StatsDrone vs Voonix vs AffStata: which stats tracker to choose in 2026?

In this article we compare three affiliate-side stats trackers: two established names — StatsDrone and Voonix — and one newer contender, AffStata (which is ours). All three do the same core job: pull every partner cabinet into one dashboard so you can see what's actually paying.

By the end you'll know which one fits your team — and why.

TLDR

• Choose AffStata if you're scaling past spreadsheets and your real question is where to send traffic next — it's the only one of the three with cohort retention, so you see which brands keep the players you send, not just which ones convert.

• Choose StatsDrone if you need the widest program coverage or broad multi-platform click-ID attribution for paid traffic.

• Choose Voonix if you want every feature bundled on one predictable tier, plus a native mobile app. All three are credible; the rest of this page shows the working.

What each tool optimises for: retention, coverage, or simplicity

Each tool is built around a different idea of what matters most. AffStata is retention-first: the cohort view that shows which brands hold the players you send them sits at the centre of it. StatsDrone is a coverage-and-integration hub: connect every program, push the data into your own BI stack, attribution included for paid traffic. Voonix is the predictable, all-inclusive option: every feature on every paid tier, no add-on metering.

All three do geo and brand breakdowns, and all three let you export your data, so none of those settle it. The forks that actually decide it are cohort retention, program coverage and BI depth, and the pricing model. Figure out which of those matters most to you, and the choice gets a lot simpler.

Analytics depth: only AffStata turns your data into a traffic decision

Only AffStata tells you where to send traffic next, because only AffStata has cohort retention. Aggregation puts your numbers in one place. Cohort analysis goes a step further: it groups players by the month they arrived and tracks how each brand's players keep depositing over the following months. So a brand that pays big on the first deposit but loses your players fast reads very differently from one that pays less and holds them for years.

Bottom line: if your bottleneck is retention economics — which brand deserves more of your Polish traffic next month — AffStata is the only one that answers it. If you'd rather model the data yourself in BigQuery or Looker, StatsDrone's export runs deeper. If you want clean built-in breakdowns with no setup, Voonix delivers them.

Program coverage: StatsDrone connects the most programs

StatsDrone connects the most programs — 2,174+ across 55+ platforms — so if your revenue is spread across a wide, niche long tail, it's the safest bet you're already supported. Coverage is its round, and we'll say so.

Bottom line: AffStata has the smallest headline count of the three — pressure-test it against your list if your tail runs wide. But raw coverage matters less than it looks. Affiliates who run big program lists tend to agree: a tracker that solidly covers 80% or so, popular programs included, meets what nearly all teams need. Most affiliates simply aren't wide enough across geos to need a 2,000-program list. So the honest question isn't who has the biggest number — it's whether your money-makers and your specific tail are on it.

Data accuracy and reliability: Voonix has the strongest safeguards

Voonix has the most complete reliability safeguards of the three: a data-validation module that flags mismatches against the source systems, alerts when a credential breaks, and catch-up re-imports for the previous month. A tracker that silently stops syncing is worse than a spreadsheet, so this is a real axis — AffStata and Voonix both alert when a connection breaks, and Voonix adds source-mismatch validation and previous-month catch-up on top.

Bottom line: Voonix leads on out-of-the-box data validation; AffStata and Voonix both alert when a feed breaks. AffStata's angle is different. It normalises partner names, so the same brand recorded as "SpinCity," "SpinCity Canada" and "SpinCity.ca" collapses into one comparable line. And it pulls each partner's payable-vs-accrued figure, so a shortfall surfaces before the invoice does. StatsDrone frames its version around catching revenue that quietly goes missing. Each vendor's accuracy claims are its own; we don't independently audit a competitor's numbers.

Attribution and timeliness: StatsDrone owns paid traffic, AffStata covers Keitaro

StatsDrone is the clear pick for paid traffic: real-time postbacks and click-ID tracking (its "dynamic variables") tie a deposit back to the campaign that paid for it, even when the deposit lands days after the click. AffStata covers one paid stack specifically — Keitaro — and doesn't do broad multi-platform send-back.

Bottom line: if you run paid traffic across Google, Meta and native, StatsDrone is built for it. If you run it through Keitaro, AffStata reconciles your Click IDs with cabinet revenue and recovers conversions your pixels miss — narrower, but a real answer. And if you're SEO-primary, with tightening margins pushing you toward player-level data, note that Keitaro alone is partial — postbacks don't carry everything. AffStata's cohort view picks up where it stops.

Security: on-prem from StatsDrone and Voonix, managed isolation from AffStata

If keeping data on your own infrastructure is a hard requirement, StatsDrone and Voonix both offer self-hosting; AffStata takes a managed approach instead. You're handing a third party your cabinet logins and, through them, a live view of your revenue, so how each one stores credentials and limits access is a real decision.

Bottom line: need on-prem? StatsDrone (DIDO) and Voonix both have it; AffStata doesn't. AffStata's answer is managed isolation — read-only access, a per-customer domain and database, and credentials encrypted apart from your stats — which suits teams that want strong separation without running the infrastructure themselves. Each vendor's security claims are its own.

Comparison summary

Full profiles: what each tool is and who it's for

AffStata

Created by aff.studio (read the story here), AffStata auto-collects performance and commission data from every partner cabinet (~990 programs, added weekly and faster on request), refreshes four times a day, pulls each partner's live financial report (accrued vs payable), and adds geo, brand, player-level and cohort views.

It was built inside the founder's ~50-person affiliate agency before it went to market, so the hard part — fragile cabinet integrations and partner-name normalisation — is its core competency. It exposes a read-only public API and is adopted through a demo, with no self-serve free tier. Named users include Zeeks, Tips.GG, Good Gaming Group, Machete Tech and Mediadoro.

Best for SEO-primary teams scaling past spreadsheets or a basic tracker. The honest limitation: the smallest program count of the three (989 — pressure-test a wide tail), Keitaro-centric attribution, no mobile app, no customer self-hosting, and a thinner public track record — newer to the open market, not unproven.

StatsDrone

An established, Montreal-based aggregator — lately positioning itself as an "affiliate CRM" — that connects 2,174+ programs by credentials, API or CSV and layers real-time postbacks, click-ID tracking (dynamic variables) and a full export API into BigQuery, Looker, Tableau and Power BI.

It's the most award-decorated tool in the category: iGB Affiliate 2024 (Best Tech for Affiliates), AffPapa 2024, Odys 2025 and iGB Affiliate 2025 (Innovator of the Year), run by a roughly 13-person team, with a freemium tier and a 14-day trial, no card. Best for breadth-first teams, PPC affiliates who live on postbacks, and anyone who wants their data in their own BI stack.

The honest limitation: no cohort or retention view, geo and player reports are +$250/mo add-ons each, per-account pricing climbs past the 50 included, and the "CRM" drift can feel like more than a team that just wants clean stats needs.

Voonix

One of the longest-running iGaming affiliate aggregators, Copenhagen-based, connecting 1,000+ programs (which it frames as ~85% of iGaming systems) and presenting earnings by brand, account and campaign with geo and source grouping, an A/B period-comparison tester, and built-in accounting — invoices, commission tracking, under/overpayment alerts.

What stands out: a free-forever freemium tier (for teams under €4,000/mo revenue), a native mobile app, and a stated accuracy story — a validation module, break alerts and catch-up re-imports on isolated per-client databases with 2FA. A premium REST API (v3) plus CSV/Excel export covers getting your data out. Best for teams that want a predictable, all-features-included tracker with a free tier to start, at moderate brand counts.

The honest limitation: per-brand pricing gets expensive at scale, brands connect one at a time, there's no cohort or retention view, and the API, source view and Data Monitor are excluded from freemium; support replies in 1–3 business days.

Which to choose, by scenario

There's no universal winner here — and we'd be the last to name one. Match the tool to your operation:

• Choose AffStata if you're scaling past spreadsheets and your real question is where to send traffic next. You want cohort retention and geo×brand cuts to see which brands keep the players you send — not just monthly totals. If you run paid traffic through Keitaro, its Click-ID reconciliation covers that; if you need broad multi-platform send-back, that's a gap.

• Choose StatsDrone if your revenue is spread across a wide, niche long tail (its 2,174+/55-platform coverage is the safest bet you're already supported), or you run paid traffic and need real-time postbacks and click-ID attribution. Budget the geo and player reports as +$250/mo add-ons if you want them.

• Choose Voonix if you want a predictable, all-features-included plan — no per-report add-ons — plus mobile monitoring, at a moderate brand count.

These three are substitutes, not a stack — pick one. The only sensible pairing is cross-category: any of them can sit alongside a click-level tracker like Keitaro for paid traffic, and AffStata reconciles with Keitaro natively.

The bottom line: fit your operation

The right tracker depends on your program mix, your traffic type, and how much analytics depth you need. Coverage-first points to StatsDrone; predictable and all-inclusive points to Voonix; decision-first — where is my traffic actually paying — points to AffStata.

If your real question is which brands keep the players you send them — by geo, by cohort, month after month — that's the one thing we built AffStata to answer. Book a demo.