Honey Alternative: The daily cashback Browser Extension
Looking for a Honey alternative? Many people install a shopping extension for two reasons: they want coupon codes without searching for them, and they want something back for purchases they would make anyway. Honey by PayPal covers both with automatic coupons and a points program. The daily cashback extension takes a different route. It shows the cashback rate and the coupons we know right on a partner store, and nothing is activated until you click. We inform about both tools so you can decide which one suits the way you shop. As of October 2026.
What people use Honey for
On its homepage Honey says it searches for coupons at more than 30,000 sites. Once installed, the extension looks for codes when you shop on supported stores, and with a single click it tests codes at checkout. According to the Honey FAQ, the extension also pops up on its own when it finds coupons or deals, and the small h icon in the toolbar turns orange on supported sites.
The second part is the rewards program. Honey calls it Honey Gold on its feature page and rewards points in its FAQ. Points are earned on eligible items at stores that offer them, and they are redeemed for gift cards from participating merchants. For members in the United States, the FAQ names 1,000 points as the amount needed for a gift card, and points can also be redeemed through a linked PayPal account. Honey adds a price tracker called Droplist, which notifies you when an item you saved drops in price at that store.
Honey is part of the PayPal family, and its help center explains that you can join with your PayPal account. Installation guides are listed for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Edge, and a mobile Safari extension comes with the Honey app on iOS in selected countries.
How the daily cashback extension works
Once a day the extension downloads our list of partner stores. When you open a website, it compares only the name of the site with that list, and this happens on your own computer. On every other website nothing happens, and we do not learn which pages you visit.
When you land on a partner store, a small card appears in the top right corner. It shows the cashback rate for your country and how many coupons we know for the store. The card floats above the page and does not move anything aside. If you click Activate cashback, the store opens in the same tab through our partner link. You then order as usual in that tab.
Without your click the extension calls no partner link, sets no cookies, changes no links on the page and never types a code into the checkout for you. For coupons there is a Copy button that puts the code on your clipboard, and you paste it yourself at checkout. That is the main practical difference to an automatic coupon tester: you see the code first and decide whether to use it.
Your country, your stores
In the settings you choose your country. The list covers 32 countries, among them the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and Japan. The country decides which stores, rates and coupons you see, so a shopper in Texas gets the US list and a shopper in Munich the German one. The language follows your browser, and you can change it in the same place. You can also switch the card off completely or hide it on single stores.
Fair to other partners
If another partner, a coupon site or a cashback site sent you to a store, the extension does not activate anything by itself. It reads the redirect that opened the store page, blocks nothing and leaves the other link in place. Only your own click on Activate cashback opens the store through our link. This rule is built into the extension and cannot be switched remotely.
Honey and daily cashback side by side
| Point | Honey | daily cashback extension |
|---|---|---|
| Coupons | Searches for codes and tests them at checkout with one click | Shows the codes we know, you copy and paste the one you want |
| What you earn | Rewards points on eligible items, redeemed for gift cards or through PayPal in the US | Cashback on eligible orders in your daily-cashback account, paid out via PayPal |
| Activation | Activate button for rewards, rewards also activate when you click Apply Coupons | Only when you click Activate cashback on the card |
| Browsers | Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Edge | Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox |
| Country choice | Redemption options depend on your country | 32 countries, chosen in the settings |
| Extras | Droplist price tracker, mobile Safari extension | Card can be switched off or hidden per store |
Pending and confirmed: how long it takes
Neither tool pays at the moment you order, because stores confirm a purchase only after the return window. Honey writes that rewards points show as pending within 2 to 14 days and usually stay pending for about 60 to 90 days until the merchant confirms. Returns and refunds reduce the points, and travel bookings are confirmed only after the stay.
At daily cashback it works the same way in principle. After activating, the credit usually shows as pending after 1 to 3 days. It is credited once the store confirms the order. If you send items back or cancel a trip, the cashback for that part drops out. The current rate and the store terms are always on the store page at daily-cashback.info.
Which one fits you
Honey suits you if you want a tool that tries codes for you at checkout, if you already use PayPal a lot, or if you like gift cards and the Droplist price tracker. The daily cashback extension suits you if you prefer to see the rate and the codes first and decide yourself, if you want cashback paid to PayPal rather than gift cards, and if you shop in one of the 32 countries we cover.
Honey itself notes in its FAQ that another rewards program will likely interfere with Honey. The same logic applies to any cashback tool: only one partner link can count for an order. If you have both installed, pick one per purchase and stick with it in that tab.
Install
You can install the extension for free from the store of your browser: Chrome Web Store, Microsoft Edge Add-ons or Firefox Add-ons. Our browser extension page explains what data the extension sends and when. If you want to know how cashback is tracked and paid out in general, read how daily cashback works. Coupons you can use right now are on the coupons page.