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Ranked 2 of 6 price comparison sites by recommenders
Free tool charting Amazon price history so shoppers can judge real deals. Critics say it sometimes misses sale prices.
Free tool charting Amazon price history so shoppers can judge real deals. Critics say it sometimes misses sale prices.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 80%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Shows price history for real deals
“a great tool for checking to see if a current price is good in the context of price history”
Comment from 27 Nov 2025 on Hacker News “camelcamelcamel is the best for amazon items - choose a stick, look at the graph.”
Comment from 5 Nov 2025 in “Server DRAM prices surge 50% as AI-induced memory shortage hits hyperscalers” “tools like CamelCamelCamel or Keepa to see if the "deals" are actually deals”
Comment from 7 Oct 2026 in “All the numbers: Amazon Prime Day 2026 powered by AWS” - Comment from 7 Oct 2026 in “All the numbers: Amazon Prime Day 2026 powered by AWS”
Best-known tool for Amazon prices
“camelcamelcamel is the best for amazon items - choose a stick, look at the graph.”
Comment from 5 Nov 2025 in “Server DRAM prices surge 50% as AI-induced memory shortage hits hyperscalers” “tools like CamelCamelCamel or Keepa to see if the "deals" are actually deals”
Comment from 7 Oct 2026 in “All the numbers: Amazon Prime Day 2026 powered by AWS” “unless it’s with camelcamelcamel for Amazon”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Kroger acknowledges that its bet on robotics went too far”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Sale prices sometimes not updated
“These days it's common to see that a sale price hasn't propagated to CCC”
Comment from 27 Nov 2025 on Hacker News
Other price comparison sites people recommend
The four most recommended other price comparison sites, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| diskprices.com | 12 | 5 | 71% | 5 | — | Approved |
| camelcamelcamelThis page | 8 | 2 | 80% | 5 | — | — |
| MiniPCs.zip | 7 | 1 | 88% | 2 | — | — |
| Price Per Ball | 7 | 3 | 70% | 1 | — | — |
| Geizhals | 5 | 2 | 71% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
10 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“There's https://camelcamelcamel.com to check how prices developed.”
“tools like CamelCamelCamel or Keepa to see if the "deals" are actually deals”
“a decent idea (I do this myself)”
“wouldn’t send notifications to my hidden email”
“making it much easier to start tracking an item”
“unless it’s with camelcamelcamel for Amazon”
“These days it's common to see that a sale price hasn't propagated to CCC”
“a great tool for checking to see if a current price is good in the context of price history”
“camelcamelcamel is the best for amazon items - choose a stick, look at the graph.”
“we lose the power to get real visibility over real value of items”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.