RedirectIQ vs redirect.pizza

redirect.pizza is a solid, purpose-built domain redirect service: automatic HTTPS, wildcard subdomains, an API, and email forwarding on every plan, including free. The two products overlap a lot. Here is an honest look at where they actually differ: mostly pricing and traffic limits, plus a couple of features each one has that the other doesn't.

The short version: RedirectIQ is cheaper at every domain count and adds automatic 404 detection with auto-fix suggestions. redirect.pizza offers unlimited traffic on its paid plans plus email forwarding and, at its Business tier, a WAF and SAML SSO, things RedirectIQ doesn't offer today.
FeatureRedirectIQredirect.pizza
Free plan, custom domains0 (free subdomain only)5
Free plan, monthly volume100,000 redirects250,000 requests
Entry paid plan price$2/mo$14.95/mo (Basic)
Entry paid plan, domains included1015
100-domain plan price$20/mo (Pro)$55/mo (Pro)
Traffic on 100-domain plan2,000,000/mo, then $0.80/millionUnlimited
Unlimited-traffic tier available
Automatic 404 detection + auto-fix suggestions (Autopilot)
Bulk CSV import
Edge Proxy / CDN passthroughOptional (Edge Proxy)
Wildcard / regex dynamic redirects
REST API
Per-redirect click analytics
Email forwarding
Web Application FirewallBusiness plan ($219/mo)+
SAML SSOBusiness plan ($219/mo)+

Pricing comparison

Both products price by domain count. redirect.pizza's free plan is more generous on custom domains (5 vs. our free subdomain-only tier), but every paid tier costs noticeably more than the RedirectIQ equivalent at the same domain count.

Free tier, custom domains: redirect.pizza's Margherita plan includes 5 real custom domains at $0. RedirectIQ's free plan gives a free subdomain ({custom}.free.redirectiq.com) rather than custom domains. If you want to point your own domain for free, redirect.pizza wins here.
10 domains, cheapest paid plan: RedirectIQ Hobby is $2/mo for 10 domains. redirect.pizza's closest plan (Basic, 15 domains) is $14.95/mo, about 7.5x the price for a similar domain count.
100 domains: RedirectIQ Pro is $20/mo. redirect.pizza's Pro plan (also 100 hostnames) is $55/mo.
Traffic ceiling: redirect.pizza's Pro and Business plans include unlimited traffic. RedirectIQ's plans include a generous monthly amount (2,000,000/mo on Pro) then bill overage at $0.80/million rather than capping you, cheaper for most sites, but not a hard unlimited guarantee if you expect a massive traffic spike.

When redirect.pizza is the right choice

redirect.pizza is a good fit if you want more custom domains on a free plan, need built-in email forwarding for the domains you're redirecting, or are truly unconcerned with traffic volume and want a flat unlimited-traffic guarantee rather than a metered plan with overage billing.

It's also the stronger choice at enterprise scale if you specifically need SAML SSO or a Web Application Firewall bundled into your redirect tool. Both are only available on redirect.pizza's Business plan and above.

When to use RedirectIQ

RedirectIQ is the better fit when:

  • Price matters: RedirectIQ is cheaper than redirect.pizza at every matching domain count, often by an order of magnitude.
  • You want broken redirects and 404s caught and fixed automatically: Autopilot detects them and suggests (or auto-applies) the fix, which redirect.pizza doesn't offer.
  • You need to bulk import rules via CSV, from a site migration, a GSC export, or an SEO audit.
  • You want an optional CDN/proxy pass-through (Edge Proxy) alongside your redirects, not just the redirects themselves.

Migrating from redirect.pizza to RedirectIQ

  1. 1Export your existing hostnames and redirect rules from the redirect.pizza dashboard or API.
  2. 2Convert to RedirectIQ's CSV format: three columns, source_path, destination, type. Regex-based rules map to RedirectIQ's wildcard/named-param syntax.
  3. 3Connect your domain to RedirectIQ and bulk import the CSV.
  4. 4Verify each redirect using our free redirect checker.
  5. 5If you rely on redirect.pizza's email forwarding, set that up with your DNS/mail provider directly before cancelling. RedirectIQ doesn't forward email.
  6. 6Update your domain's DNS to point at RedirectIQ and cancel redirect.pizza once traffic is confirmed flowing correctly.