WhichMealKitTrifecta vs Factor
How you plan decides it: Trifecta sells 7, 10 or 14 meals on plans built around a goal, such as keto, paleo or plant-based, and prices each size up front; Factor sells 6 to 18 meals from one weekly menu, shows its price after a ZIP code and lets you cancel online.
Three dinners for two, food only: $112.00 at Trifecta; $65.94–$83.94 at Factor. Trifecta adds $12.99 shipping, $124.99 in all; the pages we read do not give Factor’s shipping.
Trifecta publishes the price of 7, 10 and 14 meals and adds $12.99 shipping. Factor states a price range a meal and shows the exact price after you enter a ZIP code.
Trifecta
7 single meals · 7 portions, 1 spare
Factor
6 single meals · 6 portions
Choose by what you need
Choose Trifecta if
You want a plan built around one way of eating, such as keto, paleo or plant-based, and the price of your box before you sign up.
Choose Factor if
You want six meals a week, or more than 14, to cancel online without contacting anyone, and changes open until five days before delivery rather than a week.
Side by side
| Detail | Trifecta | Factor |
|---|---|---|
| Price for three dinners for two | $124.99 $17.86 a meal $112.00 food + $12.99 shipping, before tax · checked 17 Oct 2026 | $65.94–$83.94 $10.99–$13.99 a meal, before shipping 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 |
| Your box | 7 single meals: 7 portions (1 spare) | 6 single meals: 6 portions |
| Format | Prepared meals | Prepared meals |
| Cooking | Heat and eat | Heat and eat |
| Smallest box | 7 single meals (7 portions) | 6 single meals (6 portions) |
| Order once | No, a plan: weekly, or every two or three weeks or once a month by email | No, weekly plan |
| Breaks | Skip up to four weeks at a time, or ask for deliveries every two or three weeks or once a month | Deactivate, then reactivate when you are ready |
| Cutoff | Changes and skips until 11:59 PM Pacific on the Friday a week before delivery; its terms ask for seven full business days’ notice to cancel | 11:59 PM five days before delivery: Pacific time on Factor’s cancel page, Central time on its how-it-works page |
| After the cutoff | After the Friday cutoff the order is charged on Saturday morning and locked: it still ships, and a cancellation stops only the deliveries after it. | The next delivery proceeds when the cutoff has passed. |
| Menu labels | Vegetarian, plant-based/vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, keto, paleo, high-protein, low-calorie, organic | Vegetarian, plant-based/vegan, keto, low-carb, high-protein, low-calorie, low-sodium, Mediterranean, pescatarian |
| Order minimum | No dollar minimum published | No dollar minimum published |
| Delivers to | All 50 states; Alaska and Hawaii pay $49.99 shipping | All of the lower 48 states |
| Next step | Trifecta details See Trifecta’s menu | Factor details See Factor’s menu |
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