DealHunter review: what it does, what it costs, who it's built for

DealHunter (dealhunter.io) is a deal alert service that watches ten marketplaces from one saved search: Mercari, eBay, Facebook Marketplace, Poshmark, Craigslist, OfferUp, Depop, Vinted, Whatnot and AutoTrader. A free account gets one search checked once a day. Basic is $7.99 a month for 5 searches, Standard $14.99 for 10, and Premium $29.99 for 20. It runs in a web browser, and it now has a companion app for iPhone and Android tied to the same account. It's a good fit for someone buying across the online resale sites: sneakers, cards, cameras, game consoles. If what you're after is local pickup, Deal Scanner, which is ours, watches Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp and Craigslist from one search for $3.99 a month. This review is from DealHunter's own site and its App Store and Google Play listings, read November 10, 2026. We have not paid for a plan, and we say so.

What DealHunter is

A saved-search watcher. You give it keywords, words to leave out, a price range and the marketplaces you want, and it checks them on a schedule and sends a push or email when a new listing matches. The feed on its home page shows the kind of thing it's pointed at: a PS5 on eBay, a sealed Pokémon box on Mercari, a Game Boy on eBay, a Switch game on Poshmark.

What comes with it, per its own site:

• Ten marketplaces on every plan, free included. Mercari, eBay, Facebook Marketplace, Poshmark, Craigslist, OfferUp, Depop, Vinted, Whatnot and AutoTrader. Its pricing page says upgrading is about speed and search count, not unlocking sites.
• A demo at paid speed. Every new account starts with at least 24 hours at paid speed. After that the one free search is checked once a day, and it pauses after 60 days without app activity.
• AI Search Assist. You type what you want in a sentence ("size 11 Jordan 4s under $120 within 25 miles") and it builds the search. 3 a day on Free, 10 on Basic, 20 on Standard, 30 on Premium.
• Hourly alert caps. Basic allows 50 alerts an hour, Standard 100, Premium 150.
• Price trackers and buying guides. Its site publishes asking-price pages for items like the PS5, iPhone 15 and RTX 3080.
• Web first, with an app. Its FAQ says it "runs in your browser and installs as a PWA straight from the site." The site footer also links to "DealHunter: Marketplace Alerts" on the App Store and Google Play, which the listing calls "the companion app to your dealhunter.io account." Plans are bought on the website.
• Who runs it. Echelon Dynamics Inc., with a Wyoming address. Its pricing page says 600+ users.

Don't mix it up with "Deal Hunter: AI Price & Deals" on the App Store, or with the Danish shopping site dealhunter.dk. Both are separate businesses, and their reviews are not about this one.

What DealHunter costs

Read from dealhunter.io/pricing, November 10, 2026 (unchanged from October 26):

No card is needed for the free account. Paid plans offer a 7-day trial to eligible new subscribers, with a card, and you cancel from your account page. Saved searches are kept for 90 days after you cancel.

How fast DealHunter is

It doesn't give a number per plan. The plans say "fast checks," "faster checks" and "our fastest checks." Its FAQ says matches "typically alert within minutes on paid plans, depending on your tier and how many marketplaces you've enabled," and its pricing page adds that the more marketplaces a search covers, the longer between checks.

The free search is checked once a day. DealHunter's own home page walks through what that means: a listing posted at 9:00, a paid member alerted at 9:04, marked sold around 9:40, and the free search's daily check finding it the next day, "already gone." It labels that an illustration, not a promise.

What users say

Not much yet. The App Store listing says the app's overall rating was recently reset, so there's no star average to quote. The one written review showing on November 10, 2026 is critical: it says the alerts it got were off-target and that plans are managed on the website rather than in the app. The developer replied to it. Google Play shows 50+ downloads. One review is a small sample, so read it for what it is.

Searching "dealhunter review" mostly turns up Trustpilot pages for dealhunter.dk, the unrelated Danish site.

Who DealHunter is built for

People buying across the online resale sites, and resellers. Basic is labeled "for your wishlist" and Premium "for buyers and resellers," and Premium adds API access by request. Six of the ten marketplaces ship items across the country, and the app listings lead with sneakers, camera bodies and vintage finds. If you buy on Mercari, eBay, Poshmark and Depop as much as on Facebook, that's who the ten-site search is drawn around.

Things to know before you sign up

• The free search is once a day. Good local listings post and sell the same day. A daily check is a look at yesterday.
• Speed isn't a number. Paid checks are fast, faster and fastest, and they slow down as you add marketplaces to a search.
• It leans shipping, not pickup. A John Deere riding mower or a brown leather sectional lives on Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp and Craigslist. Most of the other seven are shipping sites.
• You need an account. Sign-up is by account, and plans are bought on the website, not in the app.
• Alert caps. 50 an hour on Basic is plenty for a narrow search and tight for a broad one.

The local three, for $3.99

Most people who check Marketplace every day, whether flipping is your side thing, your whole job, or not the point at all, want the same thing: their phone buzzes when the right listing goes up nearby, on whichever site the seller picked.

Deal Scanner watches Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp and Craigslist from one search, from our servers, around the clock with the app closed, and buzzes your iPhone or Android when a matching listing is posted. Set the item, your town, how far you'd drive, and a low and high price. It watches continuously, not once a day. It drops most accessories and lookalikes, so a PS5 search doesn't fill up with controllers and empty boxes. Every alert shows when we found the listing and carries a Deal Score: how far under the typical price near you it sits, like "46% below typical." When a listing you were alerted about gets cheaper, your phone buzzes again with "was $X, now $Y." No Facebook, OfferUp or Craigslist login, ever. No account, no name, no email.

Casual is $3.99 a month for 3 searches, Hunter $9.99 for 6, Pro $19.99 for 12, and yearly gives two months free. Every plan watches all three marketplaces at the same speed; plans differ only in how many searches you get. Flipping on the side? Pro is twelve searches for $19.99 a month. Waiting on one snowblower? Pay for the month you're looking. Cancel when you've got it. $3.99 a month, cancel anytime in your phone's subscription settings.

Other options are on DealHunter alternatives, and every app we track is on Best Facebook Marketplace alert apps, compared. For the marketplaces one at a time, see Facebook Marketplace alerts, Craigslist alerts and OfferUp alerts.

Side by side

FAQ

Is DealHunter legit?

It's a real service from Echelon Dynamics Inc., with a website at dealhunter.io and apps on the App Store and Google Play. Its prices and plans are published on its own site.

How much does DealHunter cost?

Free for one search checked once a day. Basic is $7.99 a month for 5 searches, Standard $14.99 for 10, and Premium $29.99 for 20, or $69, $129 and $249 a year, per dealhunter.io/pricing, read November 10, 2026.

Is DealHunter really free?

Yes, for one search. A new account runs at paid speed for at least 24 hours, then the one free search is checked once a day and pauses after 60 days without app activity. No card is needed to sign up.

How fast is DealHunter?

Its site says paid matches typically alert within minutes, depending on your plan and how many marketplaces the search covers. It doesn't publish a check interval. The free search is checked once a day.

What marketplaces does DealHunter watch?

Ten: Mercari, eBay, Facebook Marketplace, Poshmark, Craigslist, OfferUp, Depop, Vinted, Whatnot and AutoTrader. Deal Scanner watches Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp and Craigslist on every plan.

Does DealHunter have a phone app?

Yes. It runs in your browser and installs from its site as a web app, and there's a companion app on the App Store and Google Play that uses the same account. Plans are bought on the website.

Is DealHunter the same as the Deal Hunter app or dealhunter.dk?

No. "Deal Hunter: AI Price & Deals" on the App Store and the Danish shopping site dealhunter.dk are separate businesses. DealHunter is dealhunter.io, run by Echelon Dynamics Inc.

Is there a cheaper alternative to DealHunter?

For local pickup, yes. Deal Scanner Casual is $3.99 a month for 3 searches on Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp and Craigslist, Hunter $9.99 for 6, and Pro $19.99 for 12, every plan at the same speed. The rest are on DealHunter alternatives.

Sources checked

dealhunter.io (home page, FAQ and About) and dealhunter.io/pricing, read November 10, 2026; the "DealHunter: Marketplace Alerts" listings on the App Store (US) and Google Play, read November 10, 2026. The top Google results for "dealhunter.io review" on November 10, 2026 (Trustpilot pages for the unrelated dealhunter.dk and the App Store listing for the unrelated Deal Hunter app). Page written November 10, 2026.