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Kintura vs RedTrack (2026): which should you pick?

As of Nov 13, 2026, Kintura and RedTrack share a 2.4 GPA, both have a free plan, and RedTrack starts cheaper, at $20.83 a month when paid by the year against $159 a month.

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. RedTrack grades higher on features. They get the same grade on value for money, ease of use and platforms.

Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.

Kintura

Ad tracker with automatic optimization for performance marketers

Free plan · from $159/mo

RedTrack

Ad and affiliate tracking with conversion API and spend sync

Free plan · from $69/mo

Which one is for you

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

Pick RedTrack if

  • Fits if you run paid traffic and want server-side tracking tied to ad spend
  • Works for an ecommerce store that wants free conversion API relay

Look elsewhere if

  • Tight if you want more than the free Relay: one store, one user and no multi-touch attribution
  • Watch out: the page shows Black Friday pricing, 30% off, with no end date
  • Pricey if you pass your event limit: affiliate plans meter events, with overage at $0.025 per 1K on Enterprise
  • Skip it if you want affiliate tracking free, as Relay is for ecommerce only

How we grade them

2.4GPAKinturaFair2.4GPARedTrackFair
Value for money
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.
CThe affiliate Solo plan is $118 a month billed yearly ($169 monthly), between the middle ($74) and the dearer quarter ($125). Brand starts at $69.
Free plan and trial
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.
CFree Relay plan is for one ecommerce store, with last-click only. Paid plans have a 14-day trial.
Features
CRoute optimisation, placement blacklists, bot filtering and a live view cover the job, but some traffic-source connectors are listed as in progress.
BServer-side tracking, conversion API, cost and revenue sync, rules, MCP and API. The listing shows no gap in the core work, only plan limits.
Ease of use
CA tracker with domains, scripts and sources to wire up before it works. No store rating is on record.
CNo store rating on record. You set up tracking, ad accounts and rules.
Platforms and integrations
BWeb only, with 6 integrations, a JavaScript tag and an Events API.
BWeb only, with 8 integrations plus MCP and API.
Best forad tracking that optimises routes for youad and affiliate tracking with server-side conversions

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: Kintura and RedTrack. How we grade

Price against what you get

Kintura starts at $159 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. RedTrack starts at $20.83 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.7.

RedTrack scores higher and starts $138.17 a month lower. Of the other affiliate and referral tools on the chart, 17 score higher than Kintura for less, and none scores higher than RedTrack for less.

Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged

D1.0C2.0B3.0A4.0Free$5$10$20$50$100$200$500$1k$2kMore for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessKinturaRedTrack

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

  • The best score at each price
  • Has a free plan
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Where they differ

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    At a glance

    KinturaRedTrack
    PricingFree planFree plan
    Starts at$159 per month, billed yearly ($199 billed monthly)$69 per month at the $250K tier, billed annually (Brand, ecommerce)
    Free planGrowth plan: free forever, 1,000,000 events a month, 1 domain, 1 user.Relay, for ecommerce: free server-side CAPI and store order sync for one store, with UTM-based last-click attribution.
    Free trial14-day test drive on the paid plans14-day free trial on the paid plans
    Web
    Made byKintura, LLCRedTrack
    Price read fromkintura.comredtrack.io
    CheckedNov 13, 2026Nov 12, 2026

    Worth knowing

    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.

    RedTrack

    • The page shows Black Friday pricing, 30% off the 12-month price, with no end date stated. It says the price holds at renewal.
    • Affiliate plans meter tracked events per month; the Enterprise plan lists overage at $0.025 per 1K events.
    • Ecommerce prices shown are for the $250K annual revenue tier and rise with tracked revenue; an Agency plan at $419 a month billed annually is also listed.
    • The free Relay plan has no multi-touch attribution, ad-level spend sync or live chat.

    Key features

    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.

    RedTrack

    Server-side tracking
    Captures clicks and sub-IDs server-side, with redirect and direct tracking and cookieless tracking on every paid plan.
    Conversion API
    Sends conversions back to Meta, Google, TikTok, Snapchat, Microsoft/Bing, X, Pinterest and OpenAI Ads, or forwards S2S postbacks to other networks.
    Cost and revenue sync
    Pulls ad spend at ad level from platforms such as Meta, Google, TikTok, Taboola and Outbrain, at a rate that depends on the plan.
    Rules and Ads Manager
    Stop Rules pause losing ads on every plan, and Enterprise adds Scale Rules and bid and budget changes from Ads Manager.
    MCP and API
    API access to read data and create tracking links, plus an MCP connection for AI agents, on the paid plans.
    Store integrations
    Ecommerce plans sync orders from Shopify, WooCommerce, CartPanda, PrestaShop, Magento, Adobe Commerce and BigCommerce.

    Plans

    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.

    RedTrack

    • Relay$0

      Ecommerce only: one store, one user, UTM last-click attribution, free CAPI and store order sync, email support.

    • Brand$69

      per month at the $250K tier, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)

      Ecommerce: 3 stores, unlimited users, multi-touch attribution. Price rises with tracked revenue. Crossed-out price $99.

    • Solo$118

      per month, billed annually ($169 billed monthly)

      Affiliate and lead gen: 5M events a month, 1 user, ad spend sync every 60 minutes. Crossed-out price $169.

    • Team$279

      per month, billed annually ($399 billed monthly)

      20M events a month, 5 users (more at $29 a month each), spend sync every 30 minutes, Creative Analytics. Crossed-out $399.

    • Enterprise$699

      per month, billed annually ($999 billed monthly)

      75M events a month, 15 users, Scale Rules, Ads Manager controls, a dedicated account manager. Crossed-out $999.

    • CustomCustom

      100M+ events a month and 25+ users, priced on the dimensions you name.

    Ways to pay less

    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.

    RedTrack

    • Annual discount

      Annual billing saves about 30%

      The pricing page shows each paid plan cheaper on annual billing than monthly, for example Solo at $118 a month billed yearly against $169 monthly.

    Common questions

    Which is cheaper, Kintura or RedTrack?

    As of Nov 13, 2026, RedTrack is cheaper to start with: $20.83 a month when paid by the year, against $159 a month for Kintura. Kintura starts at $159 per month, billed yearly ($199 billed monthly), and RedTrack starts at $69 per month at the $250K tier, billed annually (Brand, ecommerce).

    Which has a free plan, Kintura or RedTrack?

    As of Nov 13, 2026, both Kintura and RedTrack have a free plan.

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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.
    How we review and grade