Binom vs Kintura (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Kintura grades higher than Binom: 2.4 against 1.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Kintura grades higher on the free plan, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money and features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Binom
Self-hosted and cloud tracker for affiliates and media buyers
Kintura
Ad tracker with automatic optimization for performance marketers
Which one is for you
Pick Binom if
- Fits if you can run your own server and want to own your tracking data
- Works for media buyers who need to handle a lot of traffic
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you don't want to run a server: Binom v2 is self-hosted
- Pricey if you pick Cloud, at $299 a month for up to 2m traffic a day
- Watch out: the trial is 30 days on the card and 14 days in the FAQ, and the billing basis of the price is unclear
- Skip it if you need bot protection included, as Binom Protect is a separate $69 or $99 a month
Pick Kintura if
- Fits if you buy ad traffic and want a tracker that adjusts routes for you
- Works for one-person operations that stay under 1,000,000 events a month
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want one domain and one user to grow, as the free plan stops there
- Pricey if you scale, as Basic is $159 a month and overage is $0.020 to $0.025 per 1,000 events
- Watch out: ad spend above the optimizer allowance is charged at 0.5% to 1%
- Watch out: refunds are reviewed case by case and generally not given
How we grade them
| 1.6GPABinomWeak | 2.4GPAKinturaFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CSelf-hosted Binom v2 is $104 a month billed yearly ($149 monthly), between the middle ($74) and the dearer quarter ($125). Cloud is $299. | CBasic is $159 a month on yearly billing, which is where the category's dearer quarter starts. Overages are billed on events and on ad spend above the allowance. |
| Free plan and trial | DA 30-day trial is on the card and the FAQ says 14 days, and a card isn't mentioned either way. | BFree Growth plan: 1,000,000 events a month, 1 domain and 1 user. One person can live on it. Paid plans add a 14-day test drive. |
| Features | CTracking, reports, traffic management, teamwork and an API. Cloud is capped at 2m traffic a day. | CRoute optimisation, placement blacklists, bot filtering and a live view cover the job, but some traffic-source connectors are listed as in progress. |
| Ease of use | DNo store rating on record. The main plan is a self-hosted license that runs on your own server. | CA tracker with domains, scripts and sources to wire up before it works. No store rating is on record. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with no integrations listed on the listing, and an API. | BWeb only, with 6 integrations, a JavaScript tag and an Events API. |
| Best for | a tracker for affiliates and media buyers | ad tracking that optimises routes for you |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Binom and Kintura. How we grade
Price against what you get
Binom starts at $104 a month and scores 1.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Kintura starts at $159 a month and scores 2.3.
Kintura scores higher, and starts $55 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other affiliate and referral tools on the chart, 34 score higher than Binom for less, and 17 score higher than Kintura for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Binom is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Kintura also covers dashboards.
At a glance
| Binom | Kintura | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $104 per month, billed yearly ($149 billed monthly) | $159 per month, billed yearly ($199 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | Growth plan: free forever, 1,000,000 events a month, 1 domain, 1 user. |
| Free trial | 30-day trial on the Binom v2 card; the FAQ says 14 days, extendable to 30 | 14-day test drive on the paid plans |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Binom | Kintura, LLC |
| Price read from | binom.org | kintura.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Binom
- The page's Monthly/Yearly toggle shows $149 and $104 for Binom v2 with a 30% saving; the default view could not be confirmed as monthly or yearly.
- The cloud plan is capped at 2m traffic a day and its billing basis is not shown.
- Binom Protect, a separate bot-protection product, is $69 or $99 a month with its own 14-day trial.
- The site says it will install the tracker on your server for free.
Kintura
- Overages are billed: $0.020 to $0.025 per 1,000 events, and 0.5% to 1% of ad spend above the optimizer allowance.
- The free Growth plan is limited to 1 domain, 1 user and 1,000,000 events a month.
- Refunds are reviewed case by case and generally not given unless traffic loss occurred.
- Several traffic-source connectors are listed as in progress, not live.
Key features
Binom
- Tracking
- Tracks 30-plus click metrics and 30 events and tokens, and receives postbacks from affiliate networks.
- Reports
- Reports with up to 5 grouping levels, and statistics by campaign group and across campaigns.
- Traffic management
- Paths, rules, rotations and built-in cloaking and bot detection to control where traffic goes.
- Teamwork
- Access rights for campaigns and statistics, with no limit on additional users.
- Own your data
- On the self-hosted version the data sits on your own server, with no volume or storage limit.
- API
- The site lists an advanced API for any action in the tracker, including a Click API.
Kintura
- Route optimization
- Machine-learning models evaluate user actions in the funnel to predict the likeliest conversion and adjust campaign routes.
- Placement blacklists
- Reusable rules pick out losing placements and widgets into named blacklists. Virtual Whitelisting blocks unwanted placements.
- Traffic-source connectors
- Connectors listed on the homepage cover Taboola, Revcontent, MGID, Zeropark, Exoclick and PropellerAds, with more marked in progress.
- Bot and proxy filtering
- Bot detection, residential proxy detection and city-level tokens and filters are listed on every plan.
- KinturaJS and Events API
- A landing-page pixel and an events API record custom funnel events on every plan.
- Live view and reporting
- A live view and reports let you act on placements directly from the report, including placement-level bidding.
Plans
Binom
Binom v2$104
per month, billed yearly ($149 billed monthly)
Self-hosted license: traffic up to 260m a day, unlimited users and domains, lifetime data retention. Extra license $52.
Binom Cloud$299
per month, billing basis not shown
Hosted for you with auto installation, up to 2m traffic a day, unlimited users and domains. Extra license $149.
Kintura
Growth$0
1,000,000 events a month, 1 SSL domain, 1 user; overage $0.025 per 1,000 events.
Basic$159
per month for 3,000,000 events, billed yearly ($199 billed monthly)
5 domains and 5 users; optimizer covers $10k a month ad spend, 1% overage above that.
Agency$399
per month for 10,000,000 events, billed yearly ($499 billed monthly)
10 domains and 10 users; optimizer covers $50k a month ad spend, 0.7% overage.
Enterprise$799
per month for 20,000,000 events, billed yearly ($999 billed monthly)
20 domains and 20 users; optimizer covers $100k a month ad spend, 0.5% overage.
Ways to pay less
Binom
- Annual discount
30% off with yearly billing
The pricing page's toggle labels the yearly option as saving 30% on Binom v2.
Kintura
- Annual discount
Yearly billing lowers the monthly price
The Paid Yearly toggle shows Basic at $159 a month ($1,908 a year), Agency at $399 ($4,788) and Enterprise at $799 ($9,588) instead of $199, $499 and $999.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Binom or Kintura?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Binom is cheaper to start with: $104 a month, against $159 a month for Kintura. Binom starts at $104 per month, billed yearly ($149 billed monthly), and Kintura starts at $159 per month, billed yearly ($199 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Binom or Kintura?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Kintura has a free plan. Binom does not, though it has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.