Three ways in, one honest comparison out.
Whichever way you start, PulseMyBasket is trying to answer the same question: what is this exact product, and where is it cheapest right now?
Type, scan, or photograph
Search by name, scan a barcode with your phone's camera, or take a photo of the product. A barcode scan gives the most exact match; a photo or search may surface a few candidates to confirm.
We identify the exact product
PulseMyBasket matches on barcode (GTIN/EAN) first. Without a barcode, it matches on confirmed retailer mappings, then brand + product family + variant + size + packaging together, never on name alone. Anything uncertain is flagged for review rather than guessed.
Compare and build a basket
See the price at nearby physical stores and relevant online/delivery retailers side by side, with distance where you've set a location. Add items to a basket to see the cheapest way to buy your whole list.
Why we ask for your location
Location is used to find nearby physical stores, calculate distance, and surface locally relevant offers. You can share precise location, or enter a suburb, town, or postal code instead. Either way, it's only used to answer "what's nearby," not stored as a marketing profile. See our Privacy Policy for exactly what is and isn't kept.
Nearby isn't always cheapest once you factor in delivery.
A product might be cheaper at an online-only retailer on the shelf price, but once a delivery fee is added it can end up costing more than driving to a nearby store, or the other way around. PulseMyBasket shows both physical and online/delivery options rather than collapsing them into a single number, so you can judge distance and delivered cost together instead of one hiding the other. Where a retailer doesn't publish clear delivery pricing, we say so rather than assume it's free.