What "anything" means here
There is no catalogue. You type the names of two to six things, and the comparison is researched with a live web search at that moment. So the only requirement is that the web has something to say about each item. In practice that covers:
| Kind of thing | Examples |
|---|---|
| Products | Two phones, three vacuum cleaners, a laptop against a tablet |
| Software and apps | Notion vs Obsidian, three password managers, two banking apps |
| Services | Money-transfer services, mobile plans, streaming subscriptions, couriers |
| Places | Two cities to move to, three neighbourhoods, two holiday islands |
| Education | Two universities' versions of a degree, online courses, exam boards |
| Choices that are not products | Renting vs buying, a gym vs home workouts, leasing vs financing a car |
What you get
- A written verdict for the question you asked — say what matters in the box under the items, and the verdict is written for that.
- A table of at least ten attributes, including the problems owners most often report, with a badge on every value saying where it was found.
- The list of pages the search read, so you can check anything that matters.
- A follow-up chat that answers from the same research.
- With three or more items, elimination: remove options one by one until one is left.
- A page of its own with an address you can send to someone.
Where "anything" stops
- Things the web knows nothing about — a private tutor with no website, a shop with no reviews. The comparison will say so rather than invent it.
- Real people. Comparing two individuals is not what this is for.
- Live prices to the minute. A comparison is a snapshot of the day it ran; it does not track prices or send alerts. For that, use a price-comparison site.
- Certainty. The comparison is written by an AI model and can be wrong; the badges and sources exist so you can check. How it works.
Try something no catalogue holds
Questions people ask
Is there a website that compares anything?
compare⁄io does: type any two to six things and it researches them with a live web search when you ask. Five comparisons a day are free, with no account needed.
Is there an app to compare anything?
compare⁄io works in any phone browser — no install needed. On a computer there is also a Chrome extension that saves things from any page so you can compare them later.
How many things can I compare at once?
Up to three on the free plan and up to six on Pro ($5 a month).