Who wrote this. We're HonestFarewell, so we're one of the sites on this page. We aren't affiliated with Parting.com, and Parting.com hasn't reviewed this page. Facts about Parting.com come from its own public pages, checked October 26, 2026, linked at the end.
Funeral homes can pay us for a labelled "Sponsored" listing, but no one can pay to change our price lists or the order of homes. If something here is out of date, email hello@honestfarewell.org and we'll fix it.
Parting.com lets families compare funeral homes by price and reviews. If you're looking at it, you're probably trying to make sense of very different prices for what sounds like the same service. Here's how it works, and what else you can use.
How Parting.com works
Parting.com shows funeral homes with prices and reviews. Its FAQ says the prices came from calls, emails, faxes and each home's price list, and that its itemized prices are an estimate. Some listings show the effective date of the price list it has on file; others we opened showed none. Check the date on any listing you use, and ask the home whether its prices have changed.
Funeral homes can pay for a premium listing. Its FAQ says that brings "Priority Ranking and a Featured Label".
Other places to compare funeral homes
HonestFarewell (that's us). We show each home's own prices from its General Price List, with the date we last checked it. In Los Angeles, for example, each of our 55 price lists shows the date we last checked it. You don't need to give an email to see a price. We cover 85 metro areas in 10 states so far.
Funeralocity. Compares four standard packages for providers across the US, free for families.
DFS Memorials. One featured low-cost cremation provider on each city page, at a fixed price it agrees to honor.
Funeralwise. Planning tools and guides, with a provider directory.
The funeral home itself. Ask for its current General Price List. It's free, and homes must give you one.
At a glance
- That's us
HonestFarewell
- What it mainly does
- Compares funeral homes' checked prices, plus free guides and a wishes planner
- Cost to families
- Free. No email needed to see a price
- Where home prices come from
- Each home's General Price List, with the date we last checked it
- How funeral homes pay the site
- Optional flat monthly or yearly plans; a free claim; never a fee per request
- Can paying change the order of homes?
- No. Sponsored listings are labelled and kept apart from the price list
- Where it covers
- Price pages for 85 metro areas in 10 states, and listings beyond them
Funeralocity
- What it mainly does
- Compares package prices for funeral and cremation providers
- Cost to families
- Its FAQ says the service is at no cost
- Where home prices come from
- Four standard packages it gathers, which include national average merchandise costs; no price date on the pages we read
- How funeral homes pay the site
- A free plan, or $99 a month ($990 a year) for its Enhanced plan
- Can paying change the order of homes?
- Its Enhanced plan lists "Listed in top search results"
- Where it covers
- Says it gathers prices from every provider in the US
Parting.com
- What it mainly does
- Compares funeral homes by price and reviews
- Cost to families
- No fee shown on the pages we read
- Where home prices come from
- Calls, emails, faxes and price lists; its FAQ calls itemized prices "an estimation"; some listings show their price list's date
- How funeral homes pay the site
- A paid premium listing; price not published
- Can paying change the order of homes?
- Its FAQ says premium listings get "Priority Ranking and a Featured Label"
- Where it covers
- Lists funeral homes by US state
DFS Memorials
- What it mainly does
- Refers families to one featured provider on each city page, at a published price
- Cost to families
- You pay the provider, not DFS
- Where home prices come from
- The listed provider's agreed price, dated on the page
- How funeral homes pay the site
- A fixed fee for each referral; no membership fee
- Can paying change the order of homes?
- It says homes can't pay for higher placement
- Where it covers
- Says it has 80+ providers in 42 states and 3 Canadian provinces
Funeralwise
- What it mainly does
- Funeral planning tools and information, with a provider directory
- Cost to families
- Free planning tools; a $29.95 organizer kit is optional
- Where home prices come from
- Only what each provider chooses to share; check for a price on any listing
- How funeral homes pay the site
- A free basic listing; a set-up fee for its Pro Plan; a 3.5% fee when a home closes a sale on an at-need referral
- Can paying change the order of homes?
- Its search shows its Preferred Providers before a section headed "Other Providers"
- Where it covers
- A directory for the US
Ever Loved
- What it mainly does
- Memorial websites and fundraising, plus a funeral planning tool
- Cost to families
- Free memorial websites; Premium is $199.99, paid once
- Where home prices come from
- A home that claims its listing controls its pricing section; we couldn't read how other prices are sourced
- How funeral homes pay the site
- Not found on the pages we could read
- Can paying change the order of homes?
- Not found on the pages we could read
- Where it covers
- Says it makes "a serious effort" to list every funeral home and cemetery
Checked October 26, 2026. Sites change: check the facts that matter to you on each site before you rely on them.
How to choose any funeral site
Whichever site you use, four questions tell you how much to trust what you see:
- Who pays the site? Most funeral sites are paid by funeral homes in some way. That's fine, as long as they tell you how.
- Can paying move a home up the list? If it can, the first homes you see may not be the cheapest or the closest.
- Where do the prices come from, and when? A price from the home's own price list, with a date, is the one to trust. An estimate or an average is a starting point.
- Can you see a price without giving your details? You shouldn't have to hand over a phone number to learn what something costs.
And whatever any site shows, the law is on your side. Funeral homes must give you written price lists, and you don't have to accept a package that includes things you don't want (FTC, "Shopping for Funeral Services").
How HonestFarewell works, for both sides. Families get checked prices, guides and a planner for free. Funeral homes can claim their listing for free, and once we've checked a claim, requests from up to 5 families a month come straight to that home.
Paid listings are labelled "Sponsored". We never charge a home for a family's request, and no payment changes a home's prices or where it ranks. Our Advertiser Disclosure (opens in a new tab) explains it in full.
See checked prices near where you need them: Direct cremation in Los Angeles. Cremation costs by state: California · Colorado · Florida · Indiana · Minnesota · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Tennessee · Texas.
Where these facts come from
- Funeralocity: About
- Funeralocity: FAQ
- Funeralocity: for funeral homes
- Funeralocity: average funeral price
- Funeralocity: Austin search results
- Parting.com
- Parting.com: FAQ
- Parting.com: About us
- DFS Memorials
- DFS Memorials: editorial policy
- DFS Memorials: our story
- DFS Memorials: direct cremations
- Funeralwise: Preferred Provider FAQs
- Funeralwise: Preferred Provider advantage
- Funeralwise: After Me Organizer
- Funeralwise: funeral home search
- Ever Loved help: memorial website cost and donations
- Ever Loved help: platform fee
- Ever Loved help: marketplace fee
- Ever Loved help: funeral home listings
- Ever Loved help: planning tool
- HonestFarewell: direct cremation in Los Angeles
- HonestFarewell: Advertiser Disclosure
- HonestFarewell: Premium terms
- FTC, Shopping for Funeral Services