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AppsFlyer vs Branch
AppsFlyer is a general-purpose attribution leader for paid UA; Branch is built around deep linking and web-to-app conversion first.
Side by side
| AppsFlyer | Branch | |||||||
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| Vendor | AppsFlyer Ltd. | Branch Metrics, Inc. | ||||||
| Pricing model | Free tier + paid plans | Quote only | ||||||
| Free tier | Yes | — | ||||||
| Deployment | Cloud | Cloud | ||||||
| Open source | No | No | ||||||
| Best for | Advertisers running paid mobile UA across many networks who need SKAdNetwork-era attribution plus fraud protection. | Apps that need deep linking and web-to-app conversion alongside standard SKAdNetwork attribution. | ||||||
| Pricing | Zero plan is free for owned-media measurement with 12K free conversions in year one; Growth is pay-as-you-go per conversion after that; Enterprise is custom quoted for scaled paid campaigns.
Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget. | Basics, Essentials, and Enterprise tiers are all sold through a demo/sales conversation; no self-serve prices are published. Checked on the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026: no prices are published. Expect to be quoted. | ||||||
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Verdict
AppsFlyer and Branch both do mobile attribution under the same SKAdNetwork/AdAttributionKit and Privacy Sandbox constraints as every other MMP, both offer incrementality testing and fraud prevention, and both are frequently shortlisted together. The difference is what each was built around first. AppsFlyer's core product is attribution and marketing analytics for paid user acquisition across many ad networks, with deep linking (OneLink) as a supporting feature. Branch inverts that: deep linking is the foundation the company was built on, with attribution and incrementality testing added on top — its Journeys and web-to-app tools are aimed specifically at converting mobile web traffic into app installs and routing users to the right in-app content across referral flows and devices.
That inversion matters if web-to-app conversion is a real part of your funnel — a QR code, a referral link, a mobile web visitor being nudged into the app — rather than only paid install campaigns landing directly in an app store.
Choose AppsFlyer if
- Paid user acquisition across a broad set of ad networks is your primary measurement need.
- You want a limited free tier (Zero) for owned-media measurement to start with before paying for attribution.
- Deep linking is a nice-to-have, not the core of your growth strategy.
Choose Branch if
- Web-to-app conversion and cross-device deep linking are central to how users find and open your app.
- You're running referral programs, SMS links, or mobile-web-to-app flows that need reliable routing, not just attribution.
- You want Journeys to test and optimize the web-to-app conversion step directly.
What they share
Neither publishes self-serve pricing above the entry level — Branch sells every paid tier through a sales conversation, and AppsFlyer moves from its free Zero plan to quoted Enterprise pricing for scaled paid campaigns. Both support the same iOS/Android measurement constraints as Adjust, Singular and the rest of the category, so neither can promise attribution precision the other can't also approach. See Adjust vs AppsFlyer for how AppsFlyer compares to the other large general-purpose MMP.
Last reviewed September 22, 2026