Directo alternatives
Free extensions that compare hotel prices on the page.
Updated November 8, 2026: Underbook is a free alternative to Directo that shows, on the hotel page you are viewing, the price each booking site Google Hotels lists for your dates (a median of 17 per hotel in our data), and says whether a lower price names the same room. It installs on Chrome, Edge and Firefox with no account. Directo, also free, is far larger, and adds its own negotiated rates, Directo Deals. RatePunk and Hotel Ninja are the other free extensions in this group.
This page is by Underbook, one of the extensions compared. Facts about the others come from their own sites and store listings, read November 8, 2026; they can change, and a correction to hi@underbook.co is welcome.
Directo and Underbook, side by side
| Feature | Directo | Underbook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, no sign-up, its site says | Free; there is no paid tier |
| Account | None needed, its site says | No account; an email address only if you ask for a price-drop email |
| Where it installs | Chrome Web Store and Firefox Add-ons; its site also names Edge, Brave and Opera | Chrome Web Store, Microsoft Edge Add-ons, Firefox Add-ons |
| On a phone | A beta for Safari on iPhone; its site says the full experience is on a computer | Firefox for Android 142 or newer; on any other phone, the web price checker, no install |
| Sites it compares | Booking platforms and hotels' official websites across over 2.4 million properties, its site says, beside its own Directo Deals rates | Every booking site Google Hotels lists for the stay, the hotel's own site included when listed |
| Taxes and fees | Its site and listing say book directly to avoid middleman markups; neither says whether the prices shown include taxes | All-in where the sites report taxes and fees, which they did at 4,062 of 5,830 hotels (70%) in our data; otherwise the listed rate, marked as such; a resort or destination fee may be extra |
| The room | Says the same hotel; its home page and listing describe no room check | Says whether a lower price names a room matching the room at the going rate; otherwise says to check the room |
| After you book | Not described on its home page or listing | An optional email if a refundable stay you booked is listed 5% or more below what you paid before free cancellation ends |
| Your data | Its listing declares that it handles user activity and that the data is not sold | Sends the hotel name, town, dates and party size to its price service (privacy) |
| How it is paid | May earn affiliate commissions, its listing says, and offers rates on its own booking platform | May earn a commission if you book through its link, which never changes the order of prices |
| Chrome Web Store, read November 8, 2026 | 400,000 users, 4.5 from 370 ratings, version 2.107.1, updated October 26, 2026 | 71 users, no ratings yet, version 0.5.67 |
Directo: getdirecto.com and its Chrome Web Store listing, and its Firefox Add-ons listing (about 5,400 daily users, 3 ratings, updated October 23, 2026), read November 8, 2026. Underbook: how Underbook works and its store listings. The median of 17 sites and the share with taxes reported are from our snapshots of September 25 to October 1, 2026 (5,830 hotels).
When Directo may be enough
If you want negotiated rates on its own booking platform, or the extension with far more users and ratings, Directo does that job, free and with no sign-up. Underbook is the one to try if you want every site Google Hotels lists for your stay, small sites and the hotel's own site included, want to be told whether a lower price names the same room, or want an email if a refundable stay drops after you book.
Other alternatives travelers name
- RatePunk compares booking sites as you browse, with email alerts before and after booking and cashback in its own coins, its listing and extension page say.
- Hotel Ninja compares Booking.com, Expedia, Hotels.com, Agoda and more on the page, its site says; our page on it was read October 5, 2026.
More on the category: hotel price comparison extensions, side by side.
Measured, September 22 to October 10, 2026
What to look for in any of them
Three things from our hotel price study (7,044 hotel prices in 368 cities, 17 snapshots) that decide whether a price comparison is worth trusting:
- Which sites it checks. Some site listed the stay 5% or more below the going rate at 5,114 of 7,044 hotels (73%), and the lowest of those listings was on Booking.com, Expedia, Hotels.com, Priceline or Agoda at only 641 of 5,114 (12.5%). Most lower prices sit on smaller sites, so the number of sites checked matters.
- What it says about the room. At 4,294 of 5,114 hotels (84%) with a lower listing, the lowest named no room at all. A tool can only match a room the listing names, so look for one that tells you when it cannot.
- Taxes. At 2,542 of 3,371 hotels (75%) where taxes added 10% or more (snapshots of September 25 to October 1, 2026), the listings mixed before-tax and all-in prices, and at each of those the lowest listing was a before-tax price. Compare all-in totals, or know which you are seeing.
Directo alternatives: common questions
What is a good alternative to Directo?
Underbook, RatePunk and Hotel Ninja are free extensions that also compare a hotel's price across booking sites on the page you are viewing. Underbook installs on Chrome, Edge and Firefox, checks every booking site Google Hotels lists for your stay, says whether a lower price names the same room, and has a web price checker for phones.
Is Directo free?
Yes, with no sign-up, by its own site, read November 8, 2026. It may earn affiliate commissions, its Chrome Web Store listing says. Underbook is free too and may also earn a commission if you book through its link.
Does Directo work on Firefox?
It has a Firefox Add-ons listing, updated October 23, 2026, though its site names Chrome, Edge, Brave and Opera as the browsers it works on, read November 8, 2026. Underbook has listings on the Chrome Web Store, Microsoft Edge Add-ons and Firefox Add-ons.
Is there a Directo app for a phone?
Its site names a beta for Safari on iPhone and says the full experience is on a computer. On a phone, Underbook's web price checker runs its check in the browser with no install.
Why try a smaller extension?
Underbook has far fewer users: 71 on Chrome and no ratings yet, against Directo's 400,000 and 4.5 from 370 ratings, read November 8, 2026. What it adds is a check of every site Google Hotels lists and a plain answer on whether the room matches. You can test that with no install at the web price checker, then decide.
Real prices, hotel by hotel
Every site's price at 5,970 hotels in 368 cities
From our price snapshots of September 25, 2026, September 28, 2026, September 29, 2026, September 30, 2026, October 1, 2026, October 3, 2026 and October 10, 2026: each hotel's page lists every booking site Google Hotels showed, the going rate, and whether the lowest-priced listing named a room, with a button to check today's price for your own dates.
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Every site Google Hotels lists, on the page you are on.
Underbook shows the other booking sites' prices for the hotel and dates you are viewing, all-in where the sites report taxes and fees, and says whether a lower one names your room. Free on Chrome, Edge and Firefox.
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