PlanHub
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{{Infobox company
| name = PlanHub
| former_names = Celagora
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| type = Joint-stock company
| industry = Telecommunications
| foundation = 2013
| location = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| area_served = Canada
| key_people = Nadir Marcos Mechaiekh Simon (CEO & cofounder), Guillaume Marcade (CTO & cofounder)
| products = Cell phones and wireless plans, internet plans and cable television plans
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| owner =
| num_employees = < 1,000
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| homepage = {{URL|https://www.planhub.ca}}
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PlanHub is an independent Canadian telecommunications company specializing in price comparisons for cellular telephone plans, internet service provider plans and cable television pricing for the Canadian market.{{Cite web |date=2018-08-01 |title=Here's How You Can Find The Cheapest Wifi And Data Plans In Your Province |url=https://www.narcity.com/heres-how-you-can-find-the-cheapest-wifi-and-data-plans-in-your-province |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Narcity |language=en-us}} Created in 2013, this tool allows users to compare pricing of various Canadian operators based on their needs.{{Cite news |last=Dobby |first=Christine |date=2015-07-12 |title=Strategies for cutting how much you pay for your wireless plan |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/strategies-for-cutting-how-much-you-pay-for-your-wireless-plan/article25475483/ |access-date=2022-04-13}}{{Cite web |last=Sabourin |first=Marc-André |date=2020-05-09 |title=Comment trouver le MEILLEUR forfait cellulaire |url=https://lactualite.com/finances-personnelles/comment-trouver-le-meilleur-forfait-cellulaire/ |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=L’actualité |language=fr-CA}}
In 2019 PlanHub partnered with Protégez-Vous, a non-profit organization similar to Consumer Reports that offers consumer advice to francophones in Québec and Canada, to offer its phone and internet package comparison via the magazine's website.{{Cite web |last=Protégez-Vous |title=Méthodologie |url=https://www.protegez-vous.ca/technologie/forfaits-cellulaires/methodologie-forfaits-cellulaires |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=www.protegez-vous.ca |language=fr-CA}}
PlanHub has been featured on several francophone television programmes in Canada such as on Radio-Canada's La Facture{{Cite web |last=Médias |first=Groupe des Nouveaux |title=Radio-Canada.ca {{!}} Information, radio, télé, sports, Arts et divertissement |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/la-facture/site/episodes/455850/internet-fournisseur-prix-forfait-chic-marie-linge-location |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Radio-Canada |language=fr-ca}} where the founders showed Canadian consumers how PlanHub compares internet, cellular and cable costs. PlanHub also was featured on a Télé-Québec show, Ça vaut le coût.{{Cite web |title=Tendances alimentaires 2019 / Forfait cellulaire pour ado / Serviettes hygiéniques |url=http://cavautlecout.telequebec.tv/emissions/125/tendances-alimentaires-2019-forfait-cellulaire-pour-ado-serviettes-hygieniques/43862/forfait-cellulaire-pour-ado |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Ça vaut le coût |language=fr-ca}}
History
PlanHub was launched in Montreal, Canada in 2013, under the name Celagora,{{Cite web |date=2013-12-01 |title=De l'aide pour choisir son forfait cellulaire |url=https://plus.lapresse.ca/screens/482b-c370-529773aa-8204-2e34ac1c606d__7C___0.html |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=La Presse+ |language=fr}} with the initial goal of allowing comparison of cell phone plans offered in each Canadian province, based on consumer preferences.{{Cite web |last=Rettino-Parazelli |first=Karl |date=2017-10-07 |title=Dénicher le meilleur forfait au meilleur prix |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/economie/509898/denicher-le-meilleur-forfait-au-meilleur-prix |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Le Devoir |language=fr}} Ultimately this was meant to help consumers lower their cellular plan bills.
In August 2014 the company changed its name; Celagora became PlanHub.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
In 2018, the search tool expanded to include comparisons of internet packages offered in Canada.{{Cite web |date=2018-01-15 |title=Forfait Internet : PlanHub lance son nouveau comparateur {{!}} |url=https://www.planhub.ca/blog/fr/forfait-internet-planhub-lance-son-nouveau-comparateur/ |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Le Blogue - Promotions, Guides, Nouvelles et plus! |language=fr-CA}}{{Cite web |last=McKenna |first=Alain |date=2022-03-15 |title=Exode des clients d'Ebox après son acquisition par Bell |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/economie/685926/telecommunications-exode-des-clients-d-ebox-apres-son-acquisition-par-bell |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Le Devoir |language=fr}} In 2021, a TV package comparison tool was scheduled to appear on the platform.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-02 |title=Forfait TV... bientôt sur PlanHub ! {{!}} PlanHub Blog & Promotion |url=https://www.planhub.ca/blog/fr/forfait-tv-bientot-sur-planhub/ |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Le Blogue - Promotions, Guides, Nouvelles et plus! |language=fr-CA}}
The company currently compares over 50,000 plan combinations from over 90 providers and over 5,000 consumer reviews of Canadian phone and internet carriers.
With Bell's acquisition of Quebec internet provider, EBox, PlanHub became a heavily used tool to compare prices with other internet providers.