RedirectIQ

RedirectIQ is Live on Product Hunt

·4 min read

We're live. RedirectIQ is on Product Hunt today and if you've been waiting to try it, now's the time.

Before we get into the why, here's a quick look at what we shipped in the final sprint before launch — plus a philosophy shift that changed how we think about pricing.

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What we shipped before going live

API audit logs, per domain

The most substantial thing we built on launch day: a full audit log for every API call made against a domain. Hit /dashboard/domains/[domain]/logs and you get a paginated table showing timestamp, HTTP method, path, status code, response time, the API key name that was used, and the originating IP.

This was a "we'd want this ourselves" feature. If something breaks in a production redirect setup, you need to know what happened. Guessing from error messages is painful. The log is bookmarkable, shareable with a teammate, and loads more results on demand.

Cloudflare-aware DNS setup

A huge number of our early users are running Cloudflare in front of their domains. The standard DNS setup flow — add these two records, wait for propagation — doesn't map cleanly onto Cloudflare's proxied (orange cloud) mode. We were getting questions about it.

So we fixed it properly:

  • Auto-detection: when you add a domain, we resolve its A records and check them against Cloudflare's published IP ranges. If you're behind Cloudflare, we know automatically.
  • Mode toggle: the DNS setup UI now shows a toggle between "Proxied (orange cloud)" and "DNS only (grey cloud)". Proxied mode gives you the right CNAME instruction and skips the ownership TXT record — because Cloudflare handles that differently. DNS only mode shows both records as normal.
  • No false positives: we fixed a bug where Cloudflare-proxied apex domains were incorrectly flagged as CNAME-active. That was causing users to think setup was complete when it wasn't.

The result: if you're on Cloudflare, setup just works, with instructions that match what you actually see in your DNS dashboard.

Animated status during DNS propagation

Small thing, meaningful in context: while DNS is propagating, the dashboard used to show a static "Checking every 30 seconds..." message. It looked frozen. We replaced it with an animated dots loader that gives you a live sense that the system is actively checking. The wait is the same — the feeling is different.

Promo codes at checkout

If you have a launch promo code, you can now enter it directly in the Stripe checkout flow. Codes are restricted to monthly billing to keep things clean. If you saw our Product Hunt launch banner, there's a code in there.

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The pricing philosophy shift

Going into launch, we had analytics and API access gated behind paid plans. The logic seemed reasonable at the time: those are power features, save them for paying customers.

We changed our minds.

Here's why: the goal right now is to understand how people actually use RedirectIQ — what they reach for, what confuses them, what they wish existed. That feedback loop only works if people can actually touch the features. Gating analytics and the API means we'd be shipping a limited version of the product to free users and learning almost nothing from them.

So we tore down those gates.

Analytics are now available on all plans. Every user, including Hobby (free), can see redirect performance data for their domains — request volume, top destinations, traffic patterns. No upgrade required.

API access is now available on all plans. You can generate API keys and build against the REST API from day one, regardless of plan. Read the docs, automate your workflow, integrate with your stack — all without a paid subscription.

The only meaningful difference between plans is how much traffic you can run through the system. Hobby gets 1M requests per month. Pro gets 2M with $0.80/million overage. Agency gets 10M with $0.50/million overage. We want you to grow into a paid plan because you're running serious volume, not because we locked a feature behind a paywall.

If you're on Hobby and you hit a wall or find something that doesn't work the way you expect — tell us. That feedback is worth more to us right now than an upgrade.

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Try it

RedirectIQ is free to start. Add a domain, set up a redirect rule, point your DNS — the whole thing takes a few minutes.

Vote for us on Product Hunt if you find it useful. And if something is broken or confusing, we want to hear it.