The frying pan is worth every last cent you give. Nothing sticks to it, it cleans easily, and you have the feeling that nothing will happen to it. It definitely has a non-stick coating, but you don't feel that there is a coating that can be scratched with use, it feels like solid material. It is not a thin layer of coating like in other pans, where you can tell from the first second that if you scrape it a little harder with a spoon, it will be scratched. It is also incredibly nice-looking and very lightweight compared to other pans for induction cooktops that weigh half a ton.