Keitaro vs Binom: Which Tracker Fits a Buying Team?

Keitaro and Binom are both trackers you run on your own server, so the real choice is not cloud against self-hosted. It is a license that is sold in editions against one flat price, and a tracker that stops on expiry against one that brings its own cancel and refund rules. In short: Keitaro suits a solo buyer or a small team that wants the cheapest entry and a large domain pool. Binom suits a team that wants unlimited users and domains for one price and a trial long enough to test real traffic. Everything below was read from the vendors’ own pages on 4 November 2026, and prices are “as of November 2026”.

Keitaro vs Binom at a glance

Both vendors publish their plans, so the table uses only what their pages say. Where a page is silent, the cell says so.

	Keitaro	Binom
Hosting	Self-hosted on your server; the license key is bound to the server’s primary IP	Self-hosted (Binom v2) or Binom Cloud
Price (as of November 2026)	Starter 40, Advanced 72, Expert 104 euro per month, shown with the “Yearly” toggle	Binom v2 $149 or $104 per month depending on the billing toggle (“Save 30%”); Cloud $299
What differs between plans	Users and domains: 1 user and 1 domain; 1 user and 100 domains; 5 users and 500 domains	“One price for any clicks volume”: all features in every license
Traffic limit	Not on the pricing page	v2: up to 260m/day; Cloud: up to 2m/day (as written on the page)
Users and domains	By edition, see above	Unlimited users and domains
Data retention	Data stays on your server	Lifetime retention
Trial	Not stated on the pages we read; a live demo exists	v2: 30 days; Cloud: 7 days on the cards (the FAQ says 14 days, extendable to 30)
Server	CentOS 9 Stream, KVM, 4 GB RAM and 20 GB SSD at the minimum	You rent a server; Binom installs the tracker and environment on it for free on request
Ad platforms	Integrations for Facebook, Google Ads (5) and TikTok (5) listed on the plans	S2S postbacks; cost from a link parameter (Auto CPC); no ad-account pull in the pages we read
When it ends	Keitaro stops completely, redirects included; data stays on the server	Cancel any time; the FAQ says unused license time is refunded

What you pay for: editions or one flat price

Keitaro’s pricing page sells three individual editions. The tracker core is the same; what grows is the number of users and domains. Starter has one user and one domain with SSL, Advanced adds up to 100 domains, and Expert allows five users and 500 domains. The page lists no click or event limit, so the practical ceiling is your server. Keitaro’s docs give a sizing table by daily clicks: under 100,000 a day fits a 4 GB, 2 CPU VPS, and 5 to 10 million a day asks for a 64 GB, 8 CPU server.

Binom’s price page argues the opposite: one price, every feature, no limits on users, domains or storage time. The v2 card names a ceiling of 260m a day, and the FAQ says you can “buy a billion clicks and only pay the licensing fee”. Extra licenses cost $75 or $52 for v2, again by billing toggle.

For a buyer the useful arithmetic is not the license alone. A self-hosted tracker also needs a VPS, and neither vendor includes one in the license. The only way to get a server in the price is Binom Cloud, which costs more and caps traffic lower, at 2m a day on its card.

Running it: servers, installs and the day the license ends

Self-hosting means someone owns the server. Keitaro’s docs ask for a clean KVM server with CentOS 9 Stream and no control panel, and recommend auto-installation guides for DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Vultr, HostZealot and Friendhosting. Binom’s home page says its support can set up the environment on a bare server, and the price page repeats that the install is free.

Two details decide how risky each model feels:

• Keitaro is bound to one IP. The license page says “one key, one server, one tracker” and that the key is tied to the server’s primary IP. Moving servers means unlinking the key and entering it again.
• An expired Keitaro license stops redirects. The docs say the tracker stops completely and warns you 7 days before. Data stays on the server and returns when you renew. For a team spending daily on traffic, that is a payment you must never miss.

The Binom pages we read describe cancellation and refunds, not what the tracker does after a license lapses. If that matters for your setup, ask support before you buy.

Reports, routing and ad-platform links

Binom’s home page lists 30+ click metrics, 30 events, reports with up to five grouping levels, and traffic management with paths, rules, rotations and cloaking. It also lists team access rights for campaigns and statistics, an advanced API, and Binom Protect, a bot filter sold separately at $69 or $99 per month.

Keitaro’s home page lists S2S postbacks, a Click API and Admin API, A/B testing, custom domains, role-based access, 35+ tracking parameters and exports to CSV, HTML or JSON. On the pricing page, the plans add integrations with Facebook, Google Ads and TikTok, plus Cloudflare and Namecheap for domains, and a landing page editor.

The gap that matters to a media-buying team is spend. Keitaro lists named ad-platform integrations. Binom’s docs describe taking cost from a parameter in the traffic source’s link (Auto CPC) and sending postbacks back to sources, but we found no description of pulling spend from an ad account. Neither page says how often spend is refreshed, so test that on your own accounts during the trial.

Verdict by use case

• Solo buyer testing offers: Keitaro Starter is the lowest entry price in this comparison, but it has no trial that we could confirm. Binom’s 30-day trial lets you test with real traffic first.
• Team with many buyers: Binom allows unlimited users and domains for one price. On Keitaro you need Expert for five users, and the team size above that is not on the page.
• Agency with many domains per project: Keitaro’s 100 and 500 domain editions are explicit and cheap. Binom’s domains are unlimited.
• Heavy daily traffic: both name the server as the limit. Size the VPS from Keitaro’s table or Binom’s 260m/day figure, and load-test.
• Meta or TikTok spend inside the tracker: Keitaro’s pages are the clearer match. Verify Binom with a trial account.

Where DarkCore Tracker fits

Keitaro and Binom v2 are installed on a server you rent. DarkCore Tracker is a cloud tracker run by DarkCore, so there is nothing to install or host. What it does:

• Routing: rules on country, OS, language, device type and sub1 to sub10 (equals, not equals, starts with, contains), and weighted splits between landers, offers, direct links, PWAs or any URL. A returning device keeps its branch for 90 days.
• Bot filter: each stream has a bot filter set to None, Standard or Strict. It keeps out known bots, datacenter IPs and VPN, TOR or proxy traffic unless you allow it, and Strict adds a browser check.
• Conversions: click IDs are signed. Incoming postbacks accept click_id, clickid or subid, status, goal or event, payout and a transaction ID, and duplicates are dropped. Server-side events go to Meta CAPI, TikTok Events API and Google Ads, and outgoing S2S postbacks fire per status.
• Reports and domains: ClickHouse reports with 50+ group-by dimensions, drill-down, saved views, CSV or XLSX export and 180 days of history. Domains are your own (CNAME, automatic SSL) or bought in the product.

What it does not do: it does not track spend, cost or ROI. That is the job of DarkCore CRM, which reads both Keitaro and the DarkCore tracker. There is no import from Keitaro, Binom, Voluum or RedTrack, so you set streams up again, though partner postbacks that use those parameter names keep working. Rules have no city, ISP, browser or schedule filters, and there is no auto-optimization. No price is published, so it is not in the table above: pricing is discussed in Telegram, contact @DarkCore_service.

FAQ

Which is cheaper, Keitaro or Binom?

On the plan cards, Keitaro Starter at 40 euro a month is the lowest entry. Binom v2 shows $104 or $149 for the whole feature set. Add a VPS to either, and compare the same number of users and domains, not the headline price.

Can I try either tracker before paying?

Binom shows trials: 30 days for v2 and 7 days for Cloud on its plan cards, with a FAQ that mentions 14 days extendable to 30. Keitaro offers a live demo, and the pages we read state no trial.

Do Keitaro and Binom need my own server?

Both started as self-hosted trackers. Keitaro’s docs describe installing it on your VPS. Binom has the same model and also sells Binom Cloud, which includes the server.