WhichMealKitBlue Apron vs HelloFresh
Three dinners for two: Blue Apron prices each dish in its shop, so there is no box total to add up; HelloFresh’s own pages put it at about $9.99–$11.49 a serving, or $70.93–$79.93 with shipping. Blue Apron does not publish fixed box sizes.
Blue Apron sells dishes one at a time, with autoship as an option; HelloFresh is a weekly plan of two to six recipes, and shows the exact box price after you enter a ZIP code.
Blue Apron
Box sizes are shown on its site
Priced dish by dish $11.49 shipping per order Blue Apron prices each dish in its shop, so there is no box total to add up.
HelloFresh
3 recipes for 2 · 6 portions
$70.93–$79.93 a delivery $11.82–$13.32 a portion with shipping HelloFresh’s own approximate $9.99–$11.49 a serving × 6, with $10.99 shipping, before tax; the exact price shows after you enter a ZIP code · checked 8 Oct 2026
Choose by what you need
Choose Blue Apron if
You want to order once, with no weekly plan to manage or cancel.
Choose HelloFresh if
You want a weekly box sized for 2, 3, 4 or 6 people, with prepared meals as optional add-ons.
Side by side
| Detail | Blue Apron | HelloFresh |
|---|---|---|
| Price for three dinners for two | Priced dish by dish Blue Apron prices each dish in its shop, so there is no box total to add up. | $70.93–$79.93 $11.82–$13.32 a portion with shipping HelloFresh’s own approximate $9.99–$11.49 a serving × 6, with $10.99 shipping, before tax; the exact price shows after you enter a ZIP code · checked 8 Oct 2026 |
| Your box | Chosen on its site | 3 recipes for 2: 6 portions |
| Format | Meal kits and prepared meals | Meal kits and prepared meals |
| Cooking | Chop and cook | Chop and cook |
| Smallest box | Not published | 2 recipes for 2 (4 portions) |
| Order once | Yes | No, weekly plan |
| Breaks | No pause; skip as often as you like, or cancel and re-enroll | Skip the weeks you want off; no set pause length |
| Cutoff | The date shown below each scheduled delivery; an order already processing or shipped cannot be cancelled | 11:59 PM Pacific, five days before the next delivery |
| After the cutoff | Canceling autoship does not stop an order that has already entered processing. | A box already processed after the cutoff is still charged and delivered. |
| Menu labels | Vegetarian, high-protein, low-calorie | Vegetarian, plant-based/vegan, pescatarian, dairy-free, low-carb, high-protein, low-calorie, low-sodium, Mediterranean, organic |
| Order minimum | No dollar minimum published | No dollar minimum published |
| Delivers to | All of the US except Alaska and Hawaii | Lower 48 states; its pages differ on Alaska and Hawaii |
| Next step | Blue Apron details See Blue Apron’s menu | HelloFresh details See HelloFresh’s menu |
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