Octopus Energy vs other suppliers
Whoever you’re with now, see how Octopus compares — and pick up £50 on the way in.
Octopus vs British GasBritish Gas is the safe, familiar name and a sensible pick if you value a nationwide engineer network and bundled boiler cover under one roof.Compare →Octopus vs E.ON NextE.Compare →Octopus vs OVO EnergyOVO is a capable, app-led supplier and one of Britain's biggest, so the two are closer on paper than the gap suggests in practice.Compare →Octopus vs EDF EnergyEDF is a serious, financially solid supplier with genuinely low-carbon electricity and some sharp fixed deals, so it's far from a bad choice.Compare →Octopus vs ScottishPowerScottishPower is a serious, long-established supplier with genuine green-generation credentials, but on the things most households feel day to day — independent customer-satisfaction scores, the breadth of smart and time-of-use tariffs, and ongoing rewards — Octopus tends to come out ahead.Compare →Octopus vs So EnergySo Energy is a genuinely solid, well-liked supplier with strong customer service and 100% renewable electricity, so if you're happy on a fixed deal there's no urgent reason to flee.Compare →Octopus vs UtilitaUtilita is genuinely good at one specific thing — pay-as-you-go and prepayment energy — and if you want to top up rather than pay by monthly Direct Debit, it deserves a serious look.Compare →Octopus vs Good EnergyGood Energy is one of the most genuinely green suppliers in the UK and a great fit if certified renewable sourcing is your top priority.Compare →Octopus vs EcotricityIf your priority is putting every penny toward building new renewable infrastructure, Ecotricity is a genuinely principled choice with a long pedigree.Compare →Octopus vs Utility WarehouseUtility Warehouse is genuinely different from most suppliers: it's the only major one that bundles energy, broadband, mobile and insurance onto a single bill, and households who put everything with it can save through the bundle discount.Compare →Octopus vs Bulb EnergyThis is an unusual head-to-head, because Bulb Energy no longer exists.Compare →Octopus vs Shell EnergyThere's no live Shell Energy home tariff to switch onto any more: Octopus bought Shell Energy Retail's UK home energy business and has already moved every household account across, so if you were a Shell Energy customer you're an Octopus customer now.Compare →Octopus vs Co-op EnergyThis is an unusual head-to-head because Co-op Energy isn't really an Octopus rival at all — its supply, billing and customer service have been operated by Octopus Energy on the same Kraken platform since 2019, so the people and tech behind your account are largely the same either way.Compare →Octopus vs npowerFor households this matchup is largely historical: npower no longer supplies homes, having wound down its domestic business and migrated those customers to E.Compare →Octopus vs Boost PowerBoost was OVO's dedicated pay-as-you-go brand, but OVO has since wound it into the main OVO business, so "switching to Boost" is no longer really an option — its prepayment customers are now OVO customers.Compare →Octopus vs Sainsbury's EnergySainsbury's Energy is a reasonable, low-risk choice, and if you shop at Sainsbury's regularly the Nectar points it pays on top of your tariff are genuine money back.Compare →Octopus vs Tomato EnergyTomato Energy was a small, EV-focused challenger built around cheap overnight charging rates, but it stopped trading in November 2025 and the regulator moved its customers — roughly 15,000 homes — to British Gas under the supplier-of-last-resort safety net.Compare →
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