Split The Bills vs Taupia
Split The Bills packages your student house's energy, broadband, water and TV Licence into one monthly payment, priced only after you submit your postcode and headcount — there's no public price list to check in advance. 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 handle renewals. Below is the arithmetic, dimension by dimension — including where a package like this genuinely wins.
How they compare
| Dimension | Split The Bills | Taupia |
|---|---|---|
| Price (pp/week) | Quote-based — no public list price (as of August 2026). UK student packages typically run £13–£24 per person per week. | The direct cost of your house's actual usage, split evenly — usually less than a fixed package like this. Run your numbers below. |
| Supplier choice | Fixed by Split The Bills — you don't pick the energy supplier. One login, one bill, nothing to switch yourself. | Any supplier on the open market — switchable in up to 5 working days if a better deal appears. |
| What happens after uni/tenancy | Auto-renews yearly unless you give 45 days' notice; give 35 days' notice before moving out or risk being billed after you've left. Broadband/TV Licence run on separate 12-month minimums. | No shared contract to unwind — your account ends or transfers independently whenever you move out. |
| Liability model | Not stated publicly — Split The Bills doesn't say who's liable if a housemate doesn't pay. | Individual — your own named account with your own supplier, so you're only responsible for your share. |
| Renewal monitoring | Static once set up, on a 12-month auto-renewing term — nobody actively shops the market for you. | Ongoing — Taupia tracks the market and flags, or executes, a switch whenever a better deal appears. |
Figures on Split The Bills' terms and pricing model are drawn from the provider's own site, cross-checked against an independent University of Reading study of student energy bills, as of August 2026. Where a figure isn't publicly confirmed, this page says so.