Piratefly vs Skyscanner
Skyscanner is the tool you open when you already know you want to fly and want to compare prices right now. Piratefly is for the other half of the problem: knowing whether today’s price is good, and hearing about the cheap ones without searching every day.
What Piratefly does not do
Piratefly is not a booking site and not a full metasearch: it does not query every airline for every date in real time, it covers mostly Europe, and when you book, you book on a partner site. We are not affiliated with Skyscanner. If you need every carrier, every date, multi-city or long-haul coverage, Skyscanner is the better tool and you should use it.
Use case by use case
| If you use Skyscanner for… | On Piratefly |
|---|---|
| Comparing live prices for fixed dates | Use Skyscanner. Piratefly shows the fares it has observed, not a fresh query of every airline. |
| “Everywhere” search from your airport | Every destination reachable from your city, ranked by the lowest fare we have seen: /to/ |
| Price alerts on one route | A buy-or-wait verdict on each route page, built on the price history of that route, plus a weekly email of the week’s best drops. |
| Finding deals you were not looking for | Our Telegram channel posts the unusually cheap fares as we find them. No app, no account. |
| Friends flying in from different cities | Meet-up planner: the cheapest place for a group coming from several cities: /meet |
Where can I fly from my city · Today’s deals · Meet-up planner
Get the cheap fares without searching
Unusual drops go to Telegram as we find them; the best of the week arrive by email every week. Free, no account.
Is Piratefly cheaper than Skyscanner?
Not by itself: both show fares sold by airlines and agencies. The difference is timing — Piratefly tells you when a fare is low compared to its own history, so you book at the right moment.
Do I need an account?
No. Pages, the Telegram channel and the weekly email work without an account; the email has a one-click unsubscribe.
Should I stop using Skyscanner?
No. Use Piratefly to decide where and when, and whichever search engine you like to double-check the final price.