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If youβve ever felt like you were duped by overpaying for something that was advertised as a βgreat deal,β youβre in the right place. Itβs easy to get caught up in frenzied online shopping holidaysβ especially when retailers sometimesΒ sneak price hikes before major sales (Amazon's upcoming October Prime Day sale included) or deceive shoppers with tricks to get you to spend more than you intended to.
Figuring out the best time to buy something requires constantly watching ever-fluctuating online prices and some knowledge of how prices have changed in the past. As a shopping editor, that is what I do for a living, and I know how time-consuming it can be. Luckily, you donβt have to figure it all out yourself: Here are the best websites and extensions I've been using for years to check price history and track prices so that you can be sure youβre getting the best deal possible.
The best Amazon price tracker: Camelcamelcamel
Credit: Camelcamelcamel.com
CamelCamelCamel is among the best ways to track prices on Amazon products. You can install the browser extension (on Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera, and Safari) to get access to the siteβs features without leaving Amazon, or you can just copy and paste an Amazon link or product name to the websiteβs search bar. CamelCamelCamel shows you how the price of the item has gone up or down over time, how prices have changed through Amazon directly, and the fluctuations from third-party Amazon sellers who list new and used items.
If you sign up for a free account, you can set up alerts so the site can notify you by email when the price of an item drops below a certain amount, if you can get it used for a given price, or if itβs at an all-time low and now is a good time to buy. You can even see previous historic highs and lows and try to map out the best time to strike.
The best price tracker for most online retailers and to compare prices: Honey
You've probably already heard of the "Honey influencer scam" that blew up in December of 2024. Essentially, Honey hijacked affiliate links from influencers who were sponsoring them. Also, in many instances, it deliberately chose not to give the best coupons to users who used the extension (going completely against its business model). Honey is not alone in this behavior. Many coupon aggregator companies hijack affiliate links; Honey just happens to be in the spotlight because it's the biggest one. Use your own judgment if you choose to use any of its services.
The bad news for those looking for a price-tracking tool that can be used for most online retailers is that Honey is the only option. The good news is that Honey's price-tracking tool can't scam you or give you subpar coupons. The Honey browser extension compares prices from a whole bunch of retailers, not just Amazon. You can create a Droplist, which notifies you if the prices drop for an item on your list if youβre willing to wait for a deal. Here is what creating a Droplist can do for you:
First, itβll keep the items you want to keep tabs on organized and easily accessible. Second, itβll track the prices of those products and alert you when they go on sale at any major retailer. You can see how much those prices cost leading up to the sale to see if they are, in fact, good deals or a trick from retailers to take advantage of you, and even compare them with other major retailers to see who has the best deal. You can see how to set up your droplist here.ο»Ώ
As long as you don't buy the products using a Honey link, you won't be giving money to the service. Until there's a better alternative, Honey is the only option that can instantly pull up price histories and track prices for multiple retailers with a browser extension (for now).
The best tool to compare prices: Capital One Shopping
Capital One Shopping, previously known as Wikibuy, compares prices from other sellers when you shop on Amazon. You can simply type any product into the search bar on top and start analyzing it. If you choose to use the browser extension, it will notify you if a product you are looking at is cheaper somewhere else, and offer a summary of pricing history, estimated delivery time, and total price, including tax and shipping. If you can apply a coupon, itβll add that as well. When the price drops for a product youβve viewed, Capital One Shopping will notify you. When you shop, you can earn credits for your purchases at some websites, like Walmart and eBay, that Capital One Shopping has partnered with. You can trade that credit for gift cards or put it toward purchases through Capital One Shoppingβs site.
The extension is available for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari, and an iOS app allows you to scan barcodes and search products to do price comparisons from your phone.
The best price tracker tool for gamers: CheapShark
While most of the others in the roundup focus on products like electronics, apparel, household goods, and appliances, CheapShark is a great option for those looking to save money on video games. CheapShark combines all of the great places to get discounts on games in one place, one easily searchable directory and database of current prices from sites including Steam, GoG, Green Man Gaming, GameStop, Amazon, and more. Of course, itβs limited to video games, but you can search a game name not just to see how much itβll cost you to buy, but even if you can buy it at allβand which retailer has it available. If you want, you can even filter by games currently on sale at their selected stores.
When you search for a specific game, CheapShark tells you what the cheapest-ever price was, when it hit that price, and gives you the choice to either go ahead and buy it from your choice of retailer or to sign up for a price notification if it drops again.
Honorable mentions
Amazon's own price history
No need to download any extension or activate any application. Amazon's own price history is located right next to every item's list price, and opens a side window that shows you the price activity from the last 30 days. You can expand it up to 90 days as well. I've found this tool to be helpful when Camelcamelcamel or Keepa don't have information (which is rare). Amazon uses its AI technology, Rufus, to track these prices. It's disappointing that there are no details as to what prices are included in on-page coupons, since the only one with this information would be Amazon. But they wouldn't benefit much from telling you this, so it makes sense to keep it to itself.
Keepa: Practical price-tracking tool for Amazon and eBay
Credit: Amazon.com using the Keepa browser extension
Keepa works very similarly to Camelcamelcamel, but instead of clicking on the extension to see the price history, it'll be automatically displayed below the image of the product. This helps if clicking on the extension or installing is one click too much for you. Keepa also lets you track specific products and sends you notifications when they go below a specific price that you set. It also works on eBay. You can download the extension for Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Edge, and Safari.
SlickDeals: Great for finding deals and checking prices
SlickDeals is known for bringing you up-to-the-minute discounts, coupons, and other deals from around the web, but its web-based price tracker is also great for watching prices on just about any item on Amazon and on a ton of other popular shopping sites, like Newegg, Gamestop, Chewy, Home Depot, and others.
The service doesnβt give you a detailed price history like some of the others in the roundupβit only shows a βdeal historyβ under the βprice intelligenceβ section for a few popular products. However, it will track the price of your item from when you create an alert and send you an email if the price drops below a threshold that you set. You can also return to the price tracker at any time, log in to your account, and see all of your tracked items on the same screen.
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