BuyPerUnit vs Honey: Which Saves You More Money?
What BuyPerUnit Does
BuyPerUnit is a pre-purchase research tool. It compares thousands of storage devices and printer ink cartridges by cost per unit ($/GB and $/page) across Amazon, Best Buy, and Newegg. BuyPerUnit helps shoppers choose the right product before they ever reach a checkout page.
What Honey (PayPal) Does
Honey is a browser extension (owned by PayPal) that automatically applies coupon codes at checkout on thousands of e-commerce sites. It works after you have already chosen a product and are about to pay.
Side-by-Side Comparison
BuyPerUnit Strengths
- ✓Finds better products, not just better coupons
- ✓Compares across retailers to find the lowest price before checkout
- ✓Purpose-built unit pricing for storage and ink — deeper analysis
Honey (PayPal) Strengths
- ✓Works on thousands of e-commerce sites automatically
- ✓Zero effort — browser extension tests codes at checkout
- ✓Covers all product categories, not just storage
When to Use BuyPerUnit Instead
If you are specifically shopping for storage devices or printer ink and want to find the product that delivers the most capacity per dollar, BuyPerUnit provides analysis that Honey cannot. Honey might save you $5 on a coupon — BuyPerUnit might show you a different product that saves you $50 by having a fundamentally better $/GB ratio.
When to Use Honey (PayPal) Instead
Honey is useful at checkout on almost any online store. If you shop broadly across many sites, Honey's coupon testing can save a few dollars on individual purchases. It requires zero effort once installed.
Can You Use Both?
Yes. Use BuyPerUnit to identify the best-value product, then let Honey try to find a coupon code when you check out at the retailer. The savings stack.