Pricing
Free today. Monthly support optional. Accounts later.
NI Food Compass is currently free while data quality, shop coverage, basket tools, and operations are hardened. You can support the project monthly, but this is not a paid account yet and does not change what features you can use today.
Current
Free public access
£0- Search and filter current grocery rows
- Compare by kg, litre, wash, bag or item
- Use a browser-local basket
- Save named baskets in this browser only
- Retailer links for final verification
Planned paid tier
Household Plus
£2.99/month- For households that need more than quick checks
- Planned for larger saved baskets and regular buys
- Monthly only so nobody is locked in
- Supporter checkout is live; account features remain staged
Handled by Stripe. Card details are not stored by NI Food Compass.
Optional extra support
Community supporter
£4.99/month- For people who want to help the project more
- Funds hosting, checking, capture work and maintenance
- Monthly only, no long commitment
- Same public features for now while accounts are prepared
Live now. Everyone can compare prices and build a browser-local basket.
Optional now. This supports the work but does not create an account.
Later. Per-user baskets, export, deletion, sessions and billing state must be ready first.
Before paid accounts go live
The supporter links above are payment/support options only. Server-side accounts, larger saved baskets and alerts will be switched on later when the privacy and account system is ready.
These pieces must be finished first, because payment without trust is just a very small disaster wearing a nice coat.
- Stripe Billing products and checkout links
- Promo/referral codes using Stripe promotion codes where active
- Stripe Customer Portal or equivalent cancellation/support flow
- Secure user sessions and passwordless login or equivalent
- Per-user basket storage so users never see each other's lists
- Updated privacy policy for stored account data
- Account deletion/export flow
- Backup and restore testing for account data
Why no annual payment yet?
Grocery data access and retailer response need to be watched carefully. Monthly-only support keeps this fair: if the service has to change, nobody has paid far ahead for something we cannot confidently promise yet.