How Sortd works

Sortd ranks Irish energy plans by estimated annual cost for your household, cheapest first. The ranking order has no revenue input. A provider cannot pay to appear higher in results.

Sortd may earn a referral fee when you switch through the site. That fee is paid by the provider after the switch completes. It does not affect where any plan appears during the comparison.

The same cost-based ranking applies to broadband, insurance, and every other category on the platform.

Sortd includes the main Irish electricity and gas suppliers (Electric Ireland, Bord Gáis Energy, Energia, Pinergy, and others) and lists which are active in each comparison.

If a provider is temporarily unavailable, has chosen not to participate, or cannot be included for technical reasons, that is shown on the comparison page before you decide.

Coverage is updated as new providers enter the Irish energy market or existing providers change their participation status.

Sortd earns referral fees from energy providers and other partners when users submit quote requests or complete switches through the site. These fees are paid by the provider and are not added to your bill.

The price shown in comparison results is the same price you pay. Commercial relationships with providers do not influence the order plans appear in results.

Where a specific step on the site involves a partner relationship, it is labelled. Commercial relationships are not hidden in footnotes.

Sortd estimates your annual saving as the difference between your current plan's annual cost and the cheapest available plan for the same usage. Both figures use the same formula:

Every result card shows this breakdown so you can check the numbers yourself. The figure is an estimate: actual usage varies month to month, and some discounts apply conditionally (for example, direct debit or online account discounts).

Sortd does not inflate saving figures. If the cheapest available plan costs more than your current one, that is displayed rather than hidden.

Tariff rates, standing charges, and plan terms are sourced from provider websites and published price schedules. Where a provider offers a direct data feed, that is used and cross-checked against the published schedule.

Before a new or updated tariff appears in results, it is validated for internal consistency: unit rates must fall within expected ranges for the Irish market, standing charges must be present and complete, and plan terms must be parseable.

Where official published data and a direct feed disagree, the official published rate takes precedence until the discrepancy is resolved.

Tariff data is checked and refreshed every day. Comparison pages display a last-updated timestamp so you can see how current the figures are before making a decision.

When a provider announces a price change, rates are updated as soon as the new schedule is confirmed, typically before the change takes effect on customer bills. You may see an upcoming rate reflected in results before it applies to your account.

If a provider's data cannot be retrieved during a daily refresh, that provider is marked as temporarily unavailable rather than shown with stale rates.

Sortd Technologies Ltd is a registered Irish company operating under Irish and EU consumer protection rules, including the Consumer Rights Act 2022 and GDPR.

Sortd is not a regulated financial adviser, insurance broker, or mortgage intermediary. Energy and broadband comparison and switching does not require regulatory authorisation in Ireland. The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) governs the energy market, but comparison services are not required to be individually authorised.

Where a product category on Sortd does require regulated advice (for example, certain insurance or financial products) we say so clearly and direct you to an authorised provider rather than proceeding.