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Factor vs Home Chef

Three dinners for two, food only: $65.94–$83.94 at Factor; $47.94–$59.94 at Home Chef. The pages we read do not give Factor’s shipping; the pages we read do not give Home Chef’s shipping, and its $50.95 minimum order includes it.

Factor sells only single meals to heat. Home Chef is mainly a kit you cook; its separate prepared-meal service is Tempo.

2 people × 3 dinnersChange

2 people × 3 dinners. A starting example until you change it.

Factor

6 single meals · 6 portions

$65.94–$83.94 for the food $10.99–$13.99 a meal Factor’s stated $10.99–$13.99 a meal × 6, before shipping and tax; the exact price shows after you enter a ZIP code · checked 8 Oct 2026

Home Chef

3 recipes for 2 · 6 portions

$47.94–$59.94 for the food $7.99–$9.99 a serving Home Chef’s stated $7.99–$9.99 a serving × 6, before shipping and tax; $7.99 is its lowest advertised dinner price, and its help page puts Standard meals from $9.99; its $50.95 minimum order includes shipping, so you pay at least that · checked 8 Oct 2026

Choose by what you need

Choose Factor if

You want heat-and-eat single meals as your whole order, four to fourteen a week.

Factor plans, prices and cutoff · skip or cancel

Choose Home Chef if

You want to cook most nights, with oven-ready trays or Heat & Eat meals added when you are short of time.

Home Chef plans, prices and cutoff · skip or cancel

Side by side

FactFactorHome Chef
Price for three dinners for two$65.94–$83.94 $10.99–$13.99 a meal
Factor’s stated $10.99–$13.99 a meal × 6, before shipping and tax; the exact price shows after you enter a ZIP code · checked 8 Oct 2026		$47.94–$59.94 $7.99–$9.99 a serving
Home Chef’s stated $7.99–$9.99 a serving × 6, before shipping and tax; $7.99 is its lowest advertised dinner price, and its help page puts Standard meals from $9.99; its $50.95 minimum order includes shipping, so you pay at least that · checked 8 Oct 2026
Your box6 single meals: 6 portions3 recipes for 2: 6 portions
FormatPrepared mealsKits + prepared options
CookingHeat and eatYou cook
Smallest box4 single meals (4 portions)2 recipes for 2 (4 portions)
Order onceNo, weekly planNo, weekly plan
BreaksDeactivate, then reactivate when you are readyPause, which cancels, with an optional restart date
Cutoff11:59 PM Pacific, five days before the next delivery12:00 PM Central on Friday for the upcoming menu
After the cutoffThe next delivery proceeds when the cutoff has passed.The upcoming order is fixed after the menu closes.
Menu labelsNot confirmed: check the weekly menuVegetarian choices, Pescatarian choices
Order minimumNone published$50.95
Delivers toCheck your ZIP codeCheck your ZIP code
Next stepFactor details
See Factor’s menu		Home Chef details
See Home Chef’s menu

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The maker’s own pages we read (16)