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Wondering which of the many car insurance comparison sites to use? To help you out, we've compared the bunch based on customer reviews from both Trustpilot and Reviews.co.uk because customers usually know best—in more ways than one. We also list each site's panel of insurers to help you easily compare their offerings.
- Car Insurance Comparison Sites: Which Have the Best Customer Reviews?
- Car Insurance Comparison Sites Panels: Which Insurers Will You Find?
Customer Reviews for Popular Comparison Sites
There are 5 main car insurance comparison search engines in the UK (listed alphabetically): Compare the Market, Confused, Go Compare, Moneysupermarket and QuoteZone (who NimbleFins has partnered with for car insurance comparison). But which is the best?
To help figure that out we gathered the latest customer rating data from Trustpilot and Reviews.co.uk. Here's what we found:
| Best Car Insurance Comparison Sites | Trustpilot Score | Reviews.io Rating | Weighted Average (based on the number of reviews) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Compare the Market | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.80 |
| 2 | QuoteZone | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.76 |
| 3 | Moneysupermarket | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4.69 |
| 4 | Go Compare | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.67 |
| 5 | Confused | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.49 |
According to the publicly available data, Compare the Market has the best overall customer reviews, barely beating out our partner QuoteZone by only 0.04 of a point. Both companies have an average customer rating of 4.8 stars out of 5. A strong rating can be a sign that a comparison site offers cheap prices to save customers money, is easy to use and displays clear and easy-to-understand information. You can get quotes with QuoteZone through our interface here.
Moneysupermarket ranked third, followed by Go Compare and Confused.
Which Comparison Panels do These Popular Websites Use?
Car comparison quote systems on many popular websites are powered by the search engines mentioned above. For example, NimbleFins' comparison is supplied by QuoteZone; Uswitch's comparison is supplied by Confused, etc. Here is a selection of popular websites and the quote systems they use, listed alphabetically:
| Website | Car Insurance Quote System |
|---|---|
| Finder | QuoteZone/Seopa |
| Money | Confused |
| Money Expert | QuoteZone/Seopa |
| Mustard | Vast Visibility Limited |
| NimbleFins | QuoteZone/Seopa |
| Uswitch | Confused |
| Utility Saving Expert | QuoteZone/Seopa |
Car Insurance Comparison Panels
Here is a list of the insurance companies included in the panels of each of the primary car insurance quote systems in the UK, listed alphabetically. Use this table to see which insurers appear on which comparison sites. The data show that GoCompare and QuoteZone have the largest panels, with 98 and 89 insurance providers listed, respectively.
If there's a car insurance company you really want a quote from, check to see which comparison engine has them. For instance, Liverpool Victoria/LV= is not available on QuoteZone. Many popular brands are included in all 5 panels include 1st Central, Admiral, Acorn, AXA, Budget, andHastings Direct, etc.
| List of Insurance Brands in UK Comparison Panels | Compare the Market | Confused (e.g., Uswitch and Money) | Go Compare | Moneysupermarket | QuoteZone/Seopa (e.g., NimbleFins, Finder, MoneyExpert, etc.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List of Insurance Brands in Comparison Panels | Compare the Market | Confused | Go Compare | Moneysupermarket | QuoteZone |
| AA | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| 1st Central | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| A-Choice | yes | yes | yes | ||
| AA | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Abacai | yes | ||||
| Abbey Autoline | yes | ||||
| Acorn Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Admiral | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Ageas | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Aim4agreatquote | yes | ||||
| Aioi Nissay Dowa | yes | ||||
| Apricot | yes | ||||
| Apricot Insurance | yes | ||||
| Arkwright | yes | ||||
| Arthur J Gallagher | yes | ||||
| Atlanta | yes | ||||
| Aura | yes | ||||
| Aura OpenGI | yes | ||||
| Autosaint | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Autonet | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Aviva | yes | yes | yes | ||
| AXA | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Bank of Scotland | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Barry Grainger | yes | ||||
| Be Wiser | yes | yes | yes | ||
| BEAM | yes | ||||
| Bell Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| BG Insurance | yes | ||||
| BISL | yes | ||||
| Boom | yes | yes | |||
| Brightside | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Brokers Experts | yes | ||||
| Budget Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| By Miles Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Car Insurance Experts | yes | ||||
| CarInsurerCoUk | yes | ||||
| CarLine Direct | yes | yes | |||
| Carole Nash | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Carrot Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Churchill | yes | yes | yes | ||
| CIS | yes | yes | |||
| City Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| City Broking | yes | ||||
| Clements | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Collingwood Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Complete Car | yes | ||||
| CO-OP | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Cornmarket | yes | yes | |||
| Coverbox | yes | ||||
| Darwin | yes | yes | |||
| Debenhams | yes | ||||
| Devitt | yes | ||||
| Dial Direct | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Diamond Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Doddle Cover | yes | yes | |||
| Drive Wiser | yes | yes | |||
| DriveSure | yes | ||||
| DriveXpert | yes | yes | |||
| Easy2Insure | yes | ||||
| Elephant | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Esure | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Europa | yes | ||||
| FirstAlternative | yes | ||||
| Flow | yes | yes | |||
| Flux Direct | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Ford Insure | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Freedom Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Freedom Brokers | yes | yes | |||
| Freedom To Drive | yes | ||||
| General Accident | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Geoffrey Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| GetSetGo | yes | ||||
| Go Girl | yes | yes | |||
| Go Skippy | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| GoGirl | yes | ||||
| GoSkippy | yes | ||||
| Got 2 Insure | yes | ||||
| Got You Covered | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Got2Insure | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Greenlight | yes | ||||
| Grove & Dean | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| GSI SSP | yes | ||||
| Halifax | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Hastings Direct | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Hedgehog | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Herts | yes | ||||
| Hughes Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| iGO4 insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Ingenie | yes | yes | |||
| Insurance Factory | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Insurance4My | yes | ||||
| Insure 2 Drive | yes | ||||
| Insure Pink | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Insure The Box | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Insure Wiser | yes | yes | |||
| Insure Your Motor | yes | ||||
| insure2drive | yes | yes | |||
| InsureWiserPlatinum | yes | ||||
| Jigsaw | yes | ||||
| John Lewis | yes | ||||
| Jurny | yes | ||||
| Kwik Fit Motor Insurance | yes | ||||
| Ladybird | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Lancaster Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Leap | yes | ||||
| Lloyds | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Love your miles | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| LV= | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| M&S Bank | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Markerstudy | yes | ||||
| Marmalade | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Marshmallow | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| MasterQuote | yes | ||||
| Mayfair | yes | ||||
| MCE Insurance | yes | ||||
| MCL Insuretech | yes | ||||
| Modified Car Insurance | yes | ||||
| Moja | yes | yes | |||
| More Th>n | yes | ||||
| More Than | yes | ||||
| Motor Vision | yes | yes | |||
| Motorcade Insurance | yes | yes | |||
| MotorQuote Direct | yes | ||||
| My Policy | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| NCI Insurance | yes | yes | |||
| Next Risk Solutions | yes | ||||
| Nextbase | yes | ||||
| Nova Insurance | yes | yes | |||
| Nutshell | yes | yes | |||
| O2 Drive | yes | ||||
| One Call | yes | yes | yes | ||
| One Click | yes | yes | |||
| One Quote Direct | yes | yes | yes | ||
| One Call Direct | yes | ||||
| Only Smart Drivers | yes | ||||
| Swinton | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Panel Total | yes | ||||
| People's Choice | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Peppercorn | yes | yes | |||
| Perfomance Direct | |||||
| Performance Direct | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Peter Best | yes | yes | |||
| Policy Excess Insure | yes | ||||
| Policy Expert | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Post Office | yes | yes | |||
| Premium Choice | yes | ||||
| Prima | |||||
| Prima Car Insurance | yes | ||||
| Principal Insurance | yes | yes | |||
| Privilege | yes | yes | |||
| Privilige | |||||
| Provident Insurance | yes | yes | |||
| Qmetric | yes | ||||
| Quote Detective | yes | ||||
| Quote Me Happy | yes | ||||
| Quoteline Direct | yes | yes | |||
| QuoteMeHappy.com | yes | ||||
| RAC | yes | yes | yes | ||
| RCIB Insurance | yes | ||||
| Readers Digest | |||||
| RIAS | yes | yes | |||
| Right Choice | yes | yes | |||
| RightSure | yes | ||||
| Sabre | yes | ||||
| Safely Insured | |||||
| Saga | yes | yes | |||
| Sainsbury's Bank | yes | yes | |||
| Santander | yes | yes | |||
| Screentrade | |||||
| Sheilas' Wheels | yes | ||||
| Smart Driver Club | yes | ||||
| Somerset Bridge | yes | ||||
| Stella | yes | yes | |||
| Sterling Insurance | yes | yes | |||
| Sterling Owners Club | yes | ||||
| Stroll | yes | ||||
| Swiftcover.com | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Tesco Bank | yes | yes | |||
| Thamesbank | yes | ||||
| The Green Insurer | yes | ||||
| The Green Option | yes | ||||
| The Insurance Factory | yes | ||||
| Ticker | yes | yes | |||
| Toyota Insurance | yes | ||||
| U Drive | yes | yes | yes | ||
| UK Insurance | yes | ||||
| Vavista | yes | yes | |||
| WE Bedford | yes | ||||
| Wise Driving | yes | yes | yes | ||
| WiserChoice | yes | ||||
| Yoga Insurance | yes | ||||
| Yoga Insure | yes | yes | |||
| You Drive | yes | ||||
| Younger But Wiser | yes | ||||
| Zenith Insurance | yes | yes |
How to Pick the Best Car Insurance Comparison Site
There is no one best car insurance comparison site for all people, so to pick the best one for you it's a matter of keeping in mind the following:
- Check multiple comparison sites to find the best quotes
- Compare customer reviews of both the comparison site and the insurance company
- Consider which insurance company best suits your needs (check reviews and features)
- Decide which comparison site you'd rather give your business to