Did you know that only 11 energy price comparison sites in the UK are Ofgem-accredited for electricity & gas tariff switches? Learn more about each site here including how much they promise you can save on your energy bills and which one is best.
Please note the sites listed below are ranked based on estimated traffic levels from Ahrefs with the most popular websites listed first. Data for accredited sites comes from Ofgem.
1. USwitch
Claimed Savings*: Up To £479
Founded: 1998
Estimated Visitors To Site Per Month: 220,000 per month (energy only)
Power Compare Rating: 9.1 out of 10
Summary: USwitch is a free, independent price comparison service that helps consumers compare gas and electricity prices and switch energy suppliers to save money.
Since 2006 USwitch has been fully accredited by the Ofgem Confidence Code. With many energy comparison sites to choose from, USwitch has been one of the longest standing signatories to the Ofgem code, and a primary contributor to achieving gas and electricity pricing transparency.
USwitch makes money based on commercial agreements with some energy suppliers. They charge suppliers a fee when they switch customers to them, which means they can provide consumers with a free service. Their commercial relationships help make the switching process as simple as possible for customers and in some cases allow them to negotiate exclusive deals that are not available directly from the supplier.
USwitch tries to include as many suppliers and products on the market in their comparisons as possible. However there are circumstances where a supplier or a product cannot be included in their search – for example, they may not be able to show a supplier’s products because they do not have an agreement with them or because they do not wish to be included in a comparison.
The data they use to calculate your results for their energy switching services is provided directly by suppliers. They monitor all suppliers continually and update their site regularly to ensure their results are comprehensive and accurate.
Profile: USwitch Energy Reviews
Website: https://www.uswitch.com/gas-electricity/
* Between 1 July 2019 and 31 December 2019, at least 10% of people who switched energy supplier for both gas & electricity with Uswitch saved £479 or more.
2. Energy Helpline
Claimed Savings: Up to £537*
Founded: 2002
Estimated Visitors To Site Per Month: 15,000
Power Compare Rating: 8.9 out of 10
Summary: Energyhelpline is an independent price comparison service that provides customers with fast, free and friendly advice on their best gas and electricity deal.
They compare all major suppliers in the UK to help you find your best deal, and take the hassle out of switching with simple online forms, and contacting your new supplier on your behalf after you’ve completed your switch application. They’re also a founding member of Ofgem’s Confidence Code, a voluntary code of conduct for energy price comparison websites, which means you can be confident that the results are completely impartial and accurate.
They’re passionate about helping people save money on their energy bills, so they’ve made sure their website is really simple to use and includes lots of useful help and information to take you through the process with confidence. They also have one of the largest team of advisors available seven days a week who can help with any queries through their freephone customer helpline.
They’ll even help you through your comparison and switch your energy for you over the phone if you need.
Profile: Energy Helpline Reviews
Website: https://www.energyhelpline.com
* 10% of customers switching their gas and electricity bills with energyhelpline (and their partners) between 1st Feb 2016 and 16th Nov 2017 saved £537 or more. Survey of over 100,000 switches.
3. Money Supermarket
Claimed Savings: Up to £250*
Founded: 1993
Estimated Visitors To Site Per Month: 192,000 (energy only)
Power Compare Rating: 6.7 out of 10
Summary: MoneySuperMarket claims to be 100% independent working only for their customers. They help you compare prices from all the energy suppliers in the UK, so you can find the cheapest deals in the market.
It only takes a few minutes to find a cheaper energy deal. All you have to do is answer some simple questions, and they’ll show you tariffs and offers from all the energy companies. They’ll also show you how much you could save by switching to each tariff, to help you choose the best one for you.
They can show you deals from all the energy companies in the market, and they can help you switch to most of them. A few companies don’t want to work with them in this way, so although you can see their deals in the results table and compare them to everyone else’s, you can’t click through to their site from MoneySuperMarket.
Overall, they combine independence, so they can negotiate the best prices, with excellent technology, to find the best value products and services for you.
Profile: MoneySuperMarket Energy Reviews
Website: https://www.moneysupermarket.com/gas-and-electricity/
*Based on average saving of £250 for customers that applied to switch via MoneySuperMarket. March 2018.
4. Simply Switch
Claimed Savings: Up to £390*
Founded: 2015
Estimated Visitors To Site Per Month: 53,000
Power Compare Rating: 9.3 out of 10
Summary: Simply Switch is a trading name of Moneyexpert Ltd and is 100% guaranteed by Moneyexpert to get you the cheapest quote. Moneyexpert is one of the country’s leading price comparison websites and is regulated by the FCA.
Simply switch is a free and impartial website that can offer you an unbiased view of what gas and electricity deals are out there. They are approved by Ofgem so you can trust them to find you the best deal on gas and electricity.
Switching energy supplier through Simply Switch means that you’ll be able to access exclusive deals on gas and electricity that won’t be found anywhere else.
Simply Switch takes care of all the paperwork and hassle so that you don’t have to. If you switch energy supplier through Simply Switch you’ll be saving up to £390 per year on your gas and electricity bills!
Profile: Simply Switch Reviews
Website: https://www.simplyswitch.com/
* Over 10% of the estimated quotations raised by users of the Simply Switch Website to switch their gas and electricity suppliers between 01/02/2015 – 01/06/2015 produced a predicted annual saving of £390 or more. Current combined spend for gas and electricity of between £84 and £6869. Savings may have included Direct Debit and online discounts. Energy prices vary by usage and postcode.
5. Energylinx
Claimed Savings: Up to £351.64*
Founded: 2002
Estimated Visitors To Site Per Month: 10,000
Power Compare Rating: 9.2 out of 10
Summary: Energylinx are a leading energy comparison and switching specialist and claim to have commercial relationships with more UK energy suppliers than any other comparison provider. They are part of the GoCompare Group.
They are also a trusted provider of energy comparison services to some of the UK’s best-known consumer organisations, including Which? and Citizens Advice Bureau.
Their mission to make the process of comparing and changing energy suppliers as easy and secure as possible for everyone. And aim to make the whole industry transparent and accountable, ensuring that the domestic consumer is able to compare all energy suppliers.
Energylinx provides analysis to many energy companies allowing them to set their prices in line with the entire industry, but no energy supplier has any stake in Energylinx. This means that they claim to remain 100% impartial and that their customers will always be presented with the best deal for their household.
Profile: Energylinx Reviews
Website: https://www.energylinx.co.uk/
* 20% of all users over the last 60 days (12 Jan – 11 Mar) achieved a saving of at least £351.64
6. The Energy Shop
Claimed Savings: None
Founded: 2003
Estimated Visitors To Site Per Month: 4,000
Power Compare Rating: Not enough reviews
Summary: The Energy Shop have been helping customers switch to a cheaper energy supplier since 2003.
They claim that their pages work out the best deal in half the time it takes with the other guys. No scrolling, no useless questions, nothing confusing here. Moving Home? Tick the box and they’ll do the rest.
They pull together prices and information from all residential energy suppliers in the UK energy market. Their database contains over 1.1 million distinct energy tariffs with a pricing history that goes back 10 years.
They then wrap all this data into this state of the art website which automatically returns the best deals to you, according to your personal circumstances and preferences. You can also take full advantage of their powerful filtering tool that lets you cut up the data in more than 20 different ways.
When you have found the product you like, fill in their easy online form and your application will be sent electronically and securely into your new supplier’s application processing systems. It’s as simple as that. And if anything were to slow your application down, they are on hand to help.
Profile: The Energy Shop Reviews
Website: https://www.theenergyshop.com/
7. My Utility Genius
Claimed Savings: Save over £250*
Founded: 2012
Estimated Visitors To Site Per Month: 3,000
Power Compare Rating: Not enough reviews
Summary: The My Utility Genius philosophy is to shine a light into the dark corners of an industry that seems to have lost its way. They believe that by informing the people with no bias and helping them to engage in what energy actually is and the part that it plays in their lives they can empower the man in the street to take control of his energy bills and better manage the activities it powers.
It is their sincere hope that you can find out how utilities work for you in your home and how you can make them work better. How to better understand your energy bills, who you are paying and why. How energy pricing works and how you can interrogate the motives of all those involved.
They want you to interact with them, share in collective experiences and knowledge, and above all they want you to Get Switched On.
Profile: My Utility Genius Reviews
Website: https://www.myutilitygenius.co.uk/
* Information for how the £250 figure was calculated could not be found on the homepage.
8. Switch Gas and Electric
Claimed Savings: Up to £337*
Founded: 2008
Estimated Visitors To Site Per Month: Under 1,000
Power Compare Rating: Not enough reviews
Summary: Switch Gas & Electric is accredited by the Ofgem Confidence Code. The Confidence Code ensures that their results are calculated and displayed in an impartial way, and that the process of switching energy supplier will be both simple and reliable.
It is completely free for customers. They receive a fee from energy suppliers when a switch is completed through their site, however this does not impact upon the order of the results or the price paid by the customer.
They are proud to display the wide market of energy suppliers – showing all available tariffs from energy suppliers in the United Kingdom. From the ‘Big Six’, to independent and regional suppliers, they provide wide market coverage.
Profile: Switch Gas and Electric Reviews
Website: https://www.switchgasandelectric.com/
* Information for how the £337 figure was calculated could not be found on the homepage.
9. Quotezone
Claimed Savings: None
Founded: 2005
Estimated Visitors To Site Per Month: Under 1,000 (energy only)
Power Compare Rating: 8.8 out of 10
Summary: Quotezone.co.uk is owned and operated by Seopa, a leading UK fintech company headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Launched in 2005, Quotezone.co.uk has grown to become one of the UK’s leading price comparison platforms.
An early pioneer of online comparison technology for the car insurance industry, Quotezone.co.uk has since expanded to offer free price comparisons for a wide range of financial services products, from home insurance to car insurance, pet insurance to public liability insurance.
And they’re a leading comparison platform for gas and electricity prices, too.
Profile: Quotezone Energy Reviews
Website: https://www.quotezone.co.uk/utilities.htm
10. Unravelit
Claimed Savings: Up to £385*
Founded: 2011
Estimated Visitors To Site Per Month: Under 1,000
Power Compare Rating: Not enough reviews
Summary: Their service is designed to make it easier for you to manage your utility services. They can help you find the products and suppliers that best suit your needs from the huge and growing range of services currently on offer. You can then compare the products, suppliers and savings, studying them in detail.
Once you have made your choice, their service will help you apply for the energy supply you require in an easy to follow, secure online environment.
Just enter your estimated bill amount and they’ll take you through a simple 2-step process, asking about your product and payment preferences as well as your usage profile. They do this so that they can identify the products best suited to your needs, as well as calculating the savings that you can make. They will then produce a tailored list of products matched to your preferences for you to compare and, if you wish, to apply for.
They offer a fully comprehensive, fully independent, and fully impartial service. It is fast, friendly, secure and Free. They pull together all the data and information from the utility industry to make your life easier. Within 10 minutes you could end up saving over £150 a year on your energy bills. Use the service as often as you like; there is no obligation.
Profile: Unravelit Reviews
Website: https://www.unravelit.com/energy-switching
* Information for how the £385 figure was calculated could not be found on the homepage.
11. Runpath
Claimed Savings: None
Founded: Unknown
Estimated Visitors To Site Per Month: Under 1,000
Power Compare Rating: Not enough reviews
Summary: Runpath is a creative financial technology (FinTech) company that assists other companies with their services in finance. They create tools to help customers compare what the market offers and choose what’s best for them.
Runpath is fully accredited by the OFGEM confidence code. Their service provides you free access to all the energy tariffs in the market. But Runpath may receive a payment from the Energy Supplier you select if you switch using their service.
Profile: Runpath Energy Reviews
Website: https://www.runpathdigital.com/gas-electricity/
Here are a few common questions and answers about energy switching & comparison sites:
Which is the best energy price comparison site?
The simple answer is that there is no single best energy price comparison site. USwitch is by far the most popular and has an aggregate review score of 9.1 out of 10 and promises savings of up to £477.
Only Simply Switch (9.3 out of 10) & Energylinx (9.2 out of 10) have higher aggregate review scores. And only the Energy Helpline claims it can save you more (up to £537), although the claim is made with older data.
If you want to get the absolute best deal, you’re best bet is to try out a few comparison sites since they’re all free to use. Just make sure you look at price per kWh and standing charges when comparing tariffs, since claimed savings may differ from site to site.
How do energy comparison sites make money?
They usually work on a commission basis with those companies they have a deal with. However they are obliged to offer the whole of the market to their customers. So this means that you should see every available tariff – not just those ones that the comparison site makes money from.
You are free to choose whichever one suits your needs.
Do energy switching sites show all tariffs & deals?
In theory, all of the sites above should show all tariffs. However, the data they use to make their calculations generally comes from energy suppliers themselves, so will only be as good as the data provided.
Moreover, comparison sites can only help you actually make the switch if they have a commercial agreement with the supplier (see above).
This may mean that some comparison sites highlight certain suppliers since they can offer a full switching service but there should be a way to filter to show all results.
Is Power Compare Accredited By Ofgem?
No, we are an energy information website and not a full comparison site, supplier or broker. Therefore, we work with USwitch and Energy Helpline to provide comparisons for homes and Love Energy Savings for comparisons related to businesses.
What is an ‘Ofgem Confidence Code’ energy price comparison site?
The Confidence Code is a code of practice to govern independent energy price comparison sites. We accredit sites to the Code.
The Code insists that the sites we accredit follow key principles for how they must operate their service. Using a site with the Confidence Code logo means that the process of switching energy supplier should be easier, more reliable and reassuring for you.
We regularly review the code to make sure it provides the right protections for consumers. You can find further information on the rules Ofgem-accredited sites must stick to in the Confidence Code code of practice.
Why choose an energy price comparison site covered by the Ofgem Confidence Code?
Again Ofgem states that:
The sites covered by the Confidence Code act independently of suppliers, so you can be sure that when you are presented with options and prices, they have been calculated and are displayed in a fair and unbiased way.
Comparison sites bearing the Confidence Code logo:
- help you find the best deal for you in your local area
- provide a free and easy-to-use switching service
- give detailed information on each tariff, including gas and electricity unit prices
- detail any discounts available.
What can I do if I have a complaint about an Ofgem-accredited energy price comparison website?
If you have a complaint about one of the 11 sites above, Ofgem recommends you first try and resolve it with them directly.
If it is not resolved after that you can then contact Ofgem directly so that they can raise the issue with the comparison site. You can do so by:
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 020 7901 7295