BetterPrice vs PayPal Honey

PayPal Honey - formally just "Honey" - has had a rough couple of years. PayPal acquired it for $4 billion in 2020 to gain commerce intelligence. In December 2024, a YouTube investigation showed Honey was replacing affiliate cookies, stealing commissions away from the creators who recommended products it would later piggyback on. The video racked up tens of millions of views. Trust collapsed.

The data side

PayPal did not buy Honey for the coupon codes. It bought Honey for the purchase data. Every checkout you complete with Honey installed feeds into PayPal's broader commerce profile of you. The free tool was always free for a reason.

The affiliate side

Independent researchers and YouTube creators caught Honey using last-click attribution against the people sending traffic to it. Honey was injecting itself into the affiliate path, claiming credit for purchases creators originated. The video evidence is widely viewed and undisputed.

What BetterPrice does differently

BetterPrice is independent. No payments giant in the loop. No account. No purchase profile. It runs on every product page you visit and tells you if the same item is cheaper somewhere else - that is the entire product. The business model is straightforward: when a user clicks through to the cheaper alternative and buys, BetterPrice earns a small affiliate commission from the retailer. No commission hijacking. No purchase data flowing anywhere.

The honest answer

If you uninstalled Honey after the YouTube exposé and you are looking for what to replace it with, install BetterPrice. The savings are larger and the trust situation is what Honey's used to be.

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