Comparing tiffin services on price is harder than it first looks, because the number most services lead with — a per-meal rate — often isn’t the figure that actually determines what you pay in a given month. Delivery charges, term length and which sittings are included all move the real total, and two services quoting similar per-meal rates can land at genuinely different monthly costs once everything else is added in.
What actually makes up the total
The per-meal or per-plate rate, which is usually the number that gets advertised most prominently. Delivery, which some services fold into the quoted plan price and others charge separately per day, often at a rate that varies by delivery zone — a service quoting a lower headline plate price but charging delivery separately can end up costing more overall than one that’s upfront about a slightly higher all-in figure from the start. And term length: a 7-day, 14-day or 30-day commitment changes the underlying per-day economics, and longer terms are commonly, though not universally, priced somewhat lower per meal in exchange for the longer upfront commitment a customer is making.
Packaging and platform fees, where they exist
Some services itemise a packaging fee and a platform or service fee separately from the food cost itself, which is easy to miss if you’re only comparing the headline per-meal number between two options. These are usually small individually but worth including in any real comparison, since they compound the same way delivery charges do across a full month’s worth of meals.
What to actually compare
Not the headline per-meal number alone — the full checkout total for the specific term, sittings and delivery zone you’d genuinely use, since that’s the figure that actually determines what leaves your account each month, not the number printed largest on a landing page. A service that shows this full breakdown before you pay, rather than only after you’ve committed, is meaningfully easier to compare honestly against an alternative.
Why this site doesn’t quote a single flat monthly figure
Because there isn’t one honest number to quote that would be accurate for most people reading it — the real total depends on which sittings you choose, your plan term, and your specific delivery zone, and stating a single rounded figure here would simply be wrong for most readers’ actual circumstances. The real breakdown for your specific choices is shown on the checkout summary before you pay, which is the only place it can be accurate.
Every plan on this site lists its full rotation the same way, day by day, with these figures attached to each dish — the menus are readable without signing up.