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ChottuLink alternative: DL2App and ChottuLink compared
ChottuLink is one of the deep link services that appeared after Firebase Dynamic Links shut down. It is priced by monthly active users, has a generous free plan, and lists native SDKs for every major platform.
DL2App covers the same ground (links that open the app, survive an install and show previews) with a different price model and a different idea of what the free plan should include. Here is where they differ.
Side by side
| ChottuLinkas recorded October 2026 | DL2Appas built today | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | By monthly active users: free up to 25K, then $19 (75K), $39 (150K) and $99 (500K) a month, custom above that. | Free, then $19, $49 or $99 a month, flat. Public on the pricing page. Not tied to how many people use your app. |
| Your own domain | From the $39 Growth plan. Free and Indie links use a chottu.link subdomain. | One custom domain on every plan, including Free. |
| Deferred deep linking | Yes, on every plan including Free. | On every plan. Exact on Android through the Play Install Referrer; on iOS a short-window match with an optional clipboard hand-off. Limits are documented and no match rate is quoted. |
| SDKs | Lists native Android, iOS, Flutter, React Native and Unity SDKs. | React Native (with or without Expo) and web, on npm. Native iOS, Android and Flutter SDKs are not yet published. No Unity. |
| Analytics history | 30 days on Free. | Click-by-click history for 30 days on Free and about 13 months on paid plans. |
| Webhooks | From the $99 Scale plan. | Signed webhooks with retries and a delivery log. |
| Checking your setup | Not recorded in our research. | Scheduled health checks of your Apple and Android files with email alerts, and a public link checker. |
| Moving from Firebase | Lists a Firebase Dynamic Links migration path. | Paste long Dynamic Links and each parameter is mapped or listed as not carried. |
| If you stop paying | Not recorded in our research. | Links in use keep redirecting and the dashboard becomes read-only. Analytics are deleted after 14 days, and a link nobody opens for 30 days is removed after an email warning; its address is never reused. Export stays available. |
When ChottuLink is the better choice
- You need a native iOS, Android, Flutter or Unity SDK today. DL2App's native SDKs are not published yet.
- Your app has under 25K monthly users and you're happy on a chottu.link address: ChottuLink's free plan covers that, with unlimited links.
- You want Meta and Google Conversions API integration, which ChottuLink lists on Enterprise.
What is different about DL2App
- Your own domain from the free plan, so links and printed QR codes never depend on a vendor's address.
- The price doesn't rise as your app grows; plans differ by projects, domains and team size.
- Instagram, TikTok and other in-app browsers get a hand-off page instead of a dead end.
- Health checks email you when your Apple or Android files break.
- An export that includes files to serve the links yourself.
What we are not sure of
- From ChottuLink's public pricing page as read on 29 October 2026. We have not tested its SDKs, and no independent measurement of any vendor's match rate was found.
- Rows marked “not recorded” mean our research has no information, not that the feature is missing.
Further reading
Questions people ask
- How much does ChottuLink cost?
- ChottuLink is priced by monthly active users: free up to 25K, $19 a month up to 75K, $39 up to 150K and $99 up to 500K, with custom pricing above that (from its pricing page, 29 October 2026). DL2App is priced flat by projects and domains, not by users.
- Does ChottuLink's free plan include a custom domain?
- No. Free and Indie links use a chottu.link subdomain; a custom domain starts on the $39 Growth plan. DL2App includes one custom domain on every plan, including Free.
- What is a good ChottuLink alternative?
- It depends on what you need. If you want your own domain without paying, a price that doesn't grow with your users, and health checks for your link setup, DL2App fits. If you need native iOS, Android, Flutter or Unity SDKs today, ChottuLink has them and DL2App's are not yet published.
Start with one link
The free plan has no time limit and needs no card. Create a project, add your app, and send yourself the link.