diskprices.com
Hacker ApprovedThe most recommended of 6 price comparison sites
Shoppers praise its functional, plain catalogue of disk prices with no clutter. Critics say it lacks a brand filter and works poorly on mobile.
Shoppers praise its functional, plain catalogue of disk prices with no clutter. Critics say it lacks a brand filter and works poorly on mobile.
17 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.4 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
Functional, minimal, no-frills design
“this is great UX because it's extremely functional, yet it has nearly no design to speak of”
Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “Qwen 3.8 27B is excellent, but it defaults to overthinking things” “I have a soft spot for these brutalist data catalogues”
Comment from 4 Feb 2026 in “RackRat: eBay Rackmount Server Deal Finder” “no styling, no cookie banners, just pure information.”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “How to Build a Minimal ZFS NAS Without Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS” - Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “Qwen 3.8 27B is excellent, but it defaults to overthinking things”
Inspires many similar price sites
“sites like https://diskprices.com and https://lifepo4prices.com and all the other clones are so useful”
Comment from 4 Sep 2026 in “Amazon Achieves Enshitification Inception” “I love that site and always sat around thinking about building something like it”
Comment from 17 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Price Per Ball – Site that sorts golf balls on Amazon by price per ball” “See also https://diskprices.com/ for inspiration.”
Comment from 17 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Price Per Ball – Site that sorts golf balls on Amazon by price per ball” - Comment from 17 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Price Per Ball – Site that sorts golf balls on Amazon by price per ball”
Reliable and useful over years
“sites like https://diskprices.com and https://lifepo4prices.com and all the other clones are so useful”
Comment from 4 Sep 2026 in “Amazon Achieves Enshitification Inception” “has always served me well”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: TerabyteDeals – Compare storage prices by $/TB”
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.comThis page | 12 | 5 | 71% | 5 | — | Approved |
| camelcamelcamel | 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
17 of the 18 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“sites like https://diskprices.com and https://lifepo4prices.com and all the other clones are so useful”
“this is great UX because it's extremely functional, yet it has nearly no design to speak of”
“I checked out that link on mobile, but it's unfortunately unusable”
“this is great UX because it's extremely functional”
“no styling, no cookie banners, just pure information.”
“See also https://diskprices.com/ for inspiration.”
“I love that site and always sat around thinking about building something like it”
“how much it's like the superb diskprices.com”
“I have a soft spot for these brutalist data catalogues”
“Neither have a column for Endurance (TBW).”
“probably because the source data is garbage with Amazon sellers trying to jam all the keywords into titles”
“nothing I checked on diskprices was”
“The best-designed website on the internet.”
“none of them support Indian services”
“Something I don't see there is a filter by brand”
“has always served me well”
“If only you had known about diskprices.com you could've saved yourself the trouble.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.