In March of 2023, Branch introduced self-serve usage for newly created apps that included Branch linking and Ads for free under 10K MAUs when you enter a credit card. Today, Branch is limiting access to creating Branch Links and certain Dashboard pages/configurations until a credit card is entered for a new Branch app.

Dashboard Links & Reporting

In the Branch Dashboard, unless a credit card is entered, the following features will be locked:

Ad Links	Short Links	Summary
Create Ad Links	Create Short Links	View Summary Analytics
Manage Ad Links	Manage Short Links	-

Accessing a Dashboard feature without a credit card entered for that Branch app will result in the following prompt:

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Dynamic Link Redirection

Adding redirection query parameters to dynamic links (Short or Long Links) is disabled.

Link Type	Example
Short Link	https://example.app.link/fzmLEhobLD?$ios_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbranch.io%2F
Long Link	https://example.app.link/?foo=bar&baz=456&$fallback_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbranch.io%2F

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Branch Redirects Configuration

For Branch Redirects Configuration, unless a credit card is entered, the following settings are disabled:

• Default URL Redirect
• Android Redirects
• iOS Redirects
• Desktop Default
• MacOS Redirect
• Windows Redirect
• Amazon Fire Redirects
• iPad Redirects
• Android Tablet Redirects
• WeChat Redirects

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SDKs & APIs

All SDKs and specific APIs will be limited in their ability to create links and update Branch App configurations:

SDKs	Deep Linking API	App API
All Link Create methods	All Link Create requests	Update config request

Making a call to any of the above methods/requests without a credit card entered for that Branch app will result in the following error response:

{
  "error": {
    "message": "Access denied",
    "code": 403
  }
}