A CoinLedger alternative for UK investors who dislike the April invoice
CoinLedger is well-made software with one model and one home market, reports sold per tax season, $49 to $199 a year at current prices, built US-first with other countries supported from there. Neither is a scandal. But if you are a UK investor searching for an alternative, it is probably because one of those two facts finally itched, the invoice that returns every filing season, or the sense of using a product where your tax system is the localisation, not the foundation. Both itches have a specific answer.
The switch in numbers
Prices from CoinLedger’s published pricing, checked today, UK scenario of 1,000 transactions.
| gains.tax | CoinLedger | |
|---|---|---|
| Plan fitting 1,000 transactions | Free tier | Investor, $99 per tax season |
| Three filed years | £0 | $297 |
| Reports on the free tier | All of them | None, tracking only |
| Billing model | Free, then one £39 fee for all years | Each season a separate purchase |
| Built around | HMRC rules, statute cited per disposal | US rules, other countries localised |
| Your data | Your machine, never uploaded | Their servers |
Fairness column, CoinLedger’s strengths are real. Its integration breadth is large, its interface is genuinely friendly, the years you buy remain yours, and for US filers its IRS-form pipeline is the home game. If you file American taxes, it is a sensible tool. This page is for the UK reader it was never primarily built for.
What UK-first actually means here
Not a Union Jack on the pricing page. It means the engine implements HMRC’s matching rules as the core computation, same-day, 30-day, then the section 104 pool, and shows which rule matched every single disposal with the statute linked. It means the rates and allowances of each UK tax year are carried per year, including the mid-year change of October 2024. It means the output maps to the SA108’s actual boxes. UK tax is the product here, not a locale setting.
Moving is a file, not a project
CoinLedger lets you export your transaction history. gains.tax imports it one to one, reconciles the row count on screen, shows the reason for any refused row, and recomputes your gains independently from the raw history. That last part matters even if you stay, a free second opinion on the number you are about to file, from an engine that shows its working. Free below 1,000 transactions, one £39 payment to 9,999, every year covered, no season two.
Prices are CoinLedger’s own published figures on today’s date, sources above, and if they change this page changes. General information, not tax advice, and the vetted professionals are one click away when you want a human.