Flipkart VIP vs Amazon Prime Membership Comparison: Which is Better?

If you have seen the newly launched Flipkart VIP membership, you may find yourself in a bit of a tricky situation trying to figure out which membership is better, Amazon Prime vs. Flipkart VIP. Both of these memberships come at different prices & different benefits so should you buy the Flipkart VIP membership which costs Rs.499 only or should you rather spend Rs.1499 or Rs.999 to get the Amazon Prime membership or Prime Lite? Find the answers below.

Flipkart VIP vs. Amazon Prime membership comparison: cost, benefits, and which one to buy?

Flipkart launched Flipkart VIP membership on October 8th supposedly to compete against the all-time popular Amazon Prime membership first launched in July 2016. The Flipkart VIP membership cost Rs.499 which is 1/3rd of Amazon Prime’s price and half of the Amazon Prime Lite membership.

So clearly, in terms of pricing, Flipkart VIP membership seems to have an edge. But wait, is the Flipkart VIP membership worth buying? Well, look at the below comparison table to find out for yourself.

To answer in short, the Flipkart VIP membership may not be worth buying. Here’s why:

The Flipkart VIP Membership price is Rs.499 while Amazon Prime membership price is Rs.1499 and Rs.999 for Prime Lite. At a price of Rs.499, the only useful benefit Flipkart seems to be offering is the feature to cancel or reschedule flights from Cleartrip at Rs.1 and get an extra 3% OFF on Cleartrip hotels.

The SuperCoins benefits don’t seem that attractive. Think about this, if you prefer Flipkart to pay Rs.499 membership, then it is likely that you are a frequent Flipkart customer. In that case, you can quickly get the Flipkart Plus membership or the Plus Premium and earn similar or even more SuperCoins benefits.

Apart from this, the Flipkart Welcome Box Gift doesn’t seem to be that exciting either. Here’s a recent discussion shared by one of our users:

Flipkart VIP Membership Gift Box Not Worth it

The priority support benefit is pretty standard and so is the free-delivery benefit which currently is limited to only select cities like Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Mumbai, and Kolkata.

The 5% savings also seem better with Amazon Pay ICICI Credit Card as Flipkart only offers 5% up to 1000 SuperCoins discount.

Also, not to mention with Amazon Prime Lite you get a Prime Video subscription too.

So, clearly between Flipkart VIP vs Amazon Prime, Amazon takes the cake and wins with much better value-for-money benefits.

If you shop frequently from Flipkart over other e-commerce sites, and can truly benefit from the free-delivery feature, the Cleartrip benefits, then the Flipkart VIP membership may be worth buying. However, if you are planning to buy the Flipkart VIP membership for “extra benefits” and savings, then it might not be worth it.

The Flipkart VIP Membership price is Rs.499 in India and interested Flipkart customers can buy the Flipkart VIP membership from the Flipkart app using this link.

To join the Flipkart VIP Membership follow these steps:

1. Open or download the Flipkart app

2. Click here to visit the Flipkart VIP membership page (mobile app link)

3. A “Buy Now” or “Enroll Now” button would be available if the program is available in your Pincode

Flipkart VIP Membership Benefits include the following:

• Welcome gift box worth Rs.499

• Earn 5% coins on every purchase up to 100 and a bonus of 200 coins on purchases above Rs.10000

• Extra 5% OFF up to 1000 on all products using supercoins

• Early access to sales

• Swiggy Dineout voucher worth Rs.300

• Free 1-day delivery (select cities)

• Priority custom support

• Early access to sales

Flipkart Plus as compared to Flipkart VIP offers lesser benefits. Flipkart Plus offers only 2 benefits, early access to sales and up to 5% savings on select products using SuperCoins while Flipkart VIP offers the perks of Plus Membership as well as some extra perks like free delivery, discounts on Cleartrip, etc.