How is Kilowhiz different from EnergyBot, ComparePower and Energy Ogre?
Updated October 29, 2026 · By Sean Janoe
Most Texans get to pick the company that sells them electricity. That freedom comes with homework: a long list of providers, and plans whose price depends on how much power your home uses.
So a small industry has grown up to do the homework for you. Three names you may have seen are EnergyBot, ComparePower and Energy Ogre.
Kilowhiz is a newer name on that list, and we built it, so we have a stake here. Below is how all four work, who pays them and what their customers say, so you can pick the one that fits you.
- EnergyBot and ComparePower are free to you. Providers pay them when you sign up through them.
- Energy Ogre charges a membership fee, picks your plan and switches you itself.
- Kilowhiz prices every plan sold at your address on your own usage. A provider paying us never moves a plan up the ranking.
First, how electricity shopping works
In most of Texas, two companies stand behind your power, and a third kind can help you choose between them.
Your utility
Owns the poles and wires and delivers your power. You can't choose it.
Your provider
Sells you the power and sends the bill. This is the one you choose.
A shopping service
Helps you compare providers and plans. That's where these four come in.
Every plan has an Electricity Facts Label (EFL). It shows the plan's price at three amounts of use: 500, 1,000 and 2,000 kWh a month.
Your home uses its own amount. So the plan that looks cheapest on the EFL isn't always the cheapest for you. Doing that math is the job of a shopping service.
Follow the money
The biggest difference between the four is who pays them.
EnergyBot and ComparePower are free to use. When you sign up for a plan through them, the provider pays them a fee. That's how most free comparison sites stay free.
Energy Ogre works the other way around. You pay it $12 a month or $130 a year, and it says it takes no money from providers.
Kilowhiz sits in between. Whether to switch, and how much you'd save, is free. The recommended plan's name costs $5. Some providers also pay us when you enroll through our partner link, and their plans open free.
Where the money comes from
Kilowhiz. From you: $5 to see the recommended plan, free when that plan pays us. From providers: Some providers, through our partner link. EnergyBot. From you: Free to use. From providers: A referral payment when you sign up. ComparePower. From you: Free to use. From providers: A service fee for each customer it refers. Energy Ogre. From you: $12 a month, or $130 a year. From providers: Nothing, it says.
- Money goes this way
- No money this way
When a provider pays a service, ask whether that payment decides which plans you see first. At Kilowhiz it can't: our ranking code never reads what a provider pays us. Our how we make money page has the details.
Which plans you see
EnergyBot shows plans from a hand-picked group of providers it partners with. It says a brand you can't find there most likely didn't meet its standards.
ComparePower also lists plans from providers it has vetted. Energy Ogre checks your usage against the top plans available.
Kilowhiz prices every plan sold at your address, whether or not its provider pays us. Then it lines them up by what each would cost your home over a year.
Here is how that looks for a made-up home with five made-up plans. A shorter bar is a smaller bill.
Cheapest first, whoever pays us
Five made-up plans for one made-up home, cheapest first. Plan 1: provider A, $2,264 a year. Plan 2: provider B, $2,422 a year. Plan 3: provider A, $2,633 a year, pays us. Plan 4: provider C, $2,844 a year. Plan 5: provider D, $3,148 a year.
- Smallest bill for this home
- Every other plan
Provider A sells plans 1 and 3. Only plan 3 pays us. Plan 1 costs less, so it comes first.
Plan 3 opens free because it pays us, and the payment is printed on it. Plan 1, the recommended plan, takes the $5 unlock.
Each bar is energy plus delivery charges over the example home's 12 months, rounded to the dollar. The home, prices and providers are made up.
Whose usage they price
Here the four agree, which is good news for shoppers. Each can price plans on how much power your home uses, not on the EFL's three sample amounts.
EnergyBot links your usage from your utility. ComparePower can use your last 12 months. Energy Ogre reads your smart meter data with your permission.
Kilowhiz reads your 15-minute meter readings from Smart Meter Texas once you share them, and uses an estimate made from your answers until then.
Who does the switching
EnergyBot and ComparePower let you sign up for a plan on their own sites, in a few minutes.
Energy Ogre goes further. It picks your plan, switches you itself and keeps checking prices all year, ready to move you again when a better rate shows up.
Kilowhiz leaves the choice with you. You see every plan priced on your home, pick one and enroll on the provider's own site.
After you switch, we check your first bill against your new plan. Before that plan ends, we email you to shop again.
All four, side by side
| Kilowhiz | EnergyBot | ComparePower | Energy Ogre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Which plans? | Kilowhiz: Every plan sold at your address | EnergyBot: A hand-picked set of providers it has vetted | ComparePower: Plans from providers it has vetted | Energy Ogre: The top plans available, checked against your usage |
| Whose usage? | Kilowhiz: Your meter readings, or an estimate until you share them | EnergyBot: Your usage, linked from your utility | ComparePower: Your last 12 months of usage | Energy Ogre: Your smart meter data, with your permission |
| What you pay | Kilowhiz: $5 to see the recommended plan, free when that plan pays us | EnergyBot: Free to use | ComparePower: Free to use | Energy Ogre: $12 a month, or $130 a year |
| Do providers pay it? | Kilowhiz: Some providers, through our partner link | EnergyBot: A referral payment when you sign up | ComparePower: A service fee for each customer it refers | Energy Ogre: Nothing, it says |
| Who switches you? | Kilowhiz: You enroll on the provider's own site. We check your first bill and email you before the plan ends. | EnergyBot: You sign up on EnergyBot, in about 5 minutes | ComparePower: You order on ComparePower, in 10 to 15 minutes | Energy Ogre: It switches you itself, and keeps checking prices all year |
What customers are saying
We looked up each company on Trustpilot, a public review site, on October 29, 2026.
EnergyBot
out of 5, from 3 reviews
Trustpilot
ComparePower
out of 5, from 3,672 reviews
Trustpilot
Energy Ogre
out of 5, from 287 reviews
Trustpilot
Kilowhiz
No page yet
Trustpilot
Energy Ogre's reviews praise its staff, the savings and how easy it was to sign up. Trustpilot notes that Energy Ogre asks its customers for reviews.
ComparePower has by far the most reviews. Reviewers like how easy the comparison is and the help on the phone. The complaints we read were about orders: a wrong service address, or a start date that slipped. Trustpilot notes that ComparePower hasn't asked its customers for reviews lately.
EnergyBot has only three reviews there, too few to say much. One praised the easy sign-up. Another said the wrong details reached the provider.
Kilowhiz was founded in August 2026 and doesn't have a Trustpilot page yet.
How to choose
Ask any service these four questions before you sign up.
Who pays you?
If a provider does, can that change which plans I see first?
Which plans do you show?
Every plan sold at my address, or a chosen few?
Whose usage do you price?
Mine, or the EFL's three sample amounts?
Who watches my end date?
Someone should tell me before my contract ends.
If you want someone to handle your electricity all year, and you're happy to pay for that, Energy Ogre is built for you. If you'd rather see every plan priced on your home and choose for yourself, try Kilowhiz.
Sources
Company details come from each company's own website, and ratings from Trustpilot. We read all of them on October 29, 2026. How Kilowhiz is paid and how it ranks plans are on our how we make money page and in our methodology.
- EnergyBot: energybot.com/electricity-rates/texas (opens in a new tab)
- EnergyBot on Trustpilot: trustpilot.com/review/energybot.com (opens in a new tab)
- ComparePower: comparepower.com/faq (opens in a new tab)
- ComparePower: comparepower.com/about (opens in a new tab)
- ComparePower on Trustpilot: trustpilot.com/review/comparepower.com (opens in a new tab)
- Energy Ogre: energyogre.com (opens in a new tab)
- Energy Ogre: energyogre.com/is-energy-ogre-worth-it (opens in a new tab)
- Energy Ogre: energyogre.com/energy-ogres-mission-what-we-do-and-why (opens in a new tab)
- Energy Ogre on Trustpilot: trustpilot.com/review/energyogre.com (opens in a new tab)
Kilowhiz prices every plan sold at your address on your own meter readings, whether or not the plan pays us.
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