Alternatives to Lottie for home care

Lottie describes itself as a free service that helps families find care homes, home care and retirement living. For home care, it gives you a shortlist of local agencies matched to your needs, which it says its team has vetted, shown with their CQC ratings, plus free guidance from its care advisers. It does not provide care itself.

Its pages do not say how it is funded or whether providers pay to be listed. On Trustpilot it showed 4.9 from 1487 reviews on 4 November 2026.

• Home Instead

  Alternatives to Home InsteadCQC-registered managed agency

  A network of over 255 locally owned offices in the UK since 2005, regulated by the CQC and the regulators in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Every visit lasts at least an hour, and it offers live-in care too.

  Source: homeinstead.co.uk, checked 19 October 2026

• Helping Hands

  Alternatives to Helping HandsCQC-registered managed agency

  Says it directly employs and trains all its carers and is regulated by the CQC and Care Inspectorate Wales. It offers visiting care and live-in care, with local care managers and a team of specialist nurses.

  Published price: Live-in from £1,675 a week for one person and £2,125 for a couple (page reviewed 17 April 2026).

  Source: Helping Hands live-in care, Helping Hands live-in cost, checked 19 October 2026

• Elder

  Alternatives to ElderIntroductory

  Describes itself as an introductory agency connecting families across Great Britain with vetted, self-employed carers, and says it does not provide regulated care. It offers live-in care, respite stays and, in some cities, visiting care.

  Published price: Live-in from £1,195 a week and respite from £1,595 a week, with its booking fee inside the price.

  Source: Elder, introductory agency, Elder pricing, checked 5 November 2026

• Curam

  Alternatives to CuramBoth

  Describes itself as a home care platform that connects families directly with self-employed carers. It also runs Curam Managed Care, which it says is CQC registered.

  Published price: Average hourly rate £20.50 and £1,200 a week for live-in (Curam's figures for August 2025), with a 12% client fee added to invoices.

  Source: curamcare.com, Curam Managed Care, Curam client information, checked 19 October 2026

• Hometouch

  Alternatives to HometouchBoth

  Runs an introductory model, which it says has operated since 2015 and is not regulated by the CQC, and a separate managed care service that is CQC regulated.

  Published price: Introductory care from £1,400 a week, regulated care from £1,500 a week.

  Source: myhometouch.com, Hometouch pricing, checked 19 October 2026

• PrimeCarers

  Alternatives to PrimeCarersIntroductory

  The service that wrote this page. Families search self-employed carers near them, see each carer's own rate and choose who to hire. It is not a care agency and is not CQC registered. Every carer has an ID check, a right to work check, an enhanced DBS (or PVG or Access NI) issued within the last 2 years and an online interview. We do not verify references, qualifications or training.

  Published price: Hourly visits £18 to £25, live-in £1,050 to £1,400 a week, our fee included.

  Source: PrimeCarers pricing, what we check, checked 19 October 2026

• TrustonTap

  Alternatives to TrustonTapIntroductory

  Says the CQC defines it as an introductory agency that is not required to register, that all its carers are self-employed and set their own rates, and that it checks identity, right to work and training certificates and takes two references on each carer.

  Published price: £23 to £34 an hour (average £26), live-in from £1,200 a week, plus a client administration fee of 5% plus VAT.

  Source: TrustonTap FAQs, TrustonTap pricing, checked 4 November 2026

• Live-in Care Hub

  Alternatives to Live-in Care HubDirectory or referral service

  A not-for-profit collaboration of live-in care companies, founded in 2013, whose members include Consultus. It does not provide carers itself: it passes your enquiry to up to three member companies.

  Source: Live-in Care Hub, about, Live-in Care Hub, find a carer, checked 4 November 2026

An introductory service tends to suit a family that wants to choose the carer, can be the person the carer answers to, and wants more of the price to reach the carer. A managed agency tends to suit care that is complex or clinical, a family that cannot be on hand to direct it, or anyone who wants the provider to be responsible for cover. Either way, ask which checks were done on the carer you would get, not on the company in general.