One kurta set, both sites, Rs. 627 apart — and two different reference prices printed above it. What makes the rest of this read worth a few minutes is the handful of brands that print the same reference price in both places, because those are the only rows where comparing a 76% badge with an 83% one tells you anything at all.
📅 Update log:
9 November 2026: first published. AJIO figures read from its own search API for "men kurta" and "men kurta set" (78 distinct listings); Myntra figures read from its own /men-kurta-sets and /men-kurtas listing pages, parsed from the window.__myx JSON those pages ship (68 distinct listings). Both read logged out, from India, with nothing bought and no coupon or card offer applied.
If you are buying a kurta this wedding season, AJIO and Myntra are the two shelves most people compare. We read both on 9 November 2026 and tried to match every listing we could identify from each retailer's own product title.
One title came back on both to the word: Jompers' "Men Embroidered Kurta Set". AJIO charges Rs. 2,400 and Myntra charges Rs. 1,773 — a Rs. 627 gap, 26.1% of the AJIO price. Even there the two sites state different reference prices, Rs. 9,999 against Rs. 10,449, so the 76% and 83% badges beside them are not the same measurement.
The more useful finding is what we noticed while trying to match the rest. Six brands sell on both sites, and three of them print identical reference prices in both places — Rs. 999, Rs. 2,499, Rs. 6,663 and Rs. 7,330, to the rupee. Those are the only rows on this page where a badge comparison means anything, and they do not all point the same way.
Everything below is read from the two retailers' own pages, logged out, from India, with nothing bought and no coupon applied.
Only one product title could be matched exactly. AJIO's 78 listings and Myntra's 68 overlap on six brand names but on one title. The rest of this page compares the two shelves, and the same brand's behaviour on each, because matching an "embroidered regular fit kurta set" on one site to an "embroidered kurta set" on the other would not be a comparison of the same garment. Where a shelf-level or brand-level figure is quoted, the sentence says which result set it is computed over.
The one kurta set both sites sell, side by side
| Product title | AJIO price | AJIO stated MRP | AJIO badge | AJIO ratings | Myntra price | Myntra stated MRP | Myntra badge | Myntra ratings | Cheaper |
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| Jompers "Men Embroidered Kurta Set" | Rs. 2,400 | Rs. 9,999 | 76% | none published | Rs. 1,773 | Rs. 10,449 | 83% | 1,084 | Myntra, by Rs. 627 |
Rs. 627 on an identically titled product, and the gap goes to Myntra. It is also the only row on this page where a shopper can be reasonably confident the two sites are describing the same thing, because the brand, the garment type and the decoration all appear in both titles in the same words.
Note what the two reference prices do, though. AJIO states Rs. 9,999 and Myntra states Rs. 10,449 — Rs. 450 apart, on one product, read the same afternoon. That difference alone moves the badge from 76% to 83% before either price is considered, which is the clearest possible demonstration that a discount percentage is a statement about the number printed next to it and nothing else.
The rating column is the other half of the story. Myntra shows 1,084 ratings on its copy. AJIO shows none — not a low number, but no rating field at all, which is true of every one of its 78 listings in this read.
The four rows where the badges are actually comparable
A badge is only meaningful against the reference price it is computed from, so comparing 76% on one site with 83% on the other is normally meaningless. Three brands here remove that problem by printing the identical stated MRP on both sites.
| Brand | Stated MRP on both | AJIO price | AJIO badge | Myntra price | Myntra badge | Cheaper |
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| VARBANDHAN | Rs. 999 | Rs. 330 and Rs. 350 | 67%, 65% | Rs. 531 | 47% | AJIO, by Rs. 181 |
| VIDA LOCA | Rs. 2,499 | Rs. 475 | 81% | Rs. 495 | 80% | AJIO, by Rs. 20 |
| SOJANYA | Rs. 6,663 | Rs. 1,599 | 76% | Rs. 1,510 | 77% | Myntra, by Rs. 89 |
| SOJANYA | Rs. 7,330 | Rs. 2,272 | 69% | Rs. 1,704 | 77% | Myntra, by Rs. 568 |
Varbandhan prints Rs. 999 on both sites and sells at Rs. 330 on AJIO against Rs. 531 on Myntra — a 67% badge against a 47% one, and for once those two numbers can be read against each other, because they are percentages of the same figure. AJIO is Rs. 181 cheaper, or 34% of the Myntra price.
Sojanya does the opposite, twice. Its Rs. 6,663 and Rs. 7,330 reference prices appear on both sites to the rupee, and at both rungs Myntra charges less — Rs. 1,510 against Rs. 1,599, and Rs. 1,704 against Rs. 2,272. That second row is a Rs. 568 gap on an identical stated price.
Vida Loca lands within Rs. 20 on a shared Rs. 2,499, which is the one genuinely close call in the set. So there is no "cheaper site" on this category: AJIO wins Varbandhan and Vida Loca, Myntra wins both Sojanya rungs, the matched Jompers set and CELLUX. The brand decides, not the retailer.
The six brands that sell on both, compared
| Brand | AJIO listings | Myntra listings | AJIO price range | Myntra price range | AJIO badges | Myntra badges |
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| JOMPERS | 18 | 31 | Rs. 588 – 2,400 | Rs. 811 – 2,099 | 60–84% | 51–83% |
| SOJANYA | 13 | 8 | Rs. 651 – 2,272 | Rs. 833 – 2,148 | 66–77% | 69–77% |
| Kraft India | 5 | 1 | Rs. 690 – 1,260 | Rs. 1,015 | 76–79% | 73% |
| VARBANDHAN | 2 | 1 | Rs. 330 – 350 | Rs. 531 | 65–67% | 47% |
| VIDA LOCA | 1 | 1 | Rs. 475 | Rs. 495 | 81% | 80% |
| CELLUX | 1 | 1 | Rs. 602 | Rs. 473 | 57% | 76% |
Jompers and Sojanya between them account for 31 of AJIO's 78 listings and 39 of Myntra's 68. Two houses are most of what either site is actually selling you under the word "kurta", which is worth knowing before you conclude that one shelf has more choice than the other.
Jompers runs deeper badges on AJIO (to 84%) than on Myntra (to 83%) while charging more at the top end — Rs. 2,400 against Rs. 2,099. CELLUX inverts on both counts: Rs. 602 on AJIO at a 57% badge against a stated Rs. 1,399, and Rs. 473 on Myntra at a 76% badge against a stated Rs. 1,999. Cheaper and deeper-badged on Myntra, from one brand, because it chose a Rs. 600 higher reference price there.
Kraft India is the clearest case of a brand being a different proposition on each site: five listings on AJIO from Rs. 690 to Rs. 1,260, one on Myntra at Rs. 1,015. If you have decided on the brand, the shelf you want is AJIO's; if you want to read what buyers said, it is Myntra's.
The single biggest practical difference: AJIO publishes no ratings here
Not one of AJIO's 78 kurta listings in this read carries a star average or a review count. The field is absent, so there is nothing to sort by, filter on or weigh against the price.
Myntra publishes both on 60 of its 68, with a median count of 838, a maximum of 16,181 on a Jompers kurta at Rs. 995, and a minimum of five. That is the difference between a shelf you can research and one you can only price.
This is a statement about what the two listing pages displayed on 9 November 2026, not about whether AJIO holds review data elsewhere — it may well appear on individual product pages or to logged-in shoppers. What this read can say is that a logged-out shopper comparing the two shelves sees evidence on one of them and none on the other.
Ten AJIO kurta listings, cheapest first
| AJIO listing | Price | Stated MRP | Badge |
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| VARBANDHAN Men Printed Regular Fit Mandarin-Collar Kurta | Rs. 330 | Rs. 999 | 67% |
| VIDA LOCA Men Slim Fit Short Kurta | Rs. 475 | Rs. 2,499 | 81% |
| CELLUX Men Printed Kurta Pyjamas Set | Rs. 602 | Rs. 1,399 | 57% |
| Kraft India Men Regular Fit Kurta Churidar Suit Set | Rs. 690 | Rs. 2,999 | 77% |
| Kraft India Men Mandarin Collar Regular Fit Kurta Pyjama Set | Rs. 888 | Rs. 3,699 | 76% |
| SOJANYA Men Embroidered Regular Fit Kurta | Rs. 1,599 | Rs. 6,663 | 76% |
| JOMPERS Men Embroidered Regular Fit Kurta & Pyjamas Set | Rs. 1,820 | Rs. 6,999 | 74% |
| SOJANYA Men Regular Fit Kurta Pyjama Set | Rs. 1,812 | Rs. 5,663 | 68% |
| SOJANYA Men Embroidered Regular Fit Kurta Pyjamas Set | Rs. 2,272 | Rs. 7,330 | 69% |
| JOMPERS Men Embroidered Kurta Set | Rs. 2,400 | Rs. 9,999 | 76% |
Nine Myntra kurta listings, cheapest first
| Myntra listing | Price | Stated MRP | Badge | Ratings |
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| CELLUX Men Ethnic Motifs Printed Kurta | Rs. 473 | Rs. 1,999 | 76% | 1,245 |
| Vida Loca Band Collar Cotton Straight Kurta | Rs. 495 | Rs. 2,499 | 80% | 1,135 |
| Varbandhan Men Printed Mirror Work Jacquard Kurta | Rs. 531 | Rs. 999 | 47% | 845 |
| Jompers Men Cream-Coloured Ethnic Motifs Embroidered Kurta | Rs. 995 | Rs. 2,799 | 64% | 16,181 |
| KRAFT INDIA Geometric Woven Design Mandarin Collar Kurta | Rs. 1,015 | Rs. 3,699 | 73% | 355 |
| SOJANYA Men Embroidered Thread Work Kurta | Rs. 1,510 | Rs. 6,663 | 77% | 121 |
| SOJANYA Men Floral Embroidered Kantha Work Kurta | Rs. 1,704 | Rs. 7,330 | 77% | 381 |
| Jompers Men Embroidered Kurta Set | Rs. 1,773 | Rs. 10,449 | 83% | 1,084 |
| SOJANYA Ethnic Motifs Woven Design Band Collar Kurta | Rs. 2,148 | Rs. 7,160 | 70% | 778 |
Read the two tables side by side and the shape of each shelf is plain. AJIO reaches further in both directions — Rs. 240 at the bottom, Rs. 3,806 at the top, against Myntra's Rs. 419 and Rs. 2,148 — and its stated reference prices run higher, which is most of why its badges reach 88% where Myntra's stop at 83%.
The medians are close enough to be a coin toss: Rs. 923 on AJIO against Rs. 1,007 on Myntra, a Rs. 84 difference across shelves that do not stock the same garments. That is not a reason to pick one site, and this page does not offer it as one.
Why only one title matched
AJIO's kurta shelf in this read is built on JOMPERS (18 listings), SOJANYA (13), KISAH (8), NETPLAY (5) and Kraft India (5). Myntra's is built on Jompers (31), SOJANYA (8), Ayro Global (4), House of Pataudi (3) and StitchX (3). Six brand names appear on both — Jompers, Sojanya, Kraft India, Varbandhan, Vida Loca and CELLUX — but ethnic-wear titles describe decoration and fit rather than a model code, so "Men Embroidered Regular Fit Kurta" on one site cannot be assumed to be the same garment as "Men Embroidered Kurta" on the other.
Matching on anything looser than the full title would mean comparing two different kurtas and calling one of them overpriced, which this page does not do. The Jompers "Men Embroidered Kurta Set" row is matched on brand and on every word of the product name as both retailers published it. The four shared-MRP rows are matched on brand and on an identical stated reference price, and the page says plainly that the garments beneath them differ.
What to actually do
- Check the brand on both sites, not the site. AJIO was cheaper on Varbandhan and Vida Loca; Myntra was cheaper on both Sojanya price rungs, on the one matched Jompers set and on CELLUX.
- Ignore the badge unless the stated MRP matches. On the one identically titled product here, the two sites state Rs. 9,999 and Rs. 10,449, which moves the badge seven points before anyone discounts anything.
- If reviews matter to you, this category is a Myntra shelf. AJIO published no rating on any of its 78 listings in this read; Myntra published on 60 of 68, with a median of 838 ratings.
- Expect two houses, not a market. Jompers and Sojanya hold 31 of AJIO's 78 listings and 39 of Myntra's 68, so "more results" does not mean more makers.
- Read what the set includes. Across both shelves, "kurta", "kurta set", "kurta pyjama set", "kurta churidar suit" and "kurta dhoti set" sit at overlapping prices and are not the same purchase.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is a men's kurta cheaper on AJIO or Myntra in November 2026?
It depends entirely on the brand, not the site. On the one product title both sites sold on 9 November 2026 — Jompers' "Men Embroidered Kurta Set" — Myntra was cheaper, at Rs. 1,773 against AJIO's Rs. 2,400, a Rs. 627 gap. On the four rows where both sites state an identical reference price, the result splits: AJIO is cheaper on Varbandhan (Rs. 330 against Rs. 531) and Vida Loca (Rs. 475 against Rs. 495), and Myntra is cheaper on both Sojanya rungs (Rs. 1,510 against Rs. 1,599 and Rs. 1,704 against Rs. 2,272). The two shelf medians are Rs. 923 on AJIO and Rs. 1,007 on Myntra, but those cover different garments and are not a like-for-like comparison.
Why do AJIO kurtas show no star ratings?
In this read, none of AJIO's 78 kurta listings displayed a star average or a review count at all — the field was absent rather than empty. Myntra displayed both on 60 of its 68 listings, with a median count of 838 and a maximum of 16,181. This page records what the two listing pages showed to a logged-out shopper from India on 9 November 2026; it does not claim AJIO holds no review data anywhere, only that none was published where a shopper comparing prices would see it. If buyer feedback is part of how you choose a kurta, that is the single biggest difference between these two shelves.
Why do the same kurta brands show different discount percentages on each site?
Because the percentage is computed against a reference price the seller sets per site, and several brands here set a different one on each. CELLUX states Rs. 1,399 on AJIO and Rs. 1,999 on Myntra, so its Myntra listing wears a 76% badge while the AJIO one wears 57% — and the Myntra listing is also Rs. 129 cheaper. Even on the one identically titled product, the stated MRPs are Rs. 9,999 and Rs. 10,449. Three brands do print the same figure on both sites — Varbandhan at Rs. 999, Vida Loca at Rs. 2,499, Sojanya at Rs. 6,663 and Rs. 7,330 — and those are the only badge comparisons on this page that mean anything. Nothing here alleges that any stated MRP is false.
Which brands dominate the kurta shelf on AJIO and Myntra?
Two houses, on both sites. On AJIO, JOMPERS holds 18 of 78 listings and SOJANYA 13, with KISAH, NETPLAY and Kraft India behind them. On Myntra, Jompers holds 31 of 68 and SOJANYA 8, with Ayro Global, House of Pataudi and StitchX following. Six names appear on both sites. The practical consequence is that a longer result list is not necessarily a wider choice of maker — on Myntra, nearly half the kurta shelf is one brand.
What is a reasonable price for a men's kurta online in India right now?
On these two shelves, read 9 November 2026: a plain printed kurta from the brands selling on both sites runs Rs. 330 to Rs. 602, and an embroidered kurta or a full kurta set runs Rs. 995 to Rs. 2,400. The cheapest listing in either read was Rs. 240 on AJIO and Rs. 419 on Myntra; the dearest was Rs. 3,806 and Rs. 2,148. Nothing on this page was handled — fabric, stitching, fit, colourfastness and sizing accuracy are not assessed here, and a set may include a kurta alone, a kurta and pyjama, or a kurta with churidar or dhoti, which the titles distinguish and the prices overlap.
Prices & codes last verified: November 9, 2026
Every price, stated MRP, discount badge and rating count on this page was read from AJIO's and Myntra's own pages on 9 November 2026, logged out, from India, with nothing bought and no coupon, bank offer, Insider tier benefit or delivery charge applied. Only one product is compared directly — Jompers' "Men Embroidered Kurta Set" — because that is the only product title both retailers published word for word. The four shared-MRP rows compare a brand's listings on the two sites under an identical stated reference price; the garments beneath them are not the same garment, and the page says so where those rows appear. Shelf-level figures are computed over each retailer's full result set, 78 on AJIO and 68 on Myntra. Nothing here alleges that any stated MRP is false. No garment was handled: fabric, stitching, fit, colourfastness, sizing accuracy and what a "set" includes are not assessed. The observation that AJIO published no ratings describes what its listing pages showed on this date to a logged-out visitor, not whether review data exists elsewhere on the site. Retail prices change daily and this reflects one day's reading at each retailer.