# camelcamelcamel

8 Hacker News commenters recommended camelcamelcamel and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free tool charting Amazon price history so shoppers can judge real deals. Critics say it sometimes misses sale prices.

## Why people recommend it

- Shows price history for real deals (4 comments): "a great tool for checking to see if a current price is good in the context of price history" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46074175)) "camelcamelcamel is the best for amazon items - choose a stick, look at the graph." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45824063)) "tools like CamelCamelCamel or Keepa to see if the "deals" are actually deals" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49996293))
- Best-known tool for Amazon prices (3 comments): "camelcamelcamel is the best for amazon items - choose a stick, look at the graph." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45824063)) "tools like CamelCamelCamel or Keepa to see if the "deals" are actually deals" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49996293)) "unless it’s with camelcamelcamel for Amazon" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46203753))

## What people warn about

- Sale prices sometimes not updated (1 comments): "These days it's common to see that a sale price hasn't propagated to CCC" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46074245))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Geizhals](https://hackerapproved.com/p/geizhals.md): 5 recommend
- [TerabyteDeals](https://hackerapproved.com/p/terabytedeals.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://camelcamelcamel.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "camelcamelcamel", https://hackerapproved.com/p/camelcamelcamel/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).