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OrgOrg vs Trotto · Hosted go links, with an open-source core that is no longer updated
Free for teams of up to 5. Every app, no feature gates, no credit card. Past 5 people, Pro is $10 per member per month.
Trotto is a hosted go-links service, free for up to 10 users and $3 per user a month after that, with an open-source core on GitHub that Trotto stopped updating in April 2025. OrgOrg ships Go Links as one app of a suite that is free for up to 5 people. This page lays out the honest tradeoffs.
When OrgOrg is the right pick
Teams that want go links beside the directory, the org chart, on-call, recognition, and the rest of the suite, with a managed product behind them. OrgOrg is the right pick when a go link should know who you are (special variables, per-country routing), and when preview and analytics should be in the app. The extension is one of several things OrgOrg powers.
When Trotto is the right pick
Small teams that want go links and nothing else, at the lowest price: ten people free, a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox, Google or Microsoft sign-in, and a Slack app on the paid plans. Trotto is the safe pick when go links are the only internal tool you add, and when a team of ten or fewer wants to pay nothing.
Where OrgOrg wins
- Go links resolve by a server-side redirect, the browser extension, and the Slack app, so a link works in places an extension never reaches.
- Special variables such as ${user.email} personalize a destination per visitor, and path captures turn go/b/123 into a whole class of links.
- Preview mode: add + to any go link to see the destination and the owner instead of redirecting.
- Per-country mappings on one go link, so go/hr lands on the right handbook in California and in Berlin.
- Usage, owners, and stale links in the dashboard on every plan, and one extension that also powers the screen recorder, Snipit, and the new tab page.
Where Trotto wins
- Free for up to 10 users with no credit card, which is twice OrgOrg's free seat count.
- A Team plan at $3 per user a month with unlimited go links, analytics, and admin features.
- An open-source core under the Apache 2.0 license, which a team can still deploy itself, with the caveat below.
- Programmatic go links with placeholders that map into the destination URL.
- A hosted MCP server since August 2026, so an AI agent can search and create go links, plus a SOC 2 Type II report.
Feature comparison
11 of 14 rows link to Trotto's own pricing or documentation, each read on or after 2026-10-31. The rest are marked unverified: we could not find the claim stated on their site.
| Feature | OrgOrg | Trotto |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Every app, up to 5 people | Startup: free for up to 10 users, no credit cardSource, checked 2026-10-31 |
| go/<name> shortcuts | yes | yesSource, checked 2026-10-31 |
| Browser extension | yes: Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, and Firefox | yes: Chrome and FirefoxSource, checked 2026-10-31 |
| Go links without the extension | yes: a server-side redirect and the Slack app | partial: the extension is the way to support the go hostnameSource, checked 2026-10-31 |
| Slack integration | yes: create links and unfurl go/<name> in any channel | yes, on the paid plansSource, checked 2026-10-31 |
| Path variables and programmatic links | yes: path captures, default URLs, and special variables per visitor | yes: placeholders that map into the destinationSource, checked 2026-10-31 |
| Preview mode (+ suffix) | yes | not documentedUnverified |
| Country-specific routing | yes | not documentedUnverified |
| Open source and self-hostable | no | yes, Apache 2.0, with no new features, no bug fixes, and closed issues since April 2025Source, checked 2026-10-31 |
| SSO | Google and Microsoft sign-in, SAML, and SCIM | Google and Microsoft on Startup; Okta, OneLogin, and custom SAML on EnterpriseSource, checked 2026-10-31 |
| Usage analytics | yes, on every plan | yes, on the Team planSource, checked 2026-10-31 |
| API and MCP server | yes: a public API and an MCP server | yes: an API by request, 50 requests an hour, and a hosted MCP serverSource, checked 2026-10-31 |
| A limit on links | unlimited | unlimited on Team; the Startup limit is not statedSource, checked 2026-10-31 |
| Bundled with org chart, profiles, on-call, recognition… | yes | noUnverified |
- Free plan: Trotto's Team plan is $3 per user a month with unlimited go links, analytics, and admin features. Enterprise adds Okta and OneLogin SSO, custom integrations, and a 99% uptime SLA.
OrgOrg pricing
Included in the flat-priced suite. Free for teams of up to five, then $10 per member per month.
Trotto pricing
Free for up to 10 users, then $3 per user a month on the Team plan, and Enterprise by quote. The open-source core is free to run and no longer maintained.
Trotto plans, as its pricing page lists them
Read on 2026-10-31 at Trotto's pricing page. OrgOrg has one price: Free for teams of up to 5. Every app, no feature gates, no credit card. Past 5 people, Pro is $10 per member per month.
| Plan | Price | What it adds |
|---|---|---|
| Startup | Free for up to 10 users | The browser extension, Google and Microsoft sign-in, quick searches. No credit card. |
| Team | $3 per user a month | Unlimited go links, premium support, analytics and admin features, the Slack app. |
| Enterprise | Contact sales | Custom integrations, a 99% uptime SLA, SSO with Okta, OneLogin, and custom SAML. |
| Self-hosted | Free, Apache 2.0 | The open-source core: Google sign-in only, no Slack app, no analytics, an older extension, and no updates since April 2025. |
Trotto's pricing page shows no yearly price and no minimum seat count. Its GitHub README states that the open-source version gets no new features and no bug fixes, and that issues and pull requests are closed.
How to move from Trotto to OrgOrg
Go links move as a list: a name, a destination, an owner. Export them, import them, install the OrgOrg extension and the Slack app, and the names keep working the day you switch.
- List the go links. Pull every go link with its destination and owner from Trotto's API or its admin page. Drop the links nobody has used in a year; the list is the first cleanup.
- Create them in OrgOrg. Enter each name, destination, and owner. A programmatic link with a placeholder becomes a path capture or a special variable such as ${user.email}, and a link that differs by region becomes one go link with per-country mappings.
- Install the extension and the Slack app. The OrgOrg browser extension resolves go/<name> in the URL bar of Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, and Firefox, and the Slack app unfurls go/<name> in any channel. Both are one install for the whole team.
- Switch the resolution. Remove the Trotto extension by policy or ask people to remove it, so one extension answers go/. Links in old Slack messages, READMEs, and bookmarks keep working because the names did not change.
- Keep the directory clean. The dashboard shows usage, owners, and stale links. Hand the orphaned links to an owner, and let the Trotto plan lapse.
The verdict
Trotto is the better pick for a team of ten or fewer that wants go links alone for free. It also fits a team that runs the open-source core itself and accepts that it is frozen. OrgOrg is the better pick when go links should carry variables, per-country routing, preview, and analytics, resolve without an extension, and come with the directory, on-call, and recognition. One price covers it: free for up to five people, then $10 per member a month.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Trotto free?
- Yes, for up to 10 users on the hosted Startup plan, with no credit card. The Team plan is $3 per user a month with unlimited go links, analytics, and the Slack app. OrgOrg is free for teams of up to 5 people, with every app included, and $10 per member a month after that.
- Is Trotto still open source?
- The core is on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 license, and a team can still run it. Trotto's README states that it no longer updates the open-source version: no new features, no bug fixes, and closed issues and pull requests, with the last commit on April 3, 2025. The hosted service carries the current features.
- Is there a free Trotto alternative?
- OrgOrg's Go Links app is free for teams of up to 5 people: go/<name> in the browser, in Slack, and in the address bar, with special variables, path captures, preview, per-country routing, and analytics. The suite also holds the directory, on-call, and recognition.
- Do go links work without the browser extension?
- In OrgOrg, yes: a go link resolves by a server-side redirect and in Slack, and the extension adds the URL bar. Trotto's docs name its open-source browser extension as the simplest way to support the go hostname.
- Can I move my go links from Trotto to OrgOrg?
- Yes. Pull the list of names, destinations, and owners through Trotto's API or admin page, create them in OrgOrg, and install the OrgOrg extension and Slack app. The names stay the same, so links in old messages and documents keep working.
- What does OrgOrg lack that Trotto has?
- A free tier for 10 people instead of 5, a self-hosted option, and a lower price for a team that wants go links alone. OrgOrg's price covers the whole suite, which is the better deal only when the team uses more of it.