Green Flag car check alternative
Green Flag One Check sells single reports and multi-check bundles, while Carpeep is one report at £15 with no tiers and no upgrades.
Included in your report:
- Outstanding finance
- Write-off markers, Cat A to N
- Police stolen marker
- Mileage from every MOT
- Keeper history and dates
- Import, export and scrapped
What Green Flag One Check actually sells.
Green Flag One Check sells vehicle history reports at vehiclecheck.greenflag.com. The site is operated by Be Pivotal Limited, which uses the Green Flag trade mark under licence from Green Flag Limited. That is stated in its own terms and footer. It is a separate product from Green Flag breakdown cover, so buying a check does not give you roadside assistance.
The single report is £9.99 and the site says it is valid for 30 days. Two bundles cut the unit price. Three checks cost £19.99 and five cost £29.99, with reports held in your account for twelve months. The listed report covers finance, write-off, stolen markers, mileage, MOT history, previous keepers, and plate and colour changes.
Carpeep is a flat £15 for one full report, with no tiers, no upgrades and no account to set up. Both products state a £30,000 data guarantee, so that is not the difference. The difference is shape. Green Flag One Check rewards buying credits in advance. Carpeep is built for one person checking one car today.
What Green Flag One Check offers
Taken from its own homepage, comparison page, FAQs and terms.
Salvage and auction history
The site badges this as exclusive and puts it at the top of its own comparison table. It reads salvage auction records, which can surface damage that never became an insurance claim. Carpeep does not hold that data.
The standard buyer checks
Outstanding finance, insurance write-off, police stolen marker, mileage anomalies, full MOT history, previous keepers, and plate and colour changes. Its FAQs cite DVLA and Police National Computer records, and its terms name Experian for the finance check.
Valuation and running costs
Its comparison page lists market valuation and private sale valuation, and its FAQs say a report may include a valuation and estimated running costs depending on the package chosen. Carpeep produces no valuations at all.
Credits and 12 month access
A single report is listed as valid for 30 days. The three and five check bundles hold unused credits and keep your reports in an account for twelve months, which suits anyone working through a shortlist.
Green Flag One Check pricing next to Carpeep
Both state a £30,000 data guarantee, so the real comparison is price shape and coverage.
| Provider | Price | Per check | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carpeep | £15 | £15 | Full report, no account, no upgrades |
| Green Flag One Check, single | £9.99 | £9.99 | One report, listed as valid for 30 days |
| Green Flag One Check, 3 pack | £19.99 | £6.66 | 3 credits, reports kept for 12 months |
| Green Flag One Check, 5 pack | £29.99 | £6.00 | 5 credits, reports kept for 12 months |
Green Flag One Check prices were read from vehiclecheck.greenflag.com on 3 September 2026, and the per check figures are the site's own.
Run a Carpeep check
Check a car for £15.
Enter the registration and see finance, write-off, stolen, mileage and keeper history in one report.
- Instant results
- All checks included
- £30,000 data guarantee
Why some buyers pick Carpeep instead
Carpeep is not the cheaper single check, so here is what the £15 actually buys.
One price, one report
£15 covers the whole report. No cheaper tier holds back the finance check and nothing is offered as an upgrade at the end. What you read is everything Carpeep has on that vehicle.
Mileage from every MOT
Carpeep takes the odometer reading from every MOT on record and analyses the whole sequence for discrepancies. The full advisory history sits beside it, so you can see what testers kept writing up year after year.
No account to create
No sign up, no password, no credits sitting in a dashboard. Enter a registration, pay once, read the report. Nothing renews and there is nothing to cancel later.
Keeper and identity detail
Keeper count with the date of each recorded change, plate transfers, colour changes, import and export markers, scrapped and destroyed records, plus a VIN and vehicle identity cross-reference.
Where Green Flag One Check is the better buy
On price it wins outright for a single check. £9.99 against £15 is a real gap, and the bundles widen it. Five checks for £29.99 works out at £6 each, less than half what Carpeep charges. If you are viewing four or five cars this month, or you buy stock for a forecourt, the maths is not close.
It also sells data Carpeep does not hold. Salvage and auction history is genuinely useful, and Carpeep has no equivalent for it. Its comparison page lists market and private sale valuations, and its FAQs mention estimated running costs and fuel efficiency. Carpeep does not do valuations, running costs or MPG figures and will not pretend otherwise. If you want a price guide inside the same report, buy theirs.
How a Carpeep check runs
1
Enter the registration
Type the number plate. Carpeep confirms the make, model, colour and year on record before you pay, so you know you are checking the right car and not a typo.
2
Pay £15 once
One payment, one report. No account, no password, no stored card and nothing that renews. The price is the same for a 2003 hatchback and a three year old estate.
3
Read the report
It opens straight away. Finance, write-off category, stolen marker, mileage across every MOT, keeper history, plate and colour changes, import and export, tax status and recorded specification.
4
Take it to the viewing
Save the PDF or keep it open on your phone. Match the VIN on the report against the plate at the base of the windscreen and the sticker in the door shut before any money moves.
Where our data comes from.
Always from official records. We do not create, edit or estimate any data.
DVLA
Registration, keeper history, import and export status and recorded vehicle details.
DVSA
Full MOT test history including results, advisories and mileage at each test.
Insurance industry records
Recorded write-off markers such as Cat A, B, S and N from insurance industry records.
UK finance lenders
Outstanding finance agreements including HP, PCP and conditional sale records.
Police stolen vehicle records
Stolen vehicle markers from UK police records, checked against the registration and VIN.
Vehicle identity checks
VIN and registration cross-referenced to flag plate changes, cloning or identity mismatches.
Green Flag check alternative FAQs
Is this the same company as Green Flag breakdown cover?
The vehicle check site is operated by Be Pivotal Limited, which uses the Green Flag trade mark under licence from Green Flag Limited. That is set out in its own terms and in the footer. The product is called Green Flag One Check. Buying a vehicle check does not give you breakdown cover or roadside assistance.
How much does a Green Flag vehicle check cost?
On 3 September 2026 the site listed a single check at £9.99, a three check bundle at £19.99 and a five check bundle at £29.99. Its own maths puts the bundles at £6.66 and £6.00 per check. The single report is listed as valid for 30 days, and bundle reports are kept in an account for twelve months.
Why is Carpeep £15 when a single Green Flag check is £9.99?
Because £15 is the only price Carpeep has. There is no basic tier, no bundle to buy up front and no upgrade at the checkout. Checking one car, you pay about five pounds more than their single report and get the full Carpeep report with no account. Checking five, their bundle is cheaper.
Does Carpeep include salvage and auction history?
No. Green Flag One Check sells salvage and auction records and badges that as its exclusive feature. Carpeep does not hold that data. Carpeep does report insurance write-off markers, covering Cat A, B, S and N and the legacy C and D categories, alongside police stolen markers and scrapped or destroyed records.
Does Carpeep give a valuation?
No. Carpeep produces no valuations, running cost estimates, MPG figures or insurance groups. Green Flag One Check lists market valuation and private sale valuation on its comparison page. If a price guide inside the same report matters to you, that is a fair reason to choose it. Carpeep stays on history and identity.
Do both have a £30,000 data guarantee?
Both sites state one. Carpeep backs its report with a £30,000 data guarantee, and Green Flag One Check lists a £30,000 data guarantee too, with its terms pointing to separate Total Car Check and Experian guarantee conditions. Read the conditions on either before you lean on the number, because every guarantee has limits.
Do I need an account to use Carpeep?
No. Enter a registration, pay £15, read the report. There is no sign up, no password and no credits to manage. Green Flag One Check has a Retrieve Report login and keeps bundle reports in an account for twelve months, which is useful if you want a run of checks in one place.
What is actually in a Carpeep report?
Outstanding finance across HP, PCP and conditional sale, write-off and stolen markers, the mileage from every MOT with discrepancy analysis, full MOT history and advisories, keeper history and change dates, plate transfers, colour changes, import and export markers, scrapped records, VIN and identity cross-reference, tax status and recorded specification.
Before you buy
Check the car, not the brand
One registration, one report, £15, and no account to create.
- Full vehicle history
- No account required
- £30,000 data guarantee