In March of 2023, Branch introduced self-serve usage for newly created apps that included Branch linking and Universal 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	Quick Links	Summary
Create Ad Links	Create Quick Links	View Summary Analytics
Manage Ad Links	Manage Quick Links	-

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

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`

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

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
  }
}