Comparison of Online Dating Sites
By RedFlagDeals.com Staff • Page 1 of 1
Last Updated: September 22, 2011
By RedFlagDeals.com Staff
If you're looking to meet someone new, an online dating site is definitely a good place to start, but the question is, which online dating site? We put together a comparison of the biggest and most prominent sites across the internet so you can decide which one is the best fit for you.
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| Membership Cost | Free Features | Number of Members | Success Rate | Cost to Communicate? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CanadianPersonals.net | As low as $6.99/month if you pay for 6 months; purchasing a single month is $9.99 | Can complete profile and browse listings | 100,000 | "Over 1,000 successes" | Yes |
| Spark.com (formerly Date.ca) | As low as $11.99 US/month if you pay for 6 months; purchasing a single month is $24.99 US | Can complete profile and browse listings for free, can reply to (but not initiate) contact | 1,000,000 | Information not available | Yes (but you can reply to member-initiated contact for free) |
| Date.com | As low as $9.99 US/month if you pay for 12 months; purchasing a single month is $29.95 US | Can complete profile and browse listings for free | 5+ million | At least 50 Date.com marriages have taken place in the last year | Yes |
| eHarmony.com | As low as $19.95/month if you pay for 12 months; purchasing a single month is $59.95 | Free to receive and review matches; periodic Free Communication Weekends | 25+ million | Over 271 couples that met on eHarmony get married each day (worldwide); no specific data available for Canada | Yes |
| Lavalife.com | As low as $16.99 US/month if you pay for 6 months; purchasing a single month is $34.99 US | Can complete profile and browse listings for free; can reply to (but not initiate) contact | 15 million | Information not available | Yes (but you can reply to member-initiated contact for free) |
| Match.com | As low as $19.99 US/month if you pay for 6 months; purchasing a single month is $39.99 US | Can complete profile and browse listings for free | 20+ million | "Almost a quarter of a million people met someone special at Match.com last year" | Yes |
| Mate1.com | $49.95 US/month | Free for female users, three-day trial is available for $1.95 | 20+ million | Information not available | Yes |
| Metrodate.com | Free | All services are free | 500,000+ | Information not available | Free |
| PerfectMatch.com | As low as $36.95 US/month if you pay for 6 months; purchasing a single month is $59.95 US | Can complete profile and browse listings for free | 5+ million | Information not available | Yes |
| PlentyOfFish.com | Free | Most services are free | 10+ million | Information not available | Free |