CoinTracker Review: Polished Tax Software That Costs More Than Koinly at Every Tier
CoinTracker charges $59, $199 and $599 by transaction count, against $49, $99 and $199 at Koinly and CoinLedger. We looked at what the extra money buys and who it suits.
The verdict
CoinTracker is a capable, US-minded tax and portfolio tool with a TurboTax hand-off and a long integrations list. It is also the most expensive of the three big names: $199 for up to 1,000 transactions, where Koinly and CoinLedger charge $99 for the same range. Pay the premium only if the TurboTax route or the Coinbase tie-in matters to you. Otherwise a cheaper rival gets you to the same filed return.
Best for US filers who use TurboTax and trade mostly on big exchanges
Pros
- Free plan connects wallets and exchanges and tracks the portfolio at $0
- Direct TurboTax filing route on every paid plan
- Integrations page covers exchanges, wallets and blockchains by name or address
- Pricing is per tax year, so a quiet year does not need a big plan
Cons
- $199 for 1,000 transactions is double Koinly and CoinLedger at the same limit
- Heavy filers jump to $599 for up to 10,000 transactions
- The free plan shows no tax forms, so you cannot test the report before paying
- Plan feature tables and extras change often, so check them on the day
Three crypto tax tools dominate the search results, and they sell nearly the same thing: connect your accounts, let the software rebuild your cost basis, download a report. CoinTracker is the dearest of the three, so the review comes down to one question. What does the premium buy?
Short answer: a smoother route into TurboTax and a US-first design. For many filers that is worth little, and for some it is exactly the point.
What you pay, tier by tier
The pricing page opens with a plain promise: connect your wallets and exchanges, and CoinTracker rebuilds your cost basis, "including transfers your exchange can't see". You then pick a plan by how many transactions you will have in the tax year.
The official page lists Free at $0 for portfolio tracking with no tax forms, Base at $59 and Prime at $199. A rival's comparison puts the top Ultra tier at $599 for up to 10,000 transactions. That source sells a competing product, so treat the framing with care. The numbers themselves match what the pricing page shows for the lower tiers.
Here is how that stacks up against the two names you will compare it with:
| Transactions | CoinTracker | Koinly | CoinLedger | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Up to 100 | $59 | $49 | $49 | | Up to 1,000 | $199 | $99 | $99 | | Up to 3,000 | n/a (Ultra, $599, to 10,000) | $199 | $199 |
At 100 transactions the gap is $10 and not worth arguing about. At 1,000 it doubles. Anyone who trades actively lands in that band, which is exactly the customer a tax tool wants.
The free plan is a tracker, not a trial
A free plan sounds like a way to test the report. Here it is not. An independent review puts the free tier at 25 transactions and notes it does not produce reports. Koinly lets you preview gains before paying. CoinTracker asks for the money first, or for a guess about whether the numbers will look right.
That matters because crypto tax mistakes mostly come from missing transfers, not from arithmetic. A tool that lets you preview the damage before you pay is easier to trust.
Connecting accounts
The integrations page is a search box: type an exchange name, a public wallet address or a blockchain, and it finds a connection route.
The same independent review counts 500+ exchanges and wallets, plus direct connections to Coinbase, Binance and Gemini, with CSV import for the rest. That is fewer than the 1,000+ Koinly lists, but the big US venues are covered, and for most US filers that is the whole portfolio.
The company says its software serves 3M+ people, a claim we cannot check. Its page title carries an "Official Coinbase Partner" tag, and the independent review lists Coinbase among its backers. That closeness helps if Coinbase is your main venue and matters less if it is not.
Before you pay for any tier, import everything you own, not just the biggest account. Wallet-to-wallet transfers are where cost basis breaks, and a tool can only match a transfer if both ends are connected. Budget time to reconcile the unmatched ones, whichever product you choose.
Where it earns the premium
The strongest argument is the TurboTax page. CoinTracker offers direct filing with TurboTax, and the page we captured advertised 15% off all plans for new customers until the end of 2026.
If your return already lives in TurboTax, a hand-off that skips downloading and uploading forms is a real saving of time. If you file through an accountant or a different product, that advantage is gone and the price gap is pure cost.
The features page also lists tracking and reporting tools together, and the independent review says tax-loss harvesting sits on Prime and above.
Who should buy it, and who should not
Buy it if you file with TurboTax, trade on a few large US exchanges and want one tool for tracking and taxes.
Look at Koinly or CoinLedger if you hold more than 1,000 transactions a year, use many DeFi protocols or file outside the US. The saving can be $100 or more.
Skip all of them if you made a handful of trades. An accountant or a spreadsheet may cost less.
Verdict
CoinTracker does the job and does it neatly. We rate it 7.0: a good product at a price we cannot fully justify for most people. This is a product review, not tax advice, and you should check any report with a qualified preparer before filing.
Specifications
- Free plan
- $0, portfolio tracking, no tax forms
- Base
- $59 per tax year, up to 100 transactions
- Prime
- $199 per tax year, up to 1,000 transactions
- Ultra
- $599 per tax year, up to 10,000 transactions (third-party listing)
- Koinly for comparison
- $49 (100), $99 (1,000), $199 (3,000)
- CoinLedger for comparison
- $49 (100), $99 (1,000), $199 (3,000)
- Filing route
- Tax forms, with direct TurboTax filing
- Users claimed
- 3M+ per CoinTracker's home page
As published by CoinTracker when we tested it.
