Comparisons

Head to head reviews of deal sites, price comparison engines and coupon tools, with an honest note on what each one is genuinely best at.

9 articles

We spent three months running the same shopping list through every major deal site. One of them kept answering the question the others avoided.

By Sarah Chen

Google has more merchants. That does not always mean it shows you the cheapest legitimate place to buy.

By Mike Ross

One is for when you know what you want. The other is for when you want to be told what to want.

By Tom Alvarez

Community deal sites only work when someone else already found the deal. Here's the fix for everything else.

By Elena Rodriguez

Holiday shopping has its own pressures: speed, volume, and the fear of missing a better price the next day.

By Mike Ross

If a busy feed of a hundred unrelated deals makes you close the tab, this is the comparison that matters.

By Tom Alvarez

Phia is built for style browsing. QuickFinds is built for knowing you are not overpaying. Fashion shoppers may want both.

By Elena Rodriguez

Coupon codes are one small piece of getting a good price. Here is everything else that matters.

By Tom Alvarez

Capital One Shopping is built around a card. QuickFinds is built around the product. That difference shows up in the results.

By Priya Nair