articles, highlight and read them later | Top read-later appPaid plan, billed monthly | $12.99 |
| Short links and QR codes | Top link shortenerEntry plan, sold yearly only ($120/year) | $10 |
| Block distracting sites | Top site blockerPremium plan, billed monthly | $8.99 |
| Capture and mark up screenshots | Top screenshot extensionPro plan, billed monthly | $8 |
| Reminders by notification and email | Top reminders appPro plan, billed monthly | $7 |
| Track time on projects and report it | Top time trackerStandard plan, billed monthly | $6.99 |
| Save, restore and share tab sessions | Top tab and session managerProductivity plan, billed monthly | $6 |
| Know when your emails are opened | Top email trackerPlan with link tracking, billed monthly | $5.99 |
| Text templates and shortcuts | Top text expanderPro plan, billed monthly | $3.49 |
| A better new tab page | Top new tab extensionPaid plan, sold yearly only ($39.95/year) | $3.33 |
| Organize your bookmarks | Top bookmark managerPro plan, billed monthly | $3 |
| Draw and highlight on screen | Top screen annotation appPro plan, billed monthly | $3 |
| Paying for each one separately | ||
| Toolbox Pro, every tool and feature included | $30/month | |
You keep $107.77 a monthThat's $1,293.24 a year back in your pocket.
Prices are the published US price of the leading app for each job, for one person, billed monthly where it's offered (two only sell yearly, so those show the yearly price per month), checked October 2026. Those apps differ from Toolbox in places, and some do more in their own field.
Questions
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What happens to my old bit.ly links?
They stay in your Bitly account, and Bitly keeps running them. The import makes a new Toolbox link for each, and the results file pairs every Bitly link with its new one so you can update where you posted them.
Can I keep my custom back-halves?
Yes, when they're free to use in Toolbox: a back-half becomes the link's Toolbox short code. If one is taken or reserved, that link gets a random code, and the results file shows it.
My Bitly plan can't export. What now?
Copy your links' destination addresses from Bitly and paste them into the importer, one per line, with an optional title after a space.
Is there a limit?
Importing needs Premium, which has no limit on links. Up to 5,000 links come in a day; for a bigger file, import it again the next day and the links already brought over are skipped.
Is Toolbox free?
Yes. Every tool works on the free plan, with a few limits. Premium removes the limits and adds features like full-page captures and cloud storage, for every tool at once. Pro adds signatures, Office conversions and bookmark cleanups on top. You only add a card if you decide to upgrade.
More switching guides
Moving from something else too?
Bring your data, then drop the extra subscriptions.
Every tool has a free plan. Install Toolbox, import your file, and keep only the subscriptions you still need.
Add to Chrome, freeBitly is a trademark of its owner, who isn't affiliated with or endorsing Toolbox. We name it only to help you move your data.