VVS Collection · Price Comparison Tool

I sourced diamonds out of Mumbai SEEPZ
for 20 years. Here's what the markup actually looks like.

Every retailer on this page sells lab-grown diamonds. The difference is what's inside the stone, and who's paying for the brand's rent and advertising. Select your carat and setting to see the real numbers.

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Price Comparison — 1ct · 3-Prong Martini
StudsDirect: VVS+ clarity · E-F color · IGI certified · 14K solid gold. Competitors: their standard offering at their best-available clarity.
Retailer Price Their Spec vs VVS+
StudsDirect ★ $1,107VVS+ Guaranteed VVS+ · E-F · IGI · 14K gold Your price
Clean Origin $780 G-H VS SD higher-spec
James Allen $815 F-G VS2 SD higher-spec
Brilliant Earth $825 G-H VS SD higher-spec
Blue Nile $949 G-H VS SD higher-spec
VRAI $920 G-J SI+ SD higher-spec
Tiffany & Co. $4,600 Natural You save $3,493
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Pricing verified May 2026. Competitor prices reflect their standard offering at the closest available carat weight, not best-available spec. Where exact competitor prices are unavailable for a carat/setting combo, the row shows a typical price range — click the ↗ source link to verify current pricing. Lab-grown diamonds only (except Tiffany & Co., which sells natural diamonds). StudsDirect prices are live catalog prices.

Sources: Clean Origin · James Allen · Brilliant Earth · Blue Nile · VRAI · Tiffany & Co.

Why the price gap exists

The diamond is the same category. The cost structure is not.

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SEEPZ direct sourcing

Our diamonds are cut and set at the SEEPZ free trade zone in Mumbai — one of the world's most concentrated jewelry manufacturing hubs. We've worked inside SEEPZ for 20 years. Zero importer, zero distributor, zero domestic wholesale layer between the factory and your door.

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Independent IGI certification

Every stone ships with an IGI certificate you can verify yourself at igi.org. VVS+ clarity or better. E-F color. Excellent cut. Not a marketing claim — it's on the certificate. Several competitors on this table use internal or proprietary grading, not independent IGI.

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No retail overhead

Tiffany operates 300+ flagship stores globally. Brilliant Earth has 70+ showrooms. VRAI has locations in LA and NYC. That rent, those salespeople, those build-outs — all baked into the stone price. We operate online only. We pass that saving to you.

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Higher specs, not lower margin

StudsDirect ships VVS+ and E-F color as a guaranteed minimum. Most competitors on this table sell G-H color and VS2-SI1 clarity — measurably lower grades. Lower-grade stones cost less to source. That's not a discount; that's a different stone.