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CoinTracker vs CoinTracking.info CoinTracker leads by 4 points.

CoinTracker scores 4 points above CoinTracking.info, led by your tax form, cost-basis method, and complex transactions. CoinTracker ranks #6 and CoinTracking.info #9 of 11 published tax software. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.

CoinTracker76
CoinTracking.info72
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #6 and #9 of 11
Methodology v2026.10.18Ranking snapshot Evidence verified through 4 published criteria5 score dimensions Receipt #cc-VS-COINTRACKER-VS-COINTRACKING-INFO-3bd53cda
Published verdictRanking snapshot 3 November 2026

CoinTracker leads by 4 points

CoinTracker scores 4 points above CoinTracking.info, led by your tax form, cost-basis method, and complex transactions.

CoinTracker #6 of 1176
CoinTracking.info #9 of 1172
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termCoinTracker leads on 3 of 4 published criteria; CoinTracking.info on 1. The terms sum to the gap.
TermCoinTrackerCoinTracking.infoWeightPoints
Your tax form8/107/107.7+2.0for CoinTracker+1.0 of 32
Cost-basis method8/107/106.2+1.6for CoinTracker+0.8 of 32
Complex transactions8/107/105.3+1.4for CoinTracker+0.7 of 32
Record portability4/105/104.8−1.2for CoinTracking.info−0.6 of 32
Net of the terms+3.7
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread+0.2
Reproduced gap+3.9
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below7672+4.0

Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.

Quick facts

At a glance

2 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactCoinTrackerCoinTracking.info
PricingSnapshothttps://www.cointracker.com/plans — fetched 29 September 2026; plain curl returns HTTP 403 (bot challenge), rendered in headless Chrome (HTTP 200). Cards: "Free" "$0" ("No tax filing"); "Base" "Starting at" "$59" "/year" ("2025 tax forms and all past years", "Up to 100 transactions per year"); "Prime" "Best value" "Starting at" "$199" "/year" ("Up to 1,000 transactions per year"); "Ultra" "Starting at" "$599" "/year" ("Change cost basis method by year", "Up to 10,000 transactions per year"); "Full Service" "Starting at" "$3499" "/year" ("Up to 300,000 transactions per year", "Up to 15 hours of hands-on support to manage CSVs, fix errors, and reconcile accounts for the current tax year"). Comparison table, columns Free | Base/Base+ | Prime/Prime+ | Ultra/Ultra+: "Yearly transaction limit for tax forms" "100 | 250", "1,000 | 2,500", "10,000 | 50,000"; "Lifetime transactions limit for tax forms" "200,000" on each paid tier; pricing row "$0 per year", "$59 / $99 per year", "$199 / $299 per year", "$599 / $1999 per year". Counting rules: "We only count transactions from your current tax year — not your entire history." | "File for any prior year at no extra cost — one plan covers all your past tax years." Purchase shape, from https://support.cointracker.com/hc/en-us/articles/4413049695249-CoinTracker-Personal-plan-pricing (rendered 29 September 2026): "CoinTracker subscriptions auto-renew annually on the original purchase date." and "CoinTracker offers a 100% money-back guarantee within 30 days of purchase, provided that no tax forms have been downloaded." https://www.cointracker.com/pricing is not the pricing page; /plans is. Prices unchanged since 19 August 2026.https://cointracking.info/pricing/ — fetched 29 September 2026, HTTP 200, plain curl (349,753 bytes; August 348,475). Billing period toggle "1 Year" / "2 Years" / "Lifetime"; a "Your personal discount — 10% off all annual plans" banner is served and is NOT reflected in the list prices below. Tier table as served: Free "$0" "€0" ("+ 7-day free trial · unlimited imports · no credit card"; Total Transactions "Portfolio view only"); Starter "$49" "€39" "/year" ("200 transactions"); Pro "$169" "€129" "/year" ("3,500 transactions"); Expert "MOST POPULAR" "$259" "€219" "/year" ("20K transactions" / "50K transactions" / "100K transactions"); Unlimited "$899" "€769" "/year" ("Unlimited transactions"); Corporate "Base Price" "$1,799" "€1,599" "/year", "Additional Accounts" "$299" "€249" "/year", "Includes 3 unlimited accounts". Hero line: "7 days of unlimited imports, no credit card required. Tax reports require a paid plan." FAQ, verbatim: "Tax reports require a paid plan. After the 7 days, your account stays free forever, but on the free plan you can only view your existing portfolio — new transaction imports also require a paid plan." | "Each CoinTracking plan has a different transaction limit based on the total number of transactions imported across all years. This means that all historical transactions count toward the limit, ensuring that your complete trading history is accurately analyzed for comprehensive tax calculations." | "Yes, all CoinTracking plans allow you to generate tax reports for every tax year at no additional cost. Unlike many other platforms that charge per tax year, our plans cover all years, ensuring that you can manage and report your entire transaction history." | "CoinTracking offers three plan duration options: 1-Year Plan billed once per year, 2-Year Plan with significant savings compared to annual billing, and Lifetime Plan — a one-time payment that grants lifetime access with no recurring fees." | "2-year and lifetime plans are also available at reduced rates." — the Lifetime and 2-year prices are not printed in the served HTML. Other served terms: "14-day money-back guarantee", "Cancel anytime", "We accept PayPal, credit cards (set up for recurring payments), cryptocurrency via NOWPayments and Crypto.com (one-time payments with a 5% Bitcoin discount), and Klarna for flexible payment options." One feature row is geo-blocked for the fetching client: AI Tax Saver "Not available in your country yet". Prices unchanged since 19 August 2026.
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From the published criteria

Which should you pick?

CoinTracker

76#6 of 11
Leads
Pick it when
Pick CoinTracker if your tax form matters most — it scores 8/10 to CoinTracking.info's 7/10 there (weight 32).
Strength
Named form output — 8/10
Tradeoff
UPHELD IN FULL, and better sourced than submitted. You cannot get your money back once you look at your data, and you cannot get your data back once you stop paying — both halves are in writing on served pages. The refund dies at the first download, including a plain transaction file: the Terms (https://cointracker.io/terms → https://www.cointracker.com/terms, 'Last updated: March 10, 2026') state 'Refunds are not possible once you have downloaded any of the tax forms or CSV files (including Transaction History CSV).', and the help centre states the operational consequence on https://support.cointracker.com/hc/en-us/articles/38104390028945-Available-reports-on-CoinTracker (updated 2026-08-14): 'Please note: Downloading a report counts as downloading a tax form for refund-eligibility purposes. Once you've downloaded any report, your CoinTracker plan is treated as used for the tax year.' So the 30-day 'money-back guarantee' survives only for a buyer who never opens the thing they bought. The other half: this is an auto-renewing ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION, and on lapse (https://support.cointracker.com/hc/en-us/articles/46693057775761-How-to-cancel-auto-renewal-on-your-CoinTracker-plan, updated 2026-08-14) 'Once canceled, your plan remains active until the end of your current billing period. After that date, your account moves to the free subscription. Your CoinTracker account and data will not be deleted.' — while the plans page shows the Free tier labelled 'No tax filing' with an empty cell in the 'Download tax forms (8949, Schedule D and others)' row. CoinTracker states the consequence for an ALREADY-FILED year on https://support.cointracker.com/hc/en-us/articles/31572739238417-Switching-to-Per-Wallet-tracking-after-missing-IRS-Safe-Harbor (updated 2026-08-14): 'You may need to renew your subscription plan to access your tax reports for 2024.' NEW EVIDENCE this pass, which the submitted record did not have and which hardens the caveat: the vendor's own regional-deadline table (https://support.cointracker.com/hc/en-us/articles/38071402566417-Regional-tax-extension-deadlines-observed-by-CoinTracker) spells the renewal toll out per region — the UK row reads 'Renewal is required before downloading 2025 tax forms.' and the Australia row 'Renewal is required before downloading your 2025 tax forms.'. The reports carrying the IRS safe-harbour position under Rev. Proc. 2024-28 are explicitly not retained for you: 'CoinTracker cannot save these reports for you, it is your responsibility to make sure that you keep all reports provided to you indefinitely.' And the migration is irreversible in place: 'Important: After you select Migrate now, CoinTracker locks all your data prior to 2025. You won't be able to edit pre-2025 transactions or tax reports afterward.' — preceded by the warning 'Ensure there are no Review suggested transactions remaining. Once you've made the allocation, you cannot go back to fix any issues.' Secondary, worth knowing before filing: the default lot-matching method is HIFO, not FIFO — 'Note: CoinTracker defaults all wallets to HIFO, as it tends to lower the tax bill.' — a Specific-ID subset the same page says the product cannot perform at unit level, on a page that also states Specific ID may no longer be applied retroactively for 2025-onward US returns. Changing it per year is an Ultra-tier ($599) feature: 'Changing your cost basis method will apply to all years unless you have an Ultra plan, which will allow you to set a different method for each tax year.'

CoinTracking.info

72#9 of 11
Pick it when
Pick CoinTracking.info if record portability matters most — it scores 5/10 to CoinTracker's 4/10 there (weight 20).
Strength
Named form output — 7/10
Tradeoff
UNCHANGED IN SUBSTANCE -- both halves re-verified 2026-08-19. First, the transaction cap is LIFETIME, not annual: "Each CoinTracking plan has a different transaction limit based on the total number of transactions imported across all years. This means that all historical transactions count toward the limit, ensuring that your complete trading history is accurately analyzed for comprehensive tax calculations." (https://cointracking.info/pricing/) -- a ten-year history burns Starter's 200-transaction allowance on day one, so the $49/EUR39 entry price is a fiction for anyone with real history. Second, and worse for a legal record: stop renewing and you can no longer produce the report you already paid to produce. The free state is portfolio-view-only -- on 2026-09-29 the pricing page reads "Tax reports require a paid plan." and "new transaction imports also require a paid plan" -- so the 2025 Form 8949 you generated in 2026 cannot be regenerated in 2029 when an examiner asks, unless you are paying again. And section 6 of the Terms lists "User account inactivity exceeding 12 months" as cause to terminate, after which "CoinTracking will delete the data stored by the User 30 days after the termination of the User Agreement." Export the Roll Forward / Audit Report to CSV while the plan is live, or the derived record sits on a clock you do not control.
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Which one is actually for you?

CoinTrackerLeads

Choose CoinTracker if your tax form matters most

  • Your tax form: 8/10 against 7/10 for CoinTracking.info (weight 32)
  • Cost-basis method: 8/10 against 7/10 for CoinTracking.info (weight 26)
  • Complex transactions: 8/10 against 7/10 for CoinTracking.info (weight 22)
CoinTracking.info

Choose CoinTracking.info if record portability matters most

  • Record portability: 5/10 against 4/10 for CoinTracker (weight 20)
Criterion by criterion

Scorecard

Published criteria · weight in points of 868 of 8 cells scored. Strength is read from the evidence file; the weight is the published one. Methodology

Your tax form

by 1 of 10weight 7.7 of 86CoinTracker leads
CoinTracker8 out of 10
CoinTracking.info7 out of 10

Cost-basis method

by 1 of 10weight 6.2 of 86CoinTracker leads
CoinTracker8 out of 10
CoinTracking.info7 out of 10

Complex transactions

by 1 of 10weight 5.3 of 86CoinTracker leads
CoinTracker8 out of 10
CoinTracking.info7 out of 10

Record portability

by 1 of 10weight 4.8 of 86CoinTracking.info leads
CoinTracker4 out of 10
CoinTracking.info5 out of 10

Score dimensions

weights sum to 86

The published score is five dimensions, each weighted for the category. "Published criteria" is the criteria block above; the other four are the engine's own terms — availability, friction, trust record, measured data. Each bar is one side's points out of that dimension's maximum; the weight beside the name is its points of the 86-point weighted total. The published criteria above can fill 24 of the block’s 30. A weight marked “constant here” belongs to a dimension every ranked product in the category holds at the same value: it still counts in the total, and it orders nothing here.

Availabilityweight 20 of 86 · constant here
CoinTracker14/20CoinTracking.info14/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
CoinTracker17.3/30CoinTracking.info15.8/30
CoinTracker leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
CoinTracker2.7/10CoinTracking.info2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86 · constant here
CoinTracker3.2/8CoinTracking.info3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
CoinTracker8.3/18CoinTracking.info8.3/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order

Choose CoinTracker unless the term CoinTracking.info leads on is the one you are buying.

Pick CoinTracking.info if record portability matters most — it scores 5/10 to CoinTracker's 4/10 there (weight 20).

The published order weighs every criterion the same way for everyone. To weigh them your way, run .

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  • Regulatory failure: 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% (CoinTracker 8/10, CoinTracking.info 7/10)
  • Exit failure: 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% (CoinTracker 4/10, CoinTracking.info 5/10)
  • 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% (CoinTracker 8/10, CoinTracking.info 7/10)
    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% (CoinTracker 8/10, CoinTracking.info 7/10)
Every failure family that applies to this category is scored.
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CoinTracker scores 4 points above CoinTracking.info, led by your tax form, cost-basis method, and complex transactions. Published scores, out of 100: CoinTracker 76 (rank 6 of 11 tax software), CoinTracking.info 72 (rank 9 of 11).

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