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- Tax Software
- Entity
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- Official website
- zenledger.io
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Scored 73 out of 100 under methodology 2026.10.18, from the evidence read in September 2026.
ZenLedger
US crypto tax software
Tax Software
#8 Overall
Ranked #8 of 11 tax software in the published ranking
73
ChainChoice Score
The ChainChoice Score, shown against 100: published scores run from 41 to 99.- High evidence confidence
- $199 your cost/yr
Is ZenLedger right for you?
Right for you if these matter most
- Can my accountant take this without redoing it — and if I stop paying, does my per-lot basis still leave with me?7/10; the category best is 8
Look elsewhere if these come first
- Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing?7/10 here; Waltio scores 9
- Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires?6/10 here; CoinTracker scores 8
- My history has DeFi, staking, NFTs, a rug and ten transfers between my own wallets — what does it do with each one?7/10 here; CoinTracker scores 8
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The rank above is the published one, the same for every reader. Find my best crypto tax software shows where it lands for you.
What will ZenLedger cost you?
$199 your cost/yr
- Transactions per year
- 1k
- Published tiers
- 3
- Cheapest tier that covers you
- Gold
$65 above the median of 6 priced tax software.
How this is calculatedHow safe is ZenLedger?
- Evidence: verified4 of 4 criteria rest on quoted, sourced receipts. Read September 2026.
- LicenceMiCA (EU): no authorisation required. The register record
Alternatives to ZenLedger
Compare all 4- 6CoinTracker3 points above · stronger on cost-basis method (8 against 6)76
- 7Waltio2 points above · stronger on your tax form (9 against 7)75€99
- 9CoinTracking.info1 point below · stronger on cost-basis method (7 against 6)72$169
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Why this rank
Why ZenLedger ranks #8
Each strength is read from evidence on a 0–10 ladder and weighted as the published methodology states. The 32 objective points these produce (21.6 here) sit inside the score; availability, friction, trust record and measured data add the rest.
4 published criteria · Σ weight 100
CriterionWeightStrength · 0–10ScoreContrib.MedianBestRankEvidence
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Hairline = best in this ranking · tick = its median · a missing bar is "not scored", never zero
Margin−2behind Waltio, #7
RobustnessOne point from changingacross a one-point change to each of its 4 criterion scores, the re-run scores 71–75 and ranks #7–#9
Evidence4 of 4 scored4 quoted, 4 with a source link
What would move the rank
Each line is the ranking run again with one of ZenLedger’s criterion scores changed and every other value held: the smallest whole-point change on that criterion that moves its rank, and where the re-run puts it. Up to 4 climbs and 3 falls are listed, smallest change first. Nothing here is a forecast.
Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing? 7 → 8 on its ladder · passes Waltio+175#8 → #7
Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires? 6 → 8 on its ladder · passes Waltio+276#8 → #6
My history has DeFi, staking, NFTs, a rug and ten transfers between my own wallets — what does it do with each one? 7 → 9 on its ladder · passes Waltio+276#8 → #7
Can my accountant take this without redoing it — and if I stop paying, does my per-lot basis still leave with me? 7 → 9 on its ladder · passes Waltio+276#8 → #7
Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing? 7 → 6 on its ladder · CoinTracking.info passes it−171#8 → #9
Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires? 6 → 5 on its ladder · CoinTracking.info passes it−172#8 → #9
My history has DeFi, staking, NFTs, a rug and ten transfers between my own wallets — what does it do with each one? 7 → 6 on its ladder · CoinTracking.info passes it−172#8 → #9
Smallest climb: “Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing?” 7 → 8 passes Waltio, #7.
Strengths
1 from the score dataWhere it leads
Best for readers who weight
- Can my accountant take this without redoing it — and if I stop paying, does my per-lot basis still leave with me? — 7/10, category best 8/10
Tradeoffs
3 from the score dataWhere it trails
Not for readers who put first
- Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing? — 7/10 against a category best of 9/10
- Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires? — 6/10 against a category best of 8/10
- My history has DeFi, staking, NFTs, a rug and ten transfers between my own wallets — what does it do with each one? — 7/10 against a category best of 9/10
Record watch-outs
- Four things a buyer only finds out after paying. (1) THERE IS NO FREE REPORT. The homepage (loaded 2026-08-19) says "Calculate your DeFi, NFT, & crypto taxes and generate free crypto tax reports.", "Industry-leading pricing with a free crypto tax software plan.", "Choose from our free crypto tax software or full-service plans to meet your needs." and buttons reading "Get Started for Free"; the pricing page's meta description still reads "ZenLedger pricing and cost breakdown. We have many competitively priced crypto tax software plans, including a free plan." — but the rendered pricing table has NO free tier and the word 'free' does not appear in its rendered body at all (Silver $49 is the floor). ZenLedger's own help centre states the real rule: "Creating an account is FREE. Use ZenLedger to import and aggregate your crypto transactions without paying a dime." followed immediately by "You only pay to view, download, and access tax reports each year." The free thing is data entry; every fileable artefact costs money. (2) THE 'ONE-TIME' PLAN AUTO-RENEWS. It is sold as a per-tax-year purchase ("Think of it as similar to TurboTax's business model") but: "When you sign up for ZenLedger and pay for your plan, we will automatically subscribe you to yearly auto-renewal of your subscription. This will automatically charge the card you paid with your first plan with towards the end of the calendar tax year for that next tax year. You will be notified via email 7 days prior to the renewal charge." (3) THE PRICING PAGE CARRIES THREE DIFFERENT REFUND WINDOWS. On one served page: "All plans offer a generous 1 year refund policy." (DIY header) and "All ZenLedger plans have a 14 day refund policy." (table footer) and "Tax Professional Prepared Plans have a 14-day refund policy." and "30 day money back guarantee" (the april filing product). Terms of Use §14 governs the software and says 14 days, adding: "If you request a refund after You downloaded any of the tax forms or CSV files, ZenLedger reserves the right to refuse your refund request or issue a partial refund." You cannot check whether the forms are right for you without forfeiting the refund right. The '1 year' line is not confined to the pricing page — it rides the global nav and is served on the Terms of Use page itself, directly above the clause that contradicts it. (4) IT IS NOT A FILING TOOL AND SAYS SO. The page that names the forms also says: "We are not a full tax reporting software like TurboTax or TaxAct, so, you will need to combine what ZenLedger offers with a service like TurboTax or TaxAct to complete your tax return (if you are filing without the services of a CPA). For more information on how to import your reports from ZenLedger into TurboTax (which we have direct integration with!) please review this article." — and the TurboTax walkthrough that sentence links to is HTTP 404.
Competitive position
Where ZenLedger leads and where it trails
Rank on every objective dimension among the rows scored on it. A criterion in the top third of its pool is listed as a lead, the bottom third as a trail; the middle is neither. Popularity, size and commercial terms are not dimensions.
Availability#1 / 1114.0 of 20 · constant here
Published criteria#8 / 1116.2 of 30 · best 19.2
Friction#1 / 112.7 of 10 · constant here
Trust record#1 / 113.2 of 8 · constant here
Measured data#1 / 118.3 of 18 · constant here
Where ZenLedger leads
- Can my accountant take this without redoing it — and if I stop paying, does my per-lot basis still leave with me?#2 / 11
Where it trails
- Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing?#8 / 11
- Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires?#9 / 11
Closest alternatives
The 3 nearest rows by score
Nearest by published score in either direction. Each card states the criteria on which the two rows differ and the cost difference under the same scenario inputs; the compare arithmetic below shows why the higher one ranks higher.
CoinTracking.info#9 of 11 · score 72 · 1.0 point behind
ZenLedger leads on
- Can my accountant take this without redoing it — and if I stop paying, does my per-lot basis still leave with me?7 vs 5
CoinTracking.info leads on
- Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires?7 vs 6
Largest single reason ZenLedger is ahead: published criteria (+1.0 display points).Scenario cost: CoinTracking.info is −$30 against ZenLedger.
Waltio#7 of 11 · score 75 · 2.0 points ahead
ZenLedger leads on
- Can my accountant take this without redoing it — and if I stop paying, does my per-lot basis still leave with me?7 vs 4
Waltio leads on
- Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing?9 vs 7
- Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires?7 vs 6
Largest single reason Waltio is ahead: published criteria (+1.8 display points).Scenario cost: ZenLedger has no verified pricing for this scenario.
CoinTracker#6 of 11 · score 76 · 3.0 points ahead
ZenLedger leads on
- Can my accountant take this without redoing it — and if I stop paying, does my per-lot basis still leave with me?7 vs 4
CoinTracker leads on
- Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing?8 vs 7
- Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires?8 vs 6
- My history has DeFi, staking, NFTs, a rug and ten transfers between my own wallets — what does it do with each one?8 vs 7
Largest single reason CoinTracker is ahead: published criteria (+2.9 display points).Scenario cost: CoinTracker has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Against the leader
81 vs 73 · gap 8.0Why Koinly ranks above ZenLedger
The compare workspace's arithmetic applied to these two rows. Each dimension's share of the gap is its weight × the difference, on the displayed scale — it reproduces the displayed gap of 8.0 to within rounding.
DimensionThisKoinlyGap share
Availability · 23% weight · constant here14.014.0same
Published criteria · 35% weight16.219.2−7.8, worse
Friction · 12% weight · constant here2.72.7same
Trust record · 9% weight · constant here3.23.2same
Measured data · 21% weight · constant here8.38.3same
Published criterionThisKoinlyPoints
Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing? · w3278−1.02, worse
Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires? · w2668−1.66, worse
My history has DeFi, staking, NFTs, a rug and ten transfers between my own wallets — what does it do with each one? · w2278−0.70, worse
Can my accountant take this without redoing it — and if I stop paying, does my per-lot basis still leave with me? · w2078−0.64, worse
Net7381−8.0
Your scenario
What ZenLedger costs on your scenario
The cheapest published tier that covers your usage. List price before any discount; add-ons priced separately are excluded. Change an input and every figure recomputes from the published rate; the published rank does not move.
your cost/yr · default scenario — set your own
Transactions per year · your input1k
Published tiers · published rate3
Cheapest tier that covers you · published rateGold
Rate read from the provider’s published pricing ↗ on 29 September 2026.
your cost/yrCost is stated as your cost/yr in USD; it is never a yield, never annualised, and it does not enter the score.
$199
Under the default inputs · USDCategory median$1346 of 11 rows priced · ZenLedger +$65 vs median
Cheapest priced$99 · KoinlyZenLedger costs +$100 more · availability not applied — set your country to filterCompare with Koinly
2 of 11 rows in this ranking have no verified rate for this scenario and are absent from the median, not counted as free.
3 of 11 quote a zero fee that leaves costs out, so they are absent from the median and the cheapest row, not counted as free.
Evidence
Evidence read 29 September 2026
One row per published criterion: the page each strength was read from, its source type by domain, the reading date and whether the file and the published table agree. Open a row for the quote and the receipt.
4 of 4 cells scored
Score evidenceVerified4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from receipts
4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from a quoted, sourced receipt equal to the published strength.Public receiptsReading…4 quoted with a source URL
The receipt file has not been read yet.Evidence confidenceHighcoverage and corroboration, never freshness
4/4 criteria scored, with 4 dated sources quoted.RobustnessOne point from changingrank #7 to #9 across one-point re-runs
Whether the position holds when one criterion score is changed by one point and the ranking is run again. It is always a re-run of the ranking, never an estimate.The newest evidence read on the platform is 3 November 2026; this category's reading is older. The scores stand as read on 29 September 2026.
Reading the evidence ledger…
CriterionSourceTypeReadFreshnessStatusReceipt
Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing?strength 7 · weight 32Report an error—29 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires?strength 6 · weight 26Report an error—29 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.My history has DeFi, staking, NFTs, a rug and ten transfers between my own wallets — what does it do with each one?strength 7 · weight 22Report an error—29 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.Can my accountant take this without redoing it — and if I stop paying, does my per-lot basis still leave with me?strength 7 · weight 20Report an error—29 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Regulatory failure (ZenLedger 7/10): no licence where you are, or a forced market exit.Scored by Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing? · 32%
- Exit failure (ZenLedger 7/10): you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.Scored by Can my accountant take this without redoing it — and if I stop paying, does my per-lot basis still leave with me? · 20%
- Information failure: the number is wrong or bought, or your data leaks.Scored by Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires? · 26% (ZenLedger 6/10)Scored by My history has DeFi, staking, NFTs, a rug and ten transfers between my own wallets — what does it do with each one? · 22% (ZenLedger 7/10)
Every failure family that applies to this category is scored.
Facts
facts, not scoresWhat the record publishes
- Pricing
- https://
zenledger .io /pricing / — fetched 29 September 2026, HTTP 200, plain curl (page JSON-LD dateModified 29 July 2025; content identical to 19 August 2026). <title> "Crypto Tax Software Plans"; the meta description still says "including a free plan" but no free tier is rendered. DIY cards: Silver "$49" "Per year" "100 transactions or less"; Gold "$199" "Per year" "5,000 transactions or less" "Most Popular"; Platinum "$399" "Per year" "15,000 transactions or less", with "Unlimited Transactions +$600" and "*Unlimited also includes 1 hr of live support"; then "Save 10% when you purchase multiple years!". Comparison table: "Annual Fee" $49 / $199 / $399; "Transactions" "Up to 100" / "Up to 5,000" / "Up to 15,000"; "All Detailed Reports" and "DeFi / Staking / NFTs" on all three. "All plans also include:" "Audit Report", "Tax Pro Access", "HIFO/FIFO/LIFO", "TurboTax Integration" among ten items. Add-on: "Personal product consulting available per request at $150/hr as an add-on." Human-assisted: "Premium Support Consultation- with a ZenLedger Enrolled Agent" "$ 275" "60 minute consultation"; "Tax Pro Prepared Plan - Single Year" "$ 3500" struck to "$ 2800" "Per year"; "Tax Pro Prepared Plan - Multi Year" "$ 6500" struck to "$ 5200" "Per two years"; "Packages are based on time required; prices are estimated. The actual cost for your tax return may be higher depending on your unique situation." Separate product "State & Federal Tax Filing" "$ 30" "per year", "30 day money back guarantee", "No subscription required". Continuity and refunds, same page: "All ZenLedger plans have a 14 day refund policy. Access the report forever, so you can always update or add transactions to your crypto tax reports." — while the nav block on the same page still says "All plans offer a generous 1 year refund policy." (contradiction unchanged since August). Billing count, from https:// support .zenledger .io /en /articles /2615544 -what-do-you-count-as-a-transaction-for-billing-purposes (fetched 29 September 2026): "Any buy, sell, and trade transaction is counted as a transaction in ZenLedger for billing purposes." Prices unchanged since 19 August 2026.ZenLedger — official pricing page ↗ · 29 September 2026 - Prices published in
- USDZenLedger — official pricing page ↗ · 29 September 2026
- Licences held
- Not published
- Compliance level
- partial
- Regulatory note
- Loaded 19 August 2026 (HTTP 200). THE PRIOR PASS'S SCORE-DECIDING CLAIM IS FALSE. It stated: 'the five non-US help pages (UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, Netherlands) name ZERO statutory forms' and capped the score at 6 because 'this is exactly one' jurisdiction. The Canada page names a statutory form and documents a download flow, character-exact: "ZenLedger now offers crypto tax forms for Canada!";
- Supported chains
- Not published
- Markets served
- global
- Primary markets
- Not published
- Restricted markets
- Not published
- Operating limits
- Not published
- Availability note
- Not published
No confirmed legal entity is on file for this record. Nothing is inferred from the brand name.
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History
What the record carries
Changes to published ranks are recorded in a ledger; every step and its cause is listed on the rank-history page. The entries below begin with the current verified snapshot, then the methodology versions whose changes applied to this category, newest first.
11 methodology entries
- 29 September 2026Current verified snapshot · methodology 2026.10.18Score 73, #8 of 11. 4 of 4 criteria scored. History starts here; earlier values are not interpolated.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.8When nothing serves your country, the list shown for reference is the published ranking · platform-wide- fixed The reference list shown when nothing serves your country is the published order with the published scores, and a build check now fails any such list out of that order or with a score the ranking does not publish.
- fixed The explorer prints an overall rank only for a row the published ranking holds; a country entrant such as Coinbase Commerce for US merchants shows no overall rank.
- changed Published orders do not move. Country results change only where nothing serves the country: in India bill pay keeps Bitcoin Well first and now shows Strike second, as published; 35 such runs across all categories and countries now match the published list exactly.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.6A criterion you require re-scores the rows that meet it · platform-wide- changed The explorer sends each criterion you require, at any band, as fit_required with your other answers; region, licence, chain and fact filters stay filters. On /best, a required criterion joins For you as a marked preference does, which needs your country; Overall stays the published ranking, filtered.
- added Every published criterion has a golden case as the explorer sends it (require:<criterion>), so the order a requirement gives is replayed and gated as the published order is, and a change to it needs an entry here.
- 1 October 2026
2026.10.0Layer-2 chains are ranked on whether you can leave with your funds- added Four l2_chains criteria with published band ladders: proof system (18), withdrawals if the operator stops (18), rollup stage (14) and exit window before an upgrade (6). EVM equivalence moves 40 to 17, Ethereum data availability 25 to 15 and maturity 35 to 12. Every chain's emergency exit window reads None, so the exit-window ladder also reads L2BEAT's regular, non-emergency upgrade path (Arbitrum One 10 days, Starknet and Arbitrum Nova 7, zkSync Era 4 days 3 hours); data availability separates full transaction data (10) from state diffs only (9, L2BEAT: Onchain (SD)). A stage L2BEAT marks Under review keeps its last score for at most one 45-day cycle and is never interpolated.
- changed l2_chains ranks through scoreCriterionObjective on fitStrength, like the other criterion-ranked categories; the hand-written structural scorer is deleted. All 105 criterion scores across 15 rows carry a quote and source in research-pending/rereads/2026-10-01-l2_chains.json; 131 of 135 quotes re-fetched verbatim on the read date, and the four behind a bot wall or a JavaScript shell were read by the adversarial model run.
- fixed Four facts corrected on the read: Scroll, Mantle and Blast are EVM-compatible, not equivalent (their own documentation, and for Blast live RPC probes); Starknet's public mainnet opened to users in 2022, not 2021. Arbitrum Nova's data has gone to Ethereum as blobs since 31 August 2026, and the row now leads with the Arbitrum DAO's decision to minimise it.
- fixed The old scorer credited Ethereum data availability whenever the data-availability text contained the word "ethereum", so Arbitrum Nova's committee ("…Ethereum L1 rollup fallback") and Polygon zkEVM's off-chain data ("…Ethereum L1 before the sunset") both scored full marks. Data availability is now a quoted L2BEAT reading.
Methodology 2026.10.18, the same published run every visitor sees · receipt tax_software:zenledger:2026.10.18:1bf07a0203ab
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