Neither Toad nor Short.io offers a free trial.
Toad is designed for Medium Business and Small Business.
Short.io is designed for Large Enterprises, Medium Business and Small Business.
Pricing for Toad Starts at $9/Month whereas for Short.io Starts at $16.66/Month when Billed Yearly.
Some top alternatives to Toad includes Bitly, Link Fox, Sniply, ShortURL, MyShorten, my.new, Zero Width Shortener, Short.io, Switchy, Linkjoy and Recut.
Some top alternatives to Short.io includes Shortly, Bitly, Rebrandly, tothe.link, ShortURL, Cutt.ly, Switchy, Linkjoy, MyLinks On Acalytica and Recut.