Posted to Hulu and YouTube, each episode of the series compares three different food dishes from three locations that are sold at low, medium, and high price points.

[16] "When we watch the pair appraise a $1 coffee versus a $914 coffee in Tokyo," Candice Chung of Australia's Special Broadcasting Service writes, "we are watching the reaction of 'food civilians' who would marvel as we would at the heart-stopping price difference at a drink so humble and quotidian.

[19] A spin-off series, Worth It: Lifestyle, was first aired in January, 2017 on BuzzFeedBlue, featuring Lim as host and a variety of BuzzFeed employees as co-hosts.

The spin-off has the same premise as the original series, except that the hosts try three different experiences and items as opposed to only food.

[20][21] Two international spin-offs of Worth It have been produced: Worth It UK, hosted by Richard Alan Reid with various alternating hosts and Joseph Bor as the "sound guy" (Bor also co-hosted the fish and chips episode of the series);[22] and a pilot episode for BuzzFeed India, hosted by Akash Iyer and Arshad Wahid with Aishwarya Katkade as the "sound guy.