Epic Student Bills vs Taupia
Epic Student Bills if you want a fixed weekly price per person. Taupia if you want the lower total and supplier choice.
Free, no signup. Puts a package quote next to your own split.
- Price
Epic Student Bills
From £18 to £22 per person per week
Taupia
Your actual usage, split how the house agrees
- Unlimited energy
Epic Student Bills
Yes for new signups, subject to fair domestic use
Taupia
Nothing to cap, because you pay actual usage
- Price certainty
Epic Student Bills
Fixed per person per week for the term
Taupia
Moves with the bill. A cold month costs more
Epic Student Bills sells one fixed price per person per week covering a student house's energy and water, with broadband on the higher tiers. Its published tiers run from £18 to £22 per person per week, and its own site calls those illustrative, varying by postcode, tenancy dates and group size. Energy is sold as unlimited, and unlike most of this market Epic's terms back that up for anyone signing up now. Taupia takes the other route: you keep your own named accounts with real suppliers, split the actual bill with your housemates, and let Taupia monitor the market and flag renewal dates before they arrive. Below is the arithmetic, dimension by dimension, including where a package like this genuinely wins.
Figures here are drawn from Epic Student Bills' own homepage, its unlimited energy page and its package terms and conditions, checked 27 August 2026. Its terms carry no effective date, so treat the 10 March 2025 cutover as the date the terms state rather than a date we can independently confirm.
How they compare
| Dimension | Epic Student Bills | Taupia |
|---|---|---|
| Price (pp/week) | From £18 to £22 per person per week. The exact wordingFrom £18 per person per week for energy and water, £20 with 400Mbps broadband, £22 with 1000Mbps. Epic calls these illustrative, says they are based on five housemates on average, and says the price varies by postcode, tenancy dates and group size. | Actual usage, split your way. Usually less. The exact wordingThe direct cost of your house's actual usage, split on the rule your household sets. Usually less than a fixed package like this, and more so the more housemates you have. A house that uses a lot of energy narrows the gap, and with only three sharing a heavy-usage house can pay more than the cheapest package. Run your numbers below. |
| What unlimited means | Unlimited for new signups, per its own terms. The exact wordingIts marketing page says there are no hidden caps, no fair usage and no sneaky charges. Its package terms carry a fair usage table with kWh limits and excess charges, but state that section applies only to households that signed up before 10 March 2025. For anyone signing up after that date the package is described as 100% unlimited, subject to fair domestic use. | No allowance to exceed. You pay actual usage. The exact wordingThere is no allowance to exceed, because you pay each supplier's actual bill. That cuts both ways: a heavy month costs you more, where a package would have absorbed it. |
| What happens after uni/tenancy | Sold against your tenancy dates. The exact wordingPackages are sold against a tenancy, and every package carries what Epic calls the Epic Trust Guarantee: if you are ever charged more than agreed, it says it will cover the difference. | No shared contract. Ends or transfers with you. The exact wordingNo shared contract to unwind. Your account ends or transfers independently whenever you move out. |
| Liability model | Joint and several: each housemate liable for all of it. The exact wordingJoint and several. Clause 2.9 says that where multiple Customers are named on the Order Form, each is jointly and severally liable, which it defines as equally and separately responsible, for the contract's obligations including payment. Changes to the package need every Customer's consent. | Your own named accounts. Splitting tracks, not transfers. The exact wordingYour own named accounts with real suppliers. Note that a shared home usually has one energy account for the property, and named account holders are typically jointly and severally liable to the supplier for the whole bill. Splitting via Taupia tracks who owes what and who has paid; it does not change who the supplier can chase. |
| Renewal monitoring | Static. No published commitment to re-shop. The exact wordingStatic once set up. Epic publishes no commitment to re-shop the market or move you to a cheaper tariff during the package. | Ongoing. Flags a switch, runs it on approval. The exact wordingOngoing. Taupia tracks the market and flags a switch whenever a better deal appears, then runs it once you approve. |
- All five packages compared side by side
- Read the full package-vs-splitting breakdown
- What the unlimited premium actually costs
- Why a standard supplier account is not a capped package
- Try the split-bills calculator
- Compare One Utility Bill instead
- Compare Split The Bills instead
- Compare Fused Bills instead
- Compare The Bunch instead
Epic Student Bills at a glance
- Pricing model
- Published tiers, which most of this market does not do. The Double Deal from £18 per person per week covers unlimited energy and water; The Essentials from £20 adds 400Mbps broadband; The Super Streamer from £22 adds 1000Mbps. Epic describes the prices as illustrative, based on five housemates on average, and varying by postcode, tenancy dates and group size.Source: epicstudentbills.co.uk — checked 27 August 2026
- Unlimited energy
- Its homepage says: no hidden caps, fair usage or sneaky charges. It also says Epic does not cap usage and that you will never receive a surprise bill.Source: epicstudentbills.co.uk — checked 27 August 2026
- What the terms say about that
- The package terms carry a fair usage table with kWh limits, pro-rated for contracts other than 12 months, and say exceeding them can increase the fixed charge or add charges. That section states it applies only to households that signed up before 10 March 2025. After that date the terms describe 100% unlimited usage for electricity, gas and water, subject to fair domestic use.Source: epicstudentbills.co.uk — checked 27 August 2026
- Personal and domestic use
- Clause 6.1 says the utilities are strictly for personal, domestic use; clause 6.2 says a prohibited use may result in immediate termination, additional charges, or both. Section 6's opening note says its usage limits and all related clauses in that section apply only to pre-10 March 2025 signups, while also making later signups subject to fair domestic use, so 6.1 appears to survive the cutover. Epic does not say so explicitly.Source: epicstudentbills.co.uk — checked 27 August 2026
- Coverage
- Energy and water on every tier, broadband on the two higher tiers, and a TV Licence available as an add-on rather than included in the headline price.Source: epicstudentbills.co.uk — checked 27 August 2026
Is Epic's unlimited energy actually unlimited?
Epic Student Bills says
No hidden caps, fair usage or sneaky charges.
Largely yes, which is rare here. The fair usage table in Epic's terms applies only to households that signed up before 10 March 2025. Sign up now and they describe 100% unlimited usage, subject to an undefined fair domestic use. Clauses 4.11 and 4.12 still bind everyone: declare high-consumption kit or Epic may adjust your charge.
Source: epicstudentbills.co.uk — checked 27 August 2026
Which one fits your household
Choose Epic Student Bills if
- You want a published price you can check before entering a postcode, which most of this market does not offer.
- A flat weekly amount per person matters more than the lowest total, and you want winter to cost what summer costs.
- Your house genuinely uses a lot of energy, which is the case where an unlimited package pays for itself.
Choose Taupia if
- You would rather pay each supplier's actual cost and split it, which usually costs less than a fixed package, and more so the more housemates you have.
- You want to keep the right to switch supplier during the tenancy rather than fix it for the term.
- You want the admin automated, meaning the split rule the house sets, who has paid and the renewal alerts, without handing over the supplier relationship.
What Taupia does not do
What Taupia does not do, stated on the page that compares it.
- Taupia does not compare or switch water. UK household water is a regional monopoly, so there is nothing to switch. Taupia only tracks the bill.
- Taupia does not charge the household. It is funded by the commission a supplier pays when a switch completes, so its revenue depends on switches happening.
- Taupia does not fix your monthly cost. You pay each supplier's actual bill, so a cold month costs more. A fixed package removes that variability and Taupia does not.
- Taupia is not a supplier and does not hold your contract. It cannot cap what you pay, and it does not change who a supplier can chase for an unpaid bill.
- Splitting, payment tracking and renewal alerts are not part of the comparison pages on this site. They live in the Taupia app, on iOS and Android or in the desktop preview at taupia.com/app, so the household needs the app.
Common questions about Epic Student Bills and Taupia
How much does Epic Student Bills cost?
Epic publishes tiers, which most of this market does not. The Double Deal starts at £18 per person per week for energy and water, The Essentials at £20 adds 400Mbps broadband, and The Super Streamer at £22 adds 1000Mbps. Epic calls these illustrative and says the real price varies by postcode, tenancy dates and group size.
What can still change Epic's fixed price?
Clauses 4.11 and 4.12 sit outside the usage section and bind every customer. You must declare property details and high-consumption activities, and Epic names bitcoin mining, gaming rigs, personal servers, air conditioners and charging electric vehicles. Failing to declare may lead to adjustments in your fixed charge, additional fees, or termination.
Is Epic cheaper than splitting bills yourselves?
Usually not, but Epic is one of the few publishing a price to check. Its tiers run £18 to £22 per person per week, based on five housemates on average. A typical-usage house of four splitting directly pays about £13 a week each, so Epic's entry tier does not beat it, and a four-person Epic quote would sit above £18. A heavy-usage house narrows the gap.
What are the alternatives to Epic Student Bills?
Fused Bills, One Utility Bill, Split The Bills and The Bunch are the other packaged providers we compare. The alternative shape is going direct: each supplier account in the household's own names, with the bill split between housemates. Taupia automates that route but does not fix your monthly cost the way a package does.
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