Keitaro Alternative: Free Self-Hosted Tracker

Keitaro is the closest self-hosted competitor to Orbitra — and a good tracker. But its license starts at $79 per month ($948+ per year), cloaking is a paid add-on plugin, and multi-offer testing is manual. Orbitra gives you the same self-hosted model for free, with cloaking included.

Since both trackers live on your own VPS, switching is easy: Orbitra has a built-in one-click campaign import from Keitaro.

What is Keitaro?

Keitaro is a self-hosted affiliate tracker with a long history and a large community. It runs on your own server, just like Orbitra — but it is licensed by edition: from $79/month for Pro, with higher tiers adding domains, users and features.

Cloaking in Keitaro is delivered through a separate paid plugin, and multi-offer testing is largely manual. The ecosystem — templates, add-ons, marketplace — is its real strength.

Shortlist Keitaro when:

• You rely on Keitaro-specific plugins, templates or integrations.
• You want paid support with SLA rather than community support.
• Your team already knows Keitaro inside out.

Orbitra vs Keitaro: quick comparison

Keitaro pricing is indicative as of 2026 — always check the vendor’s current plans.

The full cost picture

Why affiliates switch from Keitaro

• Same model, no license: both trackers are self-hosted, but Orbitra does not charge $948+ per year for a license.
• Cloaking without a paid plugin: Moderator and bot filtering for Facebook and Google Ads is built in.
• One-click import: move campaigns from Keitaro without rebuilding them by hand.
• Automatic multi-offer testing: Orbitra rotates offers and routes traffic to the profitable ones on its own.
• PWA landing pages and web push notifications included — no extra tools needed.

How to migrate from Keitaro

This is the easiest migration of all — Orbitra imports Keitaro campaigns directly:

1. Install Orbitra on a VPS (one-line installer, ~15 minutes).
2. Use the built-in Keitaro import to pull campaigns, offers and flows.
3. Connect CPA networks via API or postback URL.
4. Update tracking links in your traffic sources and run a test conversion.
5. Run both trackers in parallel for a week, compare reports, then retire Keitaro.

Pre-migration checklist

1. Export from Keitaro. Download campaigns, flows, filters and offer lists — although Orbitra’s import tool pulls most of this automatically.
2. Document your cloaking rules. Plugin logic doesn’t transfer one-to-one; recreate it in Orbitra’s visual editor.
3. Prepare your tracking domains. Plan the DNS switch or domain additions so traffic keeps flowing during the move.
4. Run the one-click import. Let Orbitra pull the campaigns, then spot-check flows, filters and offers against the export.
5. Send test conversions. Verify postbacks from your CPA networks and confirm payouts appear correctly.
6. Run both trackers in parallel. A week side-by-side proves the numbers before you retire the Keitaro licence.

Common mistakes when switching from Keitaro

• Assuming cloaking rules transfer automatically. Plugin logic needs manual recreation — budget an hour for it.
• Switching DNS without a plan. Move a test domain first; never point all traffic at the new tracker on day one.
• Trusting the import blindly. Automated import is fast, but complex filter trees deserve a spot-check.
• Ignoring edition differences. Some Keitaro features depend on the edition — confirm the ones you actually use exist in Orbitra (most do, for free).
• Deleting the old tracker too early. Keep it installed until the parallel numbers reconcile.

When Keitaro is still the better choice

Keitaro has been around for years: a large community, plenty of ready-made templates and add-ons, and paid technical support with SLA. If your team depends on that ecosystem — or on Keitaro-specific integrations you cannot replicate — staying on a paid license can be a reasonable choice.

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