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Tag Docket vs Terminus
Terminus is a UTM governance platform with deep naming rules, approval workflows and enterprise security. Tag Docket is narrower and built around agencies: you pay per client, with unlimited seats, so adding a buyer never costs more.
Side by side
Terminus’s column comes from their own website, checked on November 10, 2026. Where their site doesn’t say, we say so rather than guess. Prices are in US dollars, billed monthly.
| Feature | Tag Docket | Terminus |
|---|---|---|
| What you pay for | Clients. Never links, never seats. | A plan fee plus each extra user, with a cap on workspaces. |
| Monthly price | Per client: $15 for 5, $49 for 25, $129 for 100 a month; more is quoted. | Professional $40 a month ($30 a month billed annually), 3 workspaces; Business $200 a month ($150 a month billed annually), 10 workspaces. Each includes 1 user; extra users are $20 a month ($15 on annual). Enterprise is custom, with unlimited workspaces. |
| Retarget a printed QR code | Yes. The destination moves; the tagging stays, so GA4 sees the same campaign. | Not documented on their site. |
| Annual billing | Yes, two months free (a year costs ten months). | Yes, 25% off the base price and each seat. |
| Links | Unlimited on every paid plan. | Unlimited links, short URLs, QR codes and clicks on every plan. |
| Seats | Unlimited on every plan. | One included per plan; extra users are paid. |
| Approved values and naming rules | Builder offers only the values your admins approved; impossible pairings are filtered out. | Picklists (hierarchical and conditional), templates and real-time validation. Their agency template makes Client a required, locked top-level field. |
| Lowercase enforced | Always, with no setting to turn it off. | Not documented on their site. |
| Published links never change | Yes. A mint is stored exactly as composed and never recomputed. | Not documented on their site. |
| Branded short-link domains | No. Short codes live on tgd.li, our own short domain. | Yes, custom domains: 3 on Professional, 10 on Business, unlimited on Enterprise. |
| Approvals, SSO, SOC 2 | No approvals workflow, SSO or SOC 2. | Approval workflows on Business; SSO/SAML on Enterprise; SOC 2 listed under Enterprise. |
| Export | Always available and always free. The client owns their link history. | Models can be exported as JSON. Link export is not documented on their site. |
Which one fits
Choose Terminus if
- You need approval workflows, SSO/SAML or a SOC 2 report before a tool is allowed in.
- You want short links on your own branded domain.
- You want an agency template with a locked client field and deep conditional picklists, and hard-governed taxonomy matters more to you than a per-client price.
- You are one in-house marketing team rather than an agency running many clients.
Choose Tag Docket if
- You run many clients and many buyers, and don’t want the bill to rise each time someone joins.
- You want lowercase and approved values enforced with no way to switch them off.
- You print QR codes and need a guarantee that the tagging on a published link never changes.
Questions
Is Tag Docket cheaper than Terminus?
It depends on your team. Terminus charges a plan fee plus each extra user and caps workspaces; Tag Docket charges per client with unlimited seats. A large team on a few clients may pay less on Terminus; an agency with many buyers and clients usually pays less on Tag Docket. Check both pricing pages with your own numbers.
Does Tag Docket have approval workflows or SSO like Terminus?
No. If approvals, SSO/SAML or SOC 2 are requirements, Terminus offers them on its higher plans and Tag Docket does not.
What happens to printed codes when a trial ends or we stop paying?
Terminus states that after its 21-day trial the account locks if you don’t pick a plan, and links and QR codes stop redirecting until you subscribe. In Tag Docket, an agency whose trial ends or who cancels moves to the free plan: printed codes keep working, history stays readable, and export is always free.
Terminus is a trademark of its owner. Their plans and features change; check www.terminusapp.com for the current details.
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