Deal alert tools for PC flippers, compared
The tools UK flippers use to catch underpriced listings, side by side. What each one is built for, how often it checks, what it costs and how it decides a deal is good.
| PathAu | Flipify | DealSonar | CSC Deals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made for | Used PCs and PC parts in the UK | Anything you flip, with keyword watchlists | Anything you flip, with saved-search monitors | PC part deals on eBay |
| Marketplaces | eBay UK, Gumtree, Vinted and Facebook Marketplace | Facebook Marketplace, eBay, Gumtree, Vinted, Craigslist, Kijiji, OfferUp and Mercari | Facebook Marketplace, Vinted, eBay, OfferUp | eBay (UK and US) |
| How often new listings are checked | About every minute | Every 10 minutes ($5 a month per watchlist) or every minute ($10 per watchlist) | Every 30 minutes on £25 and £49, 15 minutes on £99, 2 minutes on £185 | About every 5 minutes, 07:00–23:00; every minute for some parts on Premium |
| Price | £10 a month; Pro £25 | $5–10 a month per watchlist | £25–185 a month | Free feed; Premium £9.99 a month |
| Free trial | No — your last 7 days are shown before you pay; Discord feeds are free | 7 days, card needed | 5–7 days (the site says both) | Free feed |
| How a listing is valued | Median of real used UK sales, per part | eBay sold average when comparisons exist | eBay sold comparisons (low, high, average) | Price target per part model |
| Whole PCs priced part by part | yes — every PC, no monthly cap | No | 40–150 “PC teardowns” a month, from the £49 plan | Manual price checker |
| Profit after your own fees | Your own fees, postage and tax (Pro) | Spread to the eBay average | Profit estimate after fees | no — price against a target |
| Auctions ending soon | yes — last 30 minutes, with the most to bid | not mentioned | not mentioned | yes, near their end |
| Scam warnings | Flagged “Too good to be true”; shop stock and new-seller patterns held back | AI filter for noisy matches | AI listing filter | hides suspiciously cheap |
| Alerts arrive in | Phone notifications, Telegram, Discord DMs, web app | iOS and Android apps, web | Dashboard and email; Discord and Telegram from £49 | Discord, web app with notifications |
| Free price check | Free: Price check tab (/app/#check), web calculator or /value in Discord | No | No | Price checker on the site |
Details from each tool's public site; dates on each comparison page. PathAu vs Flipify · PathAu vs DealSonar · PathAu vs CSC Deals