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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.co.uk Rating | Weighted Average (based on the number of reviews) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | QuoteZone | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.70 |
| 2 | Go Compare | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.57 |
| 3 | Confused | 4.4 | 4.55 | 4.55 |
| 4 | Moneysupermarket | 4.5 | 3.98 | 4.48 |
| 5 | Compare the Market | 2.9 | 4.51 | 3.00 |
According to the publicly available data, QuoteZone has the best overall customer reviews of the main car insurance comparison search engines with an average rating of 4.7 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.
Go Compare ranked 2nd behind QuoteZone, with an average rating of 4.57 out of 5 stars. And Confused ranked 3rd with a score of 4.55.
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.
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 only available on Confused, Go Compare and Moneysupermarket, while Doddle and Apricot are only featured on the QuoteZone panel. Many popular brands are included in all 5 panels: for instance, 1st Central, Admiral, Acorn, Autosaint, AXA, Budget, Diamond, Elephant, Endsleigh, Geoffrey, Hastings 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, etc.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Central | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 4youngdrivers | yes | ||||
| AA | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Abbey Insurance | yes | ||||
| Academy Insurance | yes | ||||
| A-Choice | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Acorn Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Admiral | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Ageas | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| A-Plan | yes | ||||
| Apricot Insurance | yes | ||||
| Arkwright | yes | ||||
| Autosaint | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Autonet | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| AXA | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Bank of Scotland | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Barry Grainger | yes | yes | |||
| Be Wiser | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Bell Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| BG Insurance | yes | yes | |||
| Bradford & Bingley Insurance | yes | ||||
| Brightside | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| British Gas | yes | ||||
| Budget Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| By Miles Insurance | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Car Insurance Experts | yes | ||||
| Carole Nash | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Carrot Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Churchill | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| CIS | yes | yes | |||
| City Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Clements | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Collingwood Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Complete Car | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Computer Quote Insurance | yes | yes | |||
| Co-op | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Coverbox | yes | ||||
| Darwin | yes | yes | |||
| Debenhams | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Devitt | yes | ||||
| Dial Direct | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Diamond Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| DNA Insurance | yes | ||||
| Doddle Cover | yes | ||||
| Drive like a girl | yes | ||||
| Drive Wiser | yes | yes | |||
| DriveXpert | yes | yes | |||
| Easy2Insure | yes | ||||
| Eco Insurance | yes | ||||
| Elephant | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Endsleigh Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Esure | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| First Insurance | yes | ||||
| FirstAlternative | yes | ||||
| Flux Direct | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Ford Insure | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Freedom Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Fresh | yes | ||||
| GA Telematics | yes | ||||
| General Accident | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Geoffrey Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Get Cover | yes | yes | |||
| Girls Drive Better | yes | yes | |||
| Go Girl | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Go Skippy | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Got You Covered | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Got2Insure | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Grove & Dean | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Halifax | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Hastings Direct | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Hedgehog | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| HomeInsurer | yes | ||||
| Homenet | yes | ||||
| HomeProtect | yes | ||||
| HomeQuoteDirect | yes | ||||
| HR Insurance | yes | ||||
| Hughes Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| iGO4 insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Ingenie | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Insurance Factory | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Insurance Revolution | yes | ||||
| Insurance4My | yes | ||||
| Insure 2 Drive | yes | ||||
| Insure Pink | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Insure The Box | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Insure Wiser | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Insure Your Motor | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| insure2drive | yes | yes | yes | ||
| InsureWiserPlatinum | yes | ||||
| Intasure | yes | ||||
| Intelligent Insurance | yes | ||||
| John Lewis | yes | yes | |||
| L&G | yes | ||||
| Ladybird | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Lancaster Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Lloyds | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Liverpool Victoria/LV= | yes | yes | yes | ||
| M&S Bank | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Magnet | yes | ||||
| Marmalade | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Marshmallow | yes | yes | yes | ||
| MasterQuote | yes | yes | |||
| Mayfair | yes | ||||
| MCE Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| More Than | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Motor Vision | yes | ||||
| MotorQuote Direct | yes | yes | yes | ||
| My Policy | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Nationwide | yes | ||||
| NCI Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Nova Insurance | yes | ||||
| O2 Drive | yes | ||||
| One Call Insurance | yes | yes | yes | ||
| One Quote Direct | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Only Smart Drivers | yes | yes | |||
| Panel Total | yes | ||||
| People's Choice | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Performance Direct | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Peter Best | yes | ||||
| Policy Expert | yes | ||||
| Policywise | yes | ||||
| Post Office | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Principal Insurance | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Privilege | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Provident Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Quote Detective | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Quoteline Direct | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| QuoteMeHappy.com | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| RAC | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| RCIB Insurance | yes | ||||
| RIAS | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Right Choice | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Saga | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Sainsbury's Bank | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Santander | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Screentrade | yes | ||||
| Sheilas' Wheels | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Sky Insurance | yes | yes | |||
| Smart Driver Club | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Smart Driver Insurance Ltd | yes | ||||
| Smartmiles | yes | ||||
| Sterling Insurance | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Sterling Owners Club | yes | yes | |||
| Street Wiser | yes | yes | |||
| SunLife Home Insurance | yes | ||||
| Sure Thing | yes | yes | |||
| Sureterm Direct | yes | ||||
| Surething | yes | yes | |||
| Swiftcover.com | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Swinton | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Tesco Bank | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| The Co-operative | yes | ||||
| The Insurance Emporium | yes | ||||
| The Insurance Factory | yes | yes | |||
| Ticker | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Together Mutual Insurance | yes | ||||
| U Drive | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Vavista | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Wise Driving | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| WiserChoice | yes | ||||
| Yoga Insure | yes | yes | |||
| Younger But Wiser | yes | ||||
| Zenith Insurance | yes | yes | 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