Burokku vs Rotki: a hosted dashboard or a local, open-source tracker?
Rotki is open source and keeps your data on your computer, with detailed tax accounting. Burokku adds alerts, trading, automations and a phone. How they compare.
Updated Nov 8, 2026Facts checked Nov 8, 2026
In short
Rotki is open source and local-first: it runs on your own computer, keeps your data encrypted there, reads 17 chains including Bitcoin and 23 exchanges, decodes 140+ DeFi protocols, and produces careful profit and loss reports. It never touches your funds and doesn't send alerts. Burokku is hosted, so it can watch your accounts while your computer is off, alert you on your phone, act for you within limits, and run anywhere you can open a browser. If privacy and accounting control come first, Rotki is hard to beat. If you want your portfolio watched and handled, choose Burokku.
| Feature | Burokku | Rotki |
|---|---|---|
| What it reads | ||
| All your accounts in one total | Yeswallets on every chain, exchanges and holdings added by hand | Yeswallets and exchanges |
| Wallets | Yes60+ chains, with Solana and Bitcoin | Yes17 chains, with Bitcoin; Solana in early support |
| Exchange accounts | Yes10+ exchanges, read-only keys | Yes23 by read-only API key |
| DeFi positions | Yeswith health factors | Yes140+ protocols decoded |
| Perp DEX positions | YesHyperliquid, Lighter, Aster | PartlyHyperliquid |
| Where your data lives | Burokku's servers; exchange keys sealed per account | Your computer, encrypted |
| Open source | No | Yes |
| What it tells you | ||
| Price and portfolio alerts | Yes | Nonone found |
| Liquidation alerts | Yesloans and perps | Nonone found |
| Where alerts reach you | Telegram, push and email | Reminders in the app or your calendar |
| What you can do from it | ||
| Swaps, bridges and trading | Yessigned in your own wallet, or priced orders on exchanges | Noit never touches funds |
| Automations | Yesworkflows, recurring buys, a liquidation guard | Nonone found |
| AI assistant | YesBurokku AI, from your own data | Partlyan MCP server for your own AI assistant |
| Revoke approvals | Yes | Nonone found |
| Tax report | Yes28 countries' rules; PDF and CSV | YesFIFO, LIFO, HIFO, ACB; CSV |
| Apps and price | ||
| Apps | Partlyinstalls from your browser on any device; store apps coming | PartlyWindows, macOS, Linux and Docker; no phone app |
| Price | Free; Pro from $12 a month | Free up to 1,000 events; from €9 a month |
Rotki and Burokku agree on the basics: read-only access, your keys stay yours, nothing moves without you. They differ on where the work happens. Rotki runs on your computer and keeps everything there. Burokku runs on its servers so it can keep watching while you're not looking.
What each one reads
Rotki reads 17 chains, including Ethereum and its main layer-2s, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Polkadot and Kusama, with Solana in early support, and 23 exchanges through read-only API keys. It decodes 140+ DeFi protocols. For Hyperliquid it reads HyperEVM and Hyperliquid's core accounts.
Burokku reads 60+ chains, EVM chains along with Solana and Bitcoin, DeFi positions with their health factors, positions on Hyperliquid, Lighter and Aster, and 10+ exchanges through read-only keys, refreshed every few minutes. You can add holdings by hand or import them as CSV.
Privacy
This is Rotki's reason to exist. Your data stays encrypted on your own device; its optional sync is encrypted with your password before it leaves. The code is open for anyone to read.
Burokku is hosted. Exchange keys are sealed on our servers in a space that belongs to your account alone and never reach a browser, and every security setting and money action is written to an audit log. That's a different trade-off: Burokku can watch your accounts at 3 a.m. because it isn't running on your laptop.
Alerts and acting
Rotki doesn't send price or risk alerts; its calendar reminds you of things like ENS expiries and lock ends. It never touches your funds.
Burokku alerts you on Telegram, push or email before a loan or perp is liquidated, when a risky approval appears or a price crosses your line. You can swap, bridge and trade from your own wallets and exchanges, revoke approvals, and run automations such as recurring buys or a liquidation guard, all within limits you set.
Tax and accounting
Rotki's strength: profit and loss with FIFO, LIFO, HIFO or ACB, a tax-free holding period, and detailed settings for fees and crypto-to-crypto trades, exported as CSV. It says plainly it isn't a tax filing service.
Burokku's tax report applies the rules and files of the country you pick, in 28 countries, such as Form 8949 rows in the US or the Section 104 pool in the UK, with PDF and CSV exports for Koinly, CoinTracker and ZenLedger. It's an estimate for your accountant, not tax advice.
Price
Rotki is free up to 1,000 history events; Supporter is €9 a month, Basic €25 and Advanced €45, or ten times that a year.
Burokku is free to use, and during early access every account has everything. After that, Free keeps 3 accounts and 5 price alerts; Pro is $16 a month, or $12 a month paid yearly, with a yearly tax report; Max is $49 a month. See pricing.
Which one fits you
Burokku fits if
- You want alerts on your phone while your computer is off
- You want to act on what you see: swap, trade, revoke, automate
- You hold on Solana or perp DEXes and want them read in full
- You'd rather not run software yourself
Rotki fits if
- You want your financial data to stay on your own computer
- You want open source you can inspect or run yourself
- You want detailed control over accounting methods and settings
- You only need to look and report, never act
Questions
- Is Rotki free?
- Rotki's Starter plan is free up to 1,000 history events. Supporter is €9 a month, Basic €25 and Advanced €45, with more events, devices and an encrypted backup; yearly plans cost ten months' price.
- Where does Burokku keep my data?
- On Burokku's servers, in a space that belongs to your account alone. Exchange keys are sealed there and never reach a browser. That's what lets Burokku check your accounts and send alerts while you're away, which a local app can't do while your computer is off.
- Which is better for taxes?
- Both make reports for your accountant. Rotki gives you more control over accounting settings, such as LIFO, ACB or a tax-free holding period, and exports CSV. Burokku applies the rules and files of the country you pick, in 28 countries, with PDF and CSV exports for Koinly, CoinTracker and ZenLedger. Neither is tax advice.
- Does Rotki have a phone app?
- No. Its docs describe opening a self-hosted install from a phone's browser over a VPN. Burokku installs from your phone's browser with its own icon and notifications.
We make Burokku, so we aren’t neutral. We checked what this page says about other products against their own pages on Nov 8, 2026. If something has changed, tell us.