Best Ad Tracking Software for 2026: 10 Options Compared by Use Case
The 10 best ad tracking software tools compared on price, attribution and server-side tracking — with real prices checked on vendor pages, November 4, 2026.
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Key takeaways
- Voluum is the best all-round tracker for media buyers at $149/month billed monthly ($119 annual); RedTrack is the best value at $79/month ($69 annual) with Conversion API on every plan; Improvely is the cheapest paid option at $29/month.
- Free plans exist — BeMob tracks 100,000 events free, Triple Whale has a full free plan, and AnyTrack is free for one site — but paid tracking starts at $29/month, and the tools that feed conversions back to ad platforms start at $69–$100.
- The single most important buying factor is whether Conversion API is included on the plan you buy: without it, Meta, Google and TikTok optimize on incomplete data, and some tools charge $199–$539 a month to unlock it.
- Quote-only pricing is common at the top: Triple Whale prices by annual GMV and Cometly quotes by pageviews, so budget time for a sales call with both.
- Every price below was checked on the vendor's own pricing page on November 4, 2026, except Cometly's $199 (third-party sourced) and Voluum's monthly-billing figure (corroborated from November 1–2 reads). Ratings are G2 with review counts shown.
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Quick comparison
| Tool | Best for | Starting price | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voluum | Media buyers and affiliates running 20+ campaigns across many traffic sources who need real-time tracking and automation | $119/mo (annual) | No |
| RedTrack | Affiliate media buyers who want Conversion API on every plan without paying Voluum's premium tier | $69/mo (annual) | No (14-day trial) |
| ClickMagick | Solo marketers and small teams tracking link clicks, funnels and sales across Meta, Google and email | $66/mo (annual) | No (14-day trial) |
| Hyros | Ecommerce and DTC brands spending on Meta, Google and TikTok that need AI attribution tied to revenue | $69/mo | No |
| Triple Whale | Shopify brands that want attribution, dashboards and an AI operator in one place | Custom quote | Yes (free plan) |
| AnyTrack | Marketers who need server-side conversion data sent back to Meta, Google and TikTok without engineering work | $100/mo | Yes (free plan) |
| Cometly | Ecommerce and lead-gen brands that want multi-touch attribution with server-side tracking and a Conversion API | $199/mo | No |
| Improvely | Freelancers and small teams that want conversion tracking plus click-fraud monitoring for the lowest monthly price | $29/mo | No (14-day trial) |
| BeMob | Beginner affiliates learning campaign tracking on CPA and pop traffic without paying anything | $49/mo | Yes (100K events) |
| Wicked Reports | Ecommerce and subscription brands that need lifetime-value and cohort attribution, not just last-click ROAS | $499/mo | No |
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Voluum
Best for: Media buyers and affiliates running 20+ campaigns across many traffic sources who need real-time tracking and automation
Voluum is the default tracker for media buyers, pulling native, social, push, search and video campaigns into one real-time dashboard, with 30-plus metrics on every visit and rules that pause losing campaigns and push budget to winners. Profit covers 20 active campaigns and 1 million events a month, with Traffic Distribution AI routing visitors to the best lander-offer pairs and an Anti-Fraud Kit flagging bot traffic.
The catch is the price cliff. Conversion API integrations with Meta, Google and TikTok need the Start-up plan at $539 a month billed annually — more than four times the entry price for buyers who need server-side signals. Profit keeps data six months, and overages run $0.06 per 1,000 events. If you run serious volume across many sources, Voluum earns its price; if you only need CAPI, RedTrack includes it from $69 a month.
What we like
- Real-time tracking across 130+ traffic sources with 30-plus metrics on every visit, click and conversion
- Traffic Distribution AI routes visitors to the winning lander-offer combinations automatically
- Anti-Fraud Kit flags invalid traffic, and Automizer rules pause losing campaigns without manual checks
- MCP support lets AI agents like ChatGPT and Claude query campaign data directly
Watch out for
- Conversion API integrations with Meta, Google and TikTok need the Start-up plan at $539/month billed annually
- No free plan or trial advertised, and Profit keeps data for only 6 months
- Overage charges of $0.06 per 1,000 events apply once the 1M monthly event cap is passed
RedTrack
Best for: Affiliate media buyers who want Conversion API on every plan without paying Voluum's premium tier
RedTrack is the value alternative to Voluum, and its biggest advantage is simple: Conversion API integrations are included on every plan, including the $79 Builder plan, where Voluum charges $539 a month for the same access. You get unlimited campaigns, landers and offers, server-side and cookieless tracking, AI Copilot and ad-level cost sync, on a platform media buyers praise on G2 for tracking accuracy and support.
The trade-offs are smaller. Faster cost sync costs extra, with 30-minute sync as a paid add-on and 5-minute sync from $199 a month, and the advanced Scale Rules and Ads Manager are add-ons too. Reviewers also say the interface feels dated next to newer tools. A Black Friday promotion offering 30% off the 12-month price was live on the page when we checked on November 4, 2026.
What we like
- Conversion API for Meta, Google, TikTok, Snapchat and more is included on every plan, including the $79 Builder plan
- Unlimited campaigns, landers and offers on every plan, with server-side and cookieless tracking throughout
- AI Copilot, MCP and API access come with every paid plan, plus shareable dashboards and raw log access
- 14-day free trial unlocks every add-on, so you can test the full platform before paying
Watch out for
- Faster ad-level cost sync costs extra: 30-minute sync is a paid add-on, 5-minute sync starts at $199/month
- G2 reviewers say the interface feels dated and some reporting views take more clicks than they should
- Advanced automation (Scale Rules, Ads Manager) is a paid add-on, not included in the plan price
ClickMagick
Best for: Solo marketers and small teams tracking link clicks, funnels and sales across Meta, Google and email
ClickMagick is the tracker for solo marketers who live in links, funnels and sales pages rather than media-buying dashboards. TrueTracking records every click and conversion in real time, filters bots, and sends a daily Morning Magick email with AI insights on your active ads. Pricing is a flat monthly rate that never depends on revenue or ad spend, and Starter includes split testing, link rotators and cross-device tracking.
The limits show up fast. Starter covers 10,000 tracked visitors a month and one website, and Audience Optimization — the Conversion API feed that sends conversions back to ad platforms — starts on Standard at $199 a month. There is no free plan, only a 14-day trial. For a solo affiliate or a small store tracking a few funnels, Starter is enough; media buyers running volume will outgrow it.
What we like
- TrueTracking platform with real-time stats, bot filtering and a daily Morning Magick insights email on every plan
- Flat monthly pricing that is not based on revenue, ad spend or contacts
- Built-in A/B split testing, link rotators and cross-device tracking from the Starter plan
- Over 122,000 accounts created, with a Shopify companion app for store owners
Watch out for
- Audience Optimization (Conversion API) starts on Standard at $199/month, not on Starter
- Starter caps at 10,000 tracked visitors a month and 1 website, so growing campaigns outgrow it fast
- No free plan, only a 14-day trial, and data retention is 6 months on Starter
Hyros
Best for: Ecommerce and DTC brands spending on Meta, Google and TikTok that need AI attribution tied to revenue
Hyros is an AI attribution platform, not a click tracker: it stitches every touchpoint to revenue and feeds the result back to the ad platforms so their algorithms optimize on real sales, not platform-reported conversions. One plan includes everything — full tracking, all integrations, AI ad data, an account AI analyst and a setup team — and the price is set by tracked monthly revenue, starting at $69 a month for up to $5,000.
Buying is the friction. There is no free trial and no self-serve signup: every account starts with a demo call, and the price rises automatically as tracked revenue grows — $230 a month at $20,000. The 90-day money-back guarantee softens the risk, with a stated 20-30% ROI promise. Hyros fits DTC brands spending real money on paid social; smaller advertisers should start free with Triple Whale.
What we like
- One plan includes everything: full tracking, all integrations, AI ad data, an account AI analyst and a setup team
- Server-side tracking feeds accurate conversion data back to ad platforms for better optimization
- AI attribution stitches clicks to revenue across the full customer journey, not just last click
- 90-day money-back guarantee with a stated 20-30% ROI improvement promise
Watch out for
- No free trial and no self-serve signup — every account starts with a demo call and custom setup
- Price scales with tracked monthly revenue, so costs rise automatically as the business grows
- G2 carries only 2 reviews and shows a 0.0 score, so there is no usable public rating to check
Triple Whale
Best for: Shopify brands that want attribution, dashboards and an AI operator in one place
Triple Whale is the Shopify-native option, and its free plan is genuinely useful: a real-time view of the whole business, the Triple Pixel for first- and last-click attribution, AI search mentions, and Moby AI answering questions about performance. Paid plans add multi-touch attribution, no-code dashboards, customer segments and a SQL editor, and Sonar server-side tracking is included in every paid package at no extra cost.
The catch is pricing transparency. No starting price is published: paid plans are priced by annual GMV and sold as 12-month subscriptions, so you must request a quote to know the cost. G2 reviewers also report billing and support friction, and attribution numbers can differ from ad platform reporting. Even so, the free plan alone makes Triple Whale the easiest way for a Shopify brand to start tracking properly.
What we like
- Free plan includes a real-time business view, Triple Pixel first- and last-click attribution, and Moby AI
- Moby AI answers questions, builds reports and automates recurring work across paid, owned and subscription channels
- Sonar (server-side tracking) is included in every paid package at no extra cost
- Trusted by 65,000+ brands, with no-code dashboards, customer segments and a SQL editor
Watch out for
- No starting price is published — pricing is set by annual GMV, so you must request a quote to know the cost
- All paid plans are 12-month subscriptions, with monthly or annual billing; there is no month-to-month option
- G2 reviewers report billing and support friction, and attribution numbers can differ from ad platform reporting
AnyTrack
Best for: Marketers who need server-side conversion data sent back to Meta, Google and TikTok without engineering work
AnyTrack is a conversion data layer: it sits between your site and your ad platforms and sends clean, deduplicated conversion data back to Meta, Google, TikTok and four more platforms in real time, so their algorithms optimize on real sales instead of browser-pixel guesses. The $100 Starter plan includes all seven ad platforms and 100-plus integrations — ecommerce platforms, 90-plus affiliate networks, CRMs and checkout providers — plus identity resolution and customer journey logs.
Start free: one website, one ad platform and one conversion source, with 5,000 sessions a month, so you can prove the tracking works before paying. The limits are the pixel counts — Starter covers one pixel per ad platform, so marketers with many landing pages and products will need the $300 Advance plan. No annual discount is published, so budget the monthly price as stated.
What we like
- Real-time Conversion API with automatic deduplication and enhanced conversions on the $100 Starter plan
- 100+ integrations across ecommerce platforms, 90+ affiliate networks, CRMs and checkout providers
- Free plan connects one site, one ad platform and one conversion source so you can prove tracking works first
- Identity resolution, customer journey logs and first/last ad click models on every plan
Watch out for
- The Starter plan covers 1 website and 1 pixel per ad platform, so multi-site advertisers need Personal or Advance
- No annual billing discount is published — every plan shows a monthly-billed price only
- G2 has only 2 reviews, so the 4.3 score is thin evidence either way
Cometly
Best for: Ecommerce and lead-gen brands that want multi-touch attribution with server-side tracking and a Conversion API
Cometly is a multi-touch attribution platform for ecommerce and lead-gen brands that want to know which ad produced the sale. Its Pixel plus server-side tracking links clicks to purchases across Meta, Google, TikTok, LinkedIn and more, and Conversion API connections are included on both plans, so offline sales flow back to the ad platforms. The AI Ads Manager and Agent assistant come with Core, and reviewers give it 4.8 on G2.
The price is the problem: Cometly publishes no starting price. Plans are quoted by monthly pageviews, and there is no free trial because attribution needs CRM and ad-platform setup. Third-party directories list Core from $199 a month, which is the figure we use here and in the chart. If you want a published price before a sales call, AnyTrack and Triple Whale are more transparent.
What we like
- Pixel plus server-side tracking with multi-touch attribution across Meta, Google, TikTok, LinkedIn and more
- Conversion API connections are included on both plans, with offline sales fed back to ad platforms
- AI Ads Manager and the Agent AI assistant come with the Core plan, not just Enterprise
- 4.8/5 on G2 from 36 reviews, the strongest score among the tools here with more than 20 reviews
Watch out for
- No starting price is published — pricing is quoted per business based on monthly pageviews
- No free trial, because attribution needs CRM and ad-platform setup to be useful
- G2 reviewers note setup can be slow on complex stacks and documentation can lag behind the product
Improvely
Best for: Freelancers and small teams that want conversion tracking plus click-fraud monitoring for the lowest monthly price
Improvely is the cheapest paid tracking in this list, bundling two jobs: conversion tracking and click-fraud monitoring. The $29 Freelancer plan pins every signup and sale to the exact campaign, ad, keyword or source behind it, while the fraud monitor flags bot patterns and repeated clicks from the same source before the budget drains. One account covers unlimited websites, each with separate reports.
The attribution model is the limitation: Improvely is last-click only, so teams that need multi-touch or data-driven models will find it simplistic. Plans step up automatically when tracked visits pass the limit, so a traffic spike can push you from $29 to $79 without warning. With only five G2 reviews behind its perfect 5.0 score, treat the rating as thin evidence; the price and fraud monitoring are the real reasons to pick it.
What we like
- Cheapest paid entry in this list at $29/month, with click fraud monitoring included from the first plan
- Pins every signup and sale to the exact campaign, ad, keyword or source behind it
- A/B split testing tools and unlimited websites on every plan, including Freelancer
- 14-day free trial on every plan, and a single account covers unlimited websites with separate reports
Watch out for
- Attribution is last-click only, so teams that need multi-touch or data-driven models will find it simplistic
- Plans step up automatically when tracked visits exceed the limit, so costs rise with traffic
- G2 has only 5 reviews, so the perfect 5.0 score rests on a very small sample
BeMob
Best for: Beginner affiliates learning campaign tracking on CPA and pop traffic without paying anything
BeMob is the easiest free start in ad tracking: the free plan covers 100,000 events a month, 10 campaigns and templates for more than 300 affiliate networks, enough to run real campaigns while you learn. Paid plans stay cheap — Professional is $49 a month for 1 million events — and every plan, including free, allows unlimited campaigns. Bot rules, landing page protection and traffic distribution come with paid tiers.
The limits are retention and automation. Free and Professional keep data for only one month, so last quarter is gone without an upgrade, and there is no AI optimization at all: no automated rules, no auto-pause, no auto-scale. Conversion API costs extra as a $19-a-month Facebook add-on. BeMob is the right first tracker for beginners; serious media buyers will want Voluum or RedTrack once volume grows.
What we like
- Best free plan in this list: 100,000 events a month, 10 campaigns and 300+ pre-configured network templates
- Cheapest paid tracker here after Improvely, at $49/month for 1 million events
- Unlimited campaigns on every plan, including the free plan
- Bot rules, landing page protection and traffic distribution included on paid plans
Watch out for
- Data retention is 1 month on the Free and Professional plans, 3 months on Business, 6 months on Enterprise
- No AI optimization: no automated rules, no auto-pause and no auto-scale — it tracks and reports only
- Conversion API costs extra as a $19/month Facebook add-on, and G2 has only 2 reviews
Wicked Reports
Best for: Ecommerce and subscription brands that need lifetime-value and cohort attribution, not just last-click ROAS
Wicked Reports is built for a different question than the trackers: not which ad got the click, but what the customer is worth. Its cohort and lifetime-value reports credit renewals back to the campaign that won the subscriber, with lifetime lookback and lookforward, so a subscription brand sees whether a channel produces profitable customers or one-month churners. FunnelVision pre-built views and first-party attribution come on the $499 Measure plan.
The price is the barrier: $499 a month is the highest entry price in this list, with no free plan and no free trial — only a demo. AI features and Meta CAPI cost $199 a month each below the $999 Maximize plan, and reviewers say the interface feels dated. For ecommerce and subscription brands where lifetime value decides the budget, it is the right specialist; everyone else should start cheaper.
What we like
- Lifetime lookback and lookforward credit renewals back to the campaign that won the subscriber
- Cohort and LTV reports show what a customer is worth over months, not just the first order
- First-party, click-based attribution with no ad-platform bias, plus FunnelVision pre-built views
- 3x guarantee: if logged decisions do not reach 3x the subscription within 90 days, the service is free until they do
Watch out for
- Highest entry price in this list at $499/month, with no free plan and no free trial
- AI features (5 Forces AI) and Meta CAPI (Advanced Signal) cost $199/month each below the $999 Maximize plan
- G2 reviewers say the interface feels dated and some reports load slowly
Ad platforms report the numbers that flatter them. The best ad tracking software exists to give you a second opinion: an independent record of which clicks turned into sales, which campaigns waste money, and which ad deserves the next dollar. This list covers 10 tools, from $29-a-month click trackers to $499-a-month attribution platforms, sorted by who each one fits best — media buyers, affiliates, solo marketers and ecommerce brands.
How to choose ad tracking software
- Count your events first. Trackers charge by clicks, events, sessions or tracked revenue, and the cheapest plan is only cheap if your volume fits inside it.
- Check Conversion API on the plan you will actually buy. Some tools include server-side CAPI on every plan; others lock it behind a $199–$539-a-month tier.
- Decide tracker or attribution platform. Trackers follow clicks in real time and optimize campaigns; attribution platforms connect spend to revenue and lifetime value.
- Check data retention. One month of history is enough to optimize a campaign, but you cannot report on last quarter without paying for a higher tier.
- Mind the overage line. A $0.05 per 1,000-event overage sounds small until a viral post adds a million events.
- Try the free tier first. Three tools in this list have free plans, and every paid one except Hyros, Cometly and Wicked Reports offers a trial. Tag every link with UTM parameters first using our free UTM builder so the tracker has clean data to work with.
Best ad tracking software pricing: what you will actually pay
A solo affiliate tracking 1 million events a month has three honest options: Voluum Profit at $119 a month billed annually, RedTrack Builder at $69, or BeMob Professional at $49 — and BeMob's free plan covers the first 100,000 events if you are still testing. The gap widens with CAPI: RedTrack includes Conversion API on Builder, while Voluum only unlocks it at Start-up, $539 a month billed annually. A Shopify brand tracking $20,000 a month in revenue pays $230 a month for Hyros Business on an annual plan, or starts free on Triple Whale and gets a quote sized to annual GMV.
A five-person media-buying team on RedTrack Team pays $333 a month billed annually for 20 million events and five seats; the same five seats on Voluum Agency cost $799 a month billed annually. Watch the overage line too: Voluum charges $0.06 per 1,000 events over the Profit cap, so 500,000 extra events add $30 a month, and Improvely steps you up a plan automatically when tracked visits pass the limit. The cheapest workable stack here is BeMob free plus Triple Whale free; the most common paid starting point is RedTrack Builder at $69 a month billed annually.
Know the difference: click trackers vs attribution platforms
The biggest buyer confusion in this category is the word tracking itself. Click trackers — Voluum, RedTrack, BeMob, ClickMagick and Improvely — follow the click in real time: which ad, which lander, which offer, and whether it converted. They are built for people who buy traffic and optimize it daily. Attribution platforms — Hyros, Triple Whale, Wicked Reports and Cometly — connect ad spend to revenue: which channels produced profitable customers, what a customer is worth over months, and where the next budget should go. AnyTrack sits between the two as a data layer that feeds clean conversions back to the ad platforms.
If you buy traffic and optimize daily, you need a tracker. If you report revenue to a CFO or decide next quarter's budget, you need attribution. A practical setup is one of each — a tracker for the media buyer and an attribution platform for the business. Local advertisers running Google and Meta ads for calls and bookings face the same choice, and our local SEO service is built around the same measurement question: which channel actually brings customers, not just clicks.
Quick comparison: tool type by need
| Buyer | Best pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Solo affiliate on a budget | BeMob | Free plan with 100,000 events, paid from $49/month |
| Media buyer, best all-round tracker | Voluum | Real-time tracking across 130+ sources, AI routing, from $119/month billed annually |
| Media buyer, best value with CAPI | RedTrack | Conversion API on every plan from $69/month billed annually |
| Solo marketer tracking links and funnels | ClickMagick | TrueTracking, split testing and bot filtering from $66/month billed annually |
| Ecommerce brand, AI attribution | Hyros | One plan with everything included, from $69/month at $5,000 tracked revenue |
| Shopify brand, free start | Triple Whale | Free plan with Moby AI; paid plans priced by annual GMV |
| Server-side conversions without engineers | AnyTrack | Real-time Conversion API from $100/month, free plan to start |
How we chose
We checked each vendor's own pricing page on November 4, 2026 and recorded the starting price exactly as shown, including the annual-billing figure where the page lists one. Three prices needed extra care. Voluum's page did not render in our direct read, so its Profit price comes from two independent reads of the vendor pricing page dated November 1–2, 2026, which agree: $149 a month billed monthly, $119 billed annually. ClickMagick's pricing page opened but its price table did not render in text, so the $79 and $66 figures are corroborated by independent checks of the same page from October 9–20, 2026. Cometly publishes no starting price, so the $199 Core figure is third-party sourced from TrustRadius and Polar Analytics and is labeled as such wherever it appears. Triple Whale also publishes no starting price, so it is listed as a custom quote. Ratings come from G2, checked November 4, 2026, with review counts shown. Two tools have no rating here: Hyros, whose G2 page shows a 0.0 score from only 2 reviews, and ClickMagick, which has no G2 profile and whose Trustpilot rating the vendor itself says is unreliable because of fake reviews. We ranked the tools by fit for the most common buyer — a media buyer, affiliate or ecommerce advertiser tracking paid traffic — not by brand size. No vendor paid for a place in this list, and none of the links here are affiliate links.
What to do next
Start with the decision path above: count your events, check Conversion API on the plan you will buy, and decide tracker or attribution platform. Then take the free plan or trial of your top pick — BeMob, Triple Whale and AnyTrack all have free tiers — and run your real campaigns for two weeks, comparing the numbers against your ad platforms before committing. If the numbers match and the reports make sense, you have your tool. Once your tools are in place, find out what's holding your rankings back.
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- Voluum pricing — ciroapp.com/software/voluum (vendor pricing page read November 1, 2026: Profit $119/month billed annually)
- Voluum on G2 — 4.6/5, 151 reviews (checked November 4, 2026)
- RedTrack pricing — redtrack.io/pricing (checked November 4, 2026)
- RedTrack on G2 — 4.5/5, 40 reviews (checked November 4, 2026)
- ClickMagick pricing — clickmagick.com/pricing (checked November 4, 2026)
- ClickMagick pricing check — crowdmob.com (prices checked October 20, 2026 on the vendor pricing page)
- Hyros pricing — hyros.com/pricing.html (checked November 4, 2026)
- Triple Whale pricing — triplewhale.com/pricing (checked November 4, 2026; no starting price published)
- Triple Whale on G2 — 4.5/5, 482 reviews (checked November 4, 2026)
- AnyTrack pricing — anytrack.io/pricing (checked November 4, 2026)
- AnyTrack on G2 — 4.3/5, 2 reviews (checked November 4, 2026)
- Cometly pricing — cometly.com/pricing (checked November 4, 2026; no starting price published)
- Cometly pricing — trustradius.com (third-party starting price $199/month)
- Cometly on G2 — 4.8/5, 36 reviews (checked November 4, 2026)
- Improvely pricing — improvely.com/pricing (checked November 4, 2026)
- Improvely on G2 — 5.0/5, 5 reviews (checked November 4, 2026)
- BeMob pricing — bemob.com/pricing (checked November 4, 2026)
- BeMob on G2 — 5.0/5, 2 reviews (checked November 4, 2026)
- Wicked Reports pricing — wickedreports.com/pricing (checked November 4, 2026)
- Wicked Reports on G2 — 4.2/5, 27 reviews (checked November 4, 2026)
Frequently asked questions
What is the best ad tracking software in 2026?
Voluum is the best all-round tracker for media buyers, with real-time data across 130+ sources from $119 a month billed annually. RedTrack is the best value, with Conversion API on every plan from $69 a month billed annually. For ecommerce brands, Hyros is the strongest AI attribution option, and BeMob is the best free start with 100,000 events a month.
How much does ad tracking software cost?
Entry prices in this list run from $29 to $499 a month. Improvely starts at $29, BeMob at $49, Hyros at $69, RedTrack and ClickMagick at $79, AnyTrack at $100, Voluum at $149, Cometly at a reported $199 and Wicked Reports at $499. Triple Whale is quote-only. Most buyers land between $49 and $149 a month.
Is there a free ad tracking software?
Yes, with limits. BeMob tracks 100,000 events a month free, Triple Whale has a full free plan with attribution and Moby AI, and AnyTrack is free for one website and one ad platform. Free plans work for learning and small campaigns; once you need Conversion API, longer retention or more volume, a paid plan is cheaper than the ad spend you waste.
What is the difference between ad tracking and attribution?
Ad tracking records what happened: which ad got the click and whether it converted, usually in real time. Attribution decides what the click was worth: which touchpoints deserve credit for the sale, including revenue and lifetime value. Trackers optimize campaigns day to day; attribution platforms answer which channels make money. Many advertisers use one of each.
Do I need server-side tracking?
Yes, if you run paid ads on Meta, Google or TikTok. Browser pixels miss conversions blocked by ad blockers and privacy settings, so the platforms optimize on incomplete data. Server-side tracking sends conversions through the Conversion API instead. RedTrack, AnyTrack and Cometly include it on their entry plans; Voluum requires its $539-a-month Start-up plan.
What should I check before paying for ad tracking software?
Four things: what counts as a billable event and whether your volume fits the plan, whether Conversion API is included on the plan you will buy, how long data is kept, and what overages cost. Also check the free trial terms and whether the price you see is monthly or annual billing. The comparison table above shows the starting price and free plan for each tool.
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