Koinly Alternative: One-Time Payment vs Annual Subscription
Koinly is a well-known crypto tax platform - but it requires an annual subscription that renews every year, even if you only need a report once. DYOR.tax takes a different approach: pay once per report, only when you need it, with no account required. Here's how the two compare.
Try the free preview. Upload your Coinbase, Binance, or Kraken CSV and see your full tax summary - gains, losses, staking income - before paying anything.
Start free preview →The core difference
Koinly charges an annual subscription fee - you pay whether you file once or ten times that year, and the fee resets every January. DYOR.tax charges per report: one payment covers your full filing-ready PDF for one tax year. If you don't trade next year, you don't pay.
This matters most if you had an active trading year followed by a quiet one. With DYOR.tax, a quiet year costs nothing.
What DYOR.tax does differently
- No subscription: pay once per report, not per year
- No account required: upload CSV, get preview, pay if you want the full report
- Instant preview free: see your gains, losses, and income before paying anything
- Direct filing guidance: "where to enter your figures" mapped to your country's exact tax forms
- CSV + wallet combined: exchange CSV merged with on-chain wallet data in one report
What Koinly does that DYOR.tax doesn't (yet)
Being honest matters here. Koinly is a more established platform with a broader feature set:
- Koinly supports 100+ exchanges - DYOR.tax supports Coinbase, Binance, and Kraken
- Koinly has manual trade entry - DYOR.tax doesn't
- Koinly has accountant export features - DYOR.tax doesn't yet
- Koinly has exchange API connections - DYOR.tax uses CSV upload only
- Koinly has a larger support team and longer track record
If you traded on 20+ exchanges or need manual entry, Koinly may be a better fit for you.
Who DYOR.tax is for
DYOR.tax works best if you:
- Used Coinbase, Binance, or Kraken (or any combination)
- Also hold self-custody wallets (EVM, Solana, Bitcoin)
- Want to pay once, not annually
- Prefer simplicity over a feature-heavy dashboard
- File in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, or South Africa
Pricing comparison
DYOR.tax: one-time fee per report, starting from $29 for up to 50 taxable events. Preview always free, no account required.
Koinly: annual subscription - check their current pricing at koinly.io.
The right choice depends on how often you file and how many exchanges you use. If you're a Coinbase, Binance, or Kraken user who needs a solid report once a year, the per-report model will typically cost less over time.
A note on DeFi traders
If a significant part of your activity is on-chain DeFi - LP positions across obscure protocols, cross-chain bridges, NFT trading - Koinly's deeper protocol coverage may be worth the subscription cost. DYOR.tax scans EVM wallets across 41+ chains and handles most common on-chain activity, but it is not a DeFi-specialist tool. The more exotic your on-chain history, the more you should test both previews before committing.
Try DYOR.tax free
Upload your CSV and see your full tax summary before paying anything. No account, no email, no credit card required for the preview. If the results look right, you can buy the filing-ready PDF from there.