The Kintura Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Kintura in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Kintura
The Insider’s Guide
Ad tracker with automatic optimization for performance marketers
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among affiliate and referral tools, read from Kintura’s own pages.
Made by Kintura, LLC · checked Nov 13, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Kintura’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Kintura’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Nov 13, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.4
GPA, above 68 of the 89 other affiliate and referral tools we grade
Kintura is a tracker for affiliates and media buyers running native, push, banner and pop traffic. It logs clicks and conversions, connects to traffic-source APIs, and applies machine-learning route optimization, placement blacklists and bot filtering. Plans are priced by included tracking events and optimized ad spend.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Kintura, taken from its own pages and our grades.
A tracker with domains, scripts and sources to wire up before it works.
- 1
Best for ad tracking that optimises routes for you
Kintura is an ad tracker for performance marketers that optimises traffic routes and blocks bad placements, with a free plan for 1,000,000 events a month.
- 2
Paid plans start at $159 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $159 per month, billed yearly ($199 billed monthly).
- 3
There is a free plan
Growth plan: free forever, 1,000,000 events a month, 1 domain, 1 user.
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
Route optimization
Machine-learning models evaluate user actions in the funnel to predict the likeliest conversion and adjust campaign routes.
- 6
Placement blacklists
Reusable rules pick out losing placements and widgets into named blacklists. Virtual Whitelisting blocks unwanted placements.
- 7
Traffic-source connectors
Connectors listed on the homepage cover Taboola, Revcontent, MGID, Zeropark, Exoclick and PropellerAds, with more marked in progress.
- 8
A 2.4 GPA, above 68 of 89
That is against the other affiliate and referral tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
The plain part of Kintura you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 5 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
Kintura at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $159 per month, billed yearly ($199 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 14-day test drive on the paid plans
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Kintura, LLC
- Category
- Affiliate & Referral Software
- Our grade
- 2.4 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for ad tracking that optimises routes for you
Kintura is an ad tracker for performance marketers that optimises traffic routes and blocks bad placements, with a free plan for 1,000,000 events a month. But the paid plans start at $159 a month, overages are billed, and several traffic-source connectors are still in progress.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Basic 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 | B | Free 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 | C | Route 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 | C | A tracker with domains, scripts and sources to wire up before it works. No store rating is on record. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web only, with 6 integrations, a JavaScript tag and an Events API. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Kintura is for
- 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
Who it is not for
- 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
Good to know
Good for
- Media buyers on native, push and pop traffic
- Affiliates who want a free tracker for up to 1 million events
- Agencies that need several users and domains
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$159
A month to start. There is a free plan too
Kintura has a free plan. Paid plans start at $159 per month, billed yearly ($199 billed monthly).
Overages are billed on events and on ad spend above the allowance.
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.
The free plan
Growth plan: free forever, 1,000,000 events a month, 1 domain, 1 user.
Trying it first
14-day test drive on the paid plans
Read from kintura.com on Nov 13, 2026.
Ways to pay less
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.
Stated on kintura.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Ad tracker with automatic optimization for performance marketers. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, AI features, reports, dashboards, affiliate tracking.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Taboola
- Revcontent
- MGID
- Zeropark
- Exoclick
- PropellerAds
Kintura is made by Kintura, LLC.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
68/89
Other affiliate and referral tools it is graded above
Kintura's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 68 of the 89 other affiliate and referral tools we grade, and level with 12.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 80 of 89) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $159 a month, against a middle price of $65.46 for the category: 38 of the 49 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 17 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 90 affiliate and referral tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Kintura’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 14 of 89
- BFree plan and trialAbove 80 of 89
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 89
- CEase of useAbove 2 of 89
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 35 of 89
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 51 affiliate and referral tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Kintura is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
The plain part of Kintura you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 5 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.4 is higher than 68 of the 89 other affiliate and referral tools we grade. It costs $1,908 a year.
What you could make
- Reports: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Every click and sale traced back to the right partner.
- Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services.
- It plugs into other products, Taboola, Revcontent and MGID among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- Hooks into the device itself: widgets.
What this rests on. Kintura’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Voluum, RedTrack, Binom, Trackier and Affise
The 5 tools Kintura is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 1.8GPA
Voluum
From $109/mo
Cloud ad tracker for affiliates and media buyers.
- Kintura has a free plan. Voluum does not.
- Kintura also covers dashboards.
- 2.4GPA
RedTrack
Free plan · from $69/mo
- 1.6GPA
Binom
Free trial · from $104/mo
Self-hosted and cloud tracker for affiliates and media buyers.
- Kintura has a free plan. Binom does not, though it has a free trial.
- Binom is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Kintura also covers dashboards.
- 2.2GPA
Trackier
Free trial
Affiliate tracking and performance marketing platform.
- Kintura has a free plan. Trackier does not, though it has a free trial.
- Kintura also covers dashboards.
- Trackier also covers partner payouts and web analytics.
- 1.6GPA
Affise
Free trial · from $499/mo
Partner marketing and affiliate tracking platform.
- Kintura has a free plan. Affise does not, though it has a free trial.
- Kintura also covers dashboards.
- Affise also covers partner payouts.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
15
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Kintura free?
Kintura has a free plan. Growth plan: free forever, 1,000,000 events a month, 1 domain, 1 user.
How much does Kintura cost?
Kintura lists 4 plans. Growth: $0.
What platforms does Kintura work on?
Kintura is available on Web.
Does Kintura offer any discounts?
Kintura publicly lists the following: Yearly billing lowers the monthly price.
Does Kintura have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Kintura is listed for Web.
Does Kintura have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Kintura is listed for Web.
Is Kintura open source?
Kintura is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Kintura have an API?
Yes. Kintura offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Kintura integrate with?
Kintura's listing names Taboola, Revcontent, MGID, Zeropark, Exoclick and PropellerAds.
Does Kintura have a free trial?
Yes. 14-day test drive on the paid plans.
Who makes Kintura?
Kintura is made by Kintura, LLC.
What are the alternatives to Kintura?
The closest alternatives to Kintura in our directory are Voluum, RedTrack, Binom, Trackier and Affise.
How does Kintura compare with other affiliate and referral tools?
Kintura's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 68 of the 89 other affiliate and referral tools we grade, and level with 12.
Is Kintura good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Kintura C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $159 a month, against a middle price of $65.46 for the category: 38 of the 49 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Kintura?
The plain part of Kintura you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Kintura’s own pages on Nov 13, 2026, and the grades were given on Nov 13, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Kintura's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Kintura, LLC. Prices change, so check kintura.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
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Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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What else is on toolgpa.com
- Kintura, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/kintura
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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