The reference box
What The Bouqs Co. subscription costs and includes
The Bouqs Co. ships flowers cut to order at the farm, and it calls the subscription its best deal, with up to 30% off regular bouquet prices and free shipping on every delivery. The comparison below uses the Original size.
- Contents
- One bouquet per delivery. The Original has 10–16 stems, the Deluxe 20–32, and the Grand 30–45. You choose from more than 50 subscriber bouquets each time, or let Bouqs pick.
- Price and billing
- $48 for the Original, $59 for the Deluxe, and $74 for the Grand, per delivery. Shipping is free, though options such as Saturday delivery can cost extra. Cancel anytime after the first order.
- Delivery
- Weekly, every two weeks, monthly, or every other month, to US addresses. Changing the frequency means canceling and starting a new subscription.
- Customization
- Change the recipient, date, or bouquet for any delivery. Skip one, or pause up to three in a row. Each order locks nine days before it arrives.
- On Cratejoy
- No. Bouqs sells at bouqs.com.
Compare the subscriptions
| Box | Best fit | Cost and commitment | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bouqs Co. Original Reference box |
Choosing each bouquet, on any schedule | $48 a delivery for 10–16 stems. Free shipping. Cancel anytime after the first order. | Weekly to every other month. US only. |
| BloomsyBox | A surprise seasonal bouquet once a month | About $60 a month for the Original, month to month. Free shipping. Cancel anytime. | Monthly. US only. |
| UrbanStems | Flowers that arrive with a vase to put them in | $75 a delivery for 20–26 stems on the Seasonal plan, with a free vase in the first. Free shipping. Cancel anytime. | Every 1, 2, or 4 weeks, on the weekday you choose. |
| Farmgirl Flowers | One favorite arrangement, or garden roses, every time | From $79 a delivery for a dozen garden roses, which ship free. Some bouquets add shipping. | Weekly, every two weeks, or monthly, with start and end dates you set. |
The alternatives
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BloomsyBox vs The Bouqs Co.
Best for: A Bouqs subscriber who likes a surprise bouquet and would rather check out on Cratejoy.
BloomsyBox builds each month’s bouquet around seasonal flowers from sustainable farms, cut for the order. Many stems ship in bud, so you get to watch the arrangement open at home. Past boxes on the listing range from red roses, white snapdragons, and pine cones in December to heliconias and pink ginger in July.
What feels familiar
Farm-cut stems that arrive partly closed, free shipping, three bouquet sizes, and a plan you can cancel anytime. The listing also has a gift option.
What changes
BloomsyBox picks the flowers, and the box comes once a month. It ships between the 16th and the 23rd, and an order placed after the 9th starts with the next month’s box. Prepaying for 12 months brings the Original down to about $54 a box.
A vase in the first delivery
UrbanStems vs The Bouqs Co.
Best for: Giving flowers someone can set straight on the table, on the same weekday every week, two weeks, or four.
UrbanStems sells three subscription styles. The Seasonal, its most popular, adds a vase to the first bouquet. The Classic skips the vase and sends 15–20 stems for $60, and the Luxe sends 26–30 stems for $105 with a custom vase every time. You can pay as you go, billed seven days before each delivery, or prepay for a set number of deliveries, which is the easier way to give it.
What feels familiar
Free shipping, your pick of bouquet before each delivery (or a surprise), and room to skip, reschedule, pause for up to three months, or send one delivery to a new address.
What changes
The first bouquet is UrbanStems’ choice, and there’s no every-other-month schedule. The Seasonal costs $16 more than the Bouqs Deluxe, which has a similar stem count. Moving between Classic, Seasonal, and Luxe means canceling and buying a new plan through its care team.
The same bouquet on repeat
Farmgirl Flowers vs The Bouqs Co.
Best for: The reader who found one arrangement they love and wants exactly that, or garden roses, every time.
Farmgirl Flowers turns a short list of its arrangements into recurring deliveries, from signature burlap-wrapped bouquets to specialty garden roses. You pick one, choose “Make It A Recurring Delivery”, and set how often it comes and when it starts and stops. The list runs from a dozen garden roses in a surprise color palette at $79 to 24 California-grown Juliet roses at $139.
What feels familiar
Weekly, every-two-weeks, or monthly delivery, and you know which flowers are coming. The one exception is the Mystery Box, where the rose color is the surprise.
What changes
Every option costs more than the Bouqs Grand. Some arrangements ship free, and others add a shipping fee, charged with the first bouquet and then a few days before each delivery. The menu has eight arrangements, where Bouqs subscribers choose from more than 50.
The honest part
When The Bouqs Co. is still the better fit
Bouqs gives you the most choice for the money on this list. Its Original is the lowest price per delivery in this comparison, it’s the only plan that can come every other month, and its menu of subscriber bouquets is the longest. If you like picking each bouquet, and sending this month’s to your mom and next month’s to a friend, keep it. BloomsyBox trades that menu for a surprise.
How we chose these flower subscriptions
We compared each company on the plan closest to the Bouqs Original: price per delivery, stem count where it’s published, how often flowers can arrive, and how much you get to choose. Cratejoy picks had to be open to new subscribers, and the outside brands had to sell recurring fresh-cut flowers on their own sites. The photo at the top is a customer photo of a Bouqs bouquet on its delivery box, from the customer-photo section of The Bouqs Co.’s homepage.
Questions before switching
Which alternative is closest to The Bouqs Co.?
UrbanStems works the most like Bouqs: free shipping, a choice of bouquet before each delivery, and flowers as often as every week. BloomsyBox is closest in feel, with farm-cut stems that arrive in bud, but it sends one surprise bouquet a month.
Does any flower subscription cost less than Bouqs?
Not among these. The Bouqs Original, at $48 a delivery with free shipping, is the lowest regular price here. BloomsyBox’s Original comes closest when prepaid for 12 months, at about $54 a box.
Can I send one of these as a gift?
Yes. Bouqs lets you change the recipient on any delivery, BloomsyBox has a gift option on its Cratejoy listing, UrbanStems sells prepaid plans for a set number of deliveries, and Farmgirl Flowers lets you set an end date for recurring deliveries.
