Awaken Tax vs Koinly

Awaken Tax is web-based crypto tax software for traders, DeFi users, startups, and funds. It advertises U.S. tax reports including Form 8949 and 1099-B, and lists Schedule D, 1099-DA reconciliation, TurboTax, and TaxAct formats. Users can upload wallets and review a tax summary for free, but need a paid plan to download tax reports. The free Minnow plan allows 100 transactions; Fish is $99.00 per year for 300 transactions, and higher tiers increase transaction limits and add options such as advanced tax settings, performance tracking, tax lots, or tax planning. Awaken says its AI handles more than 10,000 dapps and supports liquidity providing, staking, bridging, and swaps. It also says it supports more than 50 countries and lists integrations with wallets and services such as MetaMask, Ledger, Phantom, Coinbase, Solana, Ethereum, KuCoin, Binance US, and Kraken. Business tools include entity-specific ledgers and closes, double-entry bookkeeping, and QuickBooks journal-entry syncing. Awaken states that it is SOC II compliant, encrypts data in transit and at rest, and uses read-only API keys that cannot move funds.

Koinly calculates cryptocurrency taxes and helps users prepare tax reports. It imports exchange history through APIs or CSV files and connects blockchain wallets using public addresses; private keys are not required. Koinly says it auto-syncs from 1,000+ direct integrations and 7,200+ DeFi protocols, with unlimited CSV imports. It supports DeFi and NFT transactions, displays holdings, return on investment, and growth over time, and can show the potential impact of tax-loss harvesting. Reports include US Form 8949 and are available for 20+ countries. The free plan includes portfolio tracking and a preview of capital gains. Paid plans are purchased for specific tax years rather than as subscriptions: Newbie costs $49 a year per tax year, Hodler $99 a year per tax year, and Trader from $199 a year per tax year. Regular accounts support up to 100,000 transactions, with additional transactions purchasable in the app above the top-plan limit. Koinly lists web, Android, and iOS, with mobile apps identified as beta options.